Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP SCATTER SPRAWLING CITIES AND TRANSPORT: FROM EVALUATION TO RECOMMENDATIONS SCATTER WORKSHOP MILAN OCTOBER 24 th, 2003 Urban sprawl as experienced in Helsinki

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Urban sprawl as experienced in Helsinki  Urban growth, migration and structural change  Spatial / functional structure of Helsinki Metropolitan Area  Driving forces and identified impacts  Policy measures and urban sprawl

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP URBAN GROWTH, MIGRATION AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Helsinki Metropolitan Area and Surroundings Source: Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council 150 km 50 km 100 km

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP km Shaping the spatial structure of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area in the 1900s

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Language barriers To safeguard the status of the minority languages in the municipality. Dispersal elsewhere or development of a compact capital region? Helsinki SIPOO

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Population and Workplaces

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Most important factors shaping Helsinki Metropolitan Area’s urban structure are: long term structural changes in the global and national economy increase in the total population of the area increase in household income decrease in travel times due to the road network and public transport services housing market (housing prices lower in the periphery than in the city core) the availability of government subsidies for rural activities (tax subsidies for commuting) appeal of rural ambience and of low density settlements language barriers building law

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Increased need of transport 1 million inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Average trip length in Helsinki Metropolitan Area (10,6 km) (12,3 km)

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Helsinki area now

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP … and Helsinki area in future ?

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP …or new construction within existing structure

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP or along transport corridors

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP …or have it all!

Virpi PastinenSCATTER WORKSHOP Identified policies against urban sprawl Consistency between urban planning and transport policies Pricing policies Establishing urban development plans that limit construction on undeveloped sites Enforcing a housing policy that promotes the construction of tightly-packed residential areas Parking limitations in city centres Reserved rights-of-way for public transport vehicles Impacts of these policies?