Insights from Testing a Modified Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways Approach for Spatial Planning at the Municipal Level
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Spatial Planning and Adaptation to Climate Change in Sweden
2.2. Research Design
2.3. The DAPP-Light Approach
2.4. Three Experimental Case Studies
3. Results
4. Concluding Discussion
4.1. Opportunities
4.2. Constraints
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Danderyd | Gävle | Söderhamn | |
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Size [29] | 2640 ha | 161,384 ha | 106,085 ha |
No. inhabitants 2017 (SCB, 2018) | 32,888 | 100,603 | 25,782 |
Isostatic land rise, per 100 years [30] | 0.65 m | 0.7 m | 0.75 m |
Spatial planning | Current municipal comprehensive plan was approved in 2006 [31] | Current municipal comprehensive plan was approved in 2017 [32] | Current municipal comprehensive plan was approved in 2006 [33] |
Planning process in focus in the case studies | Detailed plan (0.02 km2); the municipality was considering developing an area in one part of the municipality | Development site (1 km2); the municipality was considering several new developments to transform parts of Gävle City | Part of comprehensive plan (45 km2); the municipality was in the process of developing a new comprehensive plan |
Participants in the workshops | Five persons
| Six persons
| Eight persons
|
Danderyd | Gävle | Söderhamn |
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How can we plan for sustainable and attractive environments around the central Square of Djursholm, despite the exposed coastal location? | How should the area be developed for long-term, sustainable, resilient development, given the exposure to both fluvial and coastal flooding? | In what way is future sea-level rise affecting the feasibility of the comprehensive plan’s strategies? |
General Attributes | For specific objects | ||||||
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Criteria for Success | Undesired Events | Acceptable Recurrence Interval of the Undesired Event | Corresponding Water Level at Present Climate | Description | Altitude | Safety Margin (Highest Sea-Level Rise That Meets the Criteria of Acceptable Recurrence Interval) | Possible Actions |
Avoiding buildings being flooded | Basement, ground floor or garage being flooded | 100 years | +120 cm | Basements near town centre | 200 cm | 80 cm | Make basements and garages waterproof Install non-return valves in surface water system Build a barrier along the sea with a height of + 350 cm |
New development at former petrol station | 250 cm | 130 cm | Do not allow basements in new buildings Raise the levels of the floors (when needed) Embank the new area + 200 cm | ||||
Securing people’s access to home care service | Home care service does not reach people when the roads are flooded by more than 10 cm | 10 years | +95 cm | Roundabout, the lowest point of the road between x and y | 300 cm | 205 cm | Train personnel to be prepared for flooding Buy new vehicles that can manage more water on the roads Raise the street level |
Securing access to buildings for the emergency service | Emergency service cannot reach all buildings when the roads are flooded by more than 50 cm | 1000 years | +140 cm | Roundabout | 300 cm | 180 cm | Adjust the ground levels in the local plan Buy new vehicles that can manage more water on the roads Raise the street level |
Securing sewage discharge | The sewage discharge points are flooded, contaminating the drinking water | 100 years | +120 cm | Pumping station | 120 cm | 0 cm | Make the pumping station waterproof |
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Carstens, C.; Sonnek, K.M.; Räty, R.; Wikman-Svahn, P.; Carlsson-Kanyama, A.; Metzger, J. Insights from Testing a Modified Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways Approach for Spatial Planning at the Municipal Level. Sustainability 2019, 11, 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020433
Carstens C, Sonnek KM, Räty R, Wikman-Svahn P, Carlsson-Kanyama A, Metzger J. Insights from Testing a Modified Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways Approach for Spatial Planning at the Municipal Level. Sustainability. 2019; 11(2):433. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020433
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarstens, Christoffer, Karin Mossberg Sonnek, Riitta Räty, Per Wikman-Svahn, Annika Carlsson-Kanyama, and Jonathan Metzger. 2019. "Insights from Testing a Modified Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways Approach for Spatial Planning at the Municipal Level" Sustainability 11, no. 2: 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020433
APA StyleCarstens, C., Sonnek, K. M., Räty, R., Wikman-Svahn, P., Carlsson-Kanyama, A., & Metzger, J. (2019). Insights from Testing a Modified Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways Approach for Spatial Planning at the Municipal Level. Sustainability, 11(2), 433. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020433