Real Estate and Sustainable Crisis Management in Urban Environments
RESCUE is a three-year interdisciplinary project funded by the Academy of Finland and led by Aalto University, Department of Built Environment. The project consortium includes partners from Aalto University, the Department of Architecture as well as University of Turku and Tampere University. The study is multidisciplinary, a combination of futures studies, architecture, land use and spatial planning, and real estate economics.
RESCUE Work Packages
Societies are facing many different crises that are either previously recognised or unexpected (e.g. pandemic, climate change, terrorism, fires, floods etc.). Therefore, it is important to identify and prepare for them. This research studies the role of real estate in crisis management and preparedness as a way to manage crises. Indeed, the built environment (be it a home or workplace) has a significant influence on people’s wellbeing and the economy. This study is cross-disciplinary, combining futures studies, architecture, land use and spatial planning and real estate economics. As a result, the impacts of different crises on people’s wellbeing, land and space use are investigated, and practical tools and solutions for resilient planning, building, occupying, managing and crisis preparedness policies are proposed to enable a more resilient built environment now and in the future. This project consists of 5 work packages. The description of each work package can be found below.
Work Package 1 - The future crisis factors and joint impacts on the built environment
Work Package 2 - Social sustainability and wellbeing in the built environment
Work Package 3 - Land use planning and spatial practices
Work Package 4 - Resilient solutions to crisis preparedness for the built environment
Work Package 5 - Future policies, regulations and management practices and communication
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