A brief presentation on participatory planning given at the Finnish Institute in Stockholm on 8th of April 2016.

1. Participatory
planning examples
from Lahti
Henrik Saari
Interaction planner
City of Lahti, Department of Land Use

2. Main themes
• Sopenkorpi area
– Using complementing participation methods
• Urban green areas and children
– public participation GIS

3. • 60 detailed plans in the making
• Continuous master plan process
• Complementary construction & new neighbourhoods

4. Kuva
• Early stage in planning
• Negotiation & goal setting
• Need for local
knowledge and
ideas
Sopenkorpi industrial area

5. Sopenkorpi: Methods and first results
Mobile app
”Porukka”
Workshop
& meetings
Map-based
questionnaire
• Better understanding of the location
• Hundreds of ideas and comments
• New plan revision applications

6. Urban green areas for early education
• Need for
location-based
information.
• What are
children’s views
and feelings?

7. Mapping urban green areas
Map-based
questionnaire
Visits & staff
interviews
Children’s
opinions & ideas
• GIS data set for planners
• Children’s actual views

8. Please get in touch!
Henrik Saari
henrik.saari@lahti.fi
Twitter @H_Saari

9. Plans for the future
• Ensuring continuity and consistency
• Focus on usability of knowledge and follow-up