Improving the process of setting environmental requirements in urban development projects: A case study of Älvstranden Utveckling’s work in three projects
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Design and construction project management (MPDCM), MSc
Publicerad
2021
Författare
SJÖSTEDT, MAJA
STRUTZ, REBECKA
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
The city of Gothenburg is facing challenges in relation to urban development, as
the city continues to grow. Älvstranden Utveckling, a public landowner and urban
developer, has been given the commitment to coordinate the work towards a
sustainable development of the city, within the areas of Älvstaden. It is important
to set environmental requirements in projects, as the construction of new
buildings increase the already negative environmental impact from the
construction industry. The extent of these requirements affects the involved
actors and the outcome of the projects.
The aim with this master thesis is to investigate and improve the process
of setting environmental requirements, by examining the strengths and issues
related to Älvstranden Utveckling work regarding the management and
regulations. The realization of the aim was done by analysing three urban
development projects, Lindholmshamnen, Masthuggskajen and Skeppsbron,
through an actor network perspective. To investigate how the environmental
requirements have been perceived in practice, interviewees with building
developers in the different project were conducted and compared to previous
research.
To conclude, the result mainly indicates a difficulty in keeping the
environmental requirements suitable for all actors involved and relevant long term. Still the results address several aspects where the process can be improved,
to facilitate the work with the environmental requirements, without
compromising the sustainable development. To conceptualise the findings, four
categories of measures to improve the process when setting environmental
requirements, in future projects, have been developed - Resource allocation, The
scope of the environmental requirements, Clear documentation, and Follow-up and
evaluation. However, the complex characteristics of urban development projects,
with long lead times and numerous actors involved, are inevitable to neglect and
will always give rise to different interpretations and perceptions. Therefore, it is
important to keep the strive towards sustainable urban development on the
agenda
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Environmental requirements , urban development , sustainable building , actor network , Älvstranden Utveckling