Urban energy planning in Turku: [PLEEC Report D4.2 / Turku]

TY - RPRT

T1 - Urban energy planning in Turku

T2 - [PLEEC Report D4.2 / Turku]

AU - Fertner, Christian

AU - Christensen, Emil Maj

AU - Große, Juliane

AU - Groth, Niels Boje

AU - Hietaranta, Jari

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Since industrialisation, Turku has been an important industrial town in Finland and still is. Today, after considerable restructuring of the industrial sector, most jobs (79 % in the city of Turku) are within services. Besides its economic base, Turku also is experiencing a change in the former prevailing urban sprawl, characterising urban development since the 1950s. The city is densifying and promoting sustainable urban develop-ment, though at a regional scale with several growth centres. Its future development is envisioned in the “Structure model 2035”, focusing on more compact urban development along public transport corridors. From the case report three issues arise which might be of considerable interest in a broader context of the PLEEC project:1. Working with energy efficient regional urban structure (e.g. regarding urban sprawl) in a low density country and on a voluntary cooperative basis2. Keeping the industrial base in a city facing deindustrialisation and aiming for energy efficiency3. Decentralisation of energy supply enables new forms of settlements with the example of Skanssi

AB - Since industrialisation, Turku has been an important industrial town in Finland and still is. Today, after considerable restructuring of the industrial sector, most jobs (79 % in the city of Turku) are within services. Besides its economic base, Turku also is experiencing a change in the former prevailing urban sprawl, characterising urban development since the 1950s. The city is densifying and promoting sustainable urban develop-ment, though at a regional scale with several growth centres. Its future development is envisioned in the “Structure model 2035”, focusing on more compact urban development along public transport corridors. From the case report three issues arise which might be of considerable interest in a broader context of the PLEEC project:1. Working with energy efficient regional urban structure (e.g. regarding urban sprawl) in a low density country and on a voluntary cooperative basis2. Keeping the industrial base in a city facing deindustrialisation and aiming for energy efficiency3. Decentralisation of energy supply enables new forms of settlements with the example of Skanssi

KW - Urban planning

KW - Energy

KW - Heating

KW - Transport

KW - urban planning

KW - spatial planning

KW - commuting

KW - strategic planning

M3 - Report

BT - Urban energy planning in Turku

PB - EU-FP7 project PLEEC

ER -