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Anchorage, Alaska
Helsinki, Finland
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2007
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Summer City
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Winter City
2007
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1. Planning Instruments
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MITIGATION factors

• Compact City-Region
• high density
• high quality public transport
• development corridors
• stop urban sprawl
• polycentric city-region
• safe neighbourhoods
• quality environment
• territorial cohesion

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How ?

• Managing Cities through the planning process
• Long-term Strategic Planning

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Why is Planning important?
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CITY-REGIONAL VISIONSmart City-Region or Sprawl
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• Smart City Sprawl City
• - compact - spread out
• - high density - low density
• - public transport network - car based
• - sustainable environment - privatised space
• - polycentric region - unnconnected clusters

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City Master Plan 2002

• Spatial Cohesion Visions
• Land-use Master Plan
• Policies
• ImplementationTimetable and Schedule

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HELSINKI CITY STRUCTURE
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Drivers of Change

• Population growth 1.5 per annum
• Economic growth new jobs in project areas
• Environmental issues climate change and aim for
  zero carbon emissions
• Impact of New Technology development clusters
• Social Justice in the City

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Master Plan key areas of change
Master Plan 2002
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Greater Helsinki City-Region 2040 Strategic
Planning advice
Greater Helsinki City-Region 2040 Strategic
Planning Advice
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Spatial priorities

• City to City-region
• Development corridors reduce urban sprawl
• Polycentric development compact, high density
  areas connected by high quality public transport
• Strengthen city centre and balance periphery
• Renaissance of housing areas regeneration
• Identifying opportunities
• Quality of environment

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Greater Helsinki City-Region 2040Strategic
Planning Advice
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City Structure
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Polycentric city-region
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Connectivity Metro and Rail
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HELSINKI 2040
VISION
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2. Policies in Practice
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Eco Viikki Local Plan
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Eco - Viikki
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Eco - Viikki
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Wood
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Eco - Viikki
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Western Harbour -project
2023?
Western Harbour -project
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Fish Harbour
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Kuvat Kantakaupungin itäranta-projekti
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Arabia Waterfront
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Arabia Waterfront
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Aero - Malmi
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Kruunuvuorenranta
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3. the REASONS WHY
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Key Components

• land ownership 80
• - what /where/howmuch/when/who
• development areas
• - 15 major projects
• integration / coordination
• planning and transportation
• smart city

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Safe Living

• population 565.000
• 15 increase in 10 years
• social housing ARAVA (50)
• 3000 - 4000 dwellings per year
• No Slums
• 85 in apartments small and efficient
• 50 live alone
• 8.3 families

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A right to Work

• 400.000 jobs city 690.000 regionally
• 80 services
• 80 firms 4 persons or less
• 5.0 unemployment
• 8 Universities
• High Tech growth area
• New Goods Harbour in Vuosaari
• 1.4 million m2 of Shopping (50 City)

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Accessible City

• 10 tram lines
• 1 metro 2 branch lines
• 3 commuter suburban trains
• buses (circular feeder) ferries
• 72 use public transport
• 335 cars per 1000 inhabitants
• 10 million passengers use Ships
• 17 million passengers use HELSINKI AIRPORT
• pedestrianisation of city centre
• traffic calming
• future investment in public transport

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Blue / Green Helsinki

• 35 open spaces
• 1000 kilometres of cycle routes
• high quality environment / clean air
• 48 parks
• 400 metres to recreation/ water
• 220 kilometre of shoreline/beaches
• islands and archipelago
• new developments public access

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Energy Efficient

• Helsinki owns Energy
• 93 district central heating
• 96 waste utilised to 100
• 200 kilometres of service tunnels
• 70 underground car-parking new areas

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Spatial Cohesion

• Helsinki as a Metropolis
• Smart-city polycentric region
• Plan-led
• City structure strengthen centre/resource
  support to the periphery
• Nordic welfare culture
• Helsinki-St.Petersburg-Tallinn development axis

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Helsinki in Colour
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