Keys to Unlock Fragile Urban Landscapes

Abstract

In Sweden large city perspectives dominate policy and the discourse on economic production and accumulation of capital, distribution of power, risk and lifestyle situations for small cities and municipalities regarding decreasing and ageing uneven conditions call for initiatives and methods that intervene with existing and project transformations potentials. This paper present key urban projects as complementary planning tools that: 1) id strategic interventions, 2) constitutes bridges between planning and implementation platforms for critical negotiation that assemble available resources, skills and 4) combine private and public resources. The research is developed by design-based research methodology through extensive local-regional planning in the Skaraborg region in Sweden.