Gröna löften, grå asfalt: En studie av Växjö kommuns utmaningar och strategier i arbetet för hållbar mobilitet
(2025) SGEL36 20251Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- Växjö municipality in southern Sweden has long promoted itself as a frontrunner inenvironmental and climate policy, aiming to become climate neutral by 2030. As the city-continues to grow, this ambition is increasingly challenged by growing mobility demands and-infrastructure developments. This thesis investigates how Växjö works to achieve sustainable-mobility, and how the large-scale road project Österleden/Fagrabäcksrondellen affects the-municipality’s ability to reach this goal. The study is guided by David Banister's sustainable-mobility paradigm and focuses on three key strategies: distance reduction, modal shift and-efficiency increase. The Österleden project is analyzed through the lens of induced demand, to-explore how the project... (More)
- Växjö municipality in southern Sweden has long promoted itself as a frontrunner inenvironmental and climate policy, aiming to become climate neutral by 2030. As the city-continues to grow, this ambition is increasingly challenged by growing mobility demands and-infrastructure developments. This thesis investigates how Växjö works to achieve sustainable-mobility, and how the large-scale road project Österleden/Fagrabäcksrondellen affects the-municipality’s ability to reach this goal. The study is guided by David Banister's sustainable-mobility paradigm and focuses on three key strategies: distance reduction, modal shift and-efficiency increase. The Österleden project is analyzed through the lens of induced demand, to-explore how the project may counteract these strategies by encouraging car use. Using a-qualitative research design, the study combines document analysis of municipal and national-planning documents with semi-structured interviews with three key municipal actors. The-findings show that Växjö municipality has implemented several measures to promote active-modes of transport and reduce car dependency. However, political compromises, pathdependencies and the limited municipal influence over state-led infrastructure projects, create-substantial barriers. The study concludes that, despite ambitious local measures and goals,-state-led road investments risk encouraging car dependence. To reverse this, stronger-coordination between national and local authorities is required, as well as greater support by-policymakers and the general public. (Less)
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- author
- Vuckovic, Emilia LU
- supervisor
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- Till Koglin LU
- organization
- course
- SGEL36 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Växjö municipality, sustainable mobility, urban planning, transport policy, induced demand
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9194926
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-12 15:14:35
- date last changed
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Gröna löften, grå asfalt: En studie av Växjö kommuns utmaningar och strategier i arbetet för hållbar mobilitet}},
year = {{2025}},
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