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- Almered Olsson, Gunilla, 1951, et al.
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Peri-urban agricultural transformations in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Peri-urban agricultural transformations in Gothenburg, Sweden The study area, Hisingen, is the northern part of the municipality of Gothenburg, peri-urban to the city and comprising peri-urban residential, industrial and commercial areas as well as agricultural land. The study area has riverine shorelines to the Göta and Nordre rivers and coastal shoreline to the North Sea. The case study is primarily about the transformation of and the contemporary conditions for farming in a peri-urban area and with specific reference to dimensions of resilience and governance in relation to use of natural resources for land use. The focused time period is 1967-2014 using the situation in the mid-1930s as a reference for land use. The sources used for the study are interviews with farmers, city planners and other stakeholders, and land use data from land use map from 1934; an analysis of land use parcels (digital maps) from which are drawn statistics on agricultural production for each farm for the years 2001,2004, 2013. Additionally there are also analyses of municipality plans and national policy documents. Four challenges for current and future agriculture in this area were identified: 1. Farmer’s lease contracts (often short–term) means that land is in waiting stage to become con-verted to settlement areas or industries. 2. The establishment of a large number of small-acreage horse farms as renters replaces agricultural land use as horse enterprises are willing to pay higher lease then farmers are able to. This has direct bearing on land use changes since large parts of arable fields are used for grazing by horses, thus replacing other agricultural production. 3. Demand for land for housing and settlements increases the pressure on agricultural land. This is counteracted by a general municipality strategy of sustainable livelihoods which includes agricul-tural activities for local food production and active cultural landscapes. The contrasting demands and strategies create paradoxes and conflicts in municipal planning. 4. A rising number of conflicts of interests between farmers and urban dwellers, from uncomfortable smell to leisure activities has appeared and can be expected to increase. Three parallel transformation processes have been identified during the last four decades in the study area: (a) parallel development of intensification (specialized production of commodities) and extensifica-tion (horse farms) implying that significant arable land has been transformed into permanent pas-tures, (b) development of niche production and increase of farm size, and (c) abandonment of arable land including former grazing land.
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- Alpokay, Serin, et al.
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Input Report: Handbook “Knowledge and action synthesis for urban resource management" : SECOA Deliverable 7.1
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This handbook on knowledge for coastal urban resource management provides an overview of methods and frameworks for knowledge integration and synthesis in coastal research, as well as describing scientific methods for knowledge integration and synthesis that have been applied in the EU 7th Framework programme SECOA research.The handbook is addressed to the researchers in SECOA and to the end users and stakeholders that need to discuss the scientific methods for their utility and applicability in the practice of coastal resource management, either their direct applicability or applicability after transformation in practical management tools and in combination with policy instruments.
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- Bruckmeier, Karl, 1952, et al.
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Findings from the case studies in the Baltic Sea reconciliation in practice : The seal conflict and its mitigation in Sweden and Finland
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter presents the results of case studies on human wildlife conflicts conducted in Sweden and Finland. In both cases the model conflict is between the conservation of the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and small-scale coastal fishing. The cases are presented together because of the many similarities and the close interaction of the stakeholders in the seal management. Some of the similarities are, in fact, commonalities, the most important of them being the shared grey seal population and the existence of joint protection programmes (from HELCOM and EU) for the grey seal. The characteristics of the conflict between grey seal protection and fishery can be shown by way of systematic comparison between the two countries and model regions as done here. Thus one can also better see what can be learned from the comparison of the cases and use the knowledge gained for suggestions for the further management of the conflict. In future, additional conflict mitigation measurements to those currently practiced will be required. The main messages from both case studies in the Baltic Sea are formulated with regard to the significance of coastal fishery (as resource manager, not only resource user), with regard to single conflict mitigation measures, such as seal hunting and technical solutions to the conflict, and with regard to a combination of measures and overall approaches to conflict management, all of which converge to the conclusion that it is much more that can be learned from the management of the seal conflict than the resolution of that specific conflict: one by one the lessons learned turn out to be steps of a more encompassing strategy of sustainable resource management in the coastal zone.
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