One of the most present challenges within today's society is the growing residential segregation and how it can be mitigated and prevented. Increased residential segregation implicates social differences between individuals and unequal accessibility to resources and opportunities. Citizens are in many cases divided into geographical areas based on their socioeconomic level, and in a Swedish context the million housing program that emerged during the 1960s, have had a big effect on society in terms of segregation. This study has an approach based on Susan S. Fainstein's theory of the just city and her guidelines on how to promote justice within urban planning. The three core values that she means are necessary to achieve a just city, are equity, diversity and democracy, and will be permeated throughout the whole thesis. The theory is applied and compared to a case study of Motala municipality, to provide an understanding of how just planning practices are used within a municipality's work on residential segregation. By conducting document analysis and interviews, it appears that even though the just city theory is made for bigger cities, it can be applied in smaller contexts as well. In the end, all the criteria that aim for a just city could in one way or another be achieved.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-205270 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Carlström, Frida |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Tema teknik och social förändring |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| 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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