Connecting Municipal and Regional Level Planning: Analysis and Visualization of Sustainability Indicators in Bergslagen, Sweden

Andersson, KjellSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Skogsmästarskolan,School for Forest Management (författare)

Sustainable development as a process towards sustainability requires collaboration among societal actors and stakeholders at multiple levels. A key issue is to provide them with that they have comprehensive and transparent knowledge base representing the state and trends of different dimensions of sustainability. This study addresses the need to analyse and present data of sustainability as a foundation for the sustainable development process within municipalities, and among them. As a case study, we focus on 18 municipalities in the crisis-struck Bergslagen region in Sweden and compare them with 101 surrounding municipalities. Data from 2001 and 2006 on 15 indicators representing ecological, economic and social sustainability criteria were transformed to a common scale through normalization around the median, and summarized. Bergslagen region municipalities performed poorer than the surrounding ones for all dimensions in 2006. The change from 2001 to 2006 was positive for economic and social criteria, while the ecological dimension developed negatively in all municipalities. We stress the need for municipalities to collaborate with each other and other actors both at municipal and regional levels, and to use sustainability indicators as a base for informed planning processes. We propose visualization of indicators using maps to support decision-making and social learning.

Angelstam, PerSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Skogsmästarskolan,School for Forest Management(Swepub:slu)49830 (författare)
Axelsson, RobertSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Skogsmästarskolan,School for Forest Management(Swepub:slu)47369 (författare)
Elbakidze, MarineSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Skogsmästarskolan,School for Forest Management(Swepub:slu)52393 (författare)
Törnblom, JohanSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Skogsmästarskolan,School for Forest Management(Swepub:slu)46870 (författare)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitetSkogsmästarskolan (creator_code:org_t)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

Ingår i:European Planning Studies: Informa UK Limited21, s. 1210-12340965-43131469-5944

Av författaren/redakt...: Andersson, Kjell; Angelstam, Per; Axelsson, Robert; Elbakidze, Marin ...; Törnblom, Johan

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