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European cities are becoming increasingly multicultural and diverse in

terms of lifestyles and socioeconomic conditions. However, in planning

for sustainable urban development, implications of this increased diversity and possibly conflicting perspectives are seldom considered.

The aim of this thesis is to explore dimensions of justice and politics

in sustainable urban development by studying inclusionary/exclusionary

effects of discursive power of official strategies for eco-friendly living

on the one hand and everyday lifestyles on the other, in ethnically and

socially diverse areas.

Two case studies have been conducted, one in a city district of Stockholm, Sweden, and one in an area of Sheffield, England. The empirical

material consists of interviews with residents, interviews with planners

and officials and an analysis of strategic planning documents. The case

study in Stockholm illustrated the prevalence of a dominant discourse

among residents in which Swedishness is connected with environmental

responsibility in the form of tidiness, recycling and familiarity with nature. In Sheffield there are more competing and parallel environmental

discourses. The mainstream British environmental discourse and sustainability strategies are being criticised from Muslim as well as green radical

perspectives. The mainstream discourse is criticised for being tokenistic

in its focus on gardening, tidiness, recycling and eco-consumption, and

hence ignoring deeper unsustainable societal structures. This can be

interpreted as a postpolitical condition, in which there is a consensus

around “what needs to be done,” such as more recycling, but in which

difficult societal problems and conflicting perspectives on these are not

highlighted.

In the thesis it is argued that the strategies for urban sustainability are

underpinned by Swedish/British middle-class norms, entailing processes

of (self-)disciplining and normalisation of the Other into well-behaving

citizens. It is argued that an appreciation of the multiple and others’ ways

of saving natural resources would make the sustainability strategies more

attuned to social and cultural diversity as well as more environmentally

progressive. Finally, the importance of asserting the political in sustainability strategies is stressed, highlighting the organisation of society and

possible alternative socioenvironmental futures.

keywords: Eco-friendly living, diversity, justice, sustainable urban

development, postpolitics, discourse, normalisation, discipline, othering

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