Local natural resource dependency in rural boreal Sweden
Local natural resources (LNRs) have historically been crucial for human settlements and municipality development in the interior of northern Sweden. To investigate whether LNRs are still important, a sample population of local business enterprises was identified in a typical rural boreal municipalit...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:3240 2024-06-09T07:48:36+00:00 Local natural resource dependency in rural boreal Sweden Thellbro, Camilla Lidestav, Gun 2008 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3240/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3240/1/SFS215.pdf http://www-umea.slu.se/bibum/studia/ swe eng swe eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3240/1/SFS215.pdf Thellbro, Camilla and Lidestav, Gun (2008). Local natural resource dependency in rural boreal Sweden. Technical Report. Uppsala: (S) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management <https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/5041.html>, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. Studia forestalia Suecica 215 [Report] Social sciences Area economics Report NonPeerReviewed 2008 ftslunivuppsala 2024-05-16T04:09:07Z Local natural resources (LNRs) have historically been crucial for human settlements and municipality development in the interior of northern Sweden. To investigate whether LNRs are still important, a sample population of local business enterprises was identified in a typical rural boreal municipality (Vilhelmina) and information on activities and engagement numbers was obtained using a questionnaire supported by telephone interviews. Respondents were grouped into ‘forest and/or agricultural farmers’ (FAF) and ‘various’. Most respondents (78%) stated high dependency on LNRs and engagement estimates were higher than numbers available in official employment data. Respondents across both business categories maintained that local natural, cultural, traditional and social values are at least as important as economic factors for establishment of local business enterprises. Thus, results indicate that local qualities are critical for local society prosperity and welfare of inhabitants and that LNRs still are important for maintaining and developing rural boreal municipalities. Report Northern Sweden Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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Local natural resources (LNRs) have historically been crucial for human settlements and municipality development in the interior of northern Sweden. To investigate whether LNRs are still important, a sample population of local business enterprises was identified in a typical rural boreal municipality (Vilhelmina) and information on activities and engagement numbers was obtained using a questionnaire supported by telephone interviews. Respondents were grouped into ‘forest and/or agricultural farmers’ (FAF) and ‘various’. Most respondents (78%) stated high dependency on LNRs and engagement estimates were higher than numbers available in official employment data. Respondents across both business categories maintained that local natural, cultural, traditional and social values are at least as important as economic factors for establishment of local business enterprises. Thus, results indicate that local qualities are critical for local society prosperity and welfare of inhabitants and that LNRs still are important for maintaining and developing rural boreal municipalities. |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3240/1/SFS215.pdf Thellbro, Camilla and Lidestav, Gun (2008). Local natural resource dependency in rural boreal Sweden. Technical Report. Uppsala: (S) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management <https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/5041.html>, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. Studia forestalia Suecica 215 [Report] |
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