Rate My Professor Ranja Hautamäki

Hautamäki's research addresses sustainable landscape planning and management, with special emphasis on planning practices and discourses. She investigates nature-based solutions and green infrastructure to tackle climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, and well-being. As principal investigator, she leads the CO-CARBON project (2020-2026), developing evidence-based methods for urban green integration in climate decision-making; CoolGreen; and JUST TREES. She co-leads H2EnergyScapes and contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals including 11, 13, and 15. Her 96 research outputs encompass 42 peer-reviewed articles and 14 book chapters. Key publications include “Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki” (Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021), “Greening the compact city: Unarticulated tensions and incremental advances in municipal climate action plans” (Cities, 2024), “Contested and constructed greenery in the compact city: A case study of Helsinki City Plan 2016” (Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2019), and “Modern living in a forest - landscape architecture of Finnish forest suburbs in the 1940s-1960s” (Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 2021). Awards include Puutarhaliiton kultainen ansiomerkki (2022), Väitöskirjapalkinto 2016, Maisema-arkkitehtuuri-teko 2016, and honorary mention in Vuoden kaupunkikirjoitus 2025 for “Kaupunkivihreä ilmastotekona”.