This study shows how city planners and politicians in Karlstad plans different parts of the city, what type of model/ city ideals they use when planning, and how it is expressed. The study was made using a qualitative method, were a discourse analysis was vital for the elected planning document and blog posts. Qualitative interviews were also made with five people with significant meaning, who hold different positions in the city planning of Karlstad. In the produced material, it appears that the city planners and politicians in Karlstad are planning for traditional city ideals as a foundation in the planning, with influence from new ideas as for example sustainable planning and economic growth. In some parts of the city a modern and rational planning remains.

The Social Democratic Party and the Moderate Party are two parties with different ideological background. The parties have different opinions in issues of public and private matters. The Social Democratic Party profiles it self, through the local and national party programs, as a party for solidarity and security. The Moderate Party, on the other hand, profiles it self through their programmes as a party with a possibility for the individual to shape his or her own life. Through a survey on members in the local government, and two key persons at national level, the view of municipal self-government has appeared.

SammanfattningSyfte Studiens syfte är att undersöka friluftsundervisningen i grundskolor med friluftsprofil i Oslo och Stockholm, samt jämföra dessa.Vilken eller vilka stilar av friluftsliv förekommer inom idrottsämnet i friluftsprofilerade grundskolor i Oslos kommun?Vilken eller vilka stilar av friluftsliv förekommer inom idrottsämnet i friluftsprofilerade grundskolor i Stockholms kommun?Vad kan vi se för likheter eller skillnader mellan skolorna i Oslo och Stockholm?Kort sammanfattning av Sandells friluftsstilar:Passiv anpassnignsstil: friluftsliv utifrån ett anpassat betraktande perspektiv utan att påverka naturen.Aktiv anpassningsstil: friluftsliv utifrån ett aktivt perspektiv där du lever av naturen och tar vad du behöver samtidigt som man värnar om naturen.Dominant anpasssningsstil: friluftsliv utifrån ett aktivitetscentrerat perspektiv där ofta kommersialism styr för att påverka och anpassa naturen för att ge rum för specifik aktivitet.MetodAnvänd metod är öppet strukturerade telefonintervjuer. Sex stycken idrottslärare, tre i Oslo och tre i Stockholm intervjuades varav två var kvinnor och fyra var män. Samtliga var utbildade till idrottslärare eller lärare med undevisning inom friluftsliv.ResultatAlla stilar förekommer i Oslo. I Stockholm råder tveksamhet kring den dominansstilen.

Sustainability questions that concern the subjects of environmental and social aspects are increasing in today?s society, and therefore the sustainability report is a way for companies to show their work with sustainability development by working with a clear report and follow up. As the first country in the world, Sweden has decided, as from the financial year of 2008, that all governmental owned companies should present a sustainability report according to the guidelines of GRI. The aim of this essay was to identify and analyze actual events from a sustainability aspect for Vattenfall, from a medial perspective during the time period 2005-2009. We made a content analysis of one company?s sustainability reports during a time period of five years and we connected this to the medias reports of the company from the same period, to see if there were any connections between the subjects that media had elucidated.

To create fair conditions between the majority and minorities in a cultural diverse society poses a challenge for both the makers of government policy and the political theorist. The aim of this thesis is to examine the Swedish government official reports concerning integration and minority rights, with a special interest in values and cultural rights. As a methodological tool a theoretical model that classifies cultural rights is developed and the three normative doctrines lockean libertarianism, comprehensive liberalism and multiculturalism are distinguished from the discussion about how politics ought to be in a multicultural society. Through this perspective rights and values in the official reports are identified and analyzed. The result shows three different standpoints in the reports concerning which cultural minority group they are discussing.

The question is who should govern and administrate a municipality owned urban forest? Should societies and the public be invited to participatory planning, who are the interested parties, could they be treated like a group and what are their opinions on administration and management? The study is carried out in a municipal owned forest Vitberget Skellefteå that is widely used by associations and individuals for recreation and training.This has led to several discussions in the local media about the management of the forest, especially in connection to harvesting. The work undertaken here has been to identify who has any interest in the management of the area. After identifying the interested parties, a selection of the societies, schools and pre-schools that actively uses the area as well as random individuals met in the area was interviewed. The questions asked can be divided into six main groups:? Communication with the municipality?s managers for the area? Interference from other activities? Views on forest management? Views on nature conservation? The uniqueness of Vitberget? Development opportunitiesThe crucial factors identified as being needed to succeed in managing an urban forest are long-term administration, information and communication.

knyta samman gata och park.två huskroppar formade av stående vinklade skivor så att den visuella och fysiska kontakten mellan det urbana gaturumet och parken blir självklar.Parametrarna som styrt projektet är siktlinjer, flödesanalys och ett grid på 800x800mm..

