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Wild cards and trends
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Ingår i: Spatial Development Trends. - Stockholm : Nordregio.
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Rural Proofing for Local Authorities
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Ingår i: Local Governance. ; 28:4, s. 273-286
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Theconcept of rural proofing, identified by the Government in its Rural WhitePaper, involves identifying whether new or existing policies will havedifferential impacts in rural areas and considering adjustments orcompensations to address these. The article examines how local authorities canput rural proofing into practice at the local level. Based on researchundertaken for the Countryside Agency, it considers how local authority policyand decision making processes can lend themselves to rural proofing andmitigate differential impacts in rural areas. A localised rural proofingchecklist is drawn up and a range of issues associated with implementing such amechanism are debated. Conclusions are drawn as to how local authorities cantake rural proofing forward.
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- Caffyn, Alison, et al.
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Urban-Rural Interdependencies: Joining up Policy in Practice
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Ingår i: Regional studies. - Florence, Kentucky : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 39:3, s. 283-296
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 'Urban' and 'rural' are commonly used in an oppositional fashion. Authorities and agencies have similarly developed policies for development and regeneration in Britain with little cress-referencing. This paper argues that there are benefits to be gained by taking an integrated urban-rural approach to regional development and by focusing on interdependencies and commonalities rather than on differences. Policy documents at the European, national and regional levels are increasingly stressing interdependencies and the move towards regionalization adds to the shift in emphasis towards functional regions rather than to town and country. The paper reports primary research in England into the scale and scope of joint urban-rural collaboration in practice.
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- Christenson, Nina, 1975-, et al.
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Att identifiera och kommunicera skogens många värden - metodutveckling i norra Klarälvdalen
- 2020
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Metodutvecklingen av landskapsresursanalys (LRA) ingick som en del i det större Interregprojektet ”Innovation för grön omställning i skogen” (Ingoskog). Ingoskog har som övergripande syfte att med forskare från en mängd olika discipliner i Norge och Sverige och i samverkan med skogliga aktörer undersöka innovativa möjligheter för en grön omställning med skogen som resurs. För att åstadkomma en grön omställning pekas ofta skogen ut som en resurs, både för olika produkter som kan komma ur biomassan men även som en resurs för rekreation, naturbaserad turism och biologisk mångfald. Skogen har många värden. En del går att direkt mäta i pengar, andra är svårare att sätta en prislapp på, som hur människor mår bra av att promenera i skogen och njuta av naturen. I en grön omställning ökar konkurrensen om skogen som resurs och LRA är ett sätt att identifiera skogens alla värden, sätta dem (bokstavligen) på kartan på ett sätt som illustrerar eventuella intressekonflikter, och underlätta kommunikation med förhoppning om att bidra med beslutsunderlag i olika planeringsprocesser.Syftet med processen i norra Klarälvdalen var att undersöka om en version av LRA kan lämpa sig för att identifiera och kommunicera olika värden som kan tillskrivas skogen i ett område. I följande text beskrivs och diskuteras LRA-processen. Avslutningsvis redogörs för lärdomar av arbetet.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-
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Analysing globalisation : a method
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Ingår i: Spatial Development Trends. - Stockholm : Nordregio. - 9189332458 ; , s. 41-53
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-, et al.
