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Linda Karjalainen
Content page | Published: 2023-12-04

Researcher PhD (environmental sciences) Contact information © Kuva: Oles Datsko Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel.: 029 525 1007 Finnish Environment......

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The GSGF in Finland — Integration of geospatial and statistical information in Finland (GSFI)
Project | Published: 2023-04-21

The GSGF in Finland — Integration of geospatial and statistical information in Finland (GSFI) project takes the next step after the GEOSTAT 4 project by adapting the GSGF Europe to the Finnish contex...

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Digitally mediated decarbon communities in energy transition (DigiDecarbon)
Project | Published: 2023-08-10

The “demand side” of the market, actions by citizens as consumers and producers of to low carbon energy now plays an increasing role in the decarbonization of energy and built environment...

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Emilia Suomalainen
Content page | Published: 2021-05-10

Leading Researcher PhD (Environmental Science) © Kai Widell Contact information Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built Environment Solutions Housing and Mo......

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Indicators for sustainable urban development - KEKANUA
Project | Published: 2021-02-23

Background The New Urban Agenda (NUA) was adopted at the United Nations Conference Habitat III in Quito 2016 to guide sustainable urban development. It supports the implementation of the Ag...

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Vuokko Heikinheimo
Content page | Published: 2021-02-23

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Maija Tiitu
Content page | Published: 2020-10-15

Researcher firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358 295 251 695 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built environment solutions Urban nature group Doctoral researcher, ......

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Marko Tainio
Content page | Published: 2020-07-29

Unit director © Kai Widell Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi Phone: +358-29-525-2127 Twitter: @MarkoTainio Professional some: LinkedIn , Google Scholar , ORCID an......

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Updated urban-rural classification: Finland’s degree of urbanisation currently at over 72 per cent
Press release | Published: 2020-05-29

According to the updated urban-rural classification, more than 72 per cent of the Finnish population now reside in the urban areas of the country. The degree of urbanisation has increased more than tw......

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Urban and regional planning with the young generation - URGENT
Project | Published: 2019-09-30

CURRENT Recent articles: Oinonen, I. & Paloniemi, R. 2024. Understanding and measuring young people’s sustainability actions . Journal of Enviro...

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Marko Tainio
Content page | Published: 2019-08-16

Director Finnish Environment Institute SYKE Sustainable Urbanisation Programme Email: firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi Phone: +358-29-525-2127 Twitter: @MarkoTainio Professiona......

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Best Practices Promoting Sustainable Urban Form - YKR-demo
Project | Published: 2019-06-07

Objectives The project supports sustainable urbanization in Finnish cities and urban areas. It is carried out during 2019 and 2020 in collaboration with SYKE, Ministry of the ...

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Tampere joins the Carbon Neutral Municipalities network – the entire city region aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030
Press release | Published: 2019-04-05

Tampere City Region is strengthening its commitment to strict carbon neutrality targets. As the central city of the region, Tampere joined the Carbon Neutral Municipalities (HINKU) network by decision......

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Juha Peltomaa
Content page | Published: 2019-02-06

Development Manager PhD (environmental policy) Title of Docent (sustainability politics, UEF) Societal Change Unit Finnish Environment Institute SYKE firstname......

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Focus on basic security, education, and participation
Content page | Published: 2018-09-13

Sustainable well-being cannot be implemented without fair distribution of resources. Decisions on emission reductions or protecting biodiversity cannot succeed if people do not find them acceptable. ......

Finland and sustainable well-being > How does society need to change? > Focus on basic security, education, and participation

Forests promote health and well-being among school pupils
Press release | Published: 2018-08-30

Forests promote health and well-being among school pupils. The Finnish Environment Institute has made an analysis based on spatial data on the location of primary and secondary schools with relation t......

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Nature relationship of day care centres and schools
Content page | Published: 2022-01-20

Education supports the achievement of all of the goals of sustainable development put forward by the UN. According to the goal of education for sustainable development, all students on a global scale...

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Realising the health benefits of nature through urban planning
Press release | Published: 2017-08-24

The health and well-being impacts of contacts with nature are increasingly being discussed in relation to environmental policies in Finland and around Europe. Access to nature is important even in den......

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New phase of urbanisation within metropolitan areas — Helsinki lagging behind Stockholm
Press release | Published: 2015-06-15

A recent study on the metropolitan areas of Helsinki and Stockholm indicates that the urban form in the two regions has developed partially in different directions during the past 20 years. Stockholm ......

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Dr Joe Ravetz is a visual thinker
News | Published: 2015-02-05

The public lecture held by Dr Joe Ravetz is loaded with hand drawn maps and pictures. Even his self-presentation on the Urban 3.0 website is partly a comic strip. "I am a researcher of sustainable fut......

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