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Strandskyddets historiska syfte har sedan införandet av strandskyddslagstiftningen 1950 främst varit att stärka allemansrätten och säkerställa allmänhetens tillgång till friluftsliv och rekreation. Sedan 1975 råder ett generellt strandskydd i Sverige. Det innebär att alla kuster och strandlinjer är belagda med strandskydd. 1994 utvidgades strandskyddets syfte till att även omfatta skydd för djur- och växtliv. Andra lagreformer som genomförts är exempelvis införandet av LIS-systemet, landsbygdsutveckling i strandnära lägen, 2010 som syftade till att göra stradskyddsregleringen mer anpassningsbar och främja Sveriges landsbygdsutveckling. 2014 infördes vissa lättnader i strandskyddet vid små sjöar och vattendrag som skulle bidra till en mer långsiktigt hållbar utveckling av strandskyddet och landsbygderna. I mars 2022 överlämnades den senaste propositionen (2021/22:168) om förslag till nya strandskyddsregler som ska göra strandskyddet mer flexibelt, öka möjligheterna att anpassa regleringen efter behovet av strandskyddslättnader respektive utveckling i hela landet. Det lokala inflytandet föreslås öka och det ska även bli betydligt enklare att bygga i lands- och glesbygd samt i mindre tätorter. Propositionen har fått utstå stark kritik och många riksdagspartier ställer sig negativa till förslaget. Den här uppsatsen behandlar Sveriges strandskyddslagar ur ett historiskt, nuvarande respektive framtida perspektiv. Den analyserar även några utvalda förslag från regeringens senaste proposition. Genom analysen av förarbeten och tillhörande följdmotioner försöker vi utläsa vilka konsekvenserna lagförslaget skulle kunna få vid eventuellt ikraftträdande. Uppsatsen syftar till att svara på frågeställningarna “Hur har strandskyddet utvecklats över tid och varför har utvecklingen sett ut så som den har gjort?” samt “Vilka lagändringar vill regeringen nu genomföra och varför? Vilka konsekvenser skulle ändringarna innebära i förhållande till de nuvarande bestämmelserna?” I dagens lagstiftning finns många gränsdragningsproblem och benämningar som öppnar upp för stora tolkningsskillnader. Det finns grund för att tro att regeringens proposition inte kommer röstas igenom eftersom det uttryckliga stödet från flera riksdagspartier är svagt. Det återstår att se när regeringsförslaget kommer röstas om i kammaren. Det är svårt att dra några konkreta slutsatser, då detta är en fråga om politik och i sin förlängning valstrategi. Uppsatsens slutsats är att ett strandskydd är nödvändigt men att det bör regleras mer efter lokala förutsättningar och exploateringsgrader. / This essay interprets the Swedish shore protection laws from a historical, current and future perspective. Since the introduction of the shore protection legislation in 1950 the historical purpose of shore protection has mainly been to fortify the right of public access and ensure the public's access to outdoor life and recreation. In 1994, the purpose of shore protection was extended to include the protection of animal and plant life. Since 1975, there has been shore protection in place in Sweden which means that all coasts and shorelines are protected from exploitation. Other law reforms that have been implemented are, for example, the introduction of the LIS system (rural development in coastal locations) in 2010. In 2014, certain reliefs to the shore protection legislation was introduced regarding small lakes and watercourses that would contribute to a more long-term sustainable development of shore protection alongside the countryside. In March 2022 the latest bill (2021/22:168) was submitted. The proposals for new shore protection legislation included rules that will ensure a more flexible shore protection law which takes rural development into account. The new proposal also aims to increase the possibility of adapting the regulations based on the local need for shore protection. The new legislation will increase the municipal authority and influence and should also make it easier to exploit in rural and smaller urban areas. The bill has received strong criticism and many parliamentary parties are negative to the proposal. By analyzing preparatory work and associated follow-up motions, we try to forecast what the consequences of the bill could be in the event of its entry into force. The purpose of the essay is to answer the issues “How has shore protection legislation developed over time and why has the development looked the way it has?" and “What legislative changes does the government now want to implement and why? What consequences would the changes have in relation to the current regulations?” In today's legislation, there are many demarcation problems as well as legal concepts which can create large differences in the interpretation. There is reason to believe that the government's bill will not be voted through because the explicit support from several parliamentary parties is weak. It remains to be seen when the government proposal will be voted on. It is difficult to draw any concrete conclusions as this is a matter of politics and, by extension, an election strategy. The essays' conclusion is that shore protection plays a necessary role in today's urban planning but that it should be regulated more according to local conditions and degrees of exploitation

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: On the 9th September 2009, the 178 m Panamanian bulk carrier, the Seli One, ran aground off the coast of Blouberg in Table Bay, South Africa. Due to failed salvage attempts, the vessel has remained stranded approximately 500 m off the Blouberg beachfront. Since the vessel ran aground, a gradual change in the Blouberg beach shape in the lee of the wreck has been observed. The local coastline, which has traditionally been fairly uniform, has assumed a curved shape, with significant sediment accretion being observed in the wave shadow of the wreck. Initially, the Seli One wreck remained intact. However, during a storm on the 4th September 2011, the vessel split up into three separate pieces. The impact that the wreck is having on the local wave, current and sediment transport dynamics remains undefined. This lack of knowledge results in significant risks, relating to shoreline stability and beach amenity. The objective is this study was therefore the determination of the long-term impact of the Seli One shipwreck on the Blouberg beachfront. A review of existing literature has indicated that no empirical relationships are available which could be used to calculate the impact of a shipwreck on nearby coastal processes. Numerous methods are available which can be used to determine the net longshore transport rates, but these cannot be used to quantify the impacts of shipwrecks on the local sediment transport regime. Numerical models were therefore used to determine the impact of the Seli One shipwreck. Through the analysis of simulation results, it was concluded that, as expected, the shipwreck has resulted in a significant reduction in the net longshore sediment transport rate in her lee, resulting in sediment deposition in this area. It was further concluded that the vessel does not result in the complete blockage of longshore sediment transport, and that sediment is able to periodically pass through the lee of the vessel. The simulated beach salient on the 3rd July 2011 was compared to results of a beach survey, performed on the same date specifically for this study. The simulated accretion of approximately 27 m in the lee of the shipwreck agrees well with the measured salient. It has been shown that approximately 75% of the salient accretion occurred within the first two months of the vessel’s arrival. Furthermore, shoreline erosion on the northern side of the salient resulting directly from the shipwreck has been shown to be approximately 15 m. This too occurs relatively rapidly, within approximately two months of the vessels arrival. Following the initial impact of the wreck in its intact configuration, the long-term potential impact of the vessel in its broken-up configuration was determined. This included the assumption that the vessel does not undergo any additional breaking-up, and remains in its three-piece configuration indefinitely. This has shown that the salient width resulting from the shipwreck is reduced to approximately 20 m, compared to the initial 27 m. However, shoreline erosion on the northern side of the wreck has increased from approximately 15 m initially to approximately 18 m in the long-term, which is caused by the continuous sedimentation between the vessel and the beach. A two-dimensional coupled wave, current and sediment transport model has been developed and has shown that the wave shelter resulting from the Seli One results in the formation of a submerged salient between the vessel and the shoreline. It was found that shipwrecks have the potential of significantly altering local longshore sediment transport characteristics in general. Depending on local conditions, this may pose serious risks, both in terms of jeopardizing local seaside infrastructure, as well as creating dangerous swimming conditions. Considering the impact that a shipwreck can have on local shoreline changes, with special regard to the rate at which these shoreline changes can occur, it is recommended that the results obtained from the current study be used to estimate the impact of potential future shipwreck scenarios in Table Bay. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Op die 9de September 2009 het die 178 m lange Panamese vragskip, die Seli Een, aan die kus van Bloubergstrand in Tafelbaai, Suid Afrika, gestrand. Weens mislukte reddingspogings, het die skip ongeveer 500 m van die kuslyn gestrande gebly. Sedertdien, is ‘n geleidelike verandering in die vorm van Bloubergstrand se kuslyn waargeneem. Die kuslyn, wat tradisioneel redelik uniform en reguit was, het onlangs ‘n aansienlike geboë vorm aangeneem, met ‘n beduidende hoeveelheid sand wat in die skip se lykant neerset. Aanvanklik het die Seli Een wrak ongeskonde gebly, maar tydens ‘n storm op die 4de September 2011, het die skip in drie afsonderlike stukke opgebreek. Die impak wat die wrak op die golf, strome en sediment vervoer dinamika het,bly ongedefinieërd. Hierdie gebrek aan kennis veroorsaak ‘n aansienlike hoeveelheid risiko’s met spesifieke betrekking tot kuslyn stabiliteit en strand gerief. Die doel van hierdie studie was dus om die langtermyn-impak van die Seli Een skeepswrak op Bloubergstrand te bepaal. 'n Hersiening van bestaande literatuur het aangedui dat geen empiriese verhoudings beskikbaar is wat gebruik kan word om die impak van 'n skeepswrak op die nabygeleë kustelike prosesse te bereken nie, maar wel versekeie metodes wat gebruik kan word om die netto langsstroom sediment vervoer te bepaal. Hierdie verhoudings kan egter nie gebruik word om die impak van ‘n skeepswrak op die sediment vervoer meganisme te kwantifiseer nie, dus is numeriese modelle gebruik om die impak van die Seli Een skeepswrak te bepaal. Die skeepswrak het ‘n aansienlike vermindering in the netto langsstroom sediment vervoer veroorsaak, wat tot die afsetting van sediment in hierdie gebied lei. Dit is ook verder bepaal dat die Seli Een nie die volledige verstopping van langsstroom sedimentvervoer veroorsaak nie, maar dat sediment van tyd tot tyd in staat is om deur die lykant van die skeepswrak te beweeg. Die gesimuleerde strand aanwas van die 3de Julie 2011 is vergelyk met resultate van ‘n strand-opmeting, wat uitgevoer is op dieselfde datum, spesifiek vir hierdie studie. Die gesimuleerde aanwas, van ongeveer 27 m in die lykant van die skeepswrak, stem saam met die gemete aanwas. Ongeveer 75% van die aanwas het binne twee maande van die aankoms van die Seli Een plaasgevind. Verder is dit getoon dat aan die noordelike kant van die aanwas, ongeveer 15 m van die kuslyn weggespoel het as gevolg van die Seli Een. Na die aanvanklike impak van die wrak in sy ongeskonde konfugirasie, is die potensiële langtermyn impak van die skip in sy opgebreekte konfugirasie bepaal. Dit sluit die aanname in dat die skip nie enige bykomende breke ondergaan nie, en in sy drie-stuk konfigurasie bly. Dit het getoon dat die breedte van die aanwas, wat veroorsaak is deur die skip, verminder tot ongeveer 20 m in vergelyking met die aanvanklike 27 m. Verder is dit getoon dat die erosie aan die noordelike kant van die Seli Een vermeerder het van die aanvanklike 15 m na ongeveerder 18 m in die langtermyn. Die oorsaak hiervaan is die aaneenlopende sedimentasie tussen die wrak en die strand. 'n Twee-dimensionele gekoppelde golf, stroom en sediment vervoer model is ontwikkel en het getoon dat die golf skuiling, as gevolg van die Seli Een, sedimentasie tussen die skip en die kuslyn veroorsaak. Daar is gevind dat skeepswrakke die potensiaal het om aansienlike veranderinge aan die nabygeleë langstroom sediment vervoer stelsel te veroorsaak. Afhangende van die plaaslike omstandighede, kan hierdie ernstige risiko’s veroorsaak, beide in terme van die gevaar vir plaaslike kustelike infrastruktuur, sowel as die generasie van gevaarlike swem toestande. Met inagneming van die impak wat 'n skeepswrak op plaaslike kuslyn veranderinge kan hê, met spesiale verwysing na die tempo waarteen hierdie kuslyn veranderinge kan plaasvind, word dit aanbeveel dat die resultate wat verkryg is vanuit die huidige studie, gebruik word om die impak van moontlike, toekomstige skeepswrakke in Tafelbaai te bepaal.

