Finland
City of Kokkola
Description of case study area:
Kokkola is located at the Western coast of Finland in the Bay of Bothnia. It is situated within the coordinates 63° 49' 60 N and 23° 4' 60 E.
Kokkola was founded in 1640. Kokkola is the administrative, economic, cultural and regional centre of Central Ostrobothnia.
The City of Kokkola has area of 332,5 km2 of which land area is 327,5 km2 .
The population of Kokkola municipality comprises ca. 36 000 and the region of Central Ostrobothia has 70 600 inhabitants.
Short geographical description and the problem, which should be addressed during the project:
The landscape of Kokkola is mostly lowland and hills are rare. Area was covered with former Baltic sea stages after the last glaciation. Due to land uplift the seashore has moved few kilometers away from the old city centre. Land uplift is ca. 8 mm per year.
- Description of the most probable/worst scenarios (sea level rise, storms, irregular weather events, droughts, precipitation, flow rates of the rivers).
- To describe the development alternatives of the Old Harbour Bay and surroundings as well as the Ykspihlaja industry area in different scenarios till year 2100.
- How these results can be taken into account in city planning ? WP3 ? documentation of the planning and related communication processes.
Overview map and photos of the case study area:
Planned work and results in the case study area:
Main interests are the impacts of climate change on:- 1.Harbours
- 2.Industrial sewage water plant
- 3.municipal sewage water plant
- 4.Rummelö Natura 2000 area
- 5.Planned Sea Kokkola residential area
- 6.River Sunti planning
- 7.Bride Island residential area
- 8.Trullevi recreational buildings
- 9.Boat harbours
- 10.Recreation areas on shoreline
- 11.Dredgings of boating routes and shores
- 12.Wind energy building
- 13.Water quality changes of the seawater