Sport, recreation and green space in the european city

Abstract

This volume is one of the major outcomes of an innovative interdisciplinary project on Green Space, Sport and the City based at the University of Helsinki between 2005– 2007 and led by Professor Peter Clark (Department of History) and Professor Jari Niemelä (Department of Environmental Sciences) in collaboration with Dr Marjaana Niemi (Department of History and Philosophy, University of Tampere). The project was funded in 2005–2006 by the University of Helsinki European Studies Network with grants for two researchers for two years, and support for project meetings. We are grateful to the Network for its support. Thanks are also due to the Nessling Foundation for a grant to finance an international workshop in 2006 and to contribute to the costs of this volume. The City of Helsinki kindly made a grant towards the cost of some of the research for the project. We are also grateful to the Finnish Literature Society and the Editorial Board of the Studia Fennica series for including this book in their series. Special thanks are due to Professor Pauli Kettunen (as the editor of the Studia Fennica Historica series) and two anonymous referees for their valuable comments and suggestions. Finally, we would like to thank Rauno Endén, Mikko Rouhiainen and Kati Lampela at the Finnish Literature Society for seeing the book through the publishing process.