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Stigande havsnivåer – En hållbar utveckling? En fallstudie om Ängelholms kommuns planering kring stigande havsnivåer.

Lindgren, Gustav LU (2019) SGEL36 20191
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
This essay aims to investigate how a small coastal municipality is planning for the consequences of sea level rise and in which way it contributes to sustainable development. This is done by a case study on Ängelholm, a small municipality in Scania, Sweden. The case study involves analysis of documents provided by the municipality, Länsstyrelsen and research papers on the subject in addition to an interview with a sustainability engineer working at the municipality. The results are analyzed using a theoretical framework of weak and strong sustainability, the concept of sustainable development along with three suggested strategies for coastal planning in the context of sea level rise: retreat, defence and attack. The findings show that... (More)
This essay aims to investigate how a small coastal municipality is planning for the consequences of sea level rise and in which way it contributes to sustainable development. This is done by a case study on Ängelholm, a small municipality in Scania, Sweden. The case study involves analysis of documents provided by the municipality, Länsstyrelsen and research papers on the subject in addition to an interview with a sustainability engineer working at the municipality. The results are analyzed using a theoretical framework of weak and strong sustainability, the concept of sustainable development along with three suggested strategies for coastal planning in the context of sea level rise: retreat, defence and attack. The findings show that Ängelholm mainly uses defense as a strategy and this is a realization of weak sustainability. Moreover, the municipality prioritizes economical sustainability upon ecological and social sustainability, unless they are a complement to economical sustainability. This is also considered to fit the weak sustainability principle. (Less)
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author
Lindgren, Gustav LU
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organization
course
SGEL36 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Ängelholm, sea level rise, sustainable development, strong sustainability, weak sustainability
language
Swedish
id
8978214
date added to LUP
2019-06-10 09:14:35
date last changed
2019-06-10 09:14:35
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  abstract     = {{This essay aims to investigate how a small coastal municipality is planning for the consequences of sea level rise and in which way it contributes to sustainable development. This is done by a case study on Ängelholm, a small municipality in Scania, Sweden. The case study involves analysis of documents provided by the municipality, Länsstyrelsen and research papers on the subject in addition to an interview with a sustainability engineer working at the municipality. The results are analyzed using a theoretical framework of weak and strong sustainability, the concept of sustainable development along with three suggested strategies for coastal planning in the context of sea level rise: retreat, defence and attack. The findings show that Ängelholm mainly uses defense as a strategy and this is a realization of weak sustainability. Moreover, the municipality prioritizes economical sustainability upon ecological and social sustainability, unless they are a complement to economical sustainability. This is also considered to fit the weak sustainability principle.}},
  author       = {{Lindgren, Gustav}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Stigande havsnivåer – En hållbar utveckling? En fallstudie om Ängelholms kommuns planering kring stigande havsnivåer.}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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