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Local communities and everyday life in Funen
Ryan Weber
Ilpo Tammi
Svendborg
4.4.2016
Hvor er det værd at bo
Presentation overview
- Background and Approach
- Service and public transport accessibility in Nordic city-regions
- Linking accessibility to socio-economics and demographics
- The big picture on Funen
- Turning information into practice
- Remarks about future perspectives
Background and Approach
Mapping service reachability in 4 Nordic city-regions
- Analytical focus on :
- functioning of the urban form - the effortlessness of everyday life and access to amenities
- a functional "city-regional" scale
- testing a comparable spatial analysis in multiple cities
- providing information that can support policy and planning
In-depth analysis conducted for Funen:
- Linking accessibility to socio-economics and demographics
Background and Approach
- 2400 points of common "everyday services" mapped on Fyn
- Detailed timetable and location data of public transport stops
| Sector | Component | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Culinary | Restaurants | Restaurants |
| Cafes and bars | ||
| Groceries | Grocery stores | |
| Convenience stores | ||
| Culture & leisure | Fitness | Fitness centers / gyms |
| Swimming halls |
||
| Arts | Cinemas and theaters | |
| Libraries | ||
| Health | Hospitals | Hospitals |
| Clinics and pharmacies | Clinics | |
| Pharmacies | ||
| Education | Pre-school | Daycares and kindergarterns |
| Schools | Primary | |
| Secondary | ||
| Tertiary | ||
| Commerce | Banking | Banks and ATMs |
| Postal services | Post offices or kiosks |
Background and Approach
Service accessibility in Nordic city-regions
Service accessibility in Nordic city-regions
Public transport accessibility in Nordic city-regions
Public transport accessibility in Nordic city-regions
Linking accessibility to socio- economics & demography
Linking accessibility to socio- economics & demography
Linking accessibility to socio- economics & demography
The big picture in Funen
All urban areas over 1000 inhabitants
Maximum Attainable Service Uses (MASU)
Per Inhabitant Service Accessibility (PISA)
1 (strongest)
Index
0 (weakest)
1 (strongest)
Index
0 (weakest)
Turning information into practice
Three ways to improve accessibility to services via planning:
1. Plan more services
- Not necessarily feasible budget-wise, planning new locations for private service providers = market-dependent
2. Plan better connections to services
- Pedestrian and cycleways can be cost effective, but a lack of such is often not the core problem in Denmark
- Better public transport connections = budget-driven and semi-market-dependent > requires denser urban form
3. Plan denser urban form
- Not always feasible, suitable or answering to the right type of demand. Market-driven
Turning information into practice
Examples from Tampere regional planning for 2040
Turning information into practice
Health Services in Iceland
Future perspectives
- Generational shifts in what is attractive living? What might this mean for long-term strategy?
- Comprehensive understandings of mobility
- Combining the everyday life perspective with business and commerce development
- What are the specific planning needs in your municipal perspectives?
- How can this type of information be useful for you in your work?