Culture and creativity are two urban development key words that have been increasingly applied as urban policies in most of the western world. Two decades after these strategies started to become widely applied we are now facing the long-term effects. Social inequality and deepened segregation are two undesirable impacts stemming from cultural and creative policies. Using Malmö as an example I exp

This thesis is a qualitative case study of a development intervention aimed at women’s empowerment. The case is the ‘Danfe’ program, led by a non-governmental organization in Nepal. The research explores how the Danfe program impacted on the empowerment of the participants. The thesis follows the initial, feminist understanding of empowerment as a process involving personal development and changes

The existing literature suggests that organizations have difficulties managing and controlling their software assets. A number of IT risks are often associated with the poor management of these assets. At the same time, firms around the world claim that Software Asset Management (SAM) can be utilized to mitigate the IT risks, but there is no precise study based on the correlation between the two.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the tourism development in Abisko, Kiruna, highlighting the conflicting strategies and land-use conflicts. Abisko is used as an example of how tourism development is not only about attracting more visitors to the destination, it’s also about developing the services that the visitors, local population and companies need and, in that way, create opportunities

In the peak of the 2015 refugee crisis, Sweden stipulated a new law in order to give the system respite while recovering from the pressure that followed from the 162 877 asylum applications Sweden received that year. The Act (2016:752) on temporary limitations of the opportunity to be granted residence permit in Sweden entered to force on 19 July 2016 to apply for three years. The law constitution

Over the years, humankind have made us dependent on fossil fuels. Not the least in terms of how we transport ourselves and goods. This dependence has a downside. The consumption of fossil fuels is contributing to global warming and climate change. An issue so urgent that we need to take action, and we need to do it now. With global agreements such as The Paris Agreement and The Sustainable Develop

Municipalities in OECD-countries have since deregulations in the infrastructure sector during the 1980s increasingly been drawn into novel ways of funding transport infrastructure. Implications amongst different countries in the OECD vary as economic systems and national policy constitute the backdrop for the penetration of private capital in transport infrastructure .This study aims to explain th

The Swedish government decided in late 2015 to reestablish the concept of “total defense”, the combined effort of civil and military defense, in response to a shifting political situation in Europe and around the Baltic sea, after decades of disarmament of both civil defense and the Swedish armed forces. This paper examines three local municipalities and their ability to handle their civil defense

In order to transform the fossil fuel dependent transport sector the promotion of biofuels has been crucial in the European Union’s transition towards climate neutrality. To ensure the sustainability of biofuels the European Commission published a Delegated Act on March 13th 2019, proposing the gradual phase-out of high emitting biofuels that may cause indirect land use change (ILUC) – one of them

By combining a legal doctrinal study and an empirical interview study, this thesis examines the implementation of the right to access to justice under article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for persons who due to post-traumatic stress syndrome have difficulties accounting for their stories in asylum proceedings. The starting point is that persons with PTSD likely w

Public participation within urban planning has been a big part of academic and political discussions during the last decades, gaining even more popularity today. Due to issues within the representational democracy many stress the need for a greater inclusion of the publics knowledge and opinions within urban development and planning processes. This paper aims to examine How public participation ca

This essay aims to explore to what extent the municipality is able to influence the type of housing that is produced in new development projects, on the basis of adhering to the ambition of developing a socially sustainable housing supply. This is investigated through a case study of Brunnshög in the municipality of Lund. Interviews combined with analysis of planning documents as well as literatur

This study is based on the reflections that society's activities have a negative impact on the climate and that there are planetary boundaries that need to be taken into account if ecological sustainability will have a chance to be achieved. Today the Swedish housing sector is quite resource intensive and contribute to about 20 percent of the Swedish emissions of carbon dioxide, which is about

Social sustainability is an increasingly addressed aspect of urban planning projects. The concept of social sustainability is by many perceived as vague and broad, which mainly derives from its complex constitution. The meaning and constitution of social sustainability is hard to define, and large amounts of research aim to clarify its definition. As the theoretical knowledge regarding social sust

Sweden has received substantial criticism from several international organs on how the Sami people is treated. These international organs often recommend Sweden to ratify ILO Convention No. 169, which is the only instrument concerning indigenous peoples specifically which is open for ratification today. Several government inquiries have been conducted with the aim of improving the rights of the Sa

Regional enlargement was used as a reason to build the Bothnia Line railway along the cost in northern Sweden. In turn, enlargement of a region would provide opportunities for more regional growth. The basic conditions required for this enlargement are accessibility and mobility. Without neither, desired results would not occur. This thesis aims to establish if trains for commuting on the Bothni

The term gentrification carries a significant amount of weight when used to describe processes of urban transformation and, despite its origins in 1960’s London, it has become a globally used and accepted term. An in-depth discussion is had on the issues surrounding contextuality and the mutation of the theory of gentrification over time. This research has then analysed the term gentrification thr

As of 2013 until 2019, there is an ongoing development of the former industrial area Järnvägsverkstäderna, neighbouring the area of Kirseberg in the municipality of Malmö. Which is in the process of developing an in-depth overview plan of the area called Södra Kirseberg and Östervärn. This is a qualitative case study of the planning process behind the in-depth plan. The aim of the study is to expl

This essay describes the global climate changes in the form of rising sea levels, which are problematized based on how its consequences may affect the physical planning in coastal areas and also problematize the difficulties regarding implementation of adaptation strategies. The thesis aims to answer the research questions Which of the sustainability aspects does the municipality work more / less

In recent years the focus on indigenous peoples’ self-determination has been increasing. However, the debate on how to achieve this is rather divided. This study examines whether Slowey’s (2008) theoretical assumption, that market-inclusion leads to increased self-determination, holds in a different context. In the study, the theory is applied to indigenous peoples’ market-inclusion through intell