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The purpose of this thesis is to find out motives why a specific area in Espoo is selected as a living environment. The data for the survey was collected during the Summer 2015 with an online form from the inhabitants of ...

Climate change is a fact that cannot be cold-shouldered anymore. It is taking place at this very moment, and the consequences are already occurring: glaciers have shrunk and global sea level has risen an alarming 17 cm, ...

Oil transportation in the Gulf of Finland has increased significantly during the past 20 years. At the same time also other marine traffic has been increasing. The majority of the oil transportation traffic runs from ...

This research focused on heat generation and procurement in the old residential areas in the Lahti region. Heat generation causes harmful impacts on the environment, which are mainly formed from burning fossil fuels. The ...

At the moment municipalities are responsible for management of the packaging waste generated in households. When the producer responsibility is enforced, responsibility for the waste management and the associated costs of ...

The role of the Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY) is to monitor the implementation of the Climate Strategy. Climate indicators describing the climate change mitigation in the region are one tool to ...

The aim of this thesis was to find out what sustainable development means in urban planning both internationally and nationally. This study investigates the history of sustainable development and how it appears in EU level ...