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Devolving power fro...
Devolving power from the state : local initiatives for nature protection and recreation in Sweden
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- Eckerberg, Katarina, 1953- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
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- Bjärstig, Therese, Docent, 1978- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Arcum
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- Miljand, Matilda (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
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- Mancheva, Irina, 1982- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Arcum
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- 2020-05-12
- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Local Environment. - : Routledge. - 1354-9839 .- 1469-6711. ; 25:6, s. 433-446
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Abstract
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- Quests for devolving more power to local actors for nature protection stem from both international and national policies. Also, there is a growing recognition of the need for local governments to promote green infrastructure for citizens to recreate and learn about their environment. Starting in 2004, the Swedish government has allocated special funding towards these goals through the Local Nature Conservation Programme (LONA). Virtually all Swedish municipalities have received such funding in pursuit of facilitating wide access to nature and promoting recreational activities, including the protection of nature areas, creating pathways, information devices, and promoting these areas among new societal groups to enjoy. This study presents the results of ten years of experience with LONA. A survey with respondents from 191 municipalities and 20 county administrations, together with 20 key informant interviews, show that the programme has been a success in several respects. Not only have most municipalities created a wealth of new ways to engage local organisations and citizens in nature conservation and recreation, but they have also broadened the ways they think about how nature is important to their constituencies. Due to innovative ways to count voluntary work as local matching of funding, smaller and less resourceful municipalities have also become engaged. Still, the local needs for further initiatives are deemed considerable. State support coupled with knowledge sharing is important to show policy priority to such bottom-up initiatives.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- nature protection
- local nature conservation
- recreation
- knowledge sharing
- networking
- participation
- central-local relations
- statskunskap
- political science
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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