Project background  In order to mitigate climate change, Finland aims to be carbon neutral in 2035. The land use sector is both a significant carbon sink and a source of CO2 emissions....

© Adobe Stock Climate change mitigation and related low-carbon goals have become central themes in land use planning, as planning is the foundation of future land use solutions. Over...

Built environment information systems are developed and maintained to support land use planning, monitoring and research, and participatory planning processes. © Picture: ChengXi Zhang ...

Working with the built environment information system.   Currently, zoning data is not comprehensively and nationally available in Finland to guide the use and development of ar...

The “demand side” of the market, actions by citizens as consumers and producers of to low carbon energy now plays an increasing role in the decarbonization of energy and built environment that are th...

Objectives Mixed use development refers to a practice where more than one type of activity, such as housing, jobs or services are assigned to the same building, groups of buildings, or area. ...

Research topics We focus on the accessibility to green and water areas within suburbs and their socio-economic variation between suburbs, as well as their role in supporting wellbeing....

In the future, our world may increasingly rely on renewable biomass resources for the provision of food, fodder, fibre and fuel. How this transition to bioeconomy will affect Nordic water resources, i......

Researcher FM (Geoinformatics) On leave from Syke Contant information firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358 40 6744 703 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built e......

Researcher (geography)   firstname.lastname@syke.fi +358 295 251 695 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) Built environment solutions Urban nature group ORCID ......

Coordinator, MS, Ecology Doctoral Researcher, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki firstname.lastname@syke.fi Tel. +358 295 251 890 /......

What is Liiteri? Liiteri is an information service focusing on the living environment and is governed by Finnish Environment Institute. Geographical information and statistics about the built en...

Senior research scientist, group manager Docent (urban ecology) PhD (environmental sciences) M.sc. (systematic botany) Contact information Email: first name.last name@syke.f......

  CURRENT Recent articles:  Oinonen, I. & Paloniemi, R. 2023. Understanding and measuring young people’s sustainability actions . Journal of Enviro...

Oceans and Human Health Workshop is organised jointly by the project BONUS ROSEMARIE and the HORIZON 2020 project SOPHIE....

Reports related to Zonation and Finland are available here in English. 2019 Ecological decision analysis in support of societal decision making: Final report of the Me...

Much work remains to be done on behalf of sustainability in mining. Environmental points of view must be considered in all phases of a mine's life cycle, from ore prospecting, all the way to the closi......

Introduction to sustainable development goals by using soil-human microbiota as a case, EevaFurman, ESM 21062018 Agenda2030 - challenges and solutions Finland and globally, EevaFurman, Czh...

Education supports the achievement of all of the goals of sustainable development put forward by the UN. According to the goal of education for sustainable development, all students on a global scale...

  Zonation-relevant references (loosely grouped) Primarily methodological Oldest basic Zonation references Moilanen, A. 2007. Landscape Zonation, benefit functions and target...