When the City Moves Closer A Rurban Development Framework for Säve
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Säve is a rural village of 700 people located
within the municipality of Gothenburg, on the
flat fertile plains of northern Hisingen. With
farms and farmlands still located at the centre of
the village, it still feels like it has not fully
transitioned into a suburban area. This could
change in the future, with the comprehensive
plan of the City of Gothenburg proposing up to
12 000 new housing units in the Säve area, which
would increase the population of Säve to over
30 000. A prerequisite for this is reopening the
closed railway station, which would bring travel
times to central Gothenburg down to 15 minutes.
Most of the land around Säve is agricultural clay
plains, some of the best farmland available.
Agricultural land is a limited resource, and it is one
that is needed more and more with the world’s
growing population and increasing worries
regarding the state of national security in
Europe. Climate change could also mean that
Sweden has to take on a greater role in the global
food supply chain in the future.
Building on agricultural land is prohibited under
the Swedish environmental code unless the
development is a ”significant public interest”
that ”cannot be accommodated elsewhere.”
While this law sounds strict, it is quite toothless
in practice, as enforcement is minimal and it is
generally left up to each individual municipality
to interpret. Redevelopment of agricultural land
for urban land uses is in fact increasing, not
decreasing.
Säve is affected by various external and internal
pressures. To find a balanced path forward for
Säve, one which allows the community to
develop into the future while still preserving its
rural feel and its productive agriculture, the
context and history of Säve as well as theory
surrounding agricultural land redevelopment
has been studied. In the history of Säve, a
traditional type of agricultural village built with
the intent to conserve useful agricultural land
was found. These historical villages, their land
use patterns and building typologies have been
studied. The result is a framework that allows
new villages to be constructed, taking minimal
amounts of agricultural land, while still allowing
Säve to develop into the future for decades to
come.