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I have worked at DoBE (formerly at YTK, which is now the Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering Group, SPT) for well over 15 years as a researcher and project manager. For academic years 2018-19 and 2019-20, I acted as a University Lecturer. Currently, I teach two courses in our Master's programme of Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering (SPT) and co-run the Bachelor's Thesis seminar for BE in the Bachelor's programme for Built Environment. My research and development interests deal with (strategic) spatial planning, land use and transport issues and the integration of the two disciplines in planning practice. In addition, I also have an interest for 'Retail Planning' as a specific case of spatial planning. There, too, I mostly focus on the cooperation and collaboration between different fields of expertise. The spatial planning system in Finland, as those in other European countries, have for long been a central interest, too. In addition to research and project management, my competencies include research design and idea development, conceptual visualisation and R&D collaboration within my research themes.
My research perspective has been international to the degree that I've held it important to acquire multi-faceted knowledge on scientific work as well as practical planning in several countries through visiting several top universities in the fields of my interest.
To a large extent, my work has been and is in projects with strong connections to planning practice in Finland and abroad, covering most of European countries. Most of the projects I've been involved with have had direct links to local and regional decision making and/or authorities, thus providing directly for legislative, policy-oriented and practical scientific and applied research and development foci and viewpoints.
My recent research has taken place in three projects: in an Academy of Finland -funded research project (SCENSLECO) I studied visual analysis of strategic planning cartography, in the Academy's Strategic Research Council -funded project "Beyond MALPE-Coordination: Integrative Envisioning" (BeMInE) (2016-2019), which received a total of 3,7M€ from the Academy in the Spring call 2016, I was the consortium coordinator, and my research concerned city-regional collaboration and governance; and in a Prime Minister's Office -funded project "YHTÄJALKAA" (2019-2020) I studied the integrative collaboration between spatial planning and transport systems planning, concerning especially the temporal and scalar issues of integration.
(CV can be found below the texts and keywords)

Recent and ongoing projects in 2016-2020

Strategic and trans-scalar integration of transport system planning and spatial planning (YHTÄJALKAA)
The project responds to the need for understanding land use and transport planning integration, for the development of operational models, and for coordinating different planning levels. In particular, the project focuses on the questions set out in the theme of the VN TEAS bid:
"How does the transport system and transport infrastructure need to be dealt with in the future spatial planning system and its planning and steering tools, taking into account national interests, regional land use planning, general planning of urban areas and the implementation at the municipal level?" "What is the relationship between future MRL plans and specific laws (...) of the LVM administrative sector in the future planning system?" “How should transport systemplanning at different levels be organized, taking into account the changes in land use and transport planning?”.
The project aims to
· Respond to the challenge of administrative and regional transscalarity and thus respond to societal challenges at the correct planning levels;
· Promote strategically predictive and responsive land use and transport planning with integration process models;
· Coordinate such integrated process thinking with impact assessments of transport and land-use planning that would address the strategic synergies between urban and regional development across different regional scales and time horizons;
· Develop contract procedures to meet societal challenges and better align contract methods with statutory design instruments.
Through these, the aim is to produce information and recommendations for use in MRL and provincial reform, and in the application of the new law on the transport system and roads.
Personal role: researcher

Beyond MALPE-Coordination: Integrative Envisioning" (BEMINE)
Similarly to other European countries, Finnish urban regions are facing a variety of challenges: urban sprawl, enhanced by migration, puts pressure on sustainability and accessibility and accelerates segregation, local economies struggle to remain efficient and competitive, urban governance finds it hard to engage citizens, and urban development continues to operate in ‘silos’ and lacks policy integration. Hence, the focal point of the project is to develop integrative perspectives in Finnish city-regional governance to meet these challenges.
In Finland, integrated land use, housing, transport, services and economic development (MALPE) has become a new practice to
encompass key municipal planning sectors and to address state/city region relations in urban regions. Progressing upon the MALPE framework, the project aims at:
1) comprehending Finnish urbanization processes, urban-rural and agglomeration dynamics and drivers in a Nordic and broader international comparative context, and their implications to sustainability, functionality and economic livelihood;
2) gaining analytical insight of tendencies towards depolicization and ambiguities in knowledge management and policymaking in the current MALPE work; and
3) providing normative solutions for coping with these processes and tendencies, in terms of incorporating qualitatively new knowledge on emerging urban phenomena and new forms of political agency, and for inter-linking sectored and scaled policy sectors. With research insights gained from the above, the project aims at
4) generating policy and planning recommendations for Finnish city regions involved in MALPE work.
In a co-creative fashion with the stakeholders, urban planning, policy co-coordination and scenario-making (e-)tools will be developed, in a) identifying, modelling and estimating critical thresholds in the development of urban structures, transport and service networks, migration, commuting and consumption patterns and agglomeration mechanisms, b) developing foresight in scenario-building and envisioning future pathways and c) configuring necessary strategic choices towards more sustainable urban development.
My personal work, connected with the coordinating role, concerns studying the realization, possibilities and problems of integration in multi-disciplinary research, development and planning environments, utilizing a "Trading Zone" approach for action-oriented research. The project runs from mid-2016 until the autumn of 2019, and it is funded by the Academy of Finland, Strategic Research Council.
