The focus of this year course in Sustainable Urban Development is
Gällivare which is located in the resource-rich region of Norrbotten.
The region is at once heavily industrialized (steel, bio fuels, paper,
extraction industry, large energy infrastructures) and one of the least
densely populated area of Europe.
The project demonstrates the use of
multifunctional ecological corridors for urban regeneration, where a
specific focus is placed on the regeneration of mining areas and their
connection with the rest of the town.
The aim of the project is to explore the
challenges and opportunities in integrating urban planning and design
considerations with mining sites. This move should contribute to: on the
one hand, the sustainable (and economically feasible) rehabilitation of
mining sites during and after operations have ceased; and, on the other
hand, to diversify the local economy towards additional economic
ventures (e.g., tourisms, sport, etc.).
Reclamation engineering, design, and
environmental science can mutually benefit from an integrated approach
to mine reclamation. By integrating design in mainstream reclamation
strategies, mined site can become laboratories for “experimentation” for
new urban practices aimed at delivering sustained development.
Approaching mined site reclamation from a community design perspective
calls for “interdisciplinary thinking”, involving fields as different as
public policy, ecology, economics, engineering, and landscape design
and planning.
Students: Adam Priscille, Brette Albin,
Breunissen Björn, Fandos Miguel, Kristensen Kevin Lars, Lenglet Quentin,
Stridsman Victoria, Westlund Kristin.
Supervision and teaching: Agatino Rizzo,
Adolfo Sotoca, Sofia Lövgren, Erik Hidman, Alessandro Sgobbo (Federico
II University), Damiano Cerrone (TU Tampere), Liza Yngström (Gällivare
Kommun)"
Link to LTU site