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Biokuma - Biokulturellt arv och alternativ matproduktion : Slutrapport, oktober 2020-september 2022
- 2023
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Den här rapporten sammanfattar Interregprojektet Biokulturellt arv och alternativ matproduktion (Biokuma). Projektet, som löpt från oktober 2020 till och med september 2022, är en del av Interregs Sverige-Norge-program. EU-programmet ger stöd till svensk-norska projektsamarbeten som utvecklar samhället inom olika insatsområden. I enlighet med prosjektets syfte har Biokuma bidragit til kunnskapsoppbygging som visar att alternative driftsformer i landbruket ivaretar og viderefører ett biokulturellt arv. Därmed bidrar den alternativa matproduktionen till omställningen till ett hållbart samhälle. De alternativa matproducenterna är dock främst intresserade av de gröna delarna av det biokulturella arvet. En förstärkning av kulturarvsperspektivet skulle med andra ord vara önskvärd för en effektivare reproduktion och förvaltning av det biokulturella arvet. Även när det gäller kunskapsöverföring, både i form av formella utbildningar och praktik, betonas ofta de gröna delarna av det biokulturella arvet. En annan problematik, påvisad i projektet Biokuma, är att de alternativa matproducenterna möter en rad utmaningar i sin verksamhet, och flera av dessa utmaningar utgör hot mot uthålligheten inom denna verksamhetsform. Något som i sin tur utgör ett hot mot den reproduktion av det biokulturella arvet som de alternativa matproducenterna står för. Det är arbetsintensivt att bedriva småskaligt jordbruk i samklang med naturen. Arbetet ger samhälleliga natur- och kulturmiljövinster som gårdsbrukaren oftast inte får betalt för. Försäljningsarbetet är också ofta tidskrävande och sker på en mängd olika sätt, till exempel genom Rekoring och torghandel, återkommande marknader eller matevent, gårdsbutiker, äggbodar, prenumeration, självplock, e-handel, detaljhandel, eget eller andras café eller restaurang. Även genom försäljning till förädlingsföretag och mathantverkare eller till storhushåll. Gårdarna kan även få inkomster från sitt gårdsbruk på andra sätt, exempelvis genom uthyrning av djur för slyröjning och markberedning, liksom naturvårdsarbete med kor i våtmarker och getter vid sätrar. I syfte att stödja uthållighet, utveckling och konkurrenskraft hos den alternativa matproduktionen och en robust och växande reproduktion av det biokulturella arvet har projektet tagit fram en rad rekommendationer. Rekommendationerna riktar sig till matproducenter, myndigheter och andra intressenter. Projektets resultat och rekommendationer sprids genom olika kommunikationskanaler i form av exempelvis vetenskapliga artiklar, en handbok, populärvetenskapliga texter, blogginlägg, filmer och inspelade presentationer, samt ett gediget erfarenhetsutbyte mellan matproducenter, myndigheter och annat branschfolk. Genom ett varierat kommunikationsarbete har resultaten från projektet spridits till en bred målgrupp i både Sverige och Norge, medan de vetenskapliga publikationerna når forskare även internationellt. I denna rapport presenterar vi projektets bakgrund och målsättning, organisation, de aktiviteter som genomförts, samt resultat och effekter av arbetet. Det gränsöverskrid-ande arbetet har haft en central roll i projektet. Då förhållandena för reproduktion av biokulturellt arv och alternativ matproduktion till viss del skiljer sig mellan Norge och Sverige har erfarenhetsutbytet mellan såväl forskare som alternativa matproducenter på både sidor av gränsen varit betydelsefullt för projektets resultat. I rapporten redogör vi för projektets gränsöverskridande mervärden samt arbetet med de horisontella kriterierna hållbar utveckling, jämställdhet mellan kvinnor och män och lika möjligheter och icke-diskriminering. Vi redovisar också viktiga nyckeltal i form av antal gemensamma natur- och kulturarv där insatser för ökad tillgänglighet och hållbart bevarande har genomförts inom ramen för projektet. På projektets hemsida, sola.kau.se/biokuma, hittar du samtliga publikationer och filmer som projektet resulterat i. Sidan uppdateras kontinuerligt efter projektslut allteftersom fler publikationer tillkommer.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-, et al.
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Creative Industries : Policies and Practice in the Birmingham and Stockholm Regions
- 2005
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The creative industries are attracting increasing attention with regards to urban economies and regional growth. These industries are identified as growth industries and they are ascribed an important role in place-marketing. Furthermore, they are identified for their potential benefits in relation to urban regeneration and social inclusion. Policymakers at national, regional and local levels are trying to understand the creative industries and develop policies and programmes to promote and support them. The creative industries are complex, varied and hard to define. They are increasingly integrated and several of their sub sectors are in a state of fast change. They also tend to be micro or small businesses, in many cases they are ‘viral’ firms (Pratt, 2000) with freelancers coming together for projects and dissipating once the project is completed. It is therefore difficult to measure the size of the creative industries and their sub sectors e.g. in terms of employment and export values. The Department of Media, Culture and Sports (DCMS) in the UK has