Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden

Riikka Holopainen; Maija Federley; Pekka Tuominen

Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden

Riikka Holopainen, Maija Federley, Pekka Tuominen

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Abstract

Across Europe, some 200 million people live in suburbs in great need of modernization and social uplifting. The JPI Urban Europe SubUrbanLab project has examined how these suburbs can be modernized and socially uplifted together with the residents and other stakeholders using the Urban Living Lab approach. This paper proposes a plan for the evaluation of six Urban Living Labs. The Urban Living Labs were real life development actions implemented in two suburban areas using different Urban Living Lab methods: Alby in Sweden and Peltosaari in Finland. The evaluation plan is divided into two sections 1) evaluation of the Urban Living Lab methods and 2) evaluation of the implemented modernization and social upgrading actions. The evaluation of methods provides insights into the appropriateness of using an Urban Living Lab approach for involving users and stakeholders in less valued suburbs. This evaluation is designed to include the whole process of developing, planning, implementing and following-up an Urban Living Lab. The evaluation of actions is carried out using both quantitative (e.g. CEA, physical indicators) and qualitative (e.g. online questionnaires and interviews with residents, municipal representatives, practitioners and other experts) methods. The evaluation focuses on how the implemented actions have contributed to these suburbs' attraction, sustainability and economic viability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Environmental Opportunies and Challenges, Constructing commitment and acknowledging human experiences
Editors	Matthijs Prins, Hans Wamelink, Bob Giddings, Kihong Ku, Manon Feenstra
Publisher	Tampere University of Technology
Pages	654 - 665
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	978-952-15-3740-0, 978-952-15-3742-4
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	CIB World Building Congress 2016: Intelligent Built Environment for Life - Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland Duration: 30 May 2016 → 3 Jun 2016 Conference number: 20

Publication series

Series	Tampere University of Technology: Department of Civil Engineering: Construction Management and Economics. Report
Number	18
ISSN	1797-8904

Conference

Conference	CIB World Building Congress 2016
Abbreviated title	WBC16
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Tampere
Period	30/05/16 → 3/06/16

Keywords

modernisation
urban living labs
neighbourhood
people involvement

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Holopainen, R., Federley, M., & Tuominen, P. (2016). Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden. In M. Prins, H. Wamelink, B. Giddings, K. Ku, & M. Feenstra (Eds.), Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Environmental Opportunies and Challenges, Constructing commitment and acknowledging human experiences (Vol. 2, pp. 654 - 665). Tampere University of Technology. https://tutcris.tut.fi/portal/files/6186797/WBC16_Vol_2.pdf

Holopainen, Riikka ; Federley, Maija ; Tuominen, Pekka. / Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden. Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Environmental Opportunies and Challenges, Constructing commitment and acknowledging human experiences. editor / Matthijs Prins ; Hans Wamelink ; Bob Giddings ; Kihong Ku ; Manon Feenstra. Vol. 2 Tampere University of Technology, 2016. pp. 654 - 665 (Tampere University of Technology: Department of Civil Engineering: Construction Management and Economics. Report; No. 18).

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Holopainen, R, Federley, M & Tuominen, P 2016, Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden. in M Prins, H Wamelink, B Giddings, K Ku & M Feenstra (eds), Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Environmental Opportunies and Challenges, Constructing commitment and acknowledging human experiences. vol. 2, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University of Technology: Department of Civil Engineering: Construction Management and Economics. Report, no. 18, pp. 654 - 665, CIB World Building Congress 2016, Tampere, Finland, 30/05/16. <https://tutcris.tut.fi/portal/files/6186797/WBC16_Vol_2.pdf>

Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden. / Holopainen, Riikka; Federley, Maija; Tuominen, Pekka.
Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Environmental Opportunies and Challenges, Constructing commitment and acknowledging human experiences. ed. / Matthijs Prins; Hans Wamelink; Bob Giddings; Kihong Ku; Manon Feenstra. Vol. 2 Tampere University of Technology, 2016. p. 654 - 665 (Tampere University of Technology: Department of Civil Engineering: Construction Management and Economics. Report; No. 18).

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Holopainen R, Federley M, Tuominen P. Evaluating urban living labs for modernisation and social upgrading of suburban areas in Finland and Sweden. In Prins M, Wamelink H, Giddings B, Ku K, Feenstra M, editors, Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Environmental Opportunies and Challenges, Constructing commitment and acknowledging human experiences. Vol. 2. Tampere University of Technology. 2016. p. 654 - 665. (Tampere University of Technology: Department of Civil Engineering: Construction Management and Economics. Report; No. 18).

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