ABSTRACT
This chapter explores three case studies in detail. As with our examples from England and France these case studies are drawn from the capital city (Stockholm) and a second order city (Malmö). The case studies give greater detail concerning the themes and trends identified at a general level in the last chapter and, as they span the 1980s and 1990s, illustrate the changing emphases and issues of concern over recent years. We start with the Globe project in Stockholm which is an example of the property-led period of the 1980s and a well-known case of ‘negotiation planning’. One of the most controversial schemes in the capital during the 1990s has been the proposed road building programme which has caused much concern over democratic procedure and environmental impact leading to demonstrations in the capital reminiscent of the 1970s opposition to city centre redevelopment. The road proposals have been incorporated into a transport programme called the Dennis package, and this is the subject of the second study. One of the arguments used to support the package has been the need to upgrade the infrastructure in the light of European competition. This argument is even more central to the third case study, the project to build a bridge over the Öresund from Malmö to Copenhagen. The joint region is promoted as an important European bridgehead for Scandinavia. The planning implications of this proposal will be examined.