played a key role internationally both in terms of defining and operationalising the creative industries. Through the ministry, the creative industries have been identified as the commercial arm of the cultural sector and as key to economic growth. DCMS defines the creative industries as ‘Those industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property." (DCMS, 1998, p. 003) The national policy regarding the creative industries is paralleled at the regional level where all regional development agencies in the UK identified the creative industries as key sectors in their first Regional Economic Strategies, published in 1999. There are also numerous examples of policy initiatives at the sub-regional or local level aiming at supporting the development of the creative industriesThe contrast with the policy situation regarding the creative industries in Sweden is interesting. The Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communication has an explicit non-sectoral policy attempting to improve conditions for all businesses and sectors. Therefore, the creative industries are not promoted in the same systematic way as in the UK. However, there has been a national focus on the ‘experience industries’ – an amalgamation of the creative industries and the tourism sector. The Knowledge Foundation, a quango with the task to enhance Swedish competitiveness, ran a programme for the experience industries 2000-2004. The programme was financed with SEK 60 million, a small share of the foundation’s funds. The aim of the programme was to bring together actors in the experience industries, to develop and support meeting places throughout the country and to initiate and develop high quality education and training programmes for the industries. Among the first steps taken by the Knowledge Foundation was the gathering of statistics for the industries to be able to measure its size and effects. In this process, work by the UK’s DCMS was used. At regional and local levels policy initiatives and programmes focussing on the creative industries tend to be dealing with individual sub sectors, and often within the framework of the experience industries. ‘Film i Väst’, a regional resource and production centre for film funded by regional and local authorities and EU Structural Funds, makes an interesting example. About half all Swedish feature films are now produced at Film i Väst based in Trollhättan. Another oft-cited example is ‘RockCity’, based around a rock festival in the small town of Hultsfred. Interestingly, there is no explicit focus on the creative industries in the capital region of Stockholm. Despite the fact that the capital is home to some of the major national institutions and educational centres for the creative industries, not to mention other actors and companies, the industries are seemingly left to fend for themselves. They have somewhat been taken for granted but with developments such as that of Film i Väst threatening the existence of the film industry in the Stockholm region, the issue of support for the creative industries has come to the fore. This paper focuses on how the role of the creative industries is dealt with in the UK/West Midlands and Sweden/Stockholm regions. Which are the main actors nationally, regionally and locally? How important are the creative industries on the regional growth agenda? How is the potential clash between cultural policies and economic development policies dealt with? The paper builds on a number of academic and applied research projects carried out in the UK and Sweden. ReferencesDCMS, 1998, Creative Industries Mapping Document 1998Pratt, A.C., 2000, ‘New media, the new economy and new spaces’, Geoforum, Vol.31, pp 425-436
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-, et al.
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Creative industries, spatiality and flexibility : The example of film production
- 2007
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Ingår i: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. - Florence, Kentucky : Informa UK Limited. - 0029-1951 .- 1502-5292. ; 61:3, s. 111-121
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- At the beginning of the 1990s, film production in Sweden was heavily centralised in Stockholm. Today, film production in Sweden has decentralised to include three regional film production centres located far from the capital region. The article aims to understand this decentralised location pattern, focusing on the aspects of flexible film work and film workers. The implications of the regionalisation of film production in Sweden for film workers and for regions are explored. Labour and work practice flexibility create important conceptual lenses through which the investigation and analysis were developed. The major empirical Source of data was a questionnaire survey of film workers. From the empirical data, different structures of the film industry in the main film regions are discussed. The results show that the geography of Film workers diverges from that of film work, reflecting spatial mobility among film workers and willingness to be involved in projects some distance from their county of residence. Multiscalar relations in Film work and Film projects appear to be the organisational norm within Film production The results also show that it is difficult to generate sufficient income from film production, and most workers are dependent on incomes from sectors outside the film industry.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-, et al.
