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Summary
NATURVÅRDSVERKET
Att länka miljöeffekter och sociala effekter
This evaluation of housing regeneration projects funded by the Local Investment
Programme (LIP), so called multi-dimensional projects, was initiated as a result
of an interest from The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to enhance
knowledge about the interaction between environmental and social effects. Except
from focusing on environmental effects we have therefore also studied if and how
the tenants were engaged in the local work and to what extent local employees and
tenants were involved in organizational learning processes. We have also studied if
stigmatization of the areas changed over time.
The evaluation has been designed inspired by case study evaluation, including
ten projects in the study. The empirical material consists of four different types of
information – an environmental matrix, a minor mass media study, interviews with
tenants and employees, and a large amount of statistical data about the housing
areas.
The theories we applied for analysing the empirical material – MAIN tetra – has
been developed to facilitate for the understanding of complex problems coming
from an ambiguous reality. The model, thus, facilitates for relating different knowledge
areas and building up an understanding of how they are related to each other
in the perspective of sustainable development.
Altogether the evaluation shows that linking environmental and social aspects
is essential if aiming at long-lasting effects and comprehending an overall perspective.
This is hardly a controversial result – although such a way of working is far
from an accepted procedure in the society. The existence of such a link, however,
may not be the most important result here. What the evaluation rather emphasizes
is how environmental aspects and social aspects are linked. Such an understanding
and a knowledgebase is important, as this is what may infl uence individuals to
change their patterns of behaviour.
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