As the climate change affects the world, a huge number of people are expected to be displaced from their homes, either voluntarily or involuntarily. These events are expected to increase during the second half of the century in the current state. The unique geographical location of northern Europe provides favorable conditions for agriculture, energy production, and water resources. Furthermore, the politically stable situation contributes to the many pull factors and is likely to result in increased immigration to Sweden, both within EU borders as well as outside the EU. This requires that Sweden's communities are socially sustainable. However, municipalities generally lack developed planning for social sustainability, and there is significant disagreement on how social sustainability should be interpreted and then applied in Sweden's communities. Often, the municipalities turn to Agenda 2030, the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals, and their interpretation of social sustainability. According to researchers, the level of trust between people as well as the strengthening of social capital in the communities, both at the local level and nationwide, are of utmost importance to ensure a functioning democratic society. At the same time, trust and social capital are missing as Sustainable Development Goals and as goal targets, which means that Swedish municipalities tend not to discuss how to implement building interpersonal trust into their plans. Interpersonal trust is also on the decline in Sweden, which traditionally always had a high level of interpersonal trust. Therefore, a clearer definition of the concept of social sustainability is requested, as well as the inclusion of "Interpersonal Trust" as a goal target in Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals.In addition to existing economic models, a model that focuses more on social sustainability is needed. Such an economic model is Doughnut Economics. The economic model must include interpersonal trust and social capital in the social foundation, which is not the case as of now. Therefore, an adjustment of that model is required. A shift from the classical growth goals to social and ecological goals is needed in order to make the shift. An implementation of an economic model that includes social sustainability and goals for interpersonal trust and social capital is requested. By doing this, Swedish municipalities are better prepared to meet the challenges with increasing migration in the second half of the century
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-219174 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Brändström Riedl, Daniel |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi |
| 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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