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Developing the experience economy in non-metropolitan regions : cross-clusternetworks in Värmland
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A common challenge for many companies in the experience economy is that firms are small, struggle with low profits and, particularly in non-metropolitan regions, often are scattered over a large area. These challenges make it different for the firms to find time for accessing new markets and to innovate and engage in product development. An important aspect of product development is the interaction between producer and consumer that drives innovation through new trends expressed through consumer demands. One way of supporting firms in the experience economy is through different types of collaborative bodies such as destination management organisations or cluster organisations. These organisations typically include different actors such as public agencies, local authorities and chambers of commerce in addition to the companies. Public agencies working with local and regional development issues tend to be actively involved in the setting up and managing these organisations both because they can play the role as broker and ‘neutral’ party in relation to many different competing interests and also because of the importance of a strong experience economy with regards to regional growth.This paper presents a new project that focuses on cross-cluster networking in the Värmland region in Sweden. This non-metropolitan region has a number of strong and established clusters in several export industries supported by cluster organisations such as the IT cluster ‘Compare’, the cluster of pulp and paper technology ‘Paper Province’ and ‘Steel & Engineering’. In February 2011 a cluster organisation for the experience economy ‘Visit Värmland’ was established based on earlier collaboration. The project aims at studying and supporting cross-cluster networks between Visit Värmland and other clusters. Two important aspects of the study is firstly to focus on opportunities for firms in the experience economy with regards to product development and accessing new markets through collaborations with the established clusters and secondly to explore knowledge development and learning for both the new and the established clusters through cross-cluster networking. The project involves actors from the clusters and is thereby partly co-produced research.The first aspect of the study is based on the practice of the export firms in the established clusters to involve different types of Värmland experiences in their customer relations. A large number of small and large events are organised every year involving a variety of firms within the experience economy. The scale and scope of these activities are not known. In a first phase of the project a mapping exercise is taking place with regards to these activities and the scope for a development of the experience economy through a more organised cross-cluster networking between ‘Visit Värmland’ and the established clusters. Can firms in the experience economy tap into this market and through customer-producer interactions with overseas visitors access opportunities to innovate and engage in product development? The second aspect of the study is planned to involve deeper research into the knowledge dynamics of cross-cluster networks e.g. in terms of organisational learning. In what ways can the new cluster ‘Visit Värmland’ learn from interactions with the established clusters and their ways of working with regards to activities such as business development, innovation, marketing and competence development? In what ways can established clusters learn from a new cluster organisation for example through being exposed to different ways of working and thereby perhaps avoiding getting locked in in established work practices? Cross-cluster networks may provide opportunities for innovative thinking also in terms of organisation development since this type of interaction challenges what is taken for granted in organisational practices. In a third phase of the project we aim to expand the study to comparative research involving cross-cluster working with the experience economy in other regions and countries.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-
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Film tourism in Skåne : demand led development and knowledge dynamics
- 2009
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores the development of film tourism in Skåne, the southernmost region of Sweden. The point of departure is the research framework developed within the ongoing 6th Framework project EURODITE highlighting knowledge dynamics at regional and firm levels. On the conceptual level, the research framework includes two integrated knowledge dynamics; territorial knowledge dynamics and firm level knowledge dynamics. The territorial knowledge dynamics concern knowledge exchange, networks and interactions between different actors from a spatial perspective. Key actors may include firms, higher education institutions, chambers of commerce and regional authorities. The spatial focus stresses the importance of the regional level at the same time as it emphasises that interaction is not constrained to an administrative regional level. On the contrary, territorial knowledge dynamics are seen as multi-scalar that may include important interactions at great distances. Understanding the territorial knowledge dynamics demands probing issues such as the role of proximity and distance in terms of knowledge interactions, and the importance of mobility of different actors and individuals. Special attention is paid to how various types of policies affect the knowledge dynamics. These policies may stem from supranational, national, regional or local level, but it is the way that the policies are played out at the regional level that is in focus. The firm level knowledge dynamics concern how knowledge is developed and transferred at a micro level; within a firm or an organisation, or within a network of firms or organisations. The research framework uses a knowledge biography approach in investigating these knowledge dynamics starting from a change in product, process or organisation. The empirical research is carried out through case studies using narrative interviews. Key events of knowledge interaction are identified in an attempt to understand the processes and the role of different actors aiming at ‘telling the story’ of the change from idea to implementation. There are links between the firm level knowledge dynamics and the territorial knowledge dynamics, e.g. through interaction between different actors. The empirical study presented in the paper deals with the development of film tourism in Skåne. This type of tourism has expanded in the last decade, mainly triggered by the influx of tourists to the small town of Ystad, which is the base for Henning Mankell’s books about Inspector Wallander. The first book was published in 1991, and they have since been translated to over 35 languages and become international bestsellers. The books generated tourists, particularly from Germany, that visited Ystad to walk Wallander’s streets. In 2004, 13 Wallander films were shot in and around Ystad. The release of these films triggered an influx of film tourists that wanted to visit the studios, Wallander’s office in the police station, his flat and so on. These new demands triggered the local authorities to develop more than the Wallander maps that had been produced in response to the literature tourists. In the summer 2006 a project started Cineteket, an attraction focusing on films produced in Ystad and including guided tours of the studios. Due to the high profile of the Wallander films, that also include a BBC production with Kenneth Branagh in 2008 and a series of 13 new Wallander films 2008-2009, it is easy to interpret film production in Skåne as a recent phenomenon. However, this is not the case. The first Swedish feature films were, in fact, shot in a studio in another Skåne town, Kristianstad, some 80 kilometres north of Ystad. This studio is now a Film Museum with an additional permanent exhibition about Skåne in Swedish films in the regional museum in Kristianstad. A third film related heritage in the region is the Hasse & Tage Museum in Tomelilla, a small town 15 kilometres north of Ystad. The duo Hasse Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson were very versatile artists that produced shows, radio and films during the 1960s-1980s. Many of these films were shot in and around Tomelilla. The Hasse & Tage Museum opened in 2006. It is a unique museum of only 15m2 that only fits eight visitors at a time. The three film attractions, Cineteket in Ystad, the Film Museum in Kristianstad and the Hasse & Tage Museum in Tomelilla have now started collaborating within the concept of ‘the Film Track’. The paper discusses and analyses the growing film tourism and the development of the Film Track, using the conceptual framework of territorial and firm level knowledge dynamics.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-
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Gränsöverskridande samarbete
- 1994
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Ingår i: Barents perspektiv. - 0804-6174.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-, et al.