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Innovative and versatile coastal protection structures made of Geotextile Sand Containers (GSCs) are increasingly being incorporated into coastal management solutions because of their cost effective and environmentally friendly characteristics. This is as opposed to conventional ‘hard’ coastal protection solutions that utilise rocks and or concrete units to protect the coastline. With GSC structures being a relatively new coastal protection solution, few design and construction guidelines are available. Research into the behaviour of GSC structures under wave attack is on-going with particular emphasis on the hydraulic processes that affect GSC structures and cause them to fail. The use of GSC revetments as coastal protection solutions has become more popular in South Africa during recent times, particularly along the coastline of KwaZulu-Natal. However, the chosen design of these GSC revetments falls outside the range of applicability of the available design charts and stability equations. Therefore the hydraulic stability of these structures is largely unknown. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of structure slopes and packing arrangements on the hydraulic stability of GSC revetments. The application of available design charts and stability equations was also evaluated. Two-dimensional physical modelling was undertaken and a total of 12 GSC revetment permutations were tested during the physical modelling test series. The results of the physical modelling showed that the structure slope had the most significant effect on the hydraulic stability. Steeper structure slopes were more hydraulically stable than gentler structure slopes. The packing arrangements of the GSCs had less of an effect on the hydraulic stability of the GSC revetments. Single layer GSC armour revetments matched or out-performed the equivalent double layer GSC revetments; while GSC revetments with GSCs orientated with the long axis perpendicular to the wave attack performed marginally better than the equivalent GSC revetments with GSCs orientated with the long axis parallel to the wave attack. The available design charts and stability equations were assessed against the results of the physical modelling and showed varying degrees of correlation. The stability equation proposed by Recio (2007) proved to be particularly accurate. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Innoverende en veelsydige kusbeskermingstrukture wat van geotekstielsandhouers (GSH’s) gemaak is, word al hoe meer by kusbestuursoplossings ingesluit weens die kostedoeltreffendheid en omgewingsvriendelike aard daarvan. Dít is in teenstelling met konvensionele ‘harde’ kusbeskermingsoplossings, wat van rotse en/of betoneenhede gebruik maak om die kuslyn te beskerm. Aangesien GSH-strukture ’n betreklik nuwe kusbeskermingsoplossing is, is weinig ontwerp- en konstruksieriglyne beskikbaar. Navorsing oor die werkverrigting van GSH-strukture onder golfaanslag duur voort, met bepaalde klem op die hidrouliese prosesse wat GSH-strukture beïnvloed en die werking daarvan benadeel. Die gebruik van GSH-bedekte hellings as kusbeskermingsoplossings het in die laaste tyd al hoe gewilder geword in Suid-Afrika, veral langs die kus van KwaZulu-Natal. Tog val die gekose ontwerp van hierdie GSH-bedekte hellings buite die toepaslikheidsbestek van die beskikbare ontwerpriglyne en stabiliteitsvergelykings. Die hidrouliese stabiliteit van hierdie strukture is dus grotendeels onbekend. Die hoofoogmerk van hierdie studie was om ondersoek in te stel na die effek van struktuurhellings en pakformasies op die hidrouliese stabiliteit van GSH-bedekte hellings. Die toepaslikheid van beskikbare ontwerpriglyne en stabiliteitsvergelykings is ook geëvalueer. Tweedimensionele fisiese modellering is onderneem en altesaam 12 GSH-bedekte hellings is gedurende die fisiese-modelleringstoetsreeks getoets. Die resultate van die fisiese modellering toon dat die struktuurhelling die beduidendste effek op hidrouliese stabiliteit het. Steiler struktuurhellings was hidroulies meer stabiel as platter hellings. Die pakformasies van die GSH’s blyk ’n kleiner effek op die hidrouliese stabiliteit van die GSH-bedekte hellings te hê. GSH-bedekte hellings wat met ’n enkele laag GSH’s versterk is, het ewe goed of beter presteer as die keermure met ’n dubbele laag GSH’s, terwyl GSH-bedekte hellings met die lang-as van die GSH’s loodreg op die rigting van die golfaanslag effens beter presteer het as dié met die lang-as parallel met die golfaanslag. Die beskikbare ontwerpriglyne en stabiliteitsvergelykings is geëvalueer aan die hand van die resultate van die fisiese modellering, en het ’n wisselende mate van korrelasie getoon. Veral die stabiliteitsvergelyking van Recio (2007) blyk besonder akkuraat te wees.

