as an emerging network Panu Lehtovuori leading researcher TKK / YTK

research needs Internationally, the economic valuation of built heritage is a lively field of research In the Nordic countries, however, this field has been relatively little known Therefore, ebheritage aims to: raise public awareness about the value adding potential of heritage gather information and data sources prepare a Nordic and Baltic research agenda network researchers across national borders

research needs In December 2005, the project organised a conference titled ‘Built Heritage – Value Adding Sector’ The event produced an understanding that while the cultural heritage field needs economic arguments to convince decision- makers and advocate enlightened preservation policies, only detailed, case-specific studies are instrumental in drawing the point home All values, not only monetary profits, should be analysed, calling for valuation methods that conceptualise heritage both as private and public good Methodologically, the studies should valorise both revealed and stated preferences, accounting for both use and non-use values of heritage objects and sites

research needs Among researchers of cultural economy, there is a broad agreement that historic preservation is an important activity and that its benefits outweight the costs There is a lot do, however, to raise the economic analysis of built heritage to a level where it truly helps decision-making in the various scales from single projects to national budgets Ebheritage links producers and clients of economic valuation: researchers academic research units, R&D units authorities, most notably national heritage boards but also ministries, regional centres of economic development etc. cities and developers planners and consultancies media

Ebheritage organisation Working group Researcher Heléne Hyrefelt Senior Adviser Terje Nypan Director Maire Mattinen Leading researcher Panu Lehtovuori Coordinator Kaisa Schmidt-Thomé International Scientific Committee Professor Åke E Andersson, Professor Christer Bengs Associate Professor Randall Mason Associate Professor Ståle Navrud Professor Riitta Nikula Senior Lecturer Krister Olsson Experts President Donovan D Rypkema Continuosly updated list with an idea to help clients find relevant expertise Need for economists, Baltic connection Finnish Steering Group Timo Hattinen Sinikka Joutsalmi Kari Nikkanen Satu-Kaarina Virtala Nordic and Baltic research network

Network research content Sulake oy /

Network research content DECOMB AMSHOP workshop

Network research content To shed light on new forms of planning and new coalitions that are emerging as planning is becoming increasingly development driven Unification of land-use and economic planning eg. in the Netherlands Planning valorises potentials, gathers actors and becomes ‘strategic’ In this shifting institutional context, there are new possibilities to represent built heritage as an asset: knowledge and creative economy regional significance of built heritage different territorial scales

Network research content BUILDING, DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY REGION, COUNTRY SCALES AND METHODS OF ECONOMIC VALUATION NEW, UNIFYING APPROACHES OF ECONOMIC AND SPATIAL PLANNING BUILT HERITAGE SEEN AS AN ASSET IN PLANNING FOR CREATIVE AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3

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