In relation to the debate about the sustainable urban form, the official urban planning
recommendations in Finland as in the most Western countries have for long promoted
densificationoriented policy. Related to this policy, the traditional urban spatial planning
functions, like the locations of homes, workplaces, schools, shops, etc. and their spatial
relations with each other–issues that have been claimed to be the most significant in relation
to sustainable urban form–have been vividly studied. Less well known is, what kind of …