Arto Viinikka
Finnish Environment Institute
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Ecosystem services | 2017
Grazia Zulian; Erik Stange; Helen Woods; Laurence Carvalho; Jan Dick; Christopher Andrews; Francesc Baró; Pilar Vizcaino; David N. Barton; Megan Nowel; Graciela M. Rusch; Paula Autunes; João Fernandes; Diogo Ferraz; Rui Santos; Réka Aszalós; Ildikó Arany; Bálint Czúcz; Joerg A. Priess; Christian Hoyer; Gleiciani Bürger-Patricio; David M. Lapola; Peter Mederly; Andrej Halabuk; Peter Bezák; Leena Kopperoinen; Arto Viinikka
Highlights • A structured protocol for adapting a spatial ecosystem service model to local contexts is proposed.• Decision context, the final users and uses of maps should drive the way the spatial ecosystem service models are structured.• Simply increasing spatial resolution is not sufficient to increase legitimacy and the ultimate utility of maps.• The type and level of stakeholders’ involvement is a determinant of spatial model usefulness.
Local Environment | 2018
Riikka Paloniemi; Jari Niemelä; Niko Soininen; Tiina Laatikainen; Kati Vierikko; Aino Rekola; Arto Viinikka; Vesa Yli-Pelkonen; Timo Assmuth; Leena Kopperoinen; Lasse Peltonen; Tuomas Kuokkanen; Marketta Kyttä
ABSTRACT Environmental justice sheds light on the distributive and procedural aspects of planning and decision-making. We examined the challenges arising from the perspective of environmental justice on multi-level and participatory environmental governance by exploring the governance of aquatic environments in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. We found three main challenges and potential responses to them. First, even though most of Helsinki’s shoreline is free and/or accessible by road and accordingly used actively by people for recreational purposes, many parts of the shoreline are perceived as inaccessible, reflecting a need to combine factual and perceived accessibility of aquatic environments in detail during the planning processes and to discuss reasons for possible discrepancies between these two. Second, there was a remarkable seasonal variation in the use of aquatic environments, so more attention should be paid to social-demographic factors explaining the distribution of the use of urban nature. Third, it seems to be difficult to capture the variety of perceptions of people and to integrate them into planning and decision-making processes even on a local scale, and this challenge is likely even more pronounced on higher levels of planning and governance. Thus, better integration of regional and local-scale planning procedures should be encouraged. Building on these observations, we conclude that integration of procedural and distributive environmental justice into the practices of the governance of aquatic environments could remarkably decrease unwanted trade-offs and potential conflicts in their use and management.
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management | 2018
Maija Tiitu; Arto Viinikka; Leena Kopperoinen; Davide Geneletti
The objectives in consolidating the urban form and preserving green spaces are often in conflict in growing cities. The usability of spatial multi-criteria decision analysis (SMCDA) was tested as a tool for integrating residential infill development and urban green spaces in the City of Jarvenpaa, Finland. In collaboration with local practitioners, this study focused on the benefits and challenges of SMCDA. The results were based on two workshops with the practitioners along with comprehensive GIS analyses based on a wide range of available data. The practitioners saw SMCDA as a useful method to bring together a variety of factors related to infill development. They highlighted the importance of the method’s transparency, emphasising the comprehensive explanation of each step of the method. Better understanding of the impact of individual criteria weightings on the results was mentioned as one of the key future developments of the method.
Fennia: International Journal of Geography | 2018
Arto Viinikka; Riikka Paloniemi; Timo Assmuth
Archive | 2017
Riikka Paloniemi; Maija Tiitu; Arto Viinikka; Suvi Vikström; Eeva Furman
Archive | 2017
Riikka Paloniemi; Maija Tiitu; Arto Viinikka; Suvi Vikström; Eeva Furman
Archive | 2017
Maija Tiitu; Ari-Pekka Auvinen; Arto Viinikka; Antti Rehunen; Eija Järvinen
Archive | 2017
Maija Tiitu; Ari-Pekka Auvinen; Arto Viinikka; Antti Rehunen; Eija Järvinen
Archive | 2016
Maija Tiitu; Arto Viinikka; Leena Kopperoinen
Archive | 2015
Pekka Itkonen; Arto Viinikka; Vuokko Heikinheimo; Leena Kopperoinen