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The renewed environment.fi website will be published by the end of March

The renewed environment.fi website will be published in the last week of March. The most important changes of the renewal concern the content. Environment.fi has implemented new functionalities that improve the user experience. The look of the site has also been renewed and the publication system has changed. This means that the vast majority of the current environment.fi addresses will change, but the important shortcuts will continue to work. Read more

A good living environment is essential for good quality of life. A functional and sound living environment allows different groups of people to lead their daily lives and fulfil their basic needs: living, the use of services, working, recreation, hobbies, but also rest and privacy. A good living environment is also ecologically sustainable. In this context, living environment refers to the residential, business and leisure time environments of people.

Zoning and land use planning create the preconditions for a good living environment and its development. The most important aim of land use planning is to reconcile different perspectives and goals.

Published 2013-10-25 at 8:40, updated 2021-06-01 at 15:54
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