With climate change, great challenges arise for society, exactly how large these effects will be depending partly on the ability to adapt society to change but also on its extent. It is primarily the municipalities that have a central role in this as they are responsible for implementing concrete measures and managing physical planning to reduce society's vulnerability. The purpose of this study is to find out how municipalities work with climate adaptation and manage flood risks in spatial planning, and to find out how the municipalities' vulnerability differs and how this has developed over time. At the end of the study, the municipalities concerned will be compared with each other to answer the questions in question. The method in this study is a thematic analysis. This is done by comparing selected municipalities' general plans, where it is different that a detailed plan from Kristianstad municipality is also used. The results show that the three municipalities address the subject of climate adaptation in their master plans, but that they tend to take greater measures and manage flood risks to a greater extent. Historical work, the work with climate adaptation has been developed to take up more space and become a priority issue within the municipalities. However, there are differences in how and with what methods municipalities use based on their individual threats and risks. The results also show that the municipality's size and geographical location affect how climate adaptation work and the management of flood risks look in the various municipalities, this is because the measures differ and are adapted based on the municipality's vulnerability.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-196701 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Skyltbäck, Anna |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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