ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the discourse on and practice of dealing with the spatial remnants of conflict in Belfast after the Good Friday Agreement, the strategies applied to the sites and the aims and motives pursued by the various actors involved. It outlines the conceptual framework and discusses the role of cities and urban heritage during and after protracted intrastate conflict. The chapter provides an overview of post-conflict urban development in Belfast in general to explain the wider context in which the dealing with the spatial remnants in the city is happening. Two sites of spatial heritage of the Northern Ireland conflict in Belfast, Crumlin Road Gaol and Girdwood Park. The chapter analyzes the strategies employed in the redevelopment of the sites and the aims and motives pursued by the various actors involved. The analysis is based on documents and interviews with representatives of organisations and bodies involved in the redevelopment processes.
