The city of Uppsala and its surroundings are a very expansive area. A prerequisite for a sustainable development of the area is well-functioning supply of drinking water. In Uppsala municipality, the Uppsala esker and Vattholma esker are the groundwater storages for drinking water. Besides the eskers, other sources of qualitative groundwater in the Uppsala municipality are relatively poor and more than half of the area consists of ground conditions with a risk of saline groundwater. The neighbourhood of Vreta-Ytternäs is situated 10 km south of Uppsala, in the area with risk of saline groundwater but outside the municipal water supply.

I denna uppsats behandlas förfarandet kring offentliga upphandlingen ur ett upphandlarperspektiv. Problemet som behandlas i uppsatsen grundar sig i komplexiteten i upphandlingsförfarandet med utgångspunkt i att antalet överprövningar successivt ökar med åren på området, något som har diskuterats som ett problem bland annat i flera rapporter från konkurrensverket, finansdepartementet och Stockholms handelskammare. Komplexiteten kring de upphandlingar som sker ute i landet har lett fram till uppsatsens syfte; att undersöka vad som är grunden till de problem som kan uppstå i upphandlingsförfarandet. Beror det på kunskapsbrist, oklar reglering, eller något annat? Detta har sedan även undersökts djupare genom en studie av Uppsala kommun.I denna uppsats så redogör jag först för upphandlingsförfarandet utifrån hur det ska gå till i och med gällande lagstiftning i LOU.

This study concerns the energy future of the county of Stockholm up until 2050 and describes how the energy consumption can be compared to today with the use of scenario methodology. Within energy future studies the backcasting approach is well known and has been put to use in this study. Due to the characteristics of backcasting the study is self-fulfilling, i.e. the future energy scenarios presented in this study satisfy the targets set up in this study. In the light of what may be the largest challenge of our time ? the climate change - the aim of this study is to describe how the energy consumption in a fossil fuel free Stockholm county in the year of 2050 may be.

The aim of the study was to examine the competence of dental hygienists among Clinic Director´s within the Public Dental Service and Private dentists in the county of Skåne . The study was quantitative and consisted of an electronic questionnaire sent out to all Clinic Directors in the county of Skåne. A total of five hundred and thirty eight questionnaires were sent out. The inclusion criteria were the Clinic directors who employed dental hygienists who had obtained their professional degree during the last four years. Twenty nine Clinic directors responded to the study.The results showed that in general clinic directors are pleased and feel that dental hygienists are proficient in periodontology and dental caries diagnostics.

Denna studie berör förtätning av ett redan bebyggt område i Uppsala och hur förtätning påverkar förhållandet till befintliga grönområden.Befolkningsprognoserna för Uppsala kommun tyder på en tillväxt med drygt 2000 invånare per år fram till 2030. Med den tillväxten krävs fler bostäder inom staden. Sedan 1990-talet har stadsplaneringen gradvis genomgått en förändring. I stället för att som förr främst exploateras i periferin, växer och planeras numera staden även inåt genom förtätning. För att klara miljömål och integrera stadsdelarmed varandra, blir staden tätare genom bebyggelse och infrastrukturer.

This report is a case study of ?citizen forums? in the municipality of Uppsala. These forums are arranged to make people participate more in local politics. The aim of this study is to find out if the opinions and the wishes coming from the citizens are later involved in the planning process etc made by the authorities. The aim is also to explain why or why not the opinions from the citizens are of any importance.My empirical data come from interviews that I have made with seven different respondents, both politicians and civil servants.

This thesis evaluates the environmental performance of six different fish farming systems. The thesis is part of the network group ?Hållbar fiskförsörjning I Stockholms län? (HFFS) which tries to increase the domestic and regional production of fish in Stockholm and move to a more sustainable supply in the Stockholm county. Two of the chosen systems; pangasius from Vietnam and salmon from Norway are delivering a substantial part of the fish consumed in Stockholm today, although they are very different when it comes to system characteristics. One system, arctic char with conventional feed, is produced in a fairly small scale in the north of Sweden, while the three remaining systems are viewed upon as possible options to supply Stockholm with fish in the future.

Denna uppsats handlar om vilka kommunala åtgärder som kan få människor att välja cykeln i större utsträckning med utgångspunkt från Uppsala stad. Metoden är kvalitativ i form av en mindre enkätundersökning med invånarna, en intervju med en trafikplanerare och en litteraturstudie av såväl vetenskapliga artiklar som kommunala och statliga dokument. Fokus ligger både på direkta och indirekta åtgärder som främjar cykling i form av infrastruktur och beteendepåverkan. Eftersom undersökningen utfördes i början av december kom en relativt stor del av uppsatsen ta upp vilka åtgärder som kan få personer att välja cykeln även på vintern. Grundläggande för att göra cykling attraktivt är ett koordinerat och mångfacetterat arbetssätt samt den aktivt förda politiken inom områden som transport, markanvändning, stadsutveckling, miljö och parkeringsnormer.

