Commercial activity is forming larger and larger units in locations some of which are detached from the existing urban structure. There is a shared interest in avoiding oversupply of shopping space in the urban region and in securing access to the shopping centres by alternative means of transportation. The KOKKKA project aims to produce comparative knowledge and boundary-crossing understanding of shopping centres. Through interdisciplinary approach new tools of planning and governance will be developed to transgress the boundaries between different rationalities: 1) new methods for the coordination of public-private shopping centre partnerships at the regional level; 2) new tools for the analysis of urban form and networks, to enable better responsiveness between the shopping centre managers’ location policies and the urban planners’ aims; 3) ideas for shopping centre concepts, to enable better access locally and regionally for groups with different mobilities and related capabilities.
Duration 10/ 2008-10/2010
Project leader Aalto University (Kauko Viitanen), Tampere University of Technology (Ari Hynynen ), Aalto University(Raine Mäntysalo), University of Turku (Heli Marjanen)
Researchers Sanna Iltanen, Annuska Rantanen, TUT; Arhi Kivilahti, Jenni Heikkinen, Ari Hyvönen, Sanna Uotinen, Laura Yrjänä, James Culley, Mikael Postila, Tuulia Puustinen, Vesa Kanninen, Jenni Kuoppa, Simo Syrman Aalto; Anna-Maija Kohijoki, Riitta Kosk, Meri Malmari; TuKKK
Funding and Partners Teknologian kehittämiskeskus TEKES, Suomen kauppakeskusyhdistys, Aberdeen Property Investors , Citycon, Realprojekti, Wereldhave, Lemminkäinen Talo Oy, NCC Property Development, Skanska Commercial Development Finland Oy, SRV Yhtiöt Oyj, HOK Elanto, Ruokakesko, Espoon kaupunki, Helsingin kaupunki, Pääkaupunkiseudun yhteistyövaltuuskunta YTV, Uudenmaan liitto, Tampereen kaupunki, Tampereen kuntayhtymä, Ympäristöministeriö
International Partners Georgia State University (US), The Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Oxford University’s Saïd Business School (GB), Lancaster University, Centre for Mobilities Research (GB), tirling University (GB),K arlsruhe Universität (DE), Universiteit van Amsterdam (NL), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (SE)
Publications only in Finnish Kanninen, V. & Rantanen, A. (toim.) (2010). Kauppakeskukset osana kestävää kulutusta ja kaupunkirakennetta.Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskuksen julkaisuja C 82. Yliopistopaino, Espoo 2010