Executive Summary

This report sought out to evaluate the sustainable development within Stockholm. The report focusses on resilience as a method of achieving sustainability, as outlined by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Resilience is introduced and defined by referencing academic literature before being broken down into categories of physical and social resilience. These categories are then elaborated upon through examples of cases where a lack-of their presence has shown the effects they have, highlighting the importance of each in a city context. It is also important to differentiate resilience and sustainability, which is carried out at an early stage in the report. The report settles on treats each goal as two sides of the same coin and highlights the subtle differences and similarities.

To effectively evaluate the resilient development in Stockholm, an original critical evaluation framework was developed by dissecting four existing resilience frameworks (CityRAP Tool, Resilient Cities Index, Resilient Cities Measurement & Arctic Resilience Analysis). This allowed me to break down the pillars which produce city resilience, into drivers and indicators. Each of these were then scored according to sources found in my initial research into Stockholm. The report concludes through the evaluation table that Stockholm is a resilient city. The development plans identified, showed good actions in place for city governance, societal and infrastructure. However, economy and health & well-being pillars could use some more actions to create a more well-rounded resilience strategy for the city.