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Large-scale developments undergo a process known as Environmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) in order to assess the environmental effects that the constructionmight incur, carried out by the municipal office. Only projects of a large area coverage such as highways and railroads are covered by this procedure. However, the effects of urban sprawl tend to be of significantly greater size than individual large-scale projects. This is handled via the principal of zoning, planning the area usage of city developments. To lend a greater understanding and awareness of the environmental effects of urban sprawl, and how to minimise these, the application of EIAs to the zoning work may prove viable. This investigation is conducted via a qualitative research methodology employing literary review, surveys and interviews to garner data on current opinion and knowledge to provide possibility for development. The data collected points to a disparate view of the application of EIAs in municipal work, based on reliance on external consultants and varying degrees of locally founded methods of application, as well as a lack of proper follow up to performed EIAs. In order to combat these issues and grant an increased efficacy of EIA appliance within environmental issues, and namely urban development, a potential for legal reclassification is advised, to require some form of relevant follow up, describe a more foundational groundwork in legal documentation. The potential for EIAs to counter the effects of urban sprawl are inherently boosted by these actions, but an attempt to directly apply this would be an increase in intensity for EIA appliance during regional zoning, to prevent overreliance on detailed zoning plans on each other.

Sweden is adapted to a certain type of climate. The conditions that the climateprovides determine how buildings are constructed and designed. In 2018 the Swedishgovernment introduced a national climate adaption strategy to adapt Sweden toclimate change. As a result of this the municipalities in Sweden need to increase theirdemands on developers in new construction work. The climate adaptationrequirements can, among other things, lead to increased costs.The purpose of this thesis and the research questions answered are to investigatewhat climate adaptation requirements Swedish municipalities impose in the detailedplanning process and how they affect developers' investments in new constructionwork.An interview-based, qualitative method with an abductive approach have been used.Four municipalities, three developers and two other actors were interviewed. Theresults obtained were that the requirements set were based on the conditions of thesite and that the property should be suitable for development. The most commonproblems the municipalities said they had are rainfall, flooding, and sea level rise.Hence, the stormwater issue becomes important and demands are placed ondevelopers to follow the municipality's stormwater strategies.Further, there are also shared opinions about what type of requirements themunicipality may impose, which has led to ambiguities regarding procedures, divisionof responsibilities and funding. The requirements that may be imposed can also havean impact on revenue and costs that form the basis of the developers' computation.Furthermore, this is one of several factors that influence their investmentassessments.The climate adaptation work is at an early stage and therefore there is lack ofexperience which makes the work more difficult. Over time, municipalities anddevelopers will gain more knowledge about climate adaptation. This will eventuallymake the climate work easier in ways that municipalities, developers, and other actorswill get a better picture of the future climate conditions and the approaches that shouldbe used.