Hiedanranta: From industrial past to carbon-negative urban prototype

Teppo Rantanen, Jasper De Jonge and Elina Uusitalo
Additional contact information
Teppo Rantanen: City of Tampere, Competitiveness and Innovation Economic and Innovation Policy Unit, Finland
Jasper De Jonge: City of Tampere, Competitiveness and Innovation Economic and Innovation Policy Unit, Finland
Elina Uusitalo: City of Tampere, Competitiveness and Innovation Economic and Innovation Policy Unit, Finland

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 2025, vol. 19, issue 1, 6-14

Abstract: Hiedanranta, a post-industrial lakeside district in the City of Tampere, Finland, has emerged as a testbed for the city’s urban regeneration strategies. This practitioner paper examines the potential of the red-brick district in shaping attractive, resilient and adaptive urban futures through collaborative, inclusive and environmentally conscious urban planning. The paper examines how this former industrial zone is being transformed into a vibrant, multifunctional hub that seamlessly connects the city and nature, heritage and innovation and permanence and meaningful transformation for Tampere’s residents. Specifically, this paper sets out to ask: What has worked well in Hiedanranta? What lessons can be gathered from Tampere’s research-led urban renewal approach, and how might these insights be replicated in other cities around the world? The vision for the new district has been defined as follows: ‘Hiedanranta is a new lakeside district on the shores of Lake Näsijärvi, where work, activities, living and events are creatively intertwined. Together with Lielahti, it forms a new-generation sustainable and smart hub just minutes away from Central Square’. This paper will share the holistic thinking behind the district’s strategic master plan and evolution of ongoing regeneration efforts, illuminate the values embedded in the city’s change process, and explore the Hiedanranta district’s potential role in accelerating regenerative urbanism practices in the Finnish context. This article is also included in The Business & Management Collection which can be accessed at https://hstalks.com/business/.

Keywords: Tampere; regenerative design; human-centric; cultural district; climate-neutral; liveable cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://hstalks.com/article/9840/download/ (application/pdf)
https://hstalks.com/article/9840/ (text/html)
Requires a paid subscription for full access.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aza:jurr00:y:2025:v:19:i:1:p:6-14

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal from Henry Stewart Publications
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Henry Stewart Talks ().