Personal role: project coordinator, researcher

Strategic spatial planning with momentum gaining scenario storytelling: legitimacy contested? (SCENSLECO)
During the recent years, the strategic approach to spatial planning has been fostered along with the general managerialist turn of the society. Different sorts of “soft” or unofficial planning tools have been introduced, portraying planning as strategc storytelling. However, the role of such soft planning in relation to the statutory planning system has been ambiguous, especially regarding the legitimacy of planning.
The aim of the research project is to study how legitimacy is produced and maintained in strategic spatial planning processes. Our view is that in situations chracterized by institutional ambiguity legitimacy has to build on the planning process, not on formal authority or legal rights. This is often manifested in practices of storytelling which aim at creating storylines that frame understandings on the present and future and bring together different stakeholders.
The research project, a consortium effort between Aalto DoBE and University of Tampere (School of MAnagement, POLEIS research group) aims to integrate the unofficial and statutory forms of strategic spatial planning, to better manage legitimacy of planning processes, with a view on 1) rights and responsibilities, 2) democracy and power, and 3) information and knowledge. The research includes a case study of Tammela in the City of Tampere, and an analysis of unofficial structural schemes made in several Finnish urban regions.
The project Task Force includes world-renowned planning academics: prof. emerita Patsy Healey, Newcastle University; prof. emeritus Louis Albrechts, Leuven Catholic University; prof. emeritus James Throgmorton, University of Iowa; prof. Alessandro Balducci, Politechnico di Milano; prof. Willem Salet, University of Amsterdam.
My work in SCENSLECO concerns multi-faceted analysis and interpretation of structural schemes as policy documents, informal planning outcomes and governance storylines. I also coordinate the running of project activities. Funded by the Academy of Finland, the project runs from late 2015 until mid-2019.
Personal role: financial coordinator, researcher

Teaching, lecturing
In the academic year 2020-2021 I teach in courses related to spatial planning. I am responsible for or teach in
· SPT-E1030 Planning Theory (5cr)
· SPT-E1010 Land Use Planning Systems (5cr)
· ENG3044.kand - Kandidaatintyö ja seminaari (Bachelor's thesis seminar)(10cr)
· ENG-A1005 - Insinööritieteiden tulevaisuusfoorumi (Futures forum of engineering sciences)(3cr)
In addition, I occasionally teach and assist in designing Aalto Pro courses, e.g. "Pitkä Kurssi" and "Liikennejärjestelmäsuunnittelu". I have tutored practicing planners in "Alue- ja yhdyskuntasuunnittelijan oppisoimustyyppinen koulutus" (2012-2014). I also supervise bachelors' theses and students' research practice assignments.
I regularly give lectures and presentations within as well as outside academia, especially to public sector audiences.
I have completed 10 cr of pedagogical studies (A! Peda Intro, Opetuksen suunnittelu/Planning of Teaching).
Personal data
Name: Vesa Kalervo Kanninen
· Nationality: Finnish
· Current residence: Helsinki, Finland
· Employer: Aalto University, Department of Built Environment
Education
· Aalto University, School of Engineering: D.Sc. (Tech.) (land use planning and urban studies) (2017)
· University of Helsinki, Department of Geography: M.Sc (planning geography) (2002)
· University of Helsinki, Department of Geography B.Sc (geography) (2002)
· Helsinki School of Economics: SME business management degree (1999)
· Helsinki University of Technology: Civil Engineering studies (1984-86)
· pedagogical studies: Aalto University A! Peda Intro, 5 ECT, 2013
Language skills
· Finnish: native
· English: excellent
· Swedish: civil servants' language exam, fair
· Norwegian, Danish: reading (fair)
· German: basics
· Dutch: reading (fair)
Academic work experience
· Aalto University 201/88- University Lecturer
· Aalto University 2018/1- researcher
· Aalto University 2012- project researcher, Ph.D. student (full time researcher/part time student)
· Radboud University (visiting researcher), 1 month, 2014 (School of Management, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment)
· Newcastle University (visiting fellow), 6 months, 2013-2014 (School of Architecture, planning and Landscape, Global Urban Research Unit (GURU)
· University of Stirling (visiting researcher), 2 months, 2010 (School of Management, Institute for Retail Studies (IRS))
· University of Amsterdam (visiting researcher), 4 months, 2009-2010 (Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt))
· Aalto University 2010-2012 - researcher
· Helsinki University of Technology 2002-2009 - project researcher, researcher
· Proville Urban Research (consultancy) 1997-2002 - consultant (own firm)
Projects, research responsibilities and research funding (since 2000)
(project funding described only for the projects where personal responsibility for project funding has been instrumental)
Strategic and trans-scalar integration of transport system planning and spatial planning (YHTÄJALKAA)
Personal responsibility: researcher
responsibility for project planning & acquiring funding (150 000 €, Aalto/SPT share 62 500 €)
Funding: the Prime Minister's Office
Other partners: Sitowise Oy, The Joint Authority of the Tampere City Region (MAL-Network)
Beyond MALPE-Coordination: Integrative Envisioning" (BeMInE)(2016-2019)
Personal responsibility: project coordinator, researcher
responsibility for project planning (project and sub-project level), responsibility for acquiring project funding (3 750 000 €, Aalto/SPT share 780 000 €)
Funding: the Academy of Finland, Strategic Research Council
Other partners: Aalto University/Department of Architecture; School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University; University of Jyväskylä/School of Business and Economics; University of Tampere/School of Management; Finnish Environment Institute; The Joint Authority of the Tampere City Region; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Demos ry; School of Environment Education & Development, Manchester University; VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Strategic spatial planning with momentum gaining scenario storytelling: legitimacy contested?
