Baltic Urban Lab - Integrated Planning and Partnership Model for Brownfield Regeneration

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

By 2020, approximately 80% of Europeans live in urban areas. Building attractive, high-quality and sustainable urban areas and increasing competitiveness is a common challenge for Central Baltic cities. Cities seek constantly new integrated approaches to fully exploit the knowledge, innovation capacity and resources of different actors in the society. The demand for land in and around cities is acute, and changes in the land use are rapid and often conflicting. The need for cooperation especially between public and private sector to promote smart, urban development has increased. The Baltic Urban Lab project improves urban planning by developing and testing new integrated planning and Public-Private-People partnership models for the regeneration of brownfield areas, which are often considered an opportunity but also a challenge by cities. The project consortium consists of 7 partners covering the 4 Central Baltic countries. The project cities Norrköping (SE), Riga (LV), Tallinn (EE) and Turku (FI) will apply new cooperation models together with the private sector for the development of brownfield sites in their urban areas, in so called City Pilots. As part of the pilots, advanced participatory methods utilising innovative digital technologies will be developed and tested to better involve the different interest groups, including inhabitants, in the planning process. Based on the work done in the pilots, identification and analysis of existing solutions and good practices and joint learning and exchange of experiences between the cities and experts in the region will be realized. The project will develop an Integrated Planning and Partnership Model for Brownfield regeneration for cities, as one of the main outputs. During the project, the cities produce concrete integrated plans and development strategies for selected brownfield sites that will contribute in capitalization of the embedded potential of urban Brownfield sites in Central Baltic region.

Achievements (EN):

Baltic Urban Lab - Brownfield areas evolved: Baltic Urban Lab created and tested new integrated planning and partnership models that help turn brownfield areas into smart and sustainable city districts. Brownfields are abandoned or underused areas that have previously been used for example by industry or military. One of the new ways for planning is the public-private-people partnership (4P) approach. 4P improves the inclusion of various public sector actors, private actors, residents, NGOs and of civil-society actors in the planning processes through improved dialogue and common understanding of goals. In total, the project created four integrated urban plans. The plans were piloted in the Itäharju brownfield triangle in Turku (Finland), areas around the Mukusalas street in Riga (Latvia), inner harbour area in Norrköping (Sweden) and the area around the Skoone Bastion in Tallinn (Estonia). In these areas, geological surveys, visualisation models, opinion surveys, risk-assessments and citizen involvement tools were developed, among other things.

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): R2.3. Share of urban areas covered with integrated urban management

Expected Outputs (EN):

One of the main results is the tested and evaluated Integrated Planning and Partnership Model for brownfield regeneration for Central Baltic cities leading to better management of urban brownfields. The project contributes to improving the capacity of local authorities to deal with the regeneration of brownfields and lead through multi-stakeholder development processes by providing concrete tools and models for applying integrated and co-creative planning approach. The project will result in mutual understanding on the brownfields, increased awareness and recognition of existing good examples and solutions and mutual learning between cities. City Pilots that apply new planning and cooperation model will result in concrete Integrated Plans and Development strategies for the selected Brownfield site(s) in project cities creating base for viable development projects and better utilization of brownfields. The project will result in more efficient interaction and cooperation between the city, land owners and developers and other relevant sectors involved in the urban development process in involved cities and Central Baltic area. Better dialogue increases mutual understanding on the interests, roles and responsibilities of different parties in the planning process. Knowledge and resources of relevant actors will be exploited to co-create mutually valued outcomes. The project offers resources in the form of concrete strategies, plans and solutions for the regeneration of brownfields. A variety of participatory tools utilizing ICT and mobile applications will be developed, tested and evaluated while providing cities with concrete tools to increase the participation of end-users in the planning process. Based on thorough evaluation and analysis of the pilot processes, concrete operational PPP -cooperation model and principles to be integrated as part of the city planning practices and used for the development of other city districts will be produced in each city.

Thematic information

Urban development Regional planning and development Clustering and economic cooperation

Specific Objective: Better urban planning in the Central Baltic region

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06e) taking action to improve the urban environment, to revitalise cities, regenerate and decontaminate brownfield sites (including conversion areas), reduce air pollution and promote noise-reduction measures

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Itämeren kaupunkien liiton kestävien kaupunkien komissio /Turun kaupunki

Department: -

Address: Vanha Suurtori 7, FIN-20500 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ubc-environment.net/

Total budget: EUR 490 674.52

ERDF budget: EUR 368 005.89

Tallinna Linnaplaneerimise Amet

Name: Tallinna Linnaplaneerimise Amet

Department: -

Address: Vabaduse väljak 7, 15198 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tallinn.ee

Total budget: EUR 240 556.27

ERDF budget: EUR 204 472.83

Turun yliopisto

Name: Turun yliopisto

Department: Brahea Centre at the University of Turku

Address: Yliopistonmäki -, FI-20014 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.brahea.utu.fi

Total budget: EUR 215 315.00

ERDF budget: EUR 161 486.25

Turun kaupunki

Name: Turun kaupunki

Department: City of Turku Property Management Division

Address: Puutarhakatu 1, FIN-20100 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.turku.fi/

Total budget: EUR 399 677.50

ERDF budget: EUR 299 758.12

Rīgas domes Pilsētas attīstības departaments

Name: Rīgas domes Pilsētas attīstības departaments

Department: City Development Department

Address: Amatu iela 4, LV-1050 Rīga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.riga.lv

Total budget: EUR 228 902.88

ERDF budget: EUR 194 567.45

Nordregio

Name: Nordregio

Department: -

Address: Box 1658 -, SE-11186 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nordregio.se

Total budget: EUR 231 937.15

ERDF budget: EUR 173 952.86

Norrköpings kommun

Name: Norrköpings kommun

Department: Department of urban planning

Address: Trädgårdsgatan 21, SE-60181 Norrköping, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.next.norrkoping.se

Total budget: EUR 393 178.90

ERDF budget: EUR 294 884.18

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Tallinna Linnaplaneerimise Amet

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University of Turku

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Turun kaupunki

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Riga City Council (City Development Department)

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Nordregio

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Norrköping Municipality

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Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission C/O City of Turku

Baltic Urban Lab - Integrated Planning and Partnership Model for Brownfield Regeneration

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic Urban Lab - Integrated Planning and Partnership Model for Brownfield Regeneration

Project acronym: Baltic Urban Lab

Project start date: 2015-10-01

Project end date: 2018-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 200 242.22

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 697 127.58

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 697 127.58.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Planning Systems and Legislation for Brownfield Development in the Central Baltic Countries

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.balticurbanlab.eu/materials

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2017-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Developing brownfields via public-private-people partnerships

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.balticurbanlab.eu/materials

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-01-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Towards integrated and partnership-based planning of brownfield areas

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.balticurbanlab.eu/materials

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-09-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Baltic Urban Lab definition for brownfields & recommendations for improving national policy approaches on integrated brownfield redevelopment

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.balticurbanlab.eu/materials

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Policy Brief: Making the most of brownfield sites in the Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.balticurbanlab.eu/materials

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-10-01

Languages: en

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

137 / 137 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

663 / 663 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://centralbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-08, 2023-01-12 and 2024-03-08.

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