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Hur kan vi förstå hemlöshet i Sverige?
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Ingår i: Det nya samhällets geografi. - Uppsala : Uppsala Publishing House. - 9170051984 ; , s. 152-177
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-
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Knowledge dynamics and green growth : Climate change adaptation needs as innovation drivers
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Knowledge dynamics and green growth – climate change adaptation needs as innovation drivers in the Lake Vänern region How can Europe deliver a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth? The tall order of green growth forms the EU’s overarching strategy for economic development, Europe 2020, for the 21st Century. (EC, 2010) But what is green growth? How can it be achieved? How can the dual great global challenges of climate change and economic development (OECD, 2011) be addressed at the same time? Taking on this challenge calls for innovative, multi- and transdisciplinary approaches to research, and development of new concepts and methods are needed. The research should involve different actors to safe guard relevance for policy and practice in addition to development of new knowledge. (Carillo-Hermosilla et al. 2009, 2010) This paper reports from a budding project that builds on existing research and expertise within the research team in two broad fields; climate change adaptation and knowledge dynamics and innovation. By further development and interconnection of these fields, new knowledge of relevance to the worlds of science, policy and practice will be produced.The research puts the interconnections between climate change adaptation and green growth at the core of the project. This is done through three linked work packages: 1) climate change adaptation and scenarios that identify needs for such adaptations, 2) green growth, particularly in relation to knowledge dynamics and (eco)-innovation processes, and 3) multi- and transdisciplinary research methods, which are the fundamental approach for the entire project. The overall research question is: How can climate change adaptation needs act as innovation drivers and contribute to green growth?The research follows a multi- and transdisciplinary approach, combining different methodologies of scenario development and living lab processes. The LakeVänern region is the empirical focus and serves as living lab environment. The focus for the scenarios will be climate change effects on water. The scenarios will produce qualitative and quantitative information on possible climate change effects on water-related issues e.g. floods, fishing or tourism. Scenario techniques are used to integrate narrative information (storylines) provided by a wide range of stakeholders in the region. The scenarios provide input about how climate change adaptation and green growth in living lab-inspired processes interact, exploring (eco)-innovation opportunities across a wide range of actors in the region. Against this background potential innovation for green growth for the LakeVänern region will be identified.One aim with the project is to develop living-lab-inspired methods on knowledge dynamics in relation to issues of green growth, (eco-) innovation and sustainable development in the Lake Vänern region. A living lab is a user-centred research concept - often operating within a territorial context (e.g. city, agglomeration or region), systematically integrating both research and innovation processes simultaneously. (Eriksson et al., 2005, Schumacher & Feurstein, 2006, Marsh, 2008) Budweg et al., 2011).The living lab approach is being used world-wide, for example in a European network of living labs (www.openlivinglabs.eu) and by the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems (www.vinnova.se).The paper explores knowledge dynamics and green growth with an empirical focus on the Lake Vänern Region in western Sweden. Lake Vänern is the largest lake within the EU and with its surrounding area provides a multifaceted region where many of the green economy challenges and opportunities are present. The lake has a unique fauna and flora and is the fresh water source for the 300 000 inhabitants in the region. It is also Sweden’s largest hydroelectric power dam and is used for transportation, commercial fishing and recreational purposes for the local population as well as for the tourism industry. With regards to local planning, the lake provides an attractive setting for waterside developments. Lake Vänern administratively affects thirteen local, two regional and two national authorities, in addition to regulations at EU levels that are affecting the lake and its surroundings. Through the many competing demands on the resource of Lake Vänern, the region provides a valuable case to study knowledge dynamics in a green economy.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-
