Sökning: "Sparsely populated areas"

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  1. 21. Footprints of an invisible population : second-home tourism and its heterogeneous impacts on municipal planning and housing markets in Sweden

    Författare :Andreas Back; Roger Marjavaara; Dieter K. Müller; Anne-Mette Hjalager; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second homes; mobility; tourism; uneven development; housing; housing market; planning; Fritidshus; mobilitet; turism; ojämn utveckling; bostäder; bostadsmarknaden; planering; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : While public administrative systems are based on a principle of permanent residence, many people use multiple dwellings, such as second homes, in their everyday life. This mismatch makes second-home tourists an invisible population in the eyes of these systems, when, for example, distributing tax revenues or planning public services. LÄS MER

  3. 22. ‘Station communities’ as a strategy for sustainable regional development: A case study of small towns with train stations in the Västra Götaland region, Sweden : ’Stationssamhällen’ som en strategi för hållbar regional utveckling: En fallstudie av små samhällen med en tågstation i Västra Götalandsregionen, Sverige

    Författare :Charlotta Capitao Patrao; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable regional development; spatial planning; sparse settlement structures; TOD; collaboration; local prerequisites; case study research;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns sustainable regional structures and takes its point of departure in regional development. It focuses on small towns along railway lines in sparse settlement structures, and on the interplay between land-use planning and transport planning. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Arctic geographies in the making : understanding political economy, institutional strategic selectivity, and agency in tourism pathway development

    Författare :Dorothee Bohn; Doris A. Carson; Linda Lundmark; E. Carina H. Keskitalo; Dimitri Ioannides; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arctic tourism; political economy; institutional strategic selectivity; agency; tourism pathways; uneven development; metagovernance; regional development funding; resort enclave; firm financing;

    Sammanfattning : Tourism has long been promoted as a catalyst for socio-economic development in sparsely populated areas based on the commodification of culture and natural environments. This thesis examines the case of Arctic tourism in the two neighbouring northern counties of Finnish Lapland and Norrbotten (Sweden). LÄS MER

  5. 24. Perpetual borders : German-Polish cross-border contacts in the Szczecin area

    Författare :Péter Balogh; Gunnel Forsberg; Thomas Lundén; James W. Scott; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-border regional development; Polish-German border; Szczecin; national identities; border attitudes; the Other; kulturgeografi; Human Geography; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Borderlands are often peripheral geographically, administratively, and economically. A particularly illustrative case is the Szczecin area at the border between Poland and Germany, where a large city on one side neighbours to a sparsely populated hinterland on the other. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Crossing Boundaries : Transferring eHealth services across the Northern Periphery

    Författare :Ulla-Maija Pesola; Eva Lindh Waterworth; John Waterworth; Mark Chignell; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; eHealth; eHealth transfer; IT implementation; health care; toolkit; eHIT; normalisation; organisational readiness;

    Sammanfattning : Health care organisations in Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden face similar challenges when it comes to providing health services in the sparsely populated rural areas. Vast distances, centralized health services, harsh climate and limited access to public transport can make accessing health services difficult. LÄS MER