Sustainable urban transport and urban regenerations with the example of Hammarby Sjöstad and Stockholm Royal Seaport
Author
Lundmark, Tim Love
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2021
Submitted on
2021-01-08
Pages
61
Abstract
This thesis examines how urban regeneration—major projects that redevelop existing city areas—can encourage more sustainable urban transport. It draws mainly on the framework proposed by the British researcher Hutton, complemented by other studies, to clarify what sustainable urban transport is and why current regeneration efforts seek to promote it. The work is guided by four questions: what sustainable urban transport is and how it is encouraged in regeneration; how ideas about it at different levels have influenced the redevelopment of Hammarby Sjöstad and, later, Stockholm Royal Seaport; how projects like these can contribute to sustainable transport; and how regeneration more broadly can shift travel patterns toward sustainability. A case study focuses on these two award-winning districts in Stockholm, selected because they are seen as having good potential to develop sustainable transport systems. Methods include interviews and document analysis that together aim to show the complexity of sustainable urban transport. The thesis offers insight into regeneration projects focused on sustainable transport and concludes that large-scale regeneration can, under the right conditions, push the planning and development of sustainable urban transport forward.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan byomdannelsesprojekter – større omdannelser af eksisterende byområder – kan fremme mere bæredygtig bytransport. Studiet tager primært udgangspunkt i den ramme, som den britiske forsker Hutton har foreslået, suppleret med anden forskning, for at afklare, hvad bæredygtig bytransport er, og hvorfor nutidens byomdannelser søger at fremme den. Arbejdet er drevet af fire spørgsmål: hvad bæredygtig bytransport er, og hvordan den opmuntres i byomdannelse; hvordan idéer om den på forskellige niveauer har påvirket omdannelsen af Hammarby Sjöstad og senere Stockholm Royal Seaport; hvordan disse projekter kan bidrage til bæredygtig bytransport; og hvordan byomdannelse generelt kan skubbe rejsemønstre i en mere bæredygtig retning. Et casestudie fokuserer på de to prisvindende stockholmske bydele, valgt fordi de vurderes at have gode muligheder for at udvikle bæredygtige transportsystemer. Metoderne omfatter interviews og dokumentanalyse, som tilsammen søger at vise, hvor kompleks bæredygtig bytransport er. Specialet giver indsigt i byomdannelsesprojekter med fokus på bæredygtig transport og konkluderer, at storskala byomdannelser, når forudsætningerne er de rette, kan skubbe planlægning og udvikling af bæredygtig bytransport fremad.
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