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Experimentera mera? Kommunens roll i att driva och styra en klimatsatsning

Ekvall, Josefin LU (2023) SGEL36 20231
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The climate crisis is becoming more and more relevant. New innovative approaches are required to be able to tackle population growth while simultaneously decreasing carbon emission. Innovation has traditionally been associated with the private sector, but more focus is set on the public sector and their responsibility on implementing innovation into the organisation and for enabling it to happen. An important factor connected to innovation is experimentation where ‘learning by doing’ is set to practice and solutions for a sustainable urban development are tested. Research shows that municipalities is the far most influential actor for providing urban experimentation and to ensuring whether the results turn out well. This thesis undertakes... (More)
The climate crisis is becoming more and more relevant. New innovative approaches are required to be able to tackle population growth while simultaneously decreasing carbon emission. Innovation has traditionally been associated with the private sector, but more focus is set on the public sector and their responsibility on implementing innovation into the organisation and for enabling it to happen. An important factor connected to innovation is experimentation where ‘learning by doing’ is set to practice and solutions for a sustainable urban development are tested. Research shows that municipalities is the far most influential actor for providing urban experimentation and to ensuring whether the results turn out well. This thesis undertakes a case study research design focusing on Uppsala municipality and their project where they aim to build two climate-positive neighbourhoods by involving different actors and trying out new approaches when building houses. The empirical material is produced through semi-structured interviews and through document-analysis. This study is using the NATO-framework to explore governance structures, and the perspective of Urban Living Labs to explore characteristics of the project. The purpose of this thesis is to produce knowledge about important factors and driving forces for municipalities when wanting to implement an experimental climate project. (Less)
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author
Ekvall, Josefin LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEL36 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Urban experimentation, Urban Living Labs, NATO-framework, Climate positive, sustainability transformation
language
Swedish
id
9119628
date added to LUP
2023-06-13 13:25:09
date last changed
2023-06-13 13:25:09
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  abstract     = {{The climate crisis is becoming more and more relevant. New innovative approaches are required to be able to tackle population growth while simultaneously decreasing carbon emission. Innovation has traditionally been associated with the private sector, but more focus is set on the public sector and their responsibility on implementing innovation into the organisation and for enabling it to happen. An important factor connected to innovation is experimentation where ‘learning by doing’ is set to practice and solutions for a sustainable urban development are tested. Research shows that municipalities is the far most influential actor for providing urban experimentation and to ensuring whether the results turn out well. This thesis undertakes a case study research design focusing on Uppsala municipality and their project where they aim to build two climate-positive neighbourhoods by involving different actors and trying out new approaches when building houses. The empirical material is produced through semi-structured interviews and through document-analysis. This study is using the NATO-framework to explore governance structures, and the perspective of Urban Living Labs to explore characteristics of the project. The purpose of this thesis is to produce knowledge about important factors and driving forces for municipalities when wanting to implement an experimental climate project.}},
  author       = {{Ekvall, Josefin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Experimentera mera? Kommunens roll i att driva och styra en klimatsatsning}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}