A government for or by the citizens? Examples from Uppsala Maria - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A government for or by the citizens? Examples from Uppsala Maria - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A government for or by the citizens? Examples from Uppsala Maria Gardfjell Deputy Mayor of Uppsala, Sweden September 25th, 2015 Uppsala The growing city Uppsala in figures Population: 207 000 (sept 2014) 2 % yearly population
Uppsala – The growing city
Uppsala in figures
- Population: 207 000 (sept 2014)
- 2 % yearly population growth
- 25 000 dwellings (houses and flats) plan to
be built until 2030
- 6 % unemployment - lowest in Sweden
- 23 % first or second generation immigrants.
More than 20 different countries
The red-green majority of Uppsala
Citizen participation
Participation ladder
Information Consul- tation Dialogue Involvement Co-decision- making
Shaping your neighbourhood
Uppsala today?
Uppsala in 2050?
Photo: Ludovic Lubeigt
Biking in Uppsala
Stadsbyggnadsförvaltningen
Biking in Uppsala
Kommunens styrdokument
Survey
Interviews with interest groups
Situation analysis
Action plan
Stadsbyggnadsförvaltningen
Biogas for transports
39 16 35 10
Fuels for public city buses 2013 (%)
Diesel RME/tallolja Biogas Naturgas
Stadsbyggnadsförvaltningen
“Your waste is not rubbish”
“What you put in your garbage is of great importance. Right sorted, your waste is a valuable resource that is used in new products or energy. For example, your food scraps into biogas that powers our city buses.”