The change over time in finnish residents’ attitudes towards multi-story timber apartment buildings

Markku Karjalainen; Hüseyin Emre Ilgın

doi:10.3390/su13105501

The change over time in finnish residents’ attitudes towards multi-story timber apartment buildings

Markku Karjalainen
, Hüseyin Emre Ilgın^*

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Due to increasing urbanization, the need for sustainable housing, e.g., sustainable timber housing, is increasing in Finland, as in other countries. Understanding residents’ perceptions plays a critical role in the transition to sustainable housing as an important part of the forest-based bioeconomy. This study examined the change over time in Finnish residents’ attitudes towards multistory timber apartment buildings. To do this, findings from surveys among residents in 1998–1999 and 2017 were compared with each other. Results mainly highlighted that: (1) residents’ attitudes towards timber apartment buildings remained positive over time; (2) participants of both surveys were satisfied with functionality of the apartment unit, immediate surroundings of the building, and number of furnishings and appliances; (3) positive perception regarding sound insulation, indoor climate, and coziness did not change over time; (4) dominant preferences to move to detached and one-or-two story terraced houses gradually gave way to two-story housing and apartment buildings; (5) demand for more timber inside the building and more timber apartments continued over time; and (6) while fire and environmental properties were evaluated positively, impact sound insulation was still seen as a problem. These findings will assist in understanding contemporary housing needs and provide a direction to relevant stakeholders for Finnish housing development.

Alkuperäiskieli	Englanti
Artikkeli	5501
Julkaisu	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Vuosikerta	13
Numero	10
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105501
Tila	Julkaistu - 2021
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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This research was funded by Finland?s Ministry of the Environment, grant number YM46/612/2016. Funding: This research was funded by Finland’s Ministry of the Environment, grant number YM46/612/2016. Acknowledgments: The authors express their special thanks to Finland’s Ministry of the Environment (YM) for funding this Timber Apartment Building Resident and Developer Survey 2017, and the Riihi Foundation, Puuinfo Oy, Tauno Tönning Foundation, The Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion, the Foundation for the Promotion of Export Trade in Forest Industry Products, the Support Foundation of the University of Oulu and the Woodworkers’ Professional Education Foundation for the grants and encouragement for the 1998–1999 Survey (as a part of Karjalainen doctoral thesis), without which the implementation of this study would not have been possible.

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Geography, Planning and Development
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The change over time in finnish residents’ attitudes towards multi-story timber apartment buildings

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