Prof. Marketta Kyttä. Place-based methods in the study of urban mobility and participatory planning
Channel: Mobility Lab
Date: 06/04/2022

The public online lecture series "Mobility analysis and planning for human-scale cities" arranged by the Mobility Lab, University of Tartu, features experts and leading scholars in the field of mobility and transport. The lecture series seeks to answer the question of how to promote human-scale, sustainable, and just cities through mobility analysis and transport planning. The lectures address transport policy, the social, environmental and health aspects of mobility and transport, traditional and novel methods in mobility analysis and transport planning, and innovative technologies and future solutions and their social impact.

In this lecture, Professor Marketta Kyttä from Aalto University talks about place-based methods in the study of urban mobility and participatory transport planning.

Marketta Kyttä is a Professor in Land Use Planning. Her research interests within participatory planning and environmental psychology include human-friendly environments that promote health and wellbeing, active living, child- and age-friendly environments, and new methods for public participation. Her innovation, “softGIS” methodology, is an advanced example of PPGIS (public participation GIS) methodology.