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The goal of the Helsinki City Strategy for years 2017–2021 has been to make Helsinki the most functional city in the world. Strategy of functionality aim to improve economic attractiveness and competitiveness in Helsinki as one of its main objectives. In academic literature, regional competitiveness is connected to a wide range of different factors. However, common for many theories is an underlying idea of companies benefitting from functioning as part of a wider regional system. These benefits may relate a to better availability of labour and other specialized inputs but above all, to companies being able to make use of the knowledge located in the region. Company’s ability to utilize knowledge is linked especially to developing innovations that improve production. For cities, motivation to improve competitiveness lies in questions of employment and welfare. It can be linked to a development in which globalization and post industrialization have together led to a situation, where cities are considered to be competing on resources. This development can also be seen in a change in the role of city governments. In so called entrepreneurial cities, governments function as active agents aiming to mould cities into favourable platforms for entrepreneurship. However, despite the fact that companies are located in regional system they automatically do not have access into the benefits, such as knowledge. This brings importance to the networks of regional actors and to the manner of how they communicate through these networks. Academic literature gives evidence to an idea that besides examining only the dynamics between urban governments and companies, there should be research placed on how public and private actors exchange knowledge and how that interactions is experienced. The aim of this theses is to examine the interaction between a city and its entrepreneurs as one factor of a regional economic system. The knowledge gained is also hoped to benefit the city of Helsinki in developing its services. The research is done by examining the role of cities in entrepreneurship and the interaction between a city and its companies. Methodological perspective of this thesis is a case study. The case comprises the interaction that takes place in the permission and advisory services of the city of Helsinki, between the city of Helsinki and six private companies from the field of tourism and services. Helsinki City Strategy and one more economically profiled document are used to shed light to the role of urban government from the city of Helsinki point of view. Company perspective is gained from semi structured themed interviews with entrepreneurs, that have been clients of previously mentioned services of the city of Helsinki. Both documents and interviews are analysed by performing a theme analysis. From the entrepreneurship point of view, the current situation of the city of Helsinki aligns with the theory of an entrepreneurial city. Knowledge that companies need is mainly related to being able to understand what rules and structures effect their ability to function as a part of urban environment and to plan and implement ideas. Companies and the city of Helsinki share a common goal of building high quality urban environment that benefits all involved. However, there are also some identified challenges caused for example by different operating speed and difficulties in finding relevant information and knowledge. In general, knowledge accessibility appears to be one of the key factors in successful interaction between companies and the city. According to the results, knowledge accessibility is related to the ability to understand the structure of the city’s network of knowledge and actors. In addition to that, the type and quality of interaction is also considered important. How companies experience the interaction is related to how well the network is known and how fast the right people will find each other. Interaction that is defined by discussion and communication is viewed as effective and entrepreneur friendly. Based on the interviews there is evidence that effectivity of interaction might effect companies’ ability to run business and implement new ideas. To sum up, for companies good advising is considered to mean fast and clear answers, promoting to mean conversation, and enabling entrepreneurship to mean that companies are allowed to develop their businesses to meet the needs of their clientele. Hence, it seems important to remember that in addition to supporting the creation of innovation it is also important that efficient governance enables companies to implement their ideas.

The study area is Hyrylä groundwater area, located in southern Finland, in the city center of Tuusula. Hyrylä groundwater area is class 1 groundwater area, and it is classified as a chemical risk area. The Koskenmäki water pumping plant, owned by Keski-Uudenmaan Vesi Kuntayhtymä, is in the groundwater area, where on average 1000 m3 of water is pumped daily for domestic use. The groundwater area is situated in a southwest to northeast orientated esker which is a part of a bigger esker series starting from I-Salpausselkä in Hyvinkää. There is a big southwest to northeast orientated shear zone in the bedrock under the groundwater area where Lake Tuusulanjärvi and Tuusula-river follow the shear zone. The aim of this study was to research the interactions between river water and groundwater in the Hyrylä groundwater area and to get a better understanding of the geology of the area. Additionally, the movements of the groundwater were studied. Based on earlier studies the groundwater is discharging to the Tuusula-river near the Koskenmäki water pumping plant and the river water has been recharging to the groundwater. There are contaminated areas surrounding the old gas station in Hyrylä, where the soil and groundwater are contaminated with oil hydrocarbons, hence it was important to study where the water to Koskenmäki water pumping plant is coming from. Effects of the shear zone to the movements of the groundwater and to the amount of water available for pumping were also examined. The groundwater-river water interactions were studied with thermal methods and seepage meters. Isotopic and chemical tracers were analyzed from the water samples, which were collected from the groundwater observation wells, groundwater discharging to Tuusula-river and from the river water itself. A 3D geological structure model of the groundwater area was made based on earlier gravimetric measurements and drillhole data. The water table measurements from the observation wells were taken at the same time when the water samples were collected. Based on the 3D structure model a groundwater flow model was made to explain the movements of groundwater in Hyrylä. The geology of the groundwater area was examined with ground-penetrating radar, but the measurements were not successful and did not give any useful data for making the 3D model. The results of this study show that the groundwater is discharging to the Tuusula-river near the Koskenmäki water pumping plant. Based on the water analyses done, there was only one water sample with surface water mixed in it. 3D modeling gave a clear picture of the bedrock surface and cross-sections of the soil structure. According to the groundwater flow model, groundwater is flowing to the Koskenmäki water pumping plant from southeast. To the shear zone groundwater flows mostly from east and southeast. From the northwest part of the groundwater area the groundwater is flowing via northeast to the northern parts of the shear zone. The contaminated areas are not in the flow path to Koskenmäki water pumping plant. Based on the water analyses, groundwater discharging to the western parts of Tuusula-river is from a different source than the water discharging to the eastern parts of the river. In the shear zone the groundwater flow direction is to the south and the groundwater discharges to the river southwest of the Koskenmäki water pumping plant.