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Förtätning av Ålidhem - ett lyckat exempel? : En kvalitativ studie om Umeå kommuns strategi vid ökad befolkning

This study has aimed to investigate how urban transformation, particularly densification, is received by the inhabitants. For this essay, the district of Ålidhem in the city of Umeå has been investigated. The method has been qualitative in the form of partly a field study of the district to investigate what kind of densification that has been done, partly an interview study with the inhabitants of Ålidhem to investigate their view of the changes. This essay is also based on the comprehensive plan for Umeå municipality, as well as other literature and studies of densification in Umeå municipality, but also nationally. Goals and legislation that concerns Swedish urban construction has been explored to investigate its influence on densification projects in Umeå. The two studies performed in this essay has been compared to the previous studies to make a conclusion. The result shows that there are several examples of densification projects in Sweden that have affected the social sustainability positively in each of the concerned districts. The examples can be compared to the densification in Ålidhem. When it comes to the field study, it shows that the district of Ålidhem has been densified in several ways. The interview study, as well as previous studies, conclude that the densification actions has been successful and something that the inhabitants appreciate.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-210166
Date January 2023
CreatorsSundström, Teodor
PublisherUmeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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