Research the the Department of Urban and Rural Development

Our research is based on the meeting between the human life world and ecological and technical systems, and the consequences in a broad perspective of sustainability. The research covers processes and methods for planning, implementation and assessment of future changes in land use. In order to do this, the ability to plan, communicate and govern processes is vital for the creation of attractive landscapes, urban environments and rural areas of high quality.

Research is carried out in the fields of:

» Landscape Architecture

» Environmental Communication

» Rural Development

Research is also carried out at the Swedish EIA Centre »

A list of all scientific publications produced at the department »

Conferences, open seminars and lectures you find in our calendar »

Selected scientific articles

Virtue and Vulnerability
Discourses on Women, Gender and Climate Change
Seema Arora Jonsson
Global Environmental Change vol. 21 744-751

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Environmental scenarios and local-global level of community engagement: environmental justice, jams and institutions
Katarina Larsen & Ulrika Gunnarsson-Östling & Erik Westholm
Futures vol. 43 413-423

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