(SCENSLECO)(2015-2019)
Personal responsibility: financial project coordinator, researcher
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (800 000 €, Aalto/SPT share 400 000 €)
Funding: the Academy of Finland
Other partners: University of Tampere
Land Use, Housing and Sustainable Public Economy (JULMA)(2014-2015)
Personal responsibility: researcher
responsibility for sub-project planning
Funding: the Prime Minister's Office
Other partners: University of Tampere, MAL-network, Uusimaa regional council
International comparison of general land use planning (YLKÄ)(2014-2015)
Personal responsibility: Project manager, responsible researcher
main responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (25 000 €)
Funding: the Ministry of the Environment
'Structural Schemes' as Planning tools for Urban Regions (2013-2014)
Personal responsibility: researcher
responsibility for project planning
Funding: the Ministry of the Environment
External Costs of Transport and Land Equalisation (€COTALE) (2013-2015)
Personal responsibility: responsible researcher, Finnish sub-project; steering group member
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (at project level, sole responsibility at YTK) (1 200 000 €, YTK share 152 000 €)
Funding: Interreg IV C
Other partners: University of Bologna, IUA (Ile de France), Institute for Logistics (Poland), Emilia-Romagna region (Italy), RIbeira Alta mancomunitat (Spain), Thessaloniki city (Greece), Poznan city (Poland), Central Transdanubia region(Hungary)
Smart Parking for Intelligent Real Estate (SPIRE) (2013-2014)
Personal responsibility: YTK sub-project responsible researcher
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (at project level, sole responsibility at YTK) (360 000 €, YTK share 100 000 €)
Funding: Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation TEKES
Other partners: Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT / Digital Content Communities, Aalto University / Computer Science and Engineering; Aalto-yliopistokiinteistöt Oy, Citycon Oyj, NCC Property Development Oy, Q-Park Finland Oy, Senaatti-kiinteistöt
”Marine Spatial Planning in the Nordic Countries” (2012)
Personal responsibility: head consultant; creation of action programme, final reporting, arranging stakeholder involvement.
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (30 000 €)
Funding: Nordic Council of Ministers
“Sustainable Shopping Locations in Network City" (KAVERI) (2010-2012)
Personal responsibility: researcher; analysis of retail planning cooperation in three sectors: high street, big box, shopping centres.
participation in project planning, acquiring project funding
Funding: Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation TEKES
Other partners: Aalto/REG, Aalto/BES, Aalto/Transport Eng.; University of Turku; Tampere University of Technology; Helsingin kaupunki, ARA, Kauppakeskus Mylly, Lempäälän kehitys, Helin & Co Architects, HYY, Citycon, Espoon kaupunki
”Manifestations of Polycentrism” (MOT) (2009-2010)
Personal responsibility: Project manager; research on multilevel and trans-scalar forms of polycentricity.
main responsibility for project planning, main responsibility for acquiring project funding (Aalto share 75 000 €)
Funding: Inter-ministerial Advisory Board for Sectoral Research.
Other partners: Tampere University of Technology
”Shopping Centre as part of Sustainable Consumption and Urban Structure" (KOKKKA) (2008-2010)
Personal responsibility: researcher; Final report co-editing; planning research, international comparisons (Netherlands, UK).
participation in project planning, acquiring project funding
Funding: Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation TEKES.
Other partners: Aberdeen Property Investors Finland Oy, Citycon Oyj, Espoon kaupunki, Helsingin kaupunki, HOK Elanto Liiketoiminta Oy, Lemminkäinen Talo Oy, NCC Property Development Oy, Realprojekti, Ruokakesko Oy, Skanska Commercial Development Finland Oy, SRV Yhtiöt Oyj, Suomen kauppakeskusyhdistys ry, Tampereen kaupunki, Tampereen kaupunkiseudun kuntayhtymä, Uudenmaan liitto, Ympäristöministeriö, YTV Liikenne, Wereldhave Finland Oy
”Evaluation of effects of municipal reform PARAS on urban structures" (PARAS-ARTTU) (2008-2011)
Personal responsibility: planning policy responses to PARAS law requirements, urban structural change factors.
participation in project planning, acquiring project funding
Funding: Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities.
Other partners: University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland, University of Lapland, University of Tampere, Åbo Akademi, City of Helsinki Urban Facts; Association of Finnish Local Authorities
”Urban Environmental Governance” (2007-2009)
Personal responsibility: conceptual work on planning integration (part time, for Department of Architecture).
Funding: the Academy of Finland.
“Factors for Appeals in Land Use Planning and Means for their Reduction" (MUTASE) (2007-2008)
Personal responsibility: researcher; case studies on detail plan projects
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (30 000 €)
Funding: the Finnish Ministry of the Environment.
“Car Dependent Urban Structure and its Alternatives” (2006-2009)
Personal responsibility: responsible researcher, project manager; everyday mobility analysis and mobility policy implications
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (YTK share 220 000 €)
Funding: the Ministry of the Environment
Other partners: Finnish Environment Institute; cities of Hämeenlinna, Lohja, Lappeenranta, Imatra, Salo, Kokkola and Mäntsälä; regions of Lahti, Etelä-Savo and Keski-Suomi
”Functional urban regions – Co-operation for sustainable success in spatial planning” (2005-2008)
Personal responsibility: Project manager; analysis of urban region LUT policies and practices.
sole responsibility for project planning, sole responsibility for acquiring project funding (200 000 €, YTK share 100 000 €)
Funding: Nordic Council of Ministers.
