Trädgårdsstaden- det nya förortsidealet? : En analys av Göteborgs förändringsarbete i Biskopsgården

Sammanfattning: The extent of residential segregation in vulnerable areas has negative consequences and is a challenge for urban planning today. Transformations in these areas often involve new construction with the hope of improving quality of life and reducing social and socio-economic segregation. At the same time, new construction can lead to challenges such as gentrification and rising rents. One current area for change is Biskopsgården in Gothenburg, whose development is based on the garden city as a planning principle. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the garden city will have the desired effect on Biskopsgården and what consequences the project may have for the area. The paper focuses on how the City of Gothenburg is planning a major change in one of Sweden's particularly vulnerable areas, Biskopsgården in western Gothenburg. Planning programs are analyzed with the help of interviews and field analysis to understand the changes that will take place. Gothenburg's planned changes are based on small-scale urban development according to the principles of the garden city, which Gothenburg believes can strengthen social sustainability. Today's Biskopsgården has similar influences on the principles of the garden city with a certain amount of mixed small-scale development, neighborhood units and where greenery is evident. However, what is often referred to as the positive aspect of the garden city, a socially cohesive and dense development, is further away from today's Biskopsgården. The question is then whether an ideal such as the garden city and the influences of attractive areas are something that can be achieved in the work on a socially sustainable Biskopsgården. The conclusion of the study does not provide an unequivocal answer as to what change in the suburbs will look like in the future. Instead, the paper focuses on how to work towards vulnerable areas and how the change work may affect Biskopsgården.  The Garden City can add certain positive characteristics, but it is possible that it may also have limitations in solving certain problematic aspects. Perhaps, however, the City of Gothenburg's project in Biskopsgården with the garden city as a planning principle can serve as an influence for other municipalities in development work with vulnerable and particularly vulnerable areas.