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Oct 2, 2018 · Hammarby Sjöstad's environmental aim "was quite ambitious", says Josefin Wangel, an urban development researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Feb 12, 2014 · Hammarby sjöstad (Hammarby Lake City) is an urban development project directly south of Stockholm’s South Island. This is no doubt the most referenced and visited spot among Scandinavian examples of implemented eco-friendly urban developments. Hammarby is included in many publications, for example in the recent Ecological Design by Nancy Rottle (2011). There are 13 000 … Continue reading ...
Author. by Maria E Ignatieva and Per Berg. Hammarby sjöstad (Hammarby Lake City) is an urban development project directly south of Stockholm’s South Island. This is no doubt the most referenced and visited spot among Scandinavian examples of implemented eco-friendly urban developments. Hammarby is included in many publications, for example ...
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The Hammarby Model was presented by Malena Karlsson to an international audience at The Great Transformation – Greening the Economy conference in Berlin recently. Karlsson works for the energy saving Stockholm Glashusett(or Glasshouse) building that functions as the information centre for the Hammarby district. She believes that the key to the vill...
Quality of life was also in the forefront of the minds of the town’s planners. Nature parks and a close proximity to water are central features of the complex, and are not just token inclusions. “We have a holistic approach and do not just focus on carbon alone. We have green areas for biodiversity and well-being,” Karlsson said. According to her, ...
UN Habitat predicts that by 2050, a whopping 5.3 billion people, or 70% of the world’s population, will live in urban areas. Surely if the globe is to avoid catastrophic climate change, we will need to see many more Hammarby-style arrangements in both today’s and tomorrow’s high-emitting urban centres. The encouraging news is that plenty of other c...
The evidence from these examples is clear: for innovative urban design strategies to succeed in the long term, they have to be supported by both city administrations and citizens. “Hammarby’s success has been achievable because of integrated planning,” said Karlsson. Hammarby’s talents will be on display when Stockholm hosts the Building Sustainabi...
Hammarby Sjöstad is not an ‘eco-village’. It is a blueprint for designing and planning everyday healthy, resilient cities – for people and investment. Economic crises, population growth, climate change, resource depletion, and an emerging obesity epidemic are all changing the conditions for human development. Can the way we plan and ...
Apr 19, 2011 · By 2012, Hammarby Sjöstad, a former large industrial harbor area in southern Stockholm, Sweden, will be a fully developed residential district containing approximately 11,000 apartments and accommodating 35,000 people. The transformation of the area began in 1996, and the development soon became renowned for its ambitious environmental program, inspired by Agenda 21 (United Nations in Rio ...
Hammarby Sjöstad is Stockholm’s biggest urban development project for many years, is a natural continuation of Stockholm’s inner city, and has shaped sustainable infrastructure, urban planning and design of the buildings.
