Contested and constructed greenery in the compact city: A case study of Helsinki City Plan 2016

Hautamäki, Ranja

doi:10.1080/18626033.2019.1623543

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“…This research indicates that the different mechanisms mediating the relationship between the built environment and health outcomes often counter one another. These conclusions are consistent with the findings of another systematic review from Korea which reported positive associations between certain characteristics of the compact city (i.e., street environment, green and open spaces, transportation infrastructure) and physical health, while finding negative associations between health indicators and characteristics such as mixed land use and neighbourhood facilities (Kim and Yoo 2019).…”

Section: How Sustainable Are Compact Cities?supporting

confidence: 91%

Towards a Better Understanding of Compact Cities

Anabtawi

2023

Journal of Planning Literature

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Compact city policy applications are expanding rapidly worldwide, and so is research on the topic. This review sampled 92 publications from the last 5 years mentioning this model in their titles. A theme-centric approach was used to analyze them in order to shed light on three central questions: how do recent contributions understand and operationalize the composition of compact cities? How do they enhance existing knowledge about the model's externalities and impacts on sustainability objectives? And finally, what lessons can be learned regarding strategies of implementation and how they map onto persistent challenges and evolving policy instruments?

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Section: How Sustainable Are Compact Cities?supporting

confidence: 91%

Towards a Better Understanding of Compact Cities

Anabtawi

2023

Journal of Planning Literature

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“…22-23). The case clearly demonstrates that the polarisation between urban development and Central Park-and green structure in general-has increased (Hautamäki, 2019). The original idea of the green wedge to balance urban growth and nature has been complemented with the narrative of protecting the park against the city.…”

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Constructing the green wedge in the planning discourse - a case study of Central Park in Helsinki, Finland

Hautamäki

2021

Landscape Research

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This article explores the construction of the green wedge in the planning discourse in Helsinki's Central Park over three phases: its establishment in the early twentieth century, the first statutory plan of the 1970s and in the present context. Often described in quantitative methods emphasising physical and spatial qualities, the study instead examines the conceptual and historical dimensions of the park. The thematic analysis of the planning discourse looks at four principles characteristic of the green wedge model-the relationship between the park and the city; the continuity and connection from the centre to the outskirts; recreation and health; and nature as beauty and biodiversity. With the focus on the consistencies and changes, this study highlights the resilience of this over 100-year-old green wedge and demonstrates that Central Park has been able to accommodate new needs and functions while sustaining most of its original aims.

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“…Some studies evaluated how the current emphasis on compact city policies may lead to redefining and reshaping the urban green planning visions in cities. Hautamaki [120] shows that green planning principles have been reshaped to coincide with densification policies in Helsinki, arguing that the multidimensional nature of urban green is being reduced to qualities that correspond to a hegemonic urban vision, namely intensively maintained urban parks. Additionally, Uggla [121] explored the urban densification narratives in Stockholm, showing that nature is arranged in an orderly fashion to meet the needs of citizens, narrowing the scope for what kind of nature and what species can be tolerated in the city.…”

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Going Green and Going Dense: A Systematic Review of Compatibilities and Conflicts in Urban Research

Madureira

Monteiro

2021

Sustainability

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The dilemma of simultaneously promoting the advantages of urban densification and urban liveability, namely the environmental and social benefits of urban green spaces, has been widely acknowledged in the research literature. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current state of evidence on benefits, conflicts and challenges emerging from fostering both urban densification and urban greening aims. A systematic review following the PRISMA guidelines was conducted. Searches for peer-reviewed papers were conducted in Scopus and Web of Science. Our search yielded an initial 357 papers, which were then further sorted and screened to the 117 manuscripts retained and included in this review. The authors systematized the multiple perspectives in which the interactions between urban densification and urban greening have been explored. Moreover, the results revealed a lack of clear agreement about the existence or not of conflicts emerging from fostering both urban densification and urban greening aims, suggesting that the positive or negative interactions are not absolute but depend on the scale or the context on which the studies are conducted. Further research should explore multiple potential mediating variables (e.g., the mediator effect of scale and context) to deepen our understanding of interactions between density and greening.

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Contested and constructed greenery in the compact city: A case study of Helsinki City Plan 2016

Cited by 23 publications

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Towards a Better Understanding of Compact Cities

Towards a Better Understanding of Compact Cities

Constructing the green wedge in the planning discourse - a case study of Central Park in Helsinki, Finland

Going Green and Going Dense: A Systematic Review of Compatibilities and Conflicts in Urban Research

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