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Knowledge dynamics and the 'green economy': developing an innovation system for a bio based economy
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper explores knowledge dynamics processes applied on an initiative aiming to develop an innovation system for a bio based economy.Demands for conversions into ecological sustainable production calls for the development of new knowledge. Knowledge from diverse disciplines have to come together to develop new knowledge needed for solving problems to advance a green economy. Radical, rather than incremental innovations of products, services and processes are required. The development of new knowledge takes place in complex relationships between different types of actors located in diverse places. Actors include SMEs, transnational firms, universities, research institutions and public agencies. Knowledge interactions across sectors, scales and actors can be called knowledge dynamics.This paper deals with the initiative ‘Paper province 2.0 – an innovation system for a bio based economy’. It builds on extensive triple helix networks centred in the cluster organisation ‘The Paper Province’ incorporating pulp- and paper technology firms, KIBS and other actors in Värmland and neighbouring areas in Sweden. The networks of the cluster are as complex as the relations described above.The initiative has won support from Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems to work up an application to the Vinnväxt programme. Successful initiatives win funding for 10 years to through radical initiatives develop strong, internationally competitive innovation systems within strategic areas of importance for sustainable regional development.In what ways are knowledge interactions across sectors, scales and actors present and have capacity to contribute to the green economy through developing an innovation system for a bio based economy?
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-
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Knowledge dynamics in a green economy
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Knowledge dynamics in a green economyThis paper aims to develop the understanding of knowledge dynamics processes developed in the European research project ‘Regional trajectories to the knowledge economy’ (EURODITE) applied on knowledge dynamics processes in a green economy.Demands for conversions into ecological sustainable production of goods and services calls for the generation and processing of new knowledge. To address the challenges of an ecological sustainable production, the furthering of knowledge within single scientific disciplines is not sufficient for driving innovations to tackle these challenges. On the contrary, different types of knowledge such as analytic, synthetic and symbolic, as well as knowledge from diverse disciplines have to come together to develop new knowledge needed for solving problems to advance a green economy. Hence, the generation and development of new knowledge takes place in complex relationships between different types of actors located in different places. Actors involved in knowledge generation and development range from micro businesses to transnational firms, higher education and research institutions and public actors and agencies of different kinds. Increasingly, also users and consumers are identified as playing important roles with regards to knowledge dynamics. Knowledge interactions across sectors, scales and actors can be called knowledge dynamics. An important aspect of knowledge dynamics is that changes in knowledge are driving innovation. In addition, policy actors can play a role in taking action to promote and support knowledge dynamic processes and remove obstacles obstructing such processes.The paper explores knowledge dynamics in a green economy with an empirical focus on Lake Vänern in western Sweden. Lake Vänern is the largest lake within the EU and with its surrounding area provides a multifaceted region where many of the green economy challenges and opportunities are present. The lake has a unique fauna and flora and is the fresh water source for the 300 000 inhabitants in the region. It is also Sweden’s largest hydroelectric power dam and is used for transportation, commercial fishing and recreational purposes for the local population as well as for the tourism industry. With regards to local planning, the lake provides an attractive setting for waterside developments. Lake Vänern administratively affects thirteen local and two regional authorities, in addition to regulations at national and EU levels that are affecting the lake and its surroundings. Through the many competing demands on the resource of Lake Vänern, the region provides a valuable case to study knowledge dynamics in a green economy.
