Hållbara Kvillebäcken – en studie om innovativa lösningar
Rapport, 2014
This paper reports a study of Kvillebäcken, a city district in Gothenburg that has
got financial
support by the Delegation for Susta
inable Cities to develop
sustaina
ble innovative solutions. The aim of the financial support is to create a
sustainable city
based on the
three dimensions of sustainabil
ity, the economic, the
ecologic and the social.
The support was
, in
the case of
Kvillebäcken,
granted for
six projects
that will be evalutated after
the project
s are
reported
in the end of
2014.
The research
focuses on how innovative ideas can be created and implem
ented in
an urban context and what the hinders as well as possibilities are.
Interviews
and
observations have been carried throught
during the process, and it has thus been
possible to follow the pro
jects in real time.
The data
-
collection is based on a
embedded
-
reserarch design.
The
analyse in this
paper is based on litterature of cities and innovations. The aim
is
also
to discuss how public organisations can be innovative
and co
ntribute to
litteratu
re with this focus
.