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Investigating the Transformative Capacity of Urban Experimentation . The case of Urban Living Labs: Insights from the Swedish Context
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Urban Planning and Environment, Urban and Regional Studies.
2020 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
En undersökning av den transformativa kapaciteten hos urbana experiment : Lärdomar från urban living labs i svensk kontext (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Urban Living Labs emerged in the past decade as spatially embedded multi-stakeholder integrating forms of urban experimentation. They pose as key-nodes for transforming urban governance and generating new, innovative responses to pressing wicked planning and sustainability issues for cities in transition. In Sweden various such projects have been initiated in various locales as parts of European projects that connect different locales. The present Degree Project seeks to examine mechanisms through which Urban Living Labs seek the transformation of established structures towards a more sustainable future in the Swedish context. It does so by analyzing five such projects that have been established in different urban areas in Sweden. In this process it also examines the roles of main actors who play a prominent role in the framework of this form of urban experimentation. This is succeeded through employing a mixed-method approach as a response to the above questions. The main findings point towards the need for extensive networking and exchange of practices between different locales within Sweden and highlight the potentials of urban experimentation for the transformation of the role of main actors. The present Degree Project concludes by reflecting on the future of Urban Living Labs and urban experimentation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020.
Series
TRITA-ABE-MBT ; 20606
Keywords [en]
Sweden, urban experimentation, living labs, urban governance, sustainability, transitions
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Other Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278521OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-278521DiVA, id: diva2:1453812
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Urban and Regional Planning
Educational program
Degree of Master - Sustainable Urban Planning and Design
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2020-06-05, 00:00 (English)
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Available from: 2020-07-13 Created: 2020-07-13 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved

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