Group 1 : Urban geography

Kalasatama

2019-01-30T12:28:04+02:00

Your job is to prepare a short presentation about Kalasatama and be our tour guide when we visit Kalasatama.

This is the first part of this project. We do similar project in Hamburg Hafen City,

The classification of the cities

2019-01-20T09:39:03+02:00

The simplest way to classify cities is to identify the distinctive role they play in the city system. There are three distinct roles:

central places functioning primarily as service centers for local hinterlands. City of Rovaniemi in Lapland
transportation cities performing break-of-bulk and allied functions for larger regions. - City of Hamburg
specialized-function cities, dominated by one activity such as mining, manufacturing or recreation and serving national and international markets. City of Forssa - water power -> textile industry. The city of Helsinki Russian Emperor Alexander I of Russia moved the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki in 1812 to reduce Swedish influence in Finland → the city of administration → transportation centre.

The structure of the city: The multiple-nuclei model

2019-02-06T10:32:37+02:00

The multple-nuclei model contained 7 differing sections that all had separate functions:

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. In larger cities, it is often synonymous with the city's "financial district". The CBD is often also the "city centre" or "downtown". Innenstadt and Stadtzentrum. E.g. in Düsseldorf, there is a business district which is located around the famous High-Street Königsallee with banks, shops and offices. Kamppi in Helsinki
Manufacturing & tarffic centre: Pasila
Low-class residential: Kallio
Middle-class residential: Töölö, Haaga
Upper-class residential: Eira & Kaivopuisto in Helsinki
Outlying business district: e.g. Kalasatama in the nar future
Residential suburb - Kumpula, Käpylä

Kamppi: CBD, Eira ja Kaivopuisto: Upper-class residential (very expensive flats), new business districts: Länsisatama ("western harbour")and Kalasatama (fish harbour")

Residential suburbs: Käpylä & Kumpula (detached houses), industrial and traffic centre: Pasila (red).

The problem of Helsinki

2019-01-20T09:36:44+02:00

The city of Helsinki is surrounded by other cities. That's why city of Helsinki wants to develop new centres in its own area with housing for residents and ofices, shops, restaurants, daycares, schools, health care stations. The new inhabitants are important because they pay taxes for the city (18 % from salary in the of Helsinki).