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Groynes are hydraulic structures typically constructed from gabions to extend from the outer bank of a river channel into the main flow. The principal uses for groynes are as river training structures, and to protect the riverbank from erosion. This is done by deflecting the current away from the riverbanks, dissipating energy and creating lower flow velocity zones, reducing the effects of erosion. Groynes have been used extensively in the Western Cape since the early 1990s as a means to protect agricultural lands. There is, however an absence of published manuals for the design of groynes around bends as a means of riverbank protection. This study was done to better understand the flow, scour and sediment deposition patterns associated with implementing a series of groynes around a bend. A physical model of a typical sinusoidal South African river was constructed in the Hydraulics Laboratory at the University of Stellenbosch. The model consisted of two succesive 90˚ bends to best simulate erosion patterns. Different layout designs for a series of groynes were tested to determine the optimal design for the given situation in terms of the projection lengths of the groynes, the spacing between the groynes as a factor of the projection length, and the orientation of the groynes with regard to the oncoming flow. An integrated software package, that was developed at the National Centre for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, at the University of Mississippi, named CCHE2D was used to simulate the physical model numerically. The model was calibrated by adjusting the Manning‟s n value of the sediment, and the normal tailwater depth was calculated and used for the physical and numerical models. The flow rate used during the physical model experiments was also used for the numerical model. The model was validated by comparing scour depths obtained from the physical model to the resulting depth in the hydrodynamic model. From the results obtained from the physical and numerical models, it was found that groynes with a perpendicular orientation to the direction of the oncoming flow were optimal. Groynes with an upstream orientation resulted in excessive scour around the nose of the groynes, while recirculating flow patterns occurred at a velocity which caused bank failure. Groynes with a downstream orientation created very little recirculation of flow, resulting in less scour protection for the outer bank than found for groynes with perpendicular orientation. Finally, the optimal design was identified as a perpendicular groyne orientation with a projection length L and a spacing of 3.5 xL. For the given design, eddy currents covered the entire area between consecutive groynes, causing low flow zones near the outer banks, promoting sediment deposition and decreasing the potential for scour. Recommendations for further studies include the investigation of the effects of different bend radii, the sediment size, as well as various channel widths, flow rates and river slopes. The use of a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model would also be advantageous in order to better understand the flow and scour mechanics associated with different designs. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Groynes is hidrouliese strukture, tipies gebou uit skanskorwe in Suid Afrika, wat vanaf die buiteoewer van 'n rivier strek na die hoofkanaal. Groynes word hoofsaaklik aangewend as rigmure in riviere en om rivieroewers te beskerm teen erosie. Erosiebeskerming word geskep deur vloei weg te deflekteer van die rivieroewer en energie te dissipeer. Sodoende vorm areas met lae vloeisnelhede naby die oewer wat die potensiaal vir erosie verminder. Groynes is sedert die vroeë 1990s in die Wes-Kaap gebruik as 'n manier om landbougrond teen erosie te beskerm. Daar is egter 'n tekort aan gepubliseerde ontwerpriglyne vir die gebruik van groynes vir erosiebeskeriming in riviere. Hierdie studie is gedoen om die vloei-, uitskuringsen sediment neersettingspatrone, geassossiëer met die implementering van groynes, te ondersoek. 'n Fisiese model van 'n tipiese kronkelende Suid-Afrikaanse rivier is gebou in die Hidrouliese Laboratorium by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Die model bestaan uit twee opeenvolgende 90˚ draaie om die erosie-patrone te simuleer. Verskillende uitlegte vir 'n reeks groynes is getoets om die optimale ontwerp vas te stel in terme die projeksielengte van die groynes, die spasiëring tussen opeenvolgende groynes as 'n faktor van die projeksielengte en die oriëntasie van die groynes ten opsigte van die aankomende vloeirigting. 'n Geïntegreerde sagteware pakket wat ontwikkel is by die “National Centre for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering”, by die Universiteit van Mississippi, genaamd CCHE2D is gebruik om die fisiese eksperimente numeries te simuleer. Die model is gekalibreer deur die Manning n waarde van die sediment aan te pas, die stroomaf waterdiepte wat bereken is, en die vloeitempo wat waargeneem is tydens die fisiese eksperimente. Die model is bekragtig deur uitskuurdieptes van die fisiese- en hidrodinamiese modelle te vergelyk. Vanuit die resultate wat verkry is in die fisiese- en numeriese modelle, is daar gevind dat groynes met 'n loodregte oriëntasie met betrekking tot die aankomende vloei optimaal is. Daar is gevind dat groynes met 'n stroomop oriëntasie oormatige uitskuring rondom die neus van die groynes ondervind, terwyl hersirkulasie van vloei teen 'n hoë snelheid plaasvind, wat erosie van die oewer tot gevolg het. Groynes met 'n oriëntasie na die stroomaf kant het baie min hersirkulasie van vloei tot gevolg gehad, wat tot minder erosiebeskerming van die buitebank gelei het. Die optimale ontwerp is geïdentifiseer as groynes met loodregte oriëntasie, 'n projeksielengte van 0.675 m en 'n spasiëring van 3.5 keer die projeksielengte. Vir die gegewe ontwerp is werwelstrome gevind wat die hele area tussen opeenvolgende groynes dek, wat area van lae vloei sones veroorsaak naby die oewer, wat sediment deponering bevorder en die potensiaal vir uitskuring verminder. Aanbeveling vir verdere studies sluit die studie van die effekte van verskillende draai radiusse en die sediment-grootte in, sowel as verskillende kanaalbreedtes, vloeie en rivierhellings. Die gebruik van 'n drie-dimensionele hidrodinamiese model sal ook voordelig wees om die betrokke vloei- en uitskuringspatrone rakende verskillende ontwerpe beter te verstaan.

