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• Vaasa briefly
• Energy cluster briefly
• Attractive Towns - Application
• Strengths and Challenges
INDEX
67 620 inhabitants
Finnish 69,1 %
Swedish 22,8 %
Other languages 8,1 %
Spoken languages
in Vaasa
about 120 different nationalities
Youthful
Vaasa
The most common Vaasa resident is a 23-year-old man.
0-6 years 7,5 %
7-15 years 9,5 %
16-24 years 13,9 %
25-64 years 50,0 %
65- years 19,1 %
Vaasa by age groups
Finland’s
most
beautiful
campus
The University of Vaasa offers a
beautiful sea view and a green
campus to over 5,000 students
The quality of life
nearby
7beaches within a 3-km radius of the market square • 473 km of shoreline (includes 313 km of archipelago shoreline) •
2 000 berths and a guest harbour
Kvarken ArchipelagoFinland’s only natural heritage site on the UNESCO World Heritage List
King’s City
• founded in 1606 by
Charles IX around the
oldest harbour and
trading site in
Ostrobothnia
• after burning to the
ground in 1852, the
city relocated to its
current position in
1862
• served as the capital
of Finland 29.1. -
3.5.1918
Charles IX,
a son of
Gustav Vaasa
Transport links from
Vaasa
1 hour flight to Stockholm • 4.5 hour boat trip to Umeå • 3.5 hour trip by train to Helsinki
Vaasa Airport, Airport of the year 2017
Vaasa Airport• The 5th busiest airport in
Finland
• Daily flights between
Stockholm and Vaasa
Wasaline Joint harbour corporation Vaasa-Umeå
Number of travellers +10.5%
Freight +21.9% (2017 vs. 2016)
Energy Vaasa
ENTERPRISES, MANY OF
THEM GLOBAL MARKET
LEADERS IN THEIR BRANCH
MORE THAN
OF WHICH
TURNOVER BILLION
EUR
EXPORTS
OF THE ENTIRE
ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
EXPORTS IN FINLANDOF THE ENTIRE ENERGY
SECTOR WORKFORCE IN
FINLAND
EMPLOYEES
.
VAASA REGION
i.e. approx. 2%of the Finnish population
VAASA energy technology
cluster employs
11 000 engineers, MSCs
(Tech) and other specialists
Produces
5.5%of Finland’s entire
exports
Accounting for
approx.
30%of Finland’s
energy
technology
exports (1/3)EQUALLING ¼ OF
ENERGY WORKERS IN
FINLAND
Produces
12% of the
technology
industry’s
exports
Vaasa leads the energy technology exports
Attractive Towns
Application
Energy and Climate Program
Sub Center Project
Energy and climate
program
Vaasa has committed itself to several
international, national and regional projects and
agreements aimed at reducing the strain on the
environment and increasing energy efficiency.
Goal:
20% lower carbon footprint by 2020
Goal:
a carbon neutral city 2035
EU Energy and
climate agreementSEAP
Energy efficiency agreement
Energy and climate programme
Sustainable energy
action plan
Examples of sustainable measures (road map)
• Sustainable urban planning
Ravilaakso, sub center project
• Increase of Public transport
• Low emission vehicles
• Green electricity
• Invest in Cycling
• Gigafactory
• Transition management
Sub Center Challenges
Public services
Identity
Mobility
Urban life
Sub Center Project
2. Theoretical
approach to the
development of
subcenters
1. Identification and
classification of
subcenters
3. The development
of subcenter in
practise – an
example4. Improving public
transportation
system between
city subcenters
and city center
Benchmarking etc.
What do we need to
improve?
Smart mobility
Co-creation methods
How to measure urban quality
and sustainability?
Key actions in
Sub center project
Key actions in
Sub center project
Partnership
Interaction and
Co-creation
Smart services
Soft GIS –method
“ Vaasa is a large
enough city, but still
so compact that it
can be reached
anywhere by bike.