Systemic Wellbeing in Urban Structure : Focus in Shrinking Areas and Vulnerable Groups

Abstract

This publication is an outcome of Advanced Urban Analysis, a new course at Tampere University. The course is an example of a collaboration between different faculties and disciplines that share a common major theme – green transition and supporting sustainable urban structure. In the Fall 2020, the theme was looked through spatial boundary conditions of a wider spectrum of wellbeing. The course was carried out in a collaboration with HYMY, a project coordinated by Tampere City Region. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and the cities of Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti and Tampere were also involved. The HYMY project provided the students some valuable background information about how to perceive wellbeing and measure its components.