Other partners: Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute
"Spatial Planning and Regional Competitiveness" (SPARC)(2005-2008)
Personal responsibility: preparing learning material on regional development theories and practices.
Funding: EU INTERACT programme/Heriot Watt University (lead partner)
“Medium-sized Cities in Dialogue Around the Baltic Sea" (MECIBS) Interreg IIIB (2002-2005)
Personal responsibility: coordinating Finnish partnership and research theme ‘Revitalising cities’. member of steering group.
responsibility for project planning, responsibility for acquiring project funding (at project level, sole responsibility at YTK) (2 900 000 €, YTK share 420 000 €)
Funding: ERDF, Finnish Ministry of the Environment and Finnish ministry of Em-ployment and the Economy
Other partners: GERMANY: Leibniz-Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Municipality of Jüterbog; DENMARK: Municipalities of Randers and Nakskov; Chamber of Commerce and Industry Herning-Ikast-Brande; Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, KVL (lead partner); Dep. of Marketing, Southern Denmark University; Dep. of Geography, University of Copenhagen; SWEDEN: Municipality of Nyköping, Municipality of Norrtälje; Dep. of Regional Planning, Royal Institute of Technology; FINLAND: Municipalities of Salo, Kokkola and Lappeenranta; NORDIC COUNTRIES: Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, Nordregio, Stockholm; RUSSIA: Municipality of Vyborg Region, Municipalities of Kronstadt and Pskov; Leontief Centre, St. Petersburg; ESTONIA: Municipality of Sillamäe; Public Science Academy; LATVIA: Municipalities of Valka, Kuldiga and Bauska; Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Riga; POLAND: Municipality of Chojnice; University of Gdansk.
“Urban Systems and urban Networking in the Baltic Sea Region" (USUN), Interreg IIC (1999-2002)
Personal responsibility: analysis of city networks in the Baltic Sea region.
Funding: ERDF, Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Partners: Danish Forest and Landscape Research Centre, Southern Denmark University (Denmark), KHT Royal Insitute of Technology, University of Stockholm (Sweden); Polich Academy of Sciences, University of Gdansk (Poland); City of Helsinki Urban Facts (Finland); Nordregio; University of Riga (Latvia); University of Vilnius (Lithuania); Leibniz-Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (Germany)

Publications
Granqvist, Kaisa; Mäntysalo, Raine; Valli, Raisa; Kanninen, Vesa; Herneoja, Anne; Kosonen, Kati-Jasmin; Ronkainen, Tiina; Piippo, Tero (2020) Strategisuus ja transskalaarisuus liikennejärjestelmäsuunnittelun ja alueidenkäytön suunnittelun yhteensovittamisessa. Alueidenkäytön ja liikennejärjestelmän suunnittelun yhteensovittaminen ilmiölähtöisesti. Prime Minister's Office: Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 2020:35.
Mäntysalo, R., Tuomisaari, J., Granqvist, K. & Kanninen, V. (2019) The Strategic Incrementalism of Lahti Master Planning: Three Lessons, Planning Theory & Practice, DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2019.1652336
Kanninen, V., Bäcklund, P. & Mäntysalo, R. (2019). Kaupunkiseutu hallintatapana. Teoksessa Mäntysalo, R., Kanninen, V., Purkarthofer, E. & Koste, O-W. (toim.) Kaupunkiseudut: Ristiinvalotuksia ja rajanylityksiä, 80-84. Aalto-yliopisto, Crossover 2/2019.
Mäntysalo, R. & Kanninen, V. (2019). Johdanto: moninäkökulmaisen kaupunkitutkimuksen jäljillä. Teoksessa Mäntysalo, R., Kanninen, V., Purkarthofer, E. & Koste, O-W. (toim.) Kaupunkiseudut: Ristiinvalotuksia ja rajanylityksiä, 11-17. Aalto-yliopisto, Crossover 2/2019.
Mäntysalo, R. & Kanninen, V. (2019). Strategisen suunnittelun näkökulman vahvistaminen maankäyttö- ja rakennuslain uudistuksessa. Teoksessa Mäntysalo, R., Kanninen, V., Purkarthofer, E. & Koste, O-W. (toim.) Kaupunkiseudut: Ristiinvalotuksia ja rajanylityksiä, 141-144. Aalto-yliopisto, Crossover 2/2019.
Mäntysalo, R., Kanninen, V., Purkarthofer, E. & Koste, O-W. (toim.) (2019). Kaupunkiseudut: Ristiinvalotuksia ja rajanylityksiä. BEMINE-hankkeen loppuraportti. Aalto-yliopisto, Crossover 2/2019.
Mäntysalo, R. & Kanninen, V. (2018). Kaupunkiseutujen integroiva suunnittelu ja hallinta (pääkirjoitus) [City-regional planning and governance (editorial)]. Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu [The Finnish Journal of Urban Studies] 56:3. http://www.yss.fi/journal/kaupunkiseutujen-integro...
Mäntysalo, R. & Kanninen, V. (2018). Kaupunkiseutujen strateginen kehittämisloikka: Suunnittelujärjestelmien uudistamisella kannustimia yhteistyöhön [The strategic development leap in the city-regions: incentives for collaboration through renewing planning systems]. Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu [The Finnish Journal of Urban Studies] 56:3. http://www.yss.fi/journal/kaupunkiseutujen-strateg...
