A new mode of public transport in Skåne - Visions for transforming municipalities through light rail investments
(2014) HEKM50 20141Human Ecology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- In Skåne three municipalities, Helsingborg, Lund and Malmö are planning to introduce a new mode of transport, light rail. There have been visions for light railway for a quarter of a century, but it is during the last three years that the visions have become plans. Since then the discussion of public transport and light railway has become vivid but in this discussion the complexity of the urban space is often forgotten and the different needs of the municipalities are not discussed.
The aim of this thesis is to disentangle the discourse in the current land use plans in the municipalities, and answer the questions
• What differences and similarities do the municipalities show in how public transports are discussed within the policy... (More) - In Skåne three municipalities, Helsingborg, Lund and Malmö are planning to introduce a new mode of transport, light rail. There have been visions for light railway for a quarter of a century, but it is during the last three years that the visions have become plans. Since then the discussion of public transport and light railway has become vivid but in this discussion the complexity of the urban space is often forgotten and the different needs of the municipalities are not discussed.
The aim of this thesis is to disentangle the discourse in the current land use plans in the municipalities, and answer the questions
• What differences and similarities do the municipalities show in how public transports are discussed within the policy documents?
• Which aims are the municipalities expecting to meet through the investments in light railway?
• How is national policy effect the light railway project?
In order to answer these questions two methods have been used. Discourse analysis is used to analyze the land use plans and ArcGIS to analyze statistical data. The research is mainly qualitative, and the quantitative data is used to put the case into a national context. The analysis is based on plans, on visions, and there is no guarantee that they will be made into reality. However, the policy documents are indicators of the view of the Swedish society and are treated as plans and not the truth.
The result of the research shows that the three land use plans have similarities and differences, Malmö and Lund are discussing environment and sustainability in a very comprehensive way and see public transport as one of the means to a more sustainable society. Malmö and Helsingborg both wants to use the light railway to reallocate resources within the city; the urban space will become more collective as public transport is given more space, and the high end transport investments are directed towards areas that are socially vulnerable. the plan for Lund is aiming at strengthening the research centers and the university and the travelers that will use the light railway is probably going to be people with resources, not as in Malmö and Helsingborg, less prosperous citizens. The research also shows that there is an inequality in how the national infrastructure resources are allocated. (Less)
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- author
- Strandberg, Klara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- HEKM50 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- urban poltical ecology, Översiktsplan, land use plan, Sweden, transport policy, Skåne, Human Geography, Human Ecology, urban planning, public transport, light Railway, high end public transport
- language
- English
- id
- 4448451
- date added to LUP
- 2015-11-06 13:36:13
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abstract = {{In Skåne three municipalities, Helsingborg, Lund and Malmö are planning to introduce a new mode of transport, light rail. There have been visions for light railway for a quarter of a century, but it is during the last three years that the visions have become plans. Since then the discussion of public transport and light railway has become vivid but in this discussion the complexity of the urban space is often forgotten and the different needs of the municipalities are not discussed.
The aim of this thesis is to disentangle the discourse in the current land use plans in the municipalities, and answer the questions
• What differences and similarities do the municipalities show in how public transports are discussed within the policy documents?
• Which aims are the municipalities expecting to meet through the investments in light railway?
• How is national policy effect the light railway project?
In order to answer these questions two methods have been used. Discourse analysis is used to analyze the land use plans and ArcGIS to analyze statistical data. The research is mainly qualitative, and the quantitative data is used to put the case into a national context. The analysis is based on plans, on visions, and there is no guarantee that they will be made into reality. However, the policy documents are indicators of the view of the Swedish society and are treated as plans and not the truth.
The result of the research shows that the three land use plans have similarities and differences, Malmö and Lund are discussing environment and sustainability in a very comprehensive way and see public transport as one of the means to a more sustainable society. Malmö and Helsingborg both wants to use the light railway to reallocate resources within the city; the urban space will become more collective as public transport is given more space, and the high end transport investments are directed towards areas that are socially vulnerable. the plan for Lund is aiming at strengthening the research centers and the university and the travelers that will use the light railway is probably going to be people with resources, not as in Malmö and Helsingborg, less prosperous citizens. The research also shows that there is an inequality in how the national infrastructure resources are allocated.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A new mode of public transport in Skåne - Visions for transforming municipalities through light rail investments}},
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