Stadsdelsgränser i Stockholm : Hur påverkar de livet i staden?

Sammanfattning: In today’s society, there are very high expectations on urban planning and it´s possibilities to contribute to a good city and a good life for the citizens. A planner has to have both economical, ecological and social sustainability in mind while developing the city. An important part of the social sustainability is that all residents feel like a part of the society in the city they live in. Social integration between different social groups in the society is an important matter in today’s society. The question is if urban planning has the potential to contribute to the social integration. In this thesis, neighborhood boundaries are investigated in order to identify possibilities and barriers in the built environment for people´s movement in the city. Factors that could have an impact are identified through literature studies. The empirical investigation of the neighborhood boundaries is carried out through observations in field is supplemented by a description and discussion of three methods, multiple centrality assessment and observations, that can be used to estimate the possibilities for a good urban life. The result of the investigation is presented through a comparison of the neighborhood boundaries where factors like streets that connect the neighborhoods and the barrier impact from streets is assessed. According to the literature, streets and green areas can have barrier impact, while public space and bicycle- and footpath can have positive effects on urban life. Finally, the physical structure and the built environment is considered to have an impact on people´s movement´s in the city and urban life. In the discussion, advantages and disadvantages of the three methods and suggestions of how they can be developed are brought up. For example, it can be good to combine calculations of the connectedness of the network with observations of where and how urban life is taking place. Last but not least it´s important to point out that it seems to be agreed on in the literature that the built environment can have an impact on how people move in the city and social processes among citizens, but it is and will continue to be discussed how big the impact is.