The right to access the city : Nordic urban planning from a disability perspective

• Main Authors: Tunström, Moa, Löfving, Linnea
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Nordiska ministerrådet, Nordregio 2020
• Subjects: disability; accessibility; Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified; Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap; Greenland; Norway; Qeqqata; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-12162; https://doi.org/10.6027/R2020:11.1403-2503

The purpose of this report is to add a disability perspective to the discussion on the inclusive city in the Nordic region. This is done by studying Nordic municipal strategies and planning practices related to accessibility, universal design and inclusion and interviewing national and local representatives from the selected countries and cities. In addition, we have included the perspective of users, via representatives of Nordic authorities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the Council of Nordic Co-operation on Disability. The cities in focus in the report are Trondheim in Norway, Viborg in Denmark, Tampere in Finland, Reykjavik in Iceland, Qeqqata Kommunia in Greenland and Borås in Sweden.