OECD Territorial Reviews
Subtitle: Helsinki, Finland 2003
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Territorial Reviews; OECD territorial reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9789264199620
Subjects: Governance; Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: The Greater Helsinki Region emerged from the 1990s as an internationally competitive economy. This review examines the factors contributing to this success and the new development challenges it has created. One critical policy question is the Finnish dependence on the telecom/mobile industry. The current strategic positioning of the Finnish ICT cluster builds on a high-return/high-risk scenario. Long-term regional competitiveness requires a more focused strategy of diversification, i.e. developing ICT activities beyond the current cluster scope. Social inclusion is another crucial issue. Persistent unemployment among the less educated population and growing income disparities are calling for the restructuring of past policies. The Greater Helsinki Region needs to find ways to promote new opportunities of social cohesion. Rapid population growth has resulted from greater economic competitiveness requiring renewed commitment to managed growth and compact development. All of these challenges create needs for greater metropolitan co-ordination that are examined in turn.
Table of contents: title: Assessment and Recommendations; title: Is Competitiveness Compatible with Egalitarian Norms?; title: Constraints and Potentials of Territorial Development; title: Spatial Planning and Design; title: Fiscal Implications for Development; title: Guaranteeing Social Inclusion; title: Regional Competitiveness with a Special Focus on the ICT Sector; title: Urban Governance and Metropolitan Co-ordination; title: Annexes.