Estonian Geography and Geographers
Rein Ahas & Garri Raagmaa
University of Tartu
372 5278899
Estonian Geography?
� What is Geography?
� This is what geographers do!
� What is Estonian Geography?
� This is what Estonian geographers do!
AcademiaCustaviana
Tartu University was founded1632 by Swedish king Karl Gustav II Adolphus
Friedrich Georg W. Struwe 1793-1864
Department of Geography
� Founded 1919
Edgar Kant 1902-1978Estonian central places
Salme Nõmmik� Territorial production
complexes1910-1988
1991 Institute of Geography2007 Institute of Ecology and Earth
Scienes Director Leho Ainsaar
� 2007 Departmentof Geography� 75 people on the list
� Chair of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
� Chair of Geoinformatics and Cartography
� Chair of Human geography and Regional Planning
Study programmes
� BSc in Geography 3 years
� MSc in Geography 2 years
� PhD in Geography 4 years
Study specialisations in MSc:
� Human geography and regional planning
� Tourism Geography
� Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
� Environmental Technology
� GIS and Cartography
Chair of physical geography and landscape ecology
� Ülo ManderLandscape Ecology
� Jaak JaagusClimatology
� Jaak TruuEnvironmental
technology
Chair of GIS and Cartography
Tõnu Oja
Chair of human geography and regionalplanning
� Rein Ahas – Mobilitystudies, mobileposititioning
� Tiit Tammaru –Urban and population geography
The only cultural geographer
� Taavi Pae
� Other culturalgeography fellowsmigrated to Tallinn University
� Hannes Palang
The only historical geographer
� Erki Tammiksaar
� After Ott Kursretirement
Regionalplanning group
� Jussi Jauhiainen
� Antti Roose – ESPONcontact point
� Garri Raagmaa
Ressource management and environmental assesment folks
� Age Poom Arvo Järvet Ain Kull
Estonian Institutional Research Grant
� Spatial Population Mobility and Geographical Changes in Urban Regions
� IUT2-17
� 2013-2018
� 2 professors, 7 researchers, 11 PhD students
Research at the Mobility Lab
Short-term population mobility
Mobile phones (positioning, tracking) assensors
Geography of Information Society
Population in July
Allikas: Ahas jt. 2010
Estonian central places 2013
(Ahas jt. 2013)
Paradigm shift:
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Smart City
• Monitoring systems
Recent papers:
� Ahas, R., Witlox F., Miller, H. 2014. From the Guest Editors: Mobility, Communication, and Urban Space, Journal of Urban Technology 21 (2):1-7.
� Järv, O., Ahas, R. and Witlox, F. 2014. Understanding monthly variability in human activity spaces: a twelve-month study using mobile phone call detail records. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 38 (1): 122–135.
� Silm, S. & Ahas, R. 2014. Ethnic differences activity spaces: The study of out-of-home non-employment activities with mobile phone data, Annals of Association of American Geographers 104(5): 542-559.
Research at the Centre forMigration and UrbanResearch
Segregation
Suburbanisation
Inter-ethnic contacts
Emigration
Post-socialist City: segregation
Hidden suburbanisation: garden house districts
Population change 2000-2011
Allikas: Statistikaamet, REL 2011
Population change by km2
Local patterns of social mix/diversity
Budapest Warsaw
VilniusTallinn
Prague
Recent papers:
� Marcinczak, S. Tammaru, T., Novák, J., Gentile, M., A., Kovács, Z., Temelová, J., Kährik (2014) Patterns of socio-economic segregation in the capital cities of fast-track performing post-socialist countries. Annals Association of American Geographers [in press].
� Strömgren, M., Tammaru, T., Danzer, A., van Ham, M., Marcinczak, S., Stjernström, P., Lindgren, U. (2014) Factors shaping workplace segregation between natives and immigrants. Demography 51(2), 645–671.
� Hedberg, C.; Tammaru, T. (2013). ‘Neighbourhood effects’ and ‘City effects’: The entry of newly arrived immigrants into the labour market. Urban Studies 50(6), 1163–1180.
� Leetmaa, Kadri; Kriszan, Agnes; Nuga, Mari; Burdack, Joachim (2013). Strategies to cope with shrinkage in the lower end of urban hirarchy inEstonia and Central Germany . European Planning Studies
Research in Regional Planning
Governance and Peripheralization
Regional and innovation policy
Land use and ladscape changes
Employed outsidehome
25000abroad
29000outside owncounty
Allikas: Statistikaamet, REL 2011
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TALLINN
PärnuSpa, tourism, social services
KuressaareSmall craft building, Spa
Kohtla-JärveOil-shale & miningtechonogy
NarvaOil shale energyrare metals
RakvereConstructionmaterials, food
TARTU
Võru: Wood processingtechnology, mechatronics
Valga: Latvian co-operationOtepää sports ja recreation industy
ViljandiFolk-culture ja handicraft
Räpina School ofHorticulture
ShippingShippingShippingShipping and and and and fisheriesfisheriesfisheriesfisheries, , , ,
resortsresortsresortsresorts
Mining and chemical industry
KIBS, transit trade, real
estate, software
development (Skype,
Tehnopol etc.)
Higher education and
reserach, medicine, biotech
and software development
(Playtech, Regio etc.)
AgricultureAgricultureAgricultureAgriculture, , , , forestyforestyforestyforesty
New and OldOldOldOld specialisation of Estonian regions
Hiiumaa: Plasticsindustry
HospitalityHospitalityHospitalityHospitality industryindustryindustryindustry, , , , healthhealthhealthhealth and and and and
socialsocialsocialsocial servicesservicesservicesservices, , , , maritimemaritimemaritimemaritime sectorsectorsectorsector, , , ,
manufacturingmanufacturingmanufacturingmanufacturing subcontractingsubcontractingsubcontractingsubcontracting
Manufacturing,
transit trade
Wood and food industry,
organic farming, recreation
Mining, chemicals,
metal processing
Food, construction
materials, recreationHaapsalu: Health and rehabilitation Paide/Türi:
AgrotechnologyLuua School of Forestry
University colleges Main local industries/knowledge base
Major planningfailures, meadowof Emajõgi 2010
Some publications� Roose, A.; Kull, A; Gauk, M.; Tali, T. (2013). Land use policy
shocks in the post-communist urban fringe: a case study of Estonia. Land Use Policy. 30(1), 76 - 83.
� Roose, A.; Kull, A. (2012). Empowering Spatial Information in the Evolution of Planning Systems: Lessons of ad hoc Plans in Estonia. Regional Studies, 46(4), 493 - 508.
� Raagmaa, G. & Stead, D. (2014) Spatial Planning in theBaltic States: Impacts of European Policies, EuropeanPlanning Studies, 22:4, 671-679
� Raagmaa, G.; Kalvet, T. & Kasesalu, R. (2014) Europeanization and De-Europeanization of EstonianRegional Policy, European Planning Studies, 22:4, 775-795
Department of Geography Department of Geography Department of Geography Department of Geography Vanemuise 46 Tartu 51014 @stonia