Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Forest Products, Uppsala Sustainable Urban Development Through Increas
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Epsilon Archive for Student Projects Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Forest Sciences Department of Forest Products, Uppsala Sustainable urban development through increased construction in wood? - A study of municipalities’ cooperation in major construction projects in Sweden Hållbar stadsutveckling genom ökad byggnation i trä? - En studie om kommuners samverkan vid större byggprojekt i Sverige Fredrik Sjöström Master Thesis ISSN 1654-1367 No 203 Uppsala 2018 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Forest Sciences Department of Forest Products, Uppsala Sustainable urban development through increased construction in wood? - A study of municipalities’ cooperation in major construction projects in Sweden Hållbar stadsutveckling genom ökad byggnation i trä? - En studie om kommuners samverkan vid större byggprojekt i Sverige Fredrik Sjöström Keywords: building materials, climate, collaboration, construction pro- ject, multi-family housing, qualitative, semi structured, sustainability, wood construction Master Thesis, 30 ECTS credit Advanced level in Forest Sciences MSc in Forestry 13/18 (EX0833) Supervisor SLU, Department of Forest Products: Anders Lindhagen Examiner SLU, Department of Forest Products: Cecilia Mark-Herbert Abstract The increased awareness of the construction industry's impact on the global climate combined with the current housing shortage in Sweden has contributed to an increasing ask for more wood in construction amongst stakeholders, municipalities and politicians. In order to meet Sweden's climate goals it is necessary that new materials, technologies and working methods continue to evolve. Knowledge, cooperation and communication are described as important elements in order to develop the work towards increased sustainability in the construction sector in Sweden.
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