AbstractWe are facing a century of rapid change in climate, with significant challenges in managing the impact of changes in living conditions for plants and animals. We can already see the responses of species through changes in phenology and spatial distribution, which may change ecosystem structure and function, with subsequent effect on ecosystem services and biological diversity. In Sweden, between 2005 and 2010, the red-listed species has increased by 13 % and similar trends can be seen across the world, making it difficult to attain national and international environmental objectives of preserving biodiversity. One way to reduce the loss of biodiversity is to protect nature from exploitation by allocating valuable areas as nature reserves, but climate change affects protected areas just as much as other landscapes and therefore requires elaborate systems of protection to facilitate species' survival. The paper has examined  how the decisions and management plans for nature reserves in Sweden have been followed-up and whether they are climate adapted or not by examining 30 nature reserves, classified as newly formed (2012), recently revised (2009-2011) and older (1977-2007) reserves, and assessed what is in the decisions and management plans for follow-up, revision, long-term goals and documentation.

This thesis is based on an exhibition at the county museum Upplandsmuseet in Uppsala, Sweden. During an internship at this museum I got a chance to produce an exhibition, with some guidance from the museum staff. This exhibition was created with the purpose of teaching about agriculture in the late 19th century and also about the magnificent workmanship of Alrik Klingberg, who have carved these wooden objects for over 50 years. Each one of the objects possesses a story and a memory. The memories that Alrik Klingberg has incorporated into the objects are mainly from his childhood at a croft in northern Uppland.

Detta arbete presenterar en attitydundersökning där elever från en stad jämförs med eleverfrån landsbygd i fråga om attityder till utbildning. Arbetet är en komparativattitydundersökning där stad och landsbygd ställs mot varandra. Analysen, om vadskillnaderna beror på, utgår från Pierre Bourdieus teori angående kapital och habitus.Metoden är kvantitativ och en enkät har använts för att på bästa sätt uppfylla arbetets syfteoch frågeställningar. Totalt har 127 elever från årskurs nio deltagit varav 67 är pojkar och 60är flickor. 36 elever kommer från Uppsala kommun (stad) och 91 elever kommer från Hebykommun (landsbygd).Syftet med detta arbete är att bidra med kunskap angående elevers attityder till skolgång,betyg och önskan om högre utbildning och hur dessa attityder skiljer sig åt i stad respektivelandsbygd.

To support, enhance and, in the future, develop the activity within the county councils in Sweden, IT support systems are currently used to a large extent. The need to document is central to the health care organizations and the counties have come a long way in the introduction of electronic patient record systems (EPR). The aim of the EPR systems is to support the care processes and the clinical professions in their work.This is a master thesis in the area of human-computer interaction (HCI), Department of Information Technology at Uppsala University. The aim of the thesis was to describe and compare the five most common EPR systems in Sweden. The comparison will focus on some usability aspects and on how well they support the users in their clinical practice.

AbstractBackground: Plantar fasciitis is the most common heel injury and is a long-term pain syndrom in the attachment of the plantar fascia to the calcaneus bone. The condition is treated mainly in primary care, but there is currently no treatment guideline for the treatment of plantar fasciitis in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to investigate which treatment that occurred in primary care in Dalarna, Gävleborg and Västmanland counties, which treatments that were most common alone and in combination with each other. The aim was also to investigate if the four most commonly used treatment methods as physical therapists said they had used were supported in the literature, and if there was any difference between county employees and private physical therapists in the choice of treatment method.Method: 100 physiotherapists in primary care in Dalarna, Gävleborg and Västmanland counties, received a questionnaire by mail. 80 of the 100 physiotherapists were county employees and 20 were private employees.

Bakgrund: Sedan mitten på 1900-talet har många faktorer kommit att påverka organisationers sätt att samordna och organisera sig. Förändringstryck såsom expanderade organisationer ledde till företags och organisationers ökade behov av ledning och styrning för att bli mer effektiva, vilket resulterade i nya styrningsverktyg som kunde hantera dessa förändringar. Ett av dessa var det balanserade styrkortet som denna uppsats kommer att behandla. Det balanserade styrkortet kom att bli ett populärt styrverktyg inom den offentliga sektorn, speciellt inom hälso- och sjukvården. De finns dock ett flertal forskare som hävdar att det balanserade styrkortet inte har kapacitet att hantera den offentliga sektorns komplexitet och heterogena utformning.Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva och förklara hur balanserade styrkort införts i Folktandvården i Uppsala län.

Environmental issues are global problems and they are a major challenge for any successful organizational business worldwide. Many challenges and opportunities emerge during the certification process of an EMS. Therefore it is interesting to contribute in understanding these emerging problems during this process.The aim of this study is to explore how the environmental objectives could be achieved at preschools in Uppsala, investigate the perceived challenges and opportunities and to identify the outcome of implementing the ISO 14001, Green Flag at such set up.A qualitative method is used and three Green Flag certified preschools, affiliated to the Uppsala Municipality and located at different geographical location were selected. A structured interview with the environmental representatives from the preschools and the municipality was completed. The so-called PDCA-cycle as a method of evaluating sustainable development and analysing the imperial data is used.The study showed that environmental certification constitutes a great challenge for the municipality of Uppsala.