Kanninen, V. (2018). Postpolitics of (Scottish) planning: gatekeepers, gatechecks and gatecrashers? – commentary to Walton. Fennia 196:1, 131-134.
Kanninen, V. (2018). Liikennetekniikka ja maankäytön suunnittelu löysivät toisensa Aallossa. Tie ja Liikenne 3/20128, 4-6.
Mäntysalo, R. & Kanninen, V. (2018). Strateginen kehystäminen: toiminnallisista kaupunkiseuduista relationaalisiin seutuihin. [Strategic framing: from functional city-regions to relational regions]. In: Kaupunkien aikakausi -kaupunkitutkijoiden puheenvuoroja 2020-luvun kaupunkipolitiikasta [The Era of Cities - Urban researchers' views on urban policies of the 2020s], 60-63. Helsingin kaupungin keskushallinnon julkaisuja 2018:11. [in Finnish]
Kanninen, V. (2017). Strateginen kaupunkiseutu. Spatiaalinen suunnittelu radikaalina yhteensovittamisena. [The Strategic City-region. Spatial planning as radical coordination]. Aalto University Doctoral Dissertations 227/2017. [in Finnish]
Kanninen, V. & Bäcklund, P. (2017). Institutionaalisen osallistumisen rajat? [The limits to institutional participation?] In: Bäcklund, P., Häkli, J. j& Schulman, H. (eds) Kansalaiset kaupunkia kehittämässä [Citizens developing the city], 16-33. Tampere: Tampere University Press. [in Finnish]
Bäcklund, P, Häikiö L, Leino, H. & Kanninen, V. (2017). Bypassing publicity and transparency for getting things done: between informal and formal planning practices in Finland. Planning Practice & Research (Online First Oct 2017).
Kanninen, V. (2016). Yhdyskuntarakenteen ohjaaminen ja kaupunkiseutujen kehittäminen [Policy guidance for developing urban structures and urban regions]. In Puustinen, Sari, Mäntysalo, Raine & Karppi, Ilari (eds.) (2016): Strateginen eheyttäminen kaupunkiseuduilla. Näkökulmia kestävän maankäytön ja julkisen talouden kysymyksiin. [Strategic consolidation in urban regions. Viewpoints to issues of sustainable land use and public economy] Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 4/2016. [in Finnish]
Hytönen, J., R. Mäntysalo, L. Peltonen, V. Kanninen, P. Niemi & M. Simanainen (2016). Defensive routines in land use policy steering in Finnish urban regions. European Urban and Regional Studies 23(1): 40-55.
Kanninen, V & I. Akkila (2015). Kaupunkiseutujen strateginen suunnittelu - mitä opittavaa Suomella? Tarkastelussa Ruotsi, Norja, Tanska, Hollanti ja Englanti [Strategic planning of City-regions. - lessons for Finland? Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands and England in focus]. Ympäristöministeriön raportteja 24/2015. [in Finnish]
Kanninen, V. & P. Bäcklund (2015). Planner in the midst the governance networks and institutional framings. Paper presented at the AESOP international planning conference, Prague, July 13-16, 2015.
Bäcklund, P & V. Kanninen (2015). Valtaistetut asukkaat: Neighbourhood Planning ja asuinalueperustaisen osallistumisen rajaamisen taktiikat [Neighbourhood planning and the tactics of demarcating neighbourhood-based participation]. Alue ja ympäristö 44: 1, 4–16. (in Finnish)
Mäntysalo, R, J.K. Kangasoja & V. Kanninen (2015). The paradox of strategic planning: a theoretical outline with a view on Finland. Planning Theory & Practice 16(2), 169-183.
Mäntysalo, R., J.K. Kangasoja & V. Kanninen (2014) Rakennemallit kaupunkiseutujen suunnittelussa. Strategisen maankäytön suunnittelun paradoksi [Structural schemes in urban regions' planning. The paradox of strategic land use planning]. Ympäristöministeriön raportteja 18/2014. (in Finnish)
Tondelli, S., L. Mestroni, V. Kanninen, G. Rambaldi, D. Nguyen-Luong & S. Syrman (2014). ECOTALE guidelines for wider internalization practices in transport policies and planning. Poznan: ILM.
Kanninen, V. (2014). More internalization? Challenges and opportunities for urban and regional authorities. Paper presented at ECOTALE Project Final Conference in Poznan, May 14, 2014
Kanninen, V. (2013). Kruununhaan kivijalkauppoja tutkimassa [Studying the corner stores in Kruununhaka]. In Ilmonen, M. (ed): Hyvät kaupat - Kivijalka ja Ostari rakennemuutoksessa. Aalto-yliopiston julkaisusarja TIEDE+TEKNOLOGIA, 11/2013. (in Finnish)
Kanninen, V., P. Bäcklund & R. Mäntysalo (2013). Trading zone and the complexity of planning. In Balducci, A. & R. Mäntysalo (eds): Urban Planning as a Trading Zone, 159-177. Springer Urban and Landscape Perspectives 13. Dordrecht: Springer.
Mäntysalo, R. & V. Kanninen (2013). Trading between land use and transportation planning – The Kuopio Model. In Balducci, A. & R. Mäntysalo (eds): Urban Planning as a Trading Zone, 57-73. Springer Urban and Landscape Perspectives 13. Dordrecht: Springer.