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Landscape resource analysis : Applying a collaborative method to identify and communicate a variety of values in forest areas
- 2022
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Ingår i: Multiple Nordic Geographies. - 9789526145853
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Today’s societies face significant ecological and societal challenges, including climate change. Inthis context, forests can be a useful resource for new innovations and products which can leadto job opportunities, economic development in new sectors and greater sustainability. However,increased out-take of biomass also increase pressure on forest resources, ecosystems andbiodiversity. Conflicting interests increase between production and conservation of forests forrecreation, tourism and health. There is also a rural-urban imbalance with regards to the ruralforest resources. Many decisions regarding the use of the forests are made by decisionmakerseither in political bodies or companies located in urban areas often at considerable distancefrom the actual forests. Thus, there is a call for collaborative processes to identify and integrate arange of perspectives, interests and values in forests. This paper reports back from a project“Innovation for green transition in the forest” (www.ingoskog.org) where a collaborativeprocess for place-based development, landscape resource analysis (LRA), was used to addressthe social aspects of landscapes and to account for both material and immaterial values in theforest. LRA focuses on including stakeholders and local interests and knowledge. This methodwas applied to a small area, Norra Klarälvsdalen, in Värmland, Sweden where a workshopincluding 16 stakeholders resulted in the marking of subjective values on analogues maps. Thesemaps were digitized and together with data from geographical information systems (GIS) andArcGIS were used to visualize both material and immaterial values. Conflicting areas wereidentified and were discussed in a second workshop. This adapted LRA demonstrated thepotential to contribute local knowledge and thus add qualitative data to forest planning anddecision-making. It can also be used to address a wide range of stakeholder interests, including 95 | P a g eboth material and immaterial forest values, and is designed to capture cultural ecosystemservices that are often difficult to put a price on.
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Multi-actor and multi-scalar regional development policies in theknowledge economy
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- It is increasingly difficult for firms and other actors to access all necessary knowledge for innovation within their ‘home’ region. This is the case for all types of firms and regions. Large firms with their own research and development units as well as small firms need to access extra-regional knowledge to continue to innovate. Regardless of in which type of a region that a firm is located, firms are depending on knowledge interactions crossing the regional boundaries. This relates just as well to regions with large populations and strong economies as to less populated regions. Public policies can play a role with regards to the ability for firms to be able to link into global knowledge flows. However, regional development agencies have to act in a challenging and changing context to support and promote economic development in the knowledge economy. The paper is based on two linked international research projects[1] dealing with knowledge generation, use and circulation in European regions. Seven main sectors are included: tourism; food and drink; biotechnology; new media; automotive; ICT and knowledge intensive business services (KIBS). Empirical case studies in 29 regions have been carried out, and include investigations into how policy actors and public funds at local, regional, national and European levels are utilised for supporting knowledge interactions. The mainly qualitative empirical research and the theoretical discussions in these projects have unravelled the complexity of knowledge interactions between different types of actors. The case studies have revealed very complex patterns of knowledge interactions between different types of actors (firms, organisations, higher education institutions and policy actors) both within the ‘home’ regions of firms and across regional and national borders. It is also clear that the policy options and policy funding alternatives are manifold and complex that include local, regional, national and international funding and programmes. The research has shown that RDAs and other policy actors target knowledge generation and transfers in a variety of ways. Partnerships, networks and governance structures are some key words in descriptions of policies in this regard. Since knowledge interactions involve many actors locally, regionally, nationally and internationally the context for these policies is increasingly complex and difficult to master. The multi-actor and multi-scalar characters of the knowledge economy in which the RDAs act are the focus of this paper.[1] The two projects are the 6th framework project ’Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy [EURODITE]’ (2005-2010) and its sister project ‘Regional Trajectories to the Knowledge Economy – Nordic-European Comparisons [REKENE]’ part-funded by Nordic Innovation Center (2007-2010)
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Regioinal policies for knowledge anchoring in European regions
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- The design of regional policy tools for supporting economic development in theknowledge economy requires an understanding of the links between extra- and intra-regionalknowledge interactions. In this paper, we argue that policymakers must shift from focusingprimarily on the development of regionalized relationships and institutions, in which knowledgeis “embedded”, to a more outward looking approach. We develop the idea of knowledgeanchoring which refers to the many ways in which firms (and other actors) incorporate newknowledge into regional economies through interactions and relations that include actors whoare located close by as well as at a distance. In this way, knowledge may be “anchored”territorially because it has become part of the routines and activities of many firms in aparticular region. Whilst individual firms are concerned to access extra-regional knowledge andsecure it within their own organizations, policymakers are concerned with wider knowledgeanchoring to tie knowledge into a regional economy. The paper explores the ways in whichexisting regional policy supports extra-regional knowledge interactions and the subsequentrecirculation of knowledge. We suggest that the key features of knowledge anchoring as a policyconcept are that it is flexible with regard to the nature and scale of knowledge interactions, andthat it focuses on the linking of extra- and intra-regional relations via the combination and“stretching-out” of knowledge interactions across time and space.
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