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Having been built in 1974, the centre of the district was due a facelift. And the city’s planners, as well as its property developers, are not resting on their laurels.Take the Alba Lilium project in Bredäng commissioned by Stockholm developer The suburb has attracted publicity for all the wrong reasons in the past (unfairly, say the locals) but now Bredäng is being hailed as a model of social inclusion.

We can add different social values in terms of housing, good public environments, playgrounds and parks, etc.”Such an approach has borne fruit in the Husby district of the city. Projects such as Bredäng, Husby and Kista are just the start of an urban development trend that looks set to characterise Stockholm in the forthcoming decades. Both the winners and Carlstein agreed that it reflected the diverse community.“Many people have prejudices about Bredäng, that there are many immigrants here and that they won’t have a successful future. With such a reputation comes great responsibility and even greater expectations.

This article is produced by The Local Creative Studio in partnership with Invest Stockholm. Skanska plans to build 2000 new homes, preschools as well as a cultural and business quarter in the area.Reaching out to the public to assuage safety concerns before a brick is laid has been a hallmark of the new project.“We wanted to raise the issue of safety to a larger perspective and invited several local organisations (schools, police, city administration) to a workshop.

At present there is a city plan that incorporates social values into urban planning to try and counteract differences in living conditions.“It’s a lot about diversity and inclusion,” Christoffer Carlander, development strategist at Stockholm municipality, tells The Local.He adds, “This is a unique opportunity to develop the city; all parts of Stockholm can benefit from urban development.

Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region’s approach elsewhere. ... Stockholm Resilience Centre is a collaboration between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. We definitely want to do something similar in the future and involve the students even more.”The powers that be at Stockholm municipality have also taken note of the project and cited it as a fine example of social sustainability to other would-be developers.At the planning office for Stockholm municipality, strategists and developers are mapping out plans for the Swedish capital for the next 20 years.The strategic unit has ambitious plans to make diversity, inclusion and safety a signature aspect of housing and retail projects going forward. Traditional forms of urban planning take their inspiration from Stockholm’s 19th century city centre, combined with varied modern architecture. As an urban and regional planning student at Stockholm University, you meet leading researchers and teachers in planning and related sciences such as archaeology, economic history, economics, environmental management, ethnology, geosciences, human geography, political science, sociology and … Stockholm’s city planners and property developers are engaging local communities to build a safer and more inclusive city.

For example, in the centre, the square will be renovated with plans to have premises on the ground level. Hammarby sjöstad (Hammarby Lake City) is an urban development project directly south of Stockholm’s South Island. And also for the students to contribute to the neighbourhood and boost their self-confidence,” Magdalena Carlstein, business developer at JM, tells The Local. Our department consists of three divisions and is focused specifically on urban and regional studies, geoinformatics and geodesy and systems analysis and economics.

Changes in ownership and short-term planning see urban green areas disappear.

This will mean there are more eyes on the street and more footfall as part of the safety aspect.”The region of Odde in Kista was previously the home of IBM but with the American firm moving to new premises, the Stockholm suburb is ripe for redevelopment.

And with the municipality onboard as well as developers, Stockholmers can look forward to an even better city to call home.General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

But we want to work more proactively and instead ask the question: how can we get it right from the start?” concludes Emma Färje Jones of Skanska.Projects such as Bredäng, Husby and Kista are just the start of an urban development trend that looks set to characterise Stockholm in the forthcoming decades. we wanted to show that you can succeed wherever you come from. See how we handle your personal information Stockholm (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlm] ()) is the capital and most populous urban area of Sweden as well as in Scandinavia.