On the basis of coastal disaster mitigation and protection, a beach must have sufficient width for preventing the destruction to public facilities, as well as protecting the safety of life and private property during storm events. The requirement of such a horizontal extent from the initial shoreline to the probable erosion landward to safeguard against the onslaught of a storm is referred to as ¡¥storm beach buffer width¡¦. Upon neglecting the effects of global warming and sealevel rise on a beach and berm with profile in equilibrium, numerical calculations are conducted first to validate the range of the most important parameters (K »P £` ) in the SBEACH model using the results of profile changes available from the CERC¡¦s large wave tank (LWT) tests in 1960s. These results are then applied to assess the profile changes for a beach with a vertical seawall and the other without sufficient berm, subject to the normal incidence of storm waves over a specific duration. Finally, a total of 48 cases with sufficient beach width are then investigated, from which a multiple linear regression model is proposed to determine the extent of berm retreat, as well as the location and height of a submerged offshore bar, for the benefit of coastal profession on preliminary design of storm buffer. Our modeling results using SBEACH reveal that: (1) A seawall without or with insufficient fronting beach could result in serious scour at its toe and even the total loss of the entire beach berm; (2) A beach with sufficient berm, natural or artificially nourished, is capable of protecting the back beach, despite the temporary erosion in the early hours of a storm action; (3) Under the same conditions of wave height and period, a wide buffer is necessary for a beach with small mean sand grain, and the berm height should be designed at 1.6 times of the designed storm surge level, in order to effectively absorb storm wave energy and maintain the provision of a storm buffer; and (4) The multiple linear regression model proposed in this study can be used to evaluate the scour depth and retreat of the berm, as well as the width of a storm beach buffer, upon the input of wave conditions and mean beach sand grain etc.

År 2009 kom en ändring av strandskyddslagen, där bland annat 7 kap. 14 § miljöbalken(MB) fick en ny formulering. Den nya lydelsen innebar en skärpning av kravet för att få utvidga strandskyddet. I samband med lagändringen gav regeringen i uppgift till Länsstyrelsen att utföra en översyn av de utvidgade strandskydden i Sverige och ta nya beslut i de fall som behövdes. Länsstyrelsen fick fram till 31 december 2014 på sig att genomföra översynsarbetet. Eftersom arbetet nyligen är avslutad, finns ännu ingen sammanställning av resultatet på nationell nivå. Naturvårdsverket rekommenderar i sin handbok "Utvidgat strandskydd – en vägledning till underlag och beslut" att Länsstyrelserna tar hjälp av kommunerna vid översynsarbetet. Handboken är dock frivillig för Länsstyrelserna att följa och de kan ha använt sig av olika arbetssätt under översynsarbetet. Studien syftar till att kartlägga hur det utvidgade strandskyddet i Sverige har förändratsunder tiden för översynen, samt kartlägga vad kommunerna anser om Länsstyrelsernasarbete med översynen av det utvidgade strandskyddet. De frågeställningar som besvaras i studien är: • Hur har det utvidgade strandskyddet i Sverige förändrats efter Länsstyrelsens översyn?- Hur skiljer sig förändringarna åt i olika delar av Sverige? • Hur ser kommunerna på det utförda arbetet och dess resultat? En kvantitativ metod har använts, där arealer för utvidgat strandskydd har bearbetats för kartläggningen samt en enkät skickats ut för att besvaras av kommunerna. Resultatet av studien visar att det utvidgade strandskyddet i Sverige över lag har minskat. För enstaka län har en ökning, eller ingen förändring av strandskyddsarealen skett. För hela strandskyddet, det vill säga strandskyddet på land och i vatten sammanräknat, har totalt sett en minskning av arealen skett i 13 län. För två län gäller en ökning och för ett län ingen förändring. Resterande fem län har inte rapporterat in resultatet av översynen och ingår därför inte i kartläggningen. Trots minskningen av arealerna har omkring hälften av Länsstyrelserna beslutat om nya områden för utvidgat strandskydd. Enkätundersökningen visade på blandat resultat. Av 290 kommuner valde 179 att besvara enkäten. Av de svarande var majoriteten, ungefär två tredjedelar