8: Community Development
Community Development Other Information:
The design of the built environment, infrastructure, transport systems, energy use, energy supply and new information technology
are essential to economic, social and ecological development both in urban and rural areas. Buildings that are defectively
designed, constructed or used can give rise to illness, destroy the environment and use too much energy. Energy resources
are crucial to the functioning of society and to all industrial operations and all components of everyday life. But some of
our use of energy is also responsible for environmental impacts. A properly functioning transport system makes people’s lives
easier and is an essential condition for sustainable economic growth in the country as a whole. Information technology (IT)
is part of the basic infrastructure that is important to enable individuals, enterprises and regions to develop. Objectives:
The overall objective is for Sweden to be a leader when it comes to a good housing environment and technology and system solutions
for energy-efficient and environmentally sound construction and efficient management. Everyone should have the opportunity
to live and work in good residential and commercial premises and in a stimulating and safe environment based on ecological
sustainability. The environmental quality objective A Good Built Environment is also highly relevant in this context. The
objective of Sweden’s energy policy is to assure supplies of electricity and other energy in the short and long term at a
competitive price. Energy policy should lay the foundation for efficient and sustainable energy use and cost-effective Swedish
energy supplies that make low impacts on health, the environment and the climate and should facilitate adjustment to ecologically
sustainable development. The overall objective of transport policy is to ensure a costeffective and sustainable supply of
transport for the public and business throughout the country. The IT policy objective is for Sweden to be the first information
society open to all. The aim of policy in this area should be to facilitate regional development by helping to create favourable
conditions for growth all over the country on the basis of a good infrastructure. Measures: One of the main reasons for the
shift to sustainability is that people need a good environment. This includes factors such as well-being, light, heat and
healthy environments, having a say in decision-making, efficient use of resources, a carefully designed built environment
and resource-efficient real estate management. The Government has drafted an action programme for a better-quality built environment,
Future Design – an Action Programme for Architecture and Design. Planning for sustainable communities, use of the best available
technology, procurement based on a life cycle perspective and a holistic approach, coordination of the construction and management
processes, research and development and information about and marketing of environmental solutions are areas in which various
kinds of instruments and voluntary agreements with business can be developed.
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