The environment that surrounds us affects us all. Research has shown that we feel physically and emotionally best in natural environments with greenery or water elements. Urban environments are likely to be more stressing then natural environments. How we experience specific elements, as water, of an environment is not as much investigated. There is a need of further knowledge for us to fully understand the interplay between our senses and the environment. Human beings have always been depending on water and the search for it has characterized our deeds and doings through out evolution.

Stadsodling finns redan i flera av våra städer och resultaten från projekten som idag drivs är goda och det är dags för nästa steg i utvecklingen mot ett grönare och mer hållbart stadsrum. Rapportens frågeställning är en teknisk vinkling av de mjukare värdena som normalt diskuteras när det gäller stadsodling: Går det att ta fram en generell typ av växtbädd för gemensamma fritidsmässiga odlingsytor i stadsmiljö för växtzon I? Hur skulle den i så fallvara uppbyggd? För att besvara frågeställningen gjordes ett urval av köksväxter man normalt kan hitta i trädgårdsodlingar. De krav urvalsväxterna hade på växtjord sammanställdes och sedan kontrollerades de mot de beskrivningar som normalt används som stöd vid anläggning idag, AB Svensk Byggtjänsts publikationer Anläggnings AMA 98 (1999a) och RA Anläggning 98 (1999b). Det visade sig att den sandiga siltjord som borde passa samtliga växter i urvalet utgjorde en av de standardjordar som anges i Anläggnings AMA 98. Även gällande växtbäddens uppbyggnad konsulterades AB Svensk Byggtjänsts två beskrivningar.

This paper constitutes graduate work at the Depart-ment of Urban and Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. In this paper the urban structure of the million program suburb Husby in Stockholm is examined and what effect this structure has on social life in the area. The main objective of the study has been to, with the help of morphological analyses, examine how to create meeting places and make the Husby Park more accessiblefor the inhabitants in Husby. There has been a selection of analyses to ensure that Husby?s spatial relationship with surrounding suburbs as well as local spaces in the Husby Park is described.

Urban agriculture is a current topic and this study examines the possibility of cultivating on balconies in the city. The study was performed at Uppsala University and examines, from a structural engineering perspective, how different existing balcony/terrace structures are affected by cultivation. A cultivation balcony defined in the study as a balcony/terrace which is specifically designed for cultivation. Three units of study have been selected according to this criterion. Four factors were examined, these were loads, moisture/water, economy and cultivation.

Förskolan Ugglan, en förskola i det gamla garaget under arkitekturskolan..

The representative democracy has become weakened during the last decades. At the same time the United Nations declared at the Rio de Janeiro meeting in 1992 that environmental problems can best be solved by involvement of all concerned citizens in decision-making. The main purpose of this study has been to examine if citizens panels is a possible way to involve citizens in environmental decision-making and what the outcomes can be. Furthermore the study has investigated what the participation has contributed to environmental politics and how representative the results have been. This has been carried out by investigating the Piteåpanel in the municipality of Piteå by conducting interviews.The result of the study shows that the involvement of the citizens in the decision-making influenced the environmental politics of the municipality.

The aim of this paper is to research and discuss the role the cultural politics play for the Swedish employment office (Arbetsförmedlingen) and the meaning culture politics have within the labour market policy. A research has shown that Arbetsförmedlingen evaluates unemployed cultural workers differently than regular registered jobseekers. From an instrumental perspective on political implementation this can be considered as an anomali. Arbetsförmedlingen?s mandate derives from the government and its authority is a tool for carrying out state policy.

Through previous studies during my education, I have experienced that chemical deicing road salt is a known problem, mainly in southern Sweden. Road salt causes damage to the environment and also damage to vehicles and structures such as bridges, etc. Road salt causes vehicles and steel constructions to rust, leading to increased costs for repairs of damage to structures. Road salt also causes damage to the plants and the economy to suffer, when plant material and soil needs to be replaced. In order to get closer to a solution, I put up three questions.