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The Gasworks project is situated within the heart of three inner city deprived communities which are situated in the East and South of the city and that were in conflict throughout the period of the troubles.

Helsinki's Ecological Sustainability Programme indicates the city's focal points of environmental protection in 2005-2008. The programme will implement the objectives of ecological sustainability enshrined in The Helsinki Action Plan for Sustainability.

The Arabianranta district is one of the major new development sites in the City of Helsinki. Subprojects include 'Art and Design City Helsinki in Arabianranta', which has been one of the key visions in the regeneration and development of the area from a brownfield site since early 1990’.

A unique housing solution for artists was built in Vuosaari district in Helsinki.

PEGASUS assessed the potential applicability of the Dutch “Spatial Development and Environment” (ROM) approach to other urban areas across Europe.

This publication provides a comparative overview of the economies of a number of European metropolises, and particularly on how Helsinki compares with other European metropolises with respect to size, economic structure and economic performance.
Of particular interest is the role of the metropolises, including Helsinki, in generating economic growth in their respective home countries, and their impact on Europe as a whole.

Ekoviikki in Helsinki is the largest sustainable building site in Finland. There are demonstrated a range of environmental and energy concepts and it introduces new planning approaches for sustainable suburbs.

Integrated, area-based policy for restructuring problem areas – often run-down urban districts suffering from high levels of air, noise, soil, odour and ammonia pollution.

The Voice of the Young in Helsinki is a Helsinki City project to promote participation of young people.

The Icing project aims to develop concepts of e-Government based on intelligent infrastructure in Helsinki, Dublin and Barcelona.

INTEGAIRE Guidebook presents the results of the Integraire project, aiming to explore solutions to key challenges for urban and air quality management throughout Europe.

The satisfaction of the inhabitants in the new ecological housing area has been measured by a survey in Helsinki, Finland.

Economic functions in the pre-War neighbourhoods of cities are an important topic for urban regeneration. Many policy documents focus on the necessity to blend residential and economic functions.

Environmental attitudes among Helsinki residents have been surveyed regularly since 1989 by Helsinki City Urban Facts in cooperation with Helsinki City Environment Centre.

The EMAS project has addressed the development of Environmental Management Systems in municipalities across Europe including accession countries.

Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators

Interact is a thematic network of 12 European cities on the implementation of strategic plans in cities.

This is a case study of the role and quality of population projections used in the Helsinki region.

This publication, issued by the RESTATE project, provides information about the successes, problems and measures involved in the restructuring of European problem districts.

In "Greenscom: Communicating Urban Growth and Green" five renowned European research institutes and universities join forces to improve and develop planning concepts and policy communication instruments for integrated urban planning and management.

The City of Helsinki participates in national and international developing projects concerning the energy efficiency of buildings.

Local authorities are invited to take an active role in the European mobility week from 16 to 22 September 2009. The overarching theme of this year's mobility week will be 'Improving City Climates'. Any local authority can set up its own 'in town without my car' day by involving its citizens as well as socio-economic stakeholders such as shop-keepers, companies, associations and schools. Practically, several streets in the towns are closed to traffic. This does not only offer enjoyable car-free time to citizens, but also enables cities to draw up comparative reportson air quality, noise pollution or the reduction of motor traffic during the operation and in the normal situation. Interested local authorities can contact their national coordinators for more information.