Ett kallt regn kommer att falla ner - Stockholm stads praktiska skyfallsarbete
(2025) SGEL36 20251Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- Cloudbursts and flooding that results from such intense rainfall constitute a growing risk as climate change intensifies precipitation patterns. This is a growing issue that municipalities can no longer ignore; they must actively address it. The issue of cloudbursts is highly relevant given the future climate risks we face, and it is important that Swedish cities are prepared. In this context, the work of the Swedish capital Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the Nordic region, is particularly interesting to examine. This thesis investigates how the City of Stockholm is practically addressing the management of cloudbursts and flooding caused by changing pluvial flows. Through an inductive thematic document analysis of five... (More)
- Cloudbursts and flooding that results from such intense rainfall constitute a growing risk as climate change intensifies precipitation patterns. This is a growing issue that municipalities can no longer ignore; they must actively address it. The issue of cloudbursts is highly relevant given the future climate risks we face, and it is important that Swedish cities are prepared. In this context, the work of the Swedish capital Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the Nordic region, is particularly interesting to examine. This thesis investigates how the City of Stockholm is practically addressing the management of cloudbursts and flooding caused by changing pluvial flows. Through an inductive thematic document analysis of five central planning documents, as well as an interview with a cloudburst specialist working at the City of Stockholm, the measures that constitute Stockholm’s current cloudburst management efforts are illuminated. The analysis is based on Tyler and Moench’s conceptual framework for resilience, focusing on how the interaction between systems, actors, and institutions shapes practical climate adaptation in the urban context. The results show that Stockholm has initiated efforts to practically manage cloudbursts by concretizing national and municipal guidelines and recommendations, producing data, simulations, and assessments for vulnerable areas of the city, such as through the development of a cloudburst visualisation model for Stockholm, as well as through projects where cloudburst adaptation measures are further implemented, such as CLARITY and Rålambshovsparken. However, the practical work carried out is characterized by major coordination challenges and limited interventions. The thesis concludes that Stockholm is currently in a preparatory phase in its cloudburst management, with a focus on strengthening urban resilience by clarifying responsibilities for various public and private actors, defining and specifying a protection level for the city, and creating networks among actors in the urban system to foster collaboration. (Less)
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- author
- Ahadi-Avini, Nathalie LU
- supervisor
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- Till Koglin LU
- organization
- course
- SGEL36 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Klimatanpassning, Resiliens, Urban resiliens, Skyfallshantering, Skyfallsåtgärder, Stockholm stad
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9192987
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-11 13:24:17
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abstract = {{Cloudbursts and flooding that results from such intense rainfall constitute a growing risk as climate change intensifies precipitation patterns. This is a growing issue that municipalities can no longer ignore; they must actively address it. The issue of cloudbursts is highly relevant given the future climate risks we face, and it is important that Swedish cities are prepared. In this context, the work of the Swedish capital Stockholm, which is also the largest city in the Nordic region, is particularly interesting to examine. This thesis investigates how the City of Stockholm is practically addressing the management of cloudbursts and flooding caused by changing pluvial flows. Through an inductive thematic document analysis of five central planning documents, as well as an interview with a cloudburst specialist working at the City of Stockholm, the measures that constitute Stockholm’s current cloudburst management efforts are illuminated. The analysis is based on Tyler and Moench’s conceptual framework for resilience, focusing on how the interaction between systems, actors, and institutions shapes practical climate adaptation in the urban context. The results show that Stockholm has initiated efforts to practically manage cloudbursts by concretizing national and municipal guidelines and recommendations, producing data, simulations, and assessments for vulnerable areas of the city, such as through the development of a cloudburst visualisation model for Stockholm, as well as through projects where cloudburst adaptation measures are further implemented, such as CLARITY and Rålambshovsparken. However, the practical work carried out is characterized by major coordination challenges and limited interventions. The thesis concludes that Stockholm is currently in a preparatory phase in its cloudburst management, with a focus on strengthening urban resilience by clarifying responsibilities for various public and private actors, defining and specifying a protection level for the city, and creating networks among actors in the urban system to foster collaboration.}},
author = {{Ahadi-Avini, Nathalie}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ett kallt regn kommer att falla ner - Stockholm stads praktiska skyfallsarbete}},
year = {{2025}},
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