nöjda med Länsstyrelsens samarbete, medan ungefär en tredjedel av kommunerna inte var nöjda. / In 2009, an amendment was added to the Shore Act, which included a new formulation for14 § Environmental Code in chapter 7. This reformulation meant a tightening of the requirements to obtain expanded shore protection. In connection with the amendment, the Swedish government tasked the county governments to conduct a review, which would involve extended shore protection in Sweden and take new decisions regarding the shore protection in the cases that where needed. The county governments were given until December 31 2014 to conduct and implement this review process. Since the review recently has been completed, there is yet no compilation of the results. In their manual, "Utvidgat strandskydd – en vägledning till underlag och beslut", the Environmental Protection Agency recommends that each individual county government collaborates with the town governments for further help during the review process. The manual for this process is optional for the county governments to follow; therefore, the county governments may have conducted the review process in various ways. This study aims to identify how the expanded shore protection in Sweden has changed during the time of the review. Furthermore, it identifies the opinions of the town municipalities regarding the county governments review. The issues addressed in the study include: • Based on the Swedish county governments’ review, how has the expansion of shore protection changed?- How do the changes show in the different parts of Sweden? • What is the town governments’ opinion about the changes and results? Within this study a quantitative method was used. Areas for expanding the shore protection were processed for the survey and a questionnaire was developed and sent to town governments to be answered. In general, the results of the study concluded that the expanded shore protection in Sweden overall has declined. Whereas some counties experienced an increase, others have shown no change at all. The shore protection study,which includes the protection on land and in water, demonstrated a reduction of acreage in 13 counties. Two counties reported an increase in acreage, and one county reported no change. The remaining five counties have not reported the results of their review and therefore were not included in the survey. Despite reduction in area, approximately fifty percent of the participating county governments decided on new areas for extending their shoreline. The survey has showed mixed results. Sweden consists of 290 town governments, and 179 chose to answer the questionnaire. About two-thirds of the respondents were satisfied with the cooperation of the county governments, and about one-third was not satisfied.

Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1991. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2705. Abstract precedes thesis as 2 preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48).

During the last two decades the shore protection law [strandskyddslagen] in Sweden has undergone changes to make it easier for municipalities to infringe on protected areas. This paper offers a contribution to the understanding of the interplay between common environmental theory perspectives and the environmentality discourse, something that has been missing from the academic field. Earlier research has been dedicated to show how certain types of environmentality tend subjects to internalize certain norms that legitimizes a neoliberal order. This order fosters a development norm that stands in conflict with an ecocentric perspective.  Using a modified version of Bacchi and Evelines WPR-method, we found that the discourse among Swedish municipalities, Stockholm being an exception, interpret the part of the shore protection law which purpose is to protect animals and vegetation as a hindrance to development. This highlights the problematic relationship between environmental protection and economic growth.  By applying an ideal-type analysis on overview plans and consultation responses of ten Swedish municipalities we were able to identify a shallow, neoliberal perspective on nature which enables a neoliberal environmentality. The interplay between shallow perspectives on nature and neoliberal environmentality creates a hegemonic structure in which critical voices tend to be marginalized, resulting in a post-politization of beach protection discourse.