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- Hansson, Helena, et al.
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Land Acquisition Regulation through the lens of expert stakeholders' mental models-what are the implications for business development among Swedish farmers and non-industry forestry owners?
- 2021
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Science. - : Agricultural and Food Science. - 1459-6067 .- 1795-1895. ; 30, s. 108-118
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Agricultural and forestry land markets are regulated in several European countries. Assessing the economic consequences of land market regulation for agricultural and forestry firms is methodologically challenging for various reasons. The aim of this study is to explore the relevance of expert stakeholders' mental models in order to gain insights into the economic impacts of agricultural and forestry land market regulation. We use thematic analysis based on in-depth interview data to explore Swedish expert stakeholders' mental models concerning the regulation of the Swedish agricultural and forestry land market and focus on impacts for private land owners, i.e. farmers and non-industry forestry owners. This research strategy facilitated a rich understanding of the effects of land regulation on economic consequences for private landowners who use the land in farms and/or forestry. Findings indicate that current regulation does not have any major impact on the economic situation of the considered types of farms and non-industry forestry owners in Sweden. This is interesting from the perspective of agricultural and forestry land market policy.
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- Kristensen, Iryna, 1984-, et al.
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Social constructing of a rural bioeconomy cluster : The case of the Processum biorefinery complex in northern Sweden
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Rural Studies. - : Elsevier. - 0743-0167 .- 1873-1392. ; 86, s. 87-96
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper unpacks the relational processes that shape industrial developments in rural settings and offers a springboard for reflecting upon rural clusters as social constructs that result from a complex and dynamic pro-cess, which is a subject to constant change. To identify and map different types of social ties as well as analyze their role in different phases of bio-cluster development, the paper proposes an analytical framework that combines the function of social ties (bonding, bridging and linking) with aspects of geographical and organised proximity. A 'critical case' design has been employed to operationalize the analytical framework proposed and test its suitability for grasping and explaining real-life phenomena. This 'critical case' illustrates the long and winding relational routes collegially taken by local entrepreneurs in bringing together what eventually became a rural cluster.
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- Slätmo, Elin, et al.
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Urban-Rural linkages: An Inquiry into Second-Home Tourism in the Nordics
- 2021
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Ingår i: The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns. Jerzy Bański (red.). - : Routledge. - 9781000421637 ; , s. 218-231, s. 218-232
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Nordics have a long tradition of second homes. Regular retreats to rural areas by people from the towns and cities are quite common. This in turn has a significant impact on small towns and rural municipalities, as well as their economies – not least, because the size of the population using services and infrastructure in the area varies greatly during the course of the year. About half the population of the Nordic Region has access to a second home, which is used during the summer or winter season and increasingly at weekends. The variability of the population due to second-home usage or tourism is still largely ignored in policy and spatial planning in the Nordic countries. Based on an analysis of Nordic statistics and qualitative fieldwork in five Nordic municipalities, this chapter seeks to investigate how second homes and seasonal tourism are now being embraced as part of the Nordic spatial planning and policy agenda. It also looks at the implications of second homes and seasonal tourism for urban–rural integration throughout the Nordic region.
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