Nordic rural policies for future service needs
The demand for services in Nordic rural areas is changing. General population decrease poses challenges to rural public authorities to adapt their activities to the shrinking population, which in general is made up of fewer young people and more older people. Combined with a need to adapt the servic...
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ftoslomet:oai:ojs2.journals.hioa.no:article/5800 2024-09-15T18:09:51+00:00 Nordic rural policies for future service needs Slätmo, Elin Bogason, Ágúst 2024-06-26 application/pdf https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/nat/article/view/5800 eng eng Det Nordiske Administrative Forbund https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/nat/article/view/5800/4950 https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/nat/article/view/5800 Opphavsrett 2024 Elin Slätmo, Ágúst Bogason https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift; Vol 101 Nr. 1 (2024): Planlegging, regioner og ressurser 2246-1310 Services Rural Rural proofing Sustainability Future Policy info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Fagartikkel 2024 ftoslomet 2024-06-26T23:30:56Z The demand for services in Nordic rural areas is changing. General population decrease poses challenges to rural public authorities to adapt their activities to the shrinking population, which in general is made up of fewer young people and more older people. Combined with a need to adapt the services to a changing climate, the increased budget restraints force the public authorities to focus on providing the most essential service needs now and in the future. The aim of this study is to identify the future service needs in rural areas, and how these are included in rural policy frameworks. The approach was to identify which rural services that are considered essential according to research literature, and to search for these in rural and regional policy in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, as well as the island regions of Faroese Islands, Greenland and Åland. The study has identified policy improvements to ensure access to essential services in rural areas, and to ‘future proof’ service provision. For the countries and regions here studied, especially emergency services and civil defence, as well as climate adaptation of services and the management of climate impacts, need further attention. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Iceland OsloMet Open Access journals |
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The demand for services in Nordic rural areas is changing. General population decrease poses challenges to rural public authorities to adapt their activities to the shrinking population, which in general is made up of fewer young people and more older people. Combined with a need to adapt the services to a changing climate, the increased budget restraints force the public authorities to focus on providing the most essential service needs now and in the future. The aim of this study is to identify the future service needs in rural areas, and how these are included in rural policy frameworks. The approach was to identify which rural services that are considered essential according to research literature, and to search for these in rural and regional policy in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, as well as the island regions of Faroese Islands, Greenland and Åland. The study has identified policy improvements to ensure access to essential services in rural areas, and to ‘future proof’ service provision. For the countries and regions here studied, especially emergency services and civil defence, as well as climate adaptation of services and the management of climate impacts, need further attention. |
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Nordic rural policies for future service needs |
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Det Nordiske Administrative Forbund |
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Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift; Vol 101 Nr. 1 (2024): Planlegging, regioner og ressurser 2246-1310 |
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https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/nat/article/view/5800/4950 https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/nat/article/view/5800 |
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Opphavsrett 2024 Elin Slätmo, Ágúst Bogason https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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