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Main Issues in a Sustainable City in Sweden

 

The following table shows those issues that were identified by the Stockholm Environment Institute. The table ranks the issues by order of importance.

Economy  Land use Society Input/output/throughput
Communication Transportation
(roads, trains)
Health social
welfare
Food (Technology)
Technology Rural/Urban Crime / law & order Water
Knowledge based Fringe Recreation Noise
Large share of public transport Green areas Education

 

Air pollutants / fresh air

Legislation/ enforcement Zoning/planning/ Compact (minimal urban sprawl) Access to
information
Solid waste
Financial institutions/ instruments Low cost housing Jobs Sewage
Energy efficiency Brownfield Development Culture Energy (renewable/non-
renewable)
Minimal waste Buildings Immigration Raw materials (mining,
agriculture, recycling)
Recycling Industrial sites Poverty
Pollution paid for by the polluter /
taxation
Landfills Ethnic/social
Segregation
 
Abandoned
industrial sites
Ecological
footprint
Environmental awareness  
    Competence/
capability/
cooperation of
stakeholders
 
    Historic
Preservation
 
    Civil society/public participation in decision making  
    Population
(population size,
demographic
trends)
 
    Aesthetic value of city  

Main issues

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Sweden

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Argentina

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