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At this level, analysing is breaking information into parts by looking at motives or causal factors. It is making inferences and collating evidence to support possible generalisations.
The case examines the exercise of power by Helsinki city in the expansion Eastwards and the annexation of Sipoo. Local residents opposed this move and it has raised multiple, political, social, economic and legal issues. It also highlights how wicked problems are endemic to policy decision-making. This case can also be linked to the prevalence of the old boy's network of elite privilege in Unit E4.
C.4. Reading (Look at this before doing the tasks). The Tasks and Answer Key/Pointers/Sources are in Theme H in the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
Vuosaari Residential blocks. The region was earlier annexed from Sipoo by Helsinki City. Jonik Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0. Wikimedia Commons.
Think About:
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell” – Edward Abbey
“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem" – Milton Friedman
“The suburb is a place where someone cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees” – Bill Vaughn
Materials Updates/News:
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‘Eminent Domain’ is often raised by Western countries when criticising autocratic regimes, especially policies impacting on local populations…Can the same be applied to Finland…
Peltonen, L., and Sairinen, R. (2010). Integrating impact assessment and conflict management in urban planning: Experiences from Finland. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 30(5): 328-337.
Rek-Woźniak M. (2023). Discourses of growth in megaproject-based urban development: A comparative study of Poland and Finland. Policy and Society 42(2): 245-258.
Back in 2013 there were indications of an increasing immigrant population…is Sipoo going to be the next residential area to meet the demand....a bit like Vuosaari….anyone asking what are the implications for wider society…
Yle. 10.2.2013. Hbl: Immigrant population could double in Helsinki within 20 years.
The only trouble - Helsinki was reinforcing immigrant hubs because satellite areas were (are) resistant to taking on the social engineering strategy of those in power:
Yle. 9.2.2013. Helsinki encourages neighbours to take more immigrants.
Hakli, J. (2008). Regions, networks and fluidity in the Finnish nation-state. National Identities 10(1): 5-20.
This Unit links to Unit F6 on immigration.
Cortinovis, C., et al. (2022). Higher immigration and lower land take rates are driving new densification wave in European cities. Urban Sustainability 2(19).
Heino, H., and Jauhiainen, J. (2020). Immigration in the Strategies of Municipalities in Finland. Nordic Journal of Migration Research 10(3): 73-89.
Kauppinen, T., and Van Ham, M. (2018). Unravelling the demographic dynamics of ethnic residential segregation. Population Space Place 25 (e2193).
Kortteinen, M. (10.10.2017). On Spatial Segregation in Helsinki. Segregation Dynamics Seminar, Helsinki University. Presentation Slides.
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