Kanninen, V. & P. Bäcklund (2013). Local planning practices, boundary objects and trading zones: dealing with real-life politics and antagonisms in Kruununhaka, Finland. Paper presented at the joint AESOP-ACSP Congress "Planning for resilient cities and regions", July 15-19, 2013, Dublin.
Kanninen, V. (2012). Kaupan suunnittelu ja verkostohallinta [Retail Planning and Network Governance]. In Mäntysalo, R., A. Joutsiniemi, S. Nenonen & S. Syrman (eds) Kestävät kauppapaikat verkostokaupungis-sa [Sustainable Retail Locations in a Network City]. Espoo: Aalto-yliopisto, tiede + teknologia 11/2012. (in Finnish)
Hytönen J., Mäntysalo R., Akkila I., Kanninen V. and Niemi P. (eds.) (2012). Kaupunkiseutujen kasvukivut II [The Growing Pains of City Regions II]. Paras-ARTTU-ohjelman tutkimuksia nro 22. Acta nro 241. Helsinki: Kuntaliitto. (in Finnish)
Haanpää, S. and V. Kanninen (2012). Maritime spatial planning as a tool for Nordic marine management. Paper presented at "Planning with difference - challenges, perspectives and practices" Research symposium, Tromsø, Norway, May 31-June 2, 2012.
Kanninen, V. & K. Ylä-Anttila (eds)(2011). Monikeskuksisuuden monet todellisuudet [The Multiple Realities of Polycentrism]. Sektoritutkimuksen neuvottelukunta 4/2011. (in Finnish)
Kanninen, V., J. Kuoppa and S. Syrman (2011). Arjen autoriippuvuus ja sen vaihtoehdot [Everyday Car De-pendence and its alternatives]. Ympäristö ja Terveys 8:2011, 10-13. (in Finnish)
Kuoppa, J. & V. Kanninen (2010). Everyday Mobility – the Actancy of the Urban Structure? Paper presented at the 24th AESOP Annual Conference, Finland, 7 – 10 July 2010.
Kanninen, V. (2010). Kauppakeskusten kestävän suunnittelun kysymyksiä Iso-Britanniassa ja Alankomaissa [Issues of Sustainability in Planning of Shopping Centres in Great Britain and the Netherlands]. In Kanninen, V. & A. Rantanen (eds) Kauppakeskukset osana kestävää kulutusta ja kaupunkirakennetta [Shopping Cen-tre as a Part of Sustainable Consumption and Urban Structure], 50-53. Aalto-yliopisto, Espoo: Yhdys-kuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskuksen julkaisuja C 82. (in Finnish)
Kanninen, V. & A. Rantanen (eds)(2010). Kauppakeskukset osana kestävää kulutusta ja kaupunkirakennet-ta [Shopping Centre as a Part of Sustainable Consumption and Urban Structure], Espoo: Aalto-yliopisto, Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskuksen julkaisuja C 82. (in Finnish)
Kanninen, V. & A. Rantanen (2010). Kestävä kauppakeskus [The Sustainable Shopping Centre]. In Kanninen, V. & A. Rantanen (eds) Kauppakeskukset osana kestävää kulutusta ja kaupunkirakennetta [Shopping Centre as a Part of Sustainable Consupmption and Urban Structure], 54-59. Espoo: Aalto-yliopisto, Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskuksen julkaisuja C 82. (in Finnish)
Kanninen V., Kuoppa J., Syrman S., Niemi P., and Hirvonen, J. (2010). Arjen autoriippuvuus [Everyday Car Dependence]. In Kanninen, Vesa, Panu Kontio, Raine Mäntysalo & Mika Ristimäki (eds) Autoriippuvainen yhdyskunta ja sen vaihtoehdot [Car dependent Urban Structure and its Alternatives]. Espoo: Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus B 101. (in Finnish)
Kanninen, V., P. Kontio, R. Mäntysalo & M. Ristimäki (eds)(2010). Autoriippuvainen yhdyskunta ja sen vaihtoehdot [Car dependent Urban Structure and its Alternatives]. Espoo: Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus B 101. (in Finnish)
Mäntysalo, R., Peltonen L., Kanninen V., Niemi P., Hytönen J. and Simanainen M. (2010). Keskuskaupungin ja kehyskunnan jännitteiset kytkennät [Tensioned Contacts Between the Central City and the 'Rim Municipality']. Viiden kaupunkiseudun yhdyskuntarakenne ja suunnitteluyhteistyö Paras-hankkeen käynnis-tysvaiheessa. Paras-ARTTU-ohjelman tutkimuksia nro 2, ACTA 217. Helsinki: Kuntaliitto. (in Finnish)
Kanninen, V. (2009): Densification, in-fill, supplementation – new trends of community structure develop-ment in medium-sized Finnish cities? European Regional Review, December -09.
Harbo, Lisbeth Greve, Vesa Kanninen, Karina Sehested (2009) Functional urban regions – Co-operation for sustainable success in spatial planning. Pohjoismaiden ministerineuvosto, Kööpenhamina (research paper)
Kanninen, Vesa, Panu Kontio, Raine Mäntysalo, Mika Ristimäki (toim)(2009). Autoriippuvainen yhdyskuntarakenne ja sen vaihtoehdot. tutkimushankkeen väliraportti. Yhdyskuntasuunnittelun tutkimus- ja koulutuskeskus.
Peltonen, Lasse, Johanna Tuomisaari ja Vesa Kanninen (2008). Kaavavalitukset ja koettu oikeudenmukaisuus. Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu 46:3, 11-34.
