Neighbourhood’s on Thin Ice considered new evidence-based planning methods, a decision-making framework and toolkit for heritage sensitive and healthy urban planning/design, customized to sparsely populated communities, northern climate conditions and climate change. Communities face dilemmas regarding natural resources, a source of economic growth which also greatly affects the local environment and involves multi-national companies.
Projected key outcomes
- case studies in several countries involving local stakeholders, national design organisations and academia
- report initial results on both context-specific and provide general insights regarding how to deal with heritage, climate and demographic challenges in the northern periphery
- share knowledge and network among local stakeholders