This study is about information needs and library habits among newly retired people. The purpose of this master thesis is to examine the affective and cognitive needs that come with retirement. In what way do the information needs of this group change due to retirement? In order to answer this question we make use of two theoretical models; Role theory and Wilson’s model of information needs. When it comes to library habits, we use Andersson and Skot-Hansens model to examine how newly retired people use the library now and how they could use it on basis of their needs in their new role. The method used in this study is qualitative; interviews are done with six newly retired people. The results show that newly retired people have a cognitive need to create meaning in their lives and an affective need of being needed to compensate for their loss of work role. These needs do not however create that many information needs. The newly retired people who were interviewed consider that they already know everything that they need to know, especially when it comes to information about their interests, which they have been into for many years. If there is something they need to know there tends not to be a problem finding information about it. The library is used as a centre of knowledge, for example newspaper-reading, and as a centre of culture, for example book borrowing. / Uppsatsnivå: D

The thesis will address and address rational planning as well as neoliberal planning. A brief explanation of its significance during the 20th century as it will form an important basis for the continued work. The work contributes to an improved understanding of how we handle the environmental psychological needs at different levels in planning. The purpose of the work is to develop a planning tool that can be used in future planning to measure people's needs in an urban space. As a demarcation of the work, the author focuses on urban places instead of individual buildings. / Uppsatsen kommer att behandla och beröra rationell planering såväl som nyliberal planering. Kort förklaring till dess betydelse under 1900 – talet eftersom det kommer utgöra en viktig grund för det fortsatta arbetet. Arbetet bidrar till en förbättrad förståelse för hur vi hanterar de miljöpsykologiska behoven på olika nivåer i planeringen. Syftet med arbetet är att utveckla ett planeringsverktyg som kan användas i framtida planering för att mäta människors behov i ett stadsrum. Som en avgränsning i arbetet fokuserar författaren på urbana platser istället för enskilda byggnader.