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De kraftiga skyfall som drabbat Malmö har fört klimatanpassad planering högre upp på agendan. Parallellt har nyliberala strömningar gjort städer mer entreprenöriella, där mycket fokus legat på stadsmarknadsföring i hopp om att stärka skatteunderlaget. Klimatanpassad planering har i sin tur integrerats i denna metod. Den klimatanpassade planeringens egenskaper beskrivs ofta som enkom positiva för alla, där sociala och hälsobringande värden förenats med ekologiska. Däremot visar forskning att gröna implementeringar kan påskynda gentrifieringsprocesser och segregationsmönster i form av ökad attraktivitet, varpå vikten av ekonomisk tillgång intensifieras. Då det nya området södra Hyllie planerats med rekordgröna motiv på en plats där omkringliggande områden betraktas som resurssvaga – i en stad med stora klassklyftor – fann vi en brist i perspektivet av socio-spatial rättvisa. I denna studie har vi därför analyserat dokument från Malmö stads samt genomfört intervjuer med en planhandläggare, en landskapsarkitekt och en teamledare för Hyllie för att undersöka socio-spatialitetens roll i den klimatanpassade planeringen. Resultaten tydde på att tillgång representeras av fysisk snarare än mental tillgång och att attraktivitet fungerar som den klimatanpassade planeringens primära verktyg för att bemöta de flesta socio-spatiala utmaningarna. Vi kunde dra slutsatsen att klimatanpassad planering används i flera fall för att forma och påverka socio-spatiala förhållanden men att dess positiva utfall för alla antas vara givet. Vi menar därför att socio-spatialitet måste lyftas inom den klimatanpassade planeringen i syfte om att en rättvis tillgång och fördelning av dess goda effekter kan uppnås. / The heavy downpours that have struck Malmö has put climate adaptive planning higher up on the agenda. The neoliberal currents have simultaneously made cities more entrepreneurial where a lot of focus has been put on city branding in the hope of increasing the tax base. Climate adaptive planning has in turn been integrated in this method. The characteristics of climate adaptive planning are frequently described as solely positive for all where social and health values have been combined with ecological values. On the other hand, research has shown that green implementations can expedite gentrification processes and segregation patterns by increasing attractiveness whereas economic access intensifies. Malmö’s development project södra Hyllie is planned with motives of creating a record green environment. As this project is neighbouring areas of lesser economic means in a city with large class divides, we acknowledged an insufficient attention to aspects of socio-spatial justice. In this study, we therefore analysed the city of Malmö’s central planning documents and interviewed one planning officer, one landscape architect and the team leader of Hyllie in order to gain a deeper understanding, regarding the role of socio-spatiality in climate adaptive planning. The results showed that access was mainly regarded as physical access rather than mental access and that attractivity is largely used as the main tool for approaching socio-spatial challenges. We established that climate adaptive planning is conducted in several cases to form and influence socio-spatial conditions but that their positive effects for everyone is assumed. Therefore, our notion is that socio-spatial justice must be made a greater part of climate adaptive planning in order to obtain a more just distribution and access in regard to its positive effects.

This research seeks to investigate the impact of equitable development strategies on urban environmental justice. I focused on the extent to which the processes that accompany the highly visible large-scale park planning projects promote equity and inclusion in the Rail Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington D.C. This research focuses on natural urban environment settings, with attention given to the development of highly visible parks projects that take at least partial inspiration from New York City’s High Line Park. Park development in underserved neighborhoods can lead to green gentrification. Thus, equity concerns are raised, as the very residents that would benefit the most from environmental improvements such as green space remediation and expansion are more likely to be excluded due to their development. I employed a qualitative methodology utilizing content analysis and 33 in depth interviews were conducted at two park project sites in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. Based on grounded theory, I explored stakeholder attitudes, feelings, and perceptions tied to varied notions of equity and the engagement levels of planning processes connected to park project development. Trust capital emerged as a major theme in the perceived efficacy of development processes that pursue equitable goals. This factor fluctuates with stakeholder perceptions of equity and the legitimization of socioeconomic concerns expressed by the community in urban green infrastructure development. This research concludes that the inclusion of an equitable development (ED) process impacts greening project implementation and the individuals involved. / Geography

The thesis is the result of qualitative field-research, based on semi-structured interviews and observations in the former Prague slums Pod Bohdalcem and Na Slatinách. The research reflects competing visions of various stakeholders with regards to the future development of these last almost fully preserved colonies, which were created for- and by the poor. The thesis also reconstructs and monitors the development of the conflict that arose between the inhabitants of the colonies and the urban planners in the course of the creation of the study "Bohdalec-Slatiny- Brownfield Strašnice", which proposes a new city-district in the area of the former colonies. It further captures the main reason for the dispute, namely the different perceptions of the colonies by its inhabitants and the institutions responsible for urban planning. For the first actor the area in question means 'home', as well as a place with rich history, while for the second it represents mainly a lucrative brownfield. The thesis also compares often incompatible visions of the stakeholders. It further describes signs or strategies of resistance that the inhabitants manifested from the beginnings of the colonies to the present day. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the concept of the right to the city and considers the...