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3.12.2024
The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council started the process of a thematic green transition land use plan in May 2024. The new plan completes the legally valid Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Land Use Plan with themes including energy, technical service, business, logistics, as well as environment and climate.
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25.11.2024
Mari Siivola, who recently started as the Director of Regional Planning at the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council has been working a long time with municipal land use planning. She feels anything is possible for the growing and versatile region. She thinks Helsinki-Uusimaa has all the possibilities it needs to succeed.
Cases
16.10.2024
Award-winning design agency Nomaji urges sustainable design and construction. The ecological situation demands a rapid change of behaviour, and pioneering companies understand this. Good solutions have also been found in urban planning.
Cases
14.10.2024
For some time now, urban planning has been talking about a sustainable human scale city, one where daily services are within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. In urban planning, minimum standards are no longer enough – the goals are more ambitious, taking into account both sustainability and quality.
Cases
15.4.2024
The City of Helsinki has set itself the goal of becoming the most functional city in the world. This means traffic that works, which requires constant improvement, data and intelligent tools. Now, Helsinki is on its way to become a pioneer in functional smart traffic systems.
News
15.1.2024
In summer 2023, the European Commission announced its proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law, which aims to improve the sustainable use of soil. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council supports the main objective but gave its own suggestions for alterations in November 2023.
News
23.5.2023
The largest cities in Finland, most of its Regional Councils and the Association of Finnish Municipalities have expressed their serious concern about Article 6 of the EU Nature Restoration Law, currently under preparation. A shared statement with a comprehensive list of signatories, with suggested amendments to the draft regulation, has been given to be used by the current government formation negotiators in our country. Advocacy work is also continuously carried out in Brussels.
News
27.1.2023
The larger cities and towns in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, along with the Regions of Southern Finland want to make an impact on the Article 6 in the suggested EU Nature Restoration Law by sharing their proposals for amendments. In its current wording, the Article would significantly complicate sustainable growth in Finnish cities and towns. It would in fact, on the contrary to its aim, lead to urban sprawl harmful for both nature and climate.
News
27.6.2022
A new expert group on metropolitan climate challenge is being established in connection to METREX (The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas) and it invites planners across Europe to cooperate on how metropolitan spatial planning can contribute to reaching climate targets.
News
2.6.2022
In recent years, the population growth has pushed Finnish cities, as many other cities globally, to set ambitious housing targets. With the new opportunities available to improve the built environment, will buildings of the future still be remnants of the past?
News
8.10.2021
The possibilities and challenges of wood construction in both the Netherlands and Finland were the topics for a Timber Transition in Construction Industry webinar on Thursday October 7th, 2021.
News
22.12.2020
For the first time, a comprehensive maritime spatial plan has been prepared for the Finnish marine area, compiled in an extensive cooperation process between various actors.