Participatory comprehensive planning to handle competing land-use priorities in the sparsely populated rural context
Rural areas supply the planet's natural resources while simultaneously harbor refuges for most of the world's remaining biodiversity and intact, resilient ecosystems. Since traditional extractive activities must increasingly co-exist with non-exploitative activities such as tourism and con...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-188708 2023-10-09T21:55:35+02:00 Participatory comprehensive planning to handle competing land-use priorities in the sparsely populated rural context Zachrisson, Anna Bjärstig, Therese Thellