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- Adamiak, Czesław, et al.
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Airbnb and urban population change : an empirical analysis of the case of Stockholm, Sweden
- 2023
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In: Urban Research and Practice. - : Routledge. - 1753-5069 .- 1753-5077.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Internet platforms enabling the short-term rental of private homes are an increasingly important provider of tourist accommodation and a challenge for urban policy. Airbnb is frequently blamed for encouraging property owners to remove their homes from the permanent housing market, thus contributing to the gentrification and displacement of local residents. Empirical research on this topic has been mostly represented by qualitative or indirect quantitative studies, which focus on changes in housing availability rather than the actual population. In our study, we fill this gap by presenting a study of the city of Stockholm, using two sources of georeferenced data: information on properties offered for rent on the Airbnb platform and micro-data on individuals and properties derived from the national statistical office. We verify whether the high number of apartment rental offers on the Airbnb website contributes to the high number of apartments that became uninhabited during 2012–2016. Using both aspatial and spatial autoregressive models, we find that the platform expansion does have a significant effect on the number of emptied apartments, and thus conclude that the presence of Airbnb contributes to the process of touristification, understood as the replacement of permanent residents with non-permanent populations. This confirms that when analysing urban population change and the gentrification process, mobile populations should be considered. Context-aware multiscalar and relational approaches are needed to understand the interrelation between human mobility, housing markets and regulations, and transnational internet platforms.
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- Back, Andreas, 1980-
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Footprints of an invisible population : second-home tourism and its heterogeneous impacts on municipal planning and housing markets in Sweden
- 2020
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- 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. The present thesis investigates the effects of this mismatch and its spatially diverse outcomes. It does so by studying how Swedish municipalities perceive and manage the impacts of second-home tourism, and how this tourism affects the housing market. The thesis is based on microdata of the Swedish second-home stock, longitudinal housing market statistics for 1999-2017, and interviews with civil servants from 20 Swedish municipalities.The empirical findings show that the impacts of second-home tourism vary spatially, but also over time. While all municipalities interviewed in the thesis experienced second-home tourism, there were noticeable spatial variations in the effects on, for example, planning, public services and housing provision. The patterns to this variation were particularly pronounced between periurban areas, sparsely populated areas and tourism hotspots. Periurban municipalities were most affected with second homes being converted into primary residences and the associated costs of that change. In sparsely populated areas, municipalities faced the opposite situation combined with an ever-shrinking population of permanent residents. Tourism hotspots had to manage the combined challenges of a seasonally varying second-home population exceeding the registered permanent population. The examined housing market statistics show a similar pattern, with considerable spatial differences in the market relations between primary residences and second homes. It also reveals growing regional disparities, with second homes driving or trailing overall price development depending on geographical context.To summarise, the thesis demonstrates how impacts of second-home tourism on municipal planning and housing markets differ and provides an analysis for the patterns of this variation. Based on this, it provides a number of proposals for policy change. The thesis also contributes to theory development on the spatially heterogeneous effects of mobile lifestyles, by conceptualising second-home tourism as an umbrella concept. As such, second-home tourism encompasses many different forms of dwellings, practices and impacts grounded in geographical and historical contexts. This emphasises the need for research, planning, governance and policy-making to recognise human mobility and the diverse spatiality of its effects.
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- Back, Andreas, 1980-, et al.
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The invisible hand of an invisible population : Dynamics and heterogeneity of second-home housing markets
- 2022
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In: The international journal of tourism research. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1099-2340 .- 1522-1970. ; 24:4, s. 536-549
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The effects of second-home tourism on property markets has been one of the key debates in second-home research. This has been discussed in association with property speculation, financial vulnerability, gentrification, displacement, and rural development. This paper studies the market prices for all detached homes traded on the open market in Sweden during 1999–2017. It investigates how the market values of second homes have developed over time and how they vary spatially. Results show clear and growing spatial inequalities over the period. It emphasises the dynamic interplay between different forms of dwelling use and the close relationship to spatial context.
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Dödens geografi
- 2024
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Editorial collection (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Döden beskrivs ofta i rumsliga termer och har egenskapen att den intensifieras på vissa platser, men påverkar och får konsekvenser på andra platser. Således kopplar döden samman en rad platser som på ett eller annat sätt är viktiga för den avlidne, de efterlevande och ibland även för samhället i stort. Döden är inte en marginell företeelse utan snarare ett universellt samhällsfenomen och en ständigt pågående process, men som ofta sker i det fördolda. Denna Ymer uppmärksammar döden som samhällsfenomen utifrån ett rumsligt perspektiv och av forskare från en rad olika discipliner. Bokens syfte är att visa på vilken bredd och relevans som forskning om döden har, men även vilka teoretiska bidrag denna tematik kan ge upphov till.
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- Marjavaara, Roger, 1972-, et al.
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Disturbing the dead : climate change and the potential relocation of Swedish cemeteries
- 2024
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In: Applied Geography. - : Elsevier. - 0143-6228 .- 1873-7730. ; 171
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study focuses on the contradiction of mobility and immobility in relation to interred human remains. While society generally embraces human mobility, once individuals pass away and are disposed of, mobility ceases to be the norm. Some counties, like Sweden, has a rigid burial legislation that prohibits the re-location of interred human remains. However, both society- and climate-related events are increasingly affecting the eternal rest of the deceased. Utilizing quantitative data on all cemeteries in Sweden, this study aims to assess and analyse the potential magnitude of future large-scale moves of human remains due to expected impacts of climate change, and to put this into a relational context of norms and laws. Results show that climate change poses an apparent risk to cemeteries in Sweden, especially in the south-west of the country, and that this is mainly caused by increased risk of landslides and erosion, as a result of expected increased precipitation. A low estimate state that by the end of this century, some 30.000 interred remains and some 146.000 living survivors will likely be affected by climate-related risks.
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- Marjavaara, Roger, 1972-
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Dödens geografi : en introduktion
- 2024
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In: Dödens geografi. - Stockholm : Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi. - 9789198928006 ; , s. 7-31
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Marjavaara, Roger, 1972-
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[Recension] Turismhistoria i Norden
- 2020
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In: Historisk Tidskrift. - Stockholm : Svenska Historiska Föreningen. - 0345-469X .- 2002-4827. ; 140:2, s. 358-360
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Review (other academic/artistic)
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- Marjavaara, Roger, 1972-, et al.
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The Arctification of northern tourism : a longitudinal geographical analysis of firm names in Sweden
- 2022
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In: Polar Geography. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1088-937X .- 1939-0513. ; 45:2, s. 119-136
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The European North has long attracted travelers, the selling point often being the availability of nature and wilderness. Recent developments, however, suggest a greater variety of tourism motivations, including new products such as dogsled tours, aurora borealis watching, snowmobiling, and stays at ice hotels. Many of these firms use names containing the term ‘Arctic' or similar terminology related to imaginations of the Far North. The chosen terminology is considered one example of the process of ‘Arctification'. However, there is a limitation in descriptive knowledge about the overall Arctification of the region’s tourism industry. Hence, this article aims to illustrate the Arctification of the tourism industry by mapping the changing geographies of firm names. Through its results, the study aims to contribute an understanding of how firm naming is part of the tourism production, and how this influences the reimaging and delineation of regions. The study uses a descriptive quantitative approach, extracting data from the Retriever Business database. The results show a clear development of tourism firms increasingly using Arctic terminology in their firm names. Also, the tourism firms’ locations show patterns of spatial differences related to the region’s natural environment, population density, infrastructure, and the firms’ age.
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