Swedish Planning: Towards Sustainable Development

Editor Claes Göran Guinchard. The Swedisch Society for Town and Country Planning, 1997

This volume offers a survey of current tendencies in Swedish community and social planning focusing on the high-priority issue of sustainable development and illuminating it from various perspectives:

•     Social circumstances and local mobilization
•     Ecology and management of natural resources
•     Economy and infrastructure
•     Cultural environment and architectural quality

Several examples of ongoing projects and work methods illustrate current work now being conducted both at local and regional level.
Many leading representatives of Swedish community planning along with Swedish and foreign researchers have contributed to provide important information on Sweden and Swedish planning, to help inform our partners in international cooporation projects, foreign visitors, and students.