University of Helsinki
Since the beginning of 2010 the Department of Geosciences and geography at the University of Helsinki has had a research group dedicated to studying spatial patterns of accessibility. The group is composed of six people and lead by PhD Tuuli Toivonen.
We run two parallel and closely interconnected research projects under the accessibility theme: Spatial modeling of accessibility – methods and applications in environmental research is a three-year project focusing on accessibility in the Western Amazonia and in Finland. During 2011 the MetropAccess–project addresses accessibility questions within the context of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
On this site we present the background and aims of our research and report the currently ongoing activities and latest results. The Finnish version of the site is available here.