This essay aims to study the cooperation between the municipalities Linköping and Norrköping. The two municipalities, located in the county Östergötland, have been working with the aim to be looked upon as the fourth metropolitan area in Sweden. The collaboration has been inprogress since the beginning of the 21st century. Before that the municipalities have been in rivalry with one another about which city is the biggest in Östergötland. To study this relatively new collaboration I have performed interviews with four officials in the municipalities, two planners and two business managers about how they cooperate, what the purpose is and what the goal with the collaboration is. The officials presented what they consider to be the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the spatial context that could influence the development towards an integrated region. The officials were all positive to the collaboration and explain that the municipalities are much stronger and attractive together for both residents and businesses. With the new railway Ostlänken the connection between the two municipalities city centers as well as the big city regions Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö will be better which will be profitable to the development in this region. To be regarded as the fourth big city region in the country, there are certain qualities that the municipalities need to have. The integration between the cities and the identity of the region needs to be clearer and more developed. The future for the region is bright if the municipalities can keep up the dialogues and have a common alignment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-196156 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Sundelin, Maria |
| 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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