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Inventing a University City : Planning and Politics in Umeå, 1950-2000 Rolf Hugoson and Fredrik Palm, Sweden

Inventing a University City : Planning and Politics in Umeå, 1950-2000 Rolf Hugoson and Fredrik Palm, Sweden. Research consists of archive studies and interviews with the municipal leadership (What did they learn?)

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Inventing a University City : Planning and Politics in Umeå, 1950-2000 Rolf Hugoson and Fredrik Palm, Sweden

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  1. Inventing a University City: Planning and Politics in Umeå, 1950-2000Rolf Hugoson and Fredrik Palm, Sweden Research consists of archive studies and interviews with the municipal leadership (What did they learn?) Presentation of final results will be made in the database ”Umeå Outlook Tower” – 50 animated project stories, housed on five floors Presentation at Geoviz 2009 focus on how we can visualize methods connecting results to research. Key words are governance and policy networks: ”who governs?”

  2. Inventing a University City: Planning and Politics in Umeå, 1950-2000Rolf Hugoson and Fredrik Palm, Sweden Research consists of archive studies and interviews with the municipal leadership (What did they learn?) Presentation of final results will be made in the database ”Umeå Outlook Tower” – 50 animated project stories, housed on five floors Presentation at Geoviz 2009 focus on how we can visualize methods connecting results to research. Key words are governance and policy networks: ”who governs?”

  3. Inventing a University City: Planning and Politics in Umeå, 1950-2000Rolf Hugoson and Fredrik Palm, Umeå University, Sweden Research consists of archive studies and interviews with the municipal leadership (What did they learn?) Presentation of final results will be made in the database ”Umeå Outlook Tower” – 50 animated project stories, housed on five floors Presentation at Geoviz 2009 focus on how we can visualize methods connecting results to research. Key words are governance and policy networks: ”who governs?”

  4. Multidimensional exploration

  5. Inventing a university city An aspect of a more general ”History of the city of Umeå,1950-2000” (a project coordinated by Rolf Hugoson at the Centre for Regional Science (CERUM) at Umeå University)

  6. Building a database • To store historical and topographical data • To make the history of Umeå accesible to a wide audience • To allow for research on different kinds of projects

  7. Building a database • To store historical and topographical data • To make the history of Umeå accesible to a wide audience • To allow for research on different kinds of projects

  8. The Umeå Outlook Tower:select floor=decade

  9. The Umeå Outlook Tower:each floor opens to 10 projects

  10. Building a database • To store historical and topographical data • To make the history of Umeå accesible to a wide audience • To allow for research on different kinds of projects • -- e.g. ”Inventing a university city”

  11. Method • Purposes • To make room for the study of a variety of hypotheses • To support but not to replace other methods used in e.g. policy analysis, organization theory, regional science and in historical studies

  12. Theory

  13. Who is Planning the City?

  14. The politicians

  15. Politicians Bureaucrats

  16. Citizens Assembly Council Streets Health Social care Water Sewage School

  17. Citizens ? Assembly Engaged citizens State authorities ? Council ? Consultants Streets Health Social care ? Water Sewage School

  18. Citizens conservative Social democrats Agrarian liberals Assembly Engaged citizens State authorities Landowners Roads County Council Environment Employment Press Students Consultants Architects Streets Health Social care Water Sewage School Engineers

  19. Citizens conservative petitions Social democrats Agrarian liberals Manifestations in the streets laws Assembly Engaged citizens State authorities Landowners Roads County Council Environment Employment Press Students expert opinions Consultants Architects Streets Health Social care arguments Water Sewage School Engineers money

  20. Umeå Municipal Assembly

  21. Ester Andersson Ingrid Brynolf Bernhard Bäckman Helmer Carlsson Hilding Carlsson Viktor Carlsson Erik Dahlgren Elon Dufvenberg Erik Ekman Henry Forsberg Klas Johansson Stig Johansson Paul Jonsson Johan Karlsson Thyra Kvarnbrink Ruth Levander Ernst Lindberg P G Lundberg Frans Lundmark Gustaf Malmfors Thure Melander Oscar A Nilsson Joel Nordin Sven Rydfjäll John Sandström J A Sollander Wilhelm Strömqvist Johan Wandén Märta Wigren Axel Wåhlin Waldemar Åström Högern Lib/Fp SAP Total1950 6 10 14 30

  22. Citizens conservative petitions Social democrats Agrarian liberals Manifestations in the streets laws Assembly Engaged citizens State authorities Landowners Roads County Council Environment Employment Press Students expert opinions Consultants Architects Streets Health Social care arguments Water Sewage School Engineers money

  23. Method • Purposes • To make room for the study of a variety of hypotheses • To support but not to replace other methods used in e.g. policy analysis, organization theory, regional science and in historical studies

  24. Citizens conservative petitions Social democrats Agrarian liberals Manifestations in the streets laws Assembly Engaged citizens State authorities Landowners Roads County Council Environment Employment Press Students expert opinions Consultants Architects Streets Health Social care arguments Water Sewage School Engineers money

  25. petitions Manifestations in the streets laws expert opinions arguments money

  26. petitions manifestations laws plan debate plan decision = PROJECT expert opinions arguments money

  27. A series of documents:Activities plan debate plan decision

  28. A series of documents:Activities… …made at a specific time and place… plan debate plan decision …authored by persons… • …who belongs to organizations

  29. Ester Andersson Ingrid Brynolf Bernhard Bäckman Helmer Carlsson Hilding Carlsson Viktor Carlsson Erik Dahlgren Elon Dufvenberg Erik Ekman Henry Forsberg Klas Johansson Stig Johansson Paul Jonsson Johan Karlsson Thyra Kvarnbrink Ruth Levander Ernst Lindberg P G Lundberg Frans Lundmark Gustaf Malmfors Thure Melander Oscar A Nilsson Joel Nordin Sven Rydfjäll John Sandström J A Sollander Wilhelm Strömqvist Johan Wandén Märta Wigren Axel Wåhlin Waldemar Åström Högern Lib/Fp SAP Total1950 6 10 14 30

  30. Activities can be grouped into many projects plan plan decision debate debate Project A plan plan debate plan decision Project B plan debate decision decision Project C debate plan Project D Project E debate plan plan plan debate plan

  31. Information structure

  32. Multidimensional exploration

  33. Arranging facets to explore

  34. Search hierarchy: Actors to projects In which projects and activities did the state participate? Which organisations worked for the state?

  35. Search hierarchy: Project to actors What activities generated the university project?Who participated in these activities? (organisations and persons)

  36. How did a certain person influence projects?

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