Abstract During 1965–1974 one million dwellings were built in Sweden, most of these financed by state housing loans and available for renting. Although most of these 850,000 apartments are considered decently maintained about 300,000 are considered in need of thorough refurbishment. This is a great opportunity for technological innovations, contributing to energy saving and climate mitigation on a broad scale. However, many of these estates have also been associated with spatial segregation, social exclusion and related challenges. The empirical focus of this article is on an attempt by a municipal housing company to approach the residents of a multi-family housing estate with a redevelopment scheme expressing a will to combine social, ecological and economic qualities under the brand “My Green Neighbourhood”. Drawing upon data describing the initial phase and the dialogue activities undertaken during the planning phase, and the residents’ reactions the study is conceptually framed by an eclectic approach inspired by the spatial triad of Lefebvre, Relph's notion of place identity, and Arnstein's ladder of citizen participation, including references to some related, recent works. Considering a common picture of municipal, multi-family housing in Sweden as a “success story” the case study is of relevance in the wider context of coping with the challenges of sustainable urban development. It is concluded that projects like this have a potential to decrease energy consumption substantially, as well as contributing to long-term financially sound management by housing companies. However, when it comes to social aspects of sustainability the picture becomes more complicated. First, most sitting tenants would have preferred a change in terms of proper maintenance and modest improvements. Second, most of them will not return to their apartments after rehabilitation, partly due to rising rents. Third, the position of the tenants was not very strong, instead planning rather had a tokenist bias. Fourth, the local government's social mix strategy has to be questioned on theoretical as well as empirical grounds. Despite these and other critical observations, My Green Neighbourhood should not be disregarded as just one more in a never-ending parade of low impact ad hoc projects. Up-scaling the experience of this and similar running projects would represent a substantial contribution to urban sustainable development, at least in terms of energy saving. Finally, to understand the complexities of a redevelopment planning process it is concluded that decisionmakers have to be very observant of the different time perspectives linked to the structural positions and interests of the various stakeholders, for example a building company's desire to make short time profits through major reconstruction, sitting tenants’ demand for sustainable maintenance and cautious refurbishment, local politicianś wish to create another social mix in the area, and a public housing company's attempt to reconcile the views of different actors.

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瑞典公共住房重建计划的可持续性潜力：居民参与和地方认同的模糊作用

摘要 在 1965 年至 1974 年间，瑞典建造了 100 万套住房，其中大部分由国家住房贷款提供资金，可供出租。尽管这 850,000 套公寓中的大部分被认为维护得很好，但仍有 300,000 套被认为需要彻底翻新。这是技术创新的绝佳机会，有助于广泛的节能和减缓气候变化。然而，其中许多庄园也与空间隔离、社会排斥和相关挑战有关。本文的实证重点是市政住房公司试图通过重建计划来接触多户住宅区的居民，该计划表达了在“我的绿色社区”品牌下结合社会、生态和经济品质的意愿。利用描述初始阶段和规划阶段进行的对话活动的数据以及居民的反应，该研究在概念上由一种折衷方法构成参与，包括参考一些相关的近期作品。将瑞典市政、多户住宅的普遍情况视为“成功案例”，案例研究在应对可持续城市发展挑战的更广泛背景下具有相关性。结论是，这样的项目有可能大幅降低能源消耗，并有助于住房公司的长期财务管理。然而，当谈到可持续性的社会方面时，情况变得更加复杂。首先，大多数住户更愿意在适当的维护和适度的改进方面做出改变。其次，他们中的大多数人在康复后不会返回他们的公寓，部分原因是租金上涨。第三，租户的地位不是很强，而是规划比较有象征性的偏见。第四，地方政府的社会组合战略必须在理论和实证基础上受到质疑。尽管有这些和其他重要的观察，我的绿色邻里不应该被视为无休止的低影响临时项目中的又一个。提升这个和类似运行项目的经验将代表对城市可持续发展的重大贡献，至少在节能方面。最后，为了理解重建规划过程的复杂性，得出的结论是决策者必须非常注意与不同利益相关者的结构性立场和利益相关的不同时间观点，例如建筑公司希望通过重大重建、居住租户对可持续维护和谨慎翻新的需求、当地政客希望在该地区创造另一种社会组合，以及一家公共住房公司试图调和不同参与者的意见。