Kanninen, Vesa (ed.)(2005). Neloskierrettä kaupunginosiin. Kumppanuudet ja roolit alueiden kehittämisessä. Helsingin, Vantaan ja Espoon kaupungit, Uudenmaan liitto.
Johansson, Mats, Thilo Lang, Vesa Kanninen, Stefan Anderberg, Andreas Cornett, Niels Groth (eds)(2005). Final report of the Interreg IIIB project Medium Sized Cities in Dialogue Around the Baltic Sea. Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute.
Kanninen, Vesa (2005). Regeneration: introduction. In: Johansson, Mats, Thilo Lang, Vesa Kanninen, Stefan Anderberg, Andreas Cornett, Niels Groth (eds). Final report of the Interreg IIIB project Medium Sized Cities in Dialogue Around the Baltic Sea, 102-106. Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute.
Groth, Niels, Vesa Kanninen, Sören Smidt-Jensen (2005). Business and development strategies. In: Johansson, Mats, Thilo Lang, Vesa Kanninen, Stefan Anderberg, Andreas Cornett, Niels Groth (eds). Final report of the Interreg IIIB project Medium Sized Cities in Dialogue Around the Baltic Sea, 107-123. Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute.
Dobrowolski, Stanislaw, Vesa Kanninen, Søren Smidt-Jensen, Lisa van Well (2005). Medium-sized Cities in Profile. MECIBS final reports, Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute.
Sairinen, R. & Kanninen, V. (2004) Hatara yhdyskuntarakenne vaikeuttaa arjen rutiineja. HS Vieraskynä 16.08.2004.
Kanninen, Vesa ja Niels Groth (2004). Business policies in the MECIBS cities. In: Interim report of the INTERREG IIIB project ”Medium Sized Cities in Dialogue Around the Baltic Sea" . Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute.
Vesa Kanninen ja Pia Bäcklund (2002). Metropolin reunalla – havaintoja jälkiesikaupungillisesta elämästä. Teoksessa Keskinen, Vesa ja Martti Tuominen (toim): Helsinki – pohjoinen metropoli, 243-266. Helsinki: Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskus.
Schulman, Harry ja Vesa Kanninen (2002). Urban Networking: Trends and Perspectives in the Baltic Sea Region. Geografia Polonica 75:2
Antikainen, Janne, Virpi Hirvensalo ja Vesa Kanninen (2002). Kaupunkitutkimusta kaupunkipolitiikan tueksi. Sisäasiainministeriö, hallinnon ja alueiden kehittämisen osasto, monisteita.
Kanninen, Vesa (2001). Kaupungit verkostoituvat Itämeren piirissä. Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskuksen neljännesvuosijulkaisu Kvartti 4:2001.
Sairinen, Rauno ja Vesa Kanninen (2001). Tielaitos ympäristöpoliittisena toimijana - ympäristöohjelmien retoriikka käytännön puntarissa. Teoksessa Toiskallio, Kalle (toim): Viettelyksen vaunu. Autoilukulttuurin muutos Suomessa. Suomen kirjallisuuden seura, Helsinki.
Kanninen, Vesa ja Harry Schulman (2001). City Co-operation. Teoksessa Groth, Niels Boje (toim): Cities and Networking: The Baltic Sea Region. Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute, Reports 8-2001.
Kanninen, Vesa ja Laura Mäkelä (2001). Lasipalatsi – Esimerkillistä toimintaa. Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskus, Tutkimuksia 2001:6
Schulman, Harry ja Vesa Kanninen (2000): The Finnish Urban System. Teoksessa National Urban Systems in the Baltic Sea Region. Seminar report, 3-4 April 2000, Vilnius. VASAB 2010, Gdansk.
Schulman, Harry ja Vesa Kanninen,(2000). The Finnish Urban System. Teoksessa: Iinterim report of the INTERREG IIC Project “Urban Systems and Urban Networking in the Baltic Sea Region” . VASAB 2010 secretariat .
Kanninen, Vesa ja Harry Schulman (2000a). The Urban System of Finland. Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute. VASAB 2010, Gdansk.
Kanninen, Vesa ja Harry Schulman (2000b). Cities as Hubs for Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region. Danish Forest and landscape Research Institute. VASAB 2010, Gdansk.
Bäcklund, Pia, Vesa Kanninen ja Marko Karvinen (1999). Paikallisagenda ja asukkaat. Vuosaaren asukaskyselyn analyysi. Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskus, tutkimuskatsauksia 1999:4.
Kanninen, Vesa (toim.)(1999a). LähiöABC. Stakes, Raportteja 239.
Kanninen, Vesa (1999b). Motti vai jättipotti. Laajasalon asukaskyselyn tuloksia. (project report).
Kanninen, Vesa (1999c). Citybike 2000 Helsinki. Kaupunkipyörien toimintaedellytysten tarkastelu kansainvälisten esimerkkien pohjalta. (project report)
Bäcklund, Pia ja Vesa Kanninen (1999). Teorioiden edessä – vai takana? Käytännöllisen ja käsitteellisen lähiökehittämisen haasteet. Teoksessa Kanninen, Vesa (toim): LähiöABC. Stakes, Raportteja 239.
Sairinen, Rauno, Tytti Viinikainen, Vesa Kanninen ja Arto Lindholm (1999). Suomen ympäristöpolitiikan tulevaisuuskuvat. Gaudeamus, Helsinki.
