2. Main themes
• Sopenkorpi area
– Using complementing participation methods
• Urban green areas and children
– public participation GIS
3. • 60 detailed plans in the making
• Continuous master plan process
• Complementary construction & new neighbourhoods
4. Kuva
• Early stage in planning
• Negotiation & goal setting
• Need for local
knowledge and
ideas
Sopenkorpi industrial area
5. Sopenkorpi: Methods and first results
Mobile app
”Porukka”
Workshop
& meetings
Map-based
questionnaire
• Better understanding of the location
• Hundreds of ideas and comments
• New plan revision applications
6. Urban green areas for early education
• Need for
location-based
information.
• What are
children’s views
and feelings?
7. Mapping urban green areas
Map-based
questionnaire
Visits & staff
interviews
Children’s
opinions & ideas
• GIS data set for planners
• Children’s actual views
8. Please get in touch!
Henrik Saari
henrik.saari@lahti.fi
Twitter @H_Saari
9. Plans for the future
• Ensuring continuity and consistency
• Focus on usability of knowledge and follow-up