As if “everything has been turned upside down” in the parliamentary motion for a resolution on urban policy

On 13 March, Eyjólfur Ármannsson, Minister of Transport and Local Government, presented a motion for a parliamentary resolution on an urban policy for Iceland. It consists, on the one hand, in strengthening the role of the capital city of Reykjavík, the capital region and the urban area as a whole, and, on the other hand, fixing Akureyri has established itself as a regional city and defines and promotes its role and urban areas. Urban policy sho…