Schulman, Harry ja Vesa Kanninen (1999). Lasipalatsi Helsingin keskustassa. Teoksessa Högström, Hilkka (ed.): Lasipalatsi, 88-91. Lasipalatsin Mediakeskus Oy; Libris, Helsinki.
Kanninen, Vesa ja Laura Mäkelä (1999). Lasipalatsi – Research. UPP Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre, arviointitutkimus (Finnish and English versions)
Kare, Pertti, Vesa Kanninen, Jani Päivänen and Jussi Vuorinen (1998). Asukkaiden Helsinki. Asuntorakentamisen ideakilpailun satoa. Helsingin kaupunki: kaupunkisuunnitteluvirasto, kiinteistövirasto, tietokeskus.
Kanninen, Vesa (1998). Alueelliset strategiat-eurooppalaisia esimerkkejä. Kuntaliitto, YM, SM. (myös taitto)
Schulman, Harry & Vesa Kanninen (eds.)(1997). Sovussa vai syrjässä? Ulkomaalaisten integroituminen Helsinkiin. Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskuksen tutkimuksia 1997:12.
Sairinen, R. & Kanninen, V. (1997) Tutkimus Tielaitoksen vaikeista kysymyksistä: Kun tie iskee maisemaan. HS 19.04.1997.
Sairinen, Rauno, Vesa Kanninen ja Jukka Sirviö (1997). Tielaitoksen ympäristöpolitiikan arviointi. Tielaitoksen selvityksiä 3/1997.
Sairinen, Rauno, Vesa Kanninen ja Jukka Sirviö (1997). Tielaitoksen ympäristöpolitiikan
vaikeat kysymykset. Yhteiskuntasuunnittelu 35:1, 12-27.
Kanninen, Vesa (1997). Saksa ja Hollanti: toimivat liikenteen välttämisen strategiat. Tielaitoksen selvityksiä 31/1997.
Schulman, Harry, Marko Karvinen ja Vesa Kanninen(1996). Helsingin seudullisen suunnittelun
arviointi. Teknillinen korkeakoulu, yhdyskuntasuunnittelun täydennyskoulutuskeskus,
YTK B 72.
Sairinen, Rauno, Vesa Kanninen, Sari Puustinen ja Jukka Sirviö (1996). Eurooppatie E18-hankkeen ympäristöpoliittinen analyysi. Tielaitoksen selvityksiä 45/1996.
Schulman, Harry & Vesa Kanninen (toim) (1995). Kaupunki kohtauspaikkana. Näkökulmia kulttuuriseen kaupunkitutkimukseen. Teknillinen korkeakoulu, yhdyskuntasuunnittelun täydennyskoulutuskeskus, YTK C 33.
Lehtonen, Hilkka, Vesa Kanninen, Kalle Toiskallio, Jukka Sirviö ja Terttu Pakarinen (1995).
Voidaanko henkilöautoliikennettä vähentää? Tielaitoksen selvityksiä 92/1995.
Kanninen, Vesa (toim) (1994). YTK:n 25-vuotisjuhlaseminaari. Teknillinen korkeakoulu,
yhdyskuntasuunnittelun täydennyskoulutuskeskus, YTK C 32.
Kanninen, Vesa (1993). Maiseman lukeminen – kartografia, valokuvaus ja kirjallisuus mielikuvien muokkaajina. Teoksessa Pauli Tapani Karjalainen (toim): Maantieteen maisemissa. Aiheita kulttuurimaantieteen alalta. Joensuun yliopisto.
Recent conference papers
Kanninen, V. (2017). The strategic city-region. Paper presented at Finnish Urban Studies Days, 27.-28.4.2017, Helsinki.
Kanninen, V. and P. Bäcklund (2015). New trends in city-regional planning: emergences of voluntary, strategic and persuasive plans and practices. Paper presented at the Finnish Geography Days, Tampere, Finland, October 29-30, 2015.
Kanninen, V. and P. Bäcklund (2015). Planner in the midst the governance networks and institutional framings. Paper presented at the AESOP international planning conference, Prague, Czech Rep., July 13-16, 2015.
Kanninen, V., J.K. Kangasoja & R. Mäntysalo (2014) Trading between land use and transport planning. Re-conceptualizing PSSs as pidgin language for LUT integration. Paper presented at combined COST TU1002/Citta 7th annual Conference, Porto, Portugal, 23-24 October, 2014
Syrman, S. & V. Kanninen (2014) Developing joint understanding of strategic accessibility planning in Finland. Paper presented at combined COST TU1002/Citta 7th annual Conference, Porto, Portugal, 23-24 October, 2014
Kanninen, V. (2014). More internalization? Challenges and opportunities for urban and regional authorities. Paper presented at ECOTALE Project Final Conference in Poznan, Poland, May 14, 2014.
Kanninen, V. & P. Bäcklund (2013). Local planning practices, boundary objects and trading zones: dealing with real-life politics and antagonisms in Kruununhaka, Finland. Paper presented at the joint AESOP-ACSP Congress "Planning for resilient cities and regions", Dublin, Ireland, July 15-19, 2013.
Haanpää, S. and V. Kanninen (2012). Maritime spatial planning as a tool for Nordic marine management. Paper presented at "Planning with difference - challenges, perspectives and practices" Research symposium, Tromsø, Norway, May 31-June 2, 2012.
Kuoppa, J. & V. Kanninen (2010). Everyday Mobility – the Actancy of the Urban Structure? Paper presented at the 24th AESOP Annual Conference, Finland, 7 – 10 July 2010.