Abstract The aim of the article is to analyse and reflect upon the process and outcome of a potential clash between urban biodiversity and road transport interests in the Swedish city of Orebro, as a case of planning in the face of conflict. Combining an application of multilevel governance theory with negotiation planning and narrative method, it examines the siting of a huge warehouse and “logistics centre” at the edge of a Natura 2000 site on the outskirts of the city. Despite the city’s ambitious environmental goals and sustainability profile, the local authority decided to offer the company a site adjacent to a wetland area intended for preserving and developing biodiversity. After an intervention by the central state County Administrative Board [lansstyrelsen], the local authority had to implement certain security measures, and also reserve an additional, large natural land area to compensate for the threats to the Natura 2000 site. Before the final decision was made, a series of negotiations occurred between the involved actors, mainly the local authority, the multinational Sonepar Group/Elektroskandia and the County Administrative Board, and the case is a fruitful target for a multifaceted analysis illuminating the tension between the goals of preserving urban biodiversity and promoting road transport and urban growth. It also offers an inside view of the negotiation and planning process. The key issue is how the siting of a potentially hazardous, transport intensive national warehouse in a city renowned for its high environmental-protection profile was possible. Considering Sweden’s high-profile regarding sustainability, the selected case also offers food for reflection on the potentials and barriers of implementing ecological modernization more generally. The lessons learned from an examination of the local authority’s attempt to harmonize such diverse policy priorities as urban biodiversity and intensive road transport for economic growth, on a site adjacent to a Natura 2000 wetlands area, may help enable urban planners and scholars to find creative policy solutions, avoid causing damage to biodiversity, and increase ecosystem values in terms of residents’ and other visitors’ experience and understanding of nature. However, at the end of the article we address the question of whether our empirical conclusion is not “too good to be true”, and raise concerns regarding the intricate relationship between sustainability and resilience; the systemic power exerted by the global Sonepar Group/Elektroskandia; and the potentials and limits of public negotiation planning.

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生物多样性、道路交通和城市规划：瑞典地方当局面临在 Natura 2000 场地附近建立物流枢纽的挑战

摘要 本文的目的是分析和反思瑞典厄勒布鲁市城市生物多样性与道路交通利益之间潜在冲突的过程和结果，作为面临冲突的规划案例。将多层次治理理论的应用与谈判规划和叙事方法相结合，它考察了位于城市郊区的 Natura 2000 场地边缘的一个巨大仓库和“物流中心”的选址。尽管该市制定了雄心勃勃的环境目标和可持续发展目标，但地方当局还是决定为该公司提供一个毗邻湿地的场地，旨在保护和发展生物多样性。在中央州县行政委员会 [lansstyrelsen] 干预后，地方当局必须实施某些安全措施，并保留额外的大片自然土地面积，以补偿对 Natura 2000 场地的威胁。在做出最终决定之前，参与方之间进行了一系列谈判，主要是地方当局、跨国索能达集团/Elektroskandia 和县行政委员会，该案是多方面分析的富有成果的目标，阐明了双方之间的紧张关系。保护城市生物多样性和促进道路交通和城市发展的目标。它还提供了谈判和规划过程的内部视图。关键问题是如何在一个以高度环境保护着称的城市中选址具有潜在危险的运输密集型国家仓库。考虑到瑞典在可持续性方面的高调，选定的案例还为反思更广泛地实施生态现代化的潜力和障碍提供了参考。对地方当局试图在 Natura 2000 湿地区域附近协调诸如城市生物多样性和集约化道路交通以促进经济增长等多种政策优先事项的尝试中汲取的经验教训，可能有助于城市规划者和学者找到创造性的政策解决方案，避免对生物多样性造成损害，并在居民和其他游客对自然的体验和理解方面增加生态系统价值。然而，在文章的最后，我们解决了我们的实证结论是否“好得令人难以置信”的问题，并对可持续性和弹性之间的复杂关系提出了担忧；全球索能达集团/Elektroskandia 发挥的系统性力量；以及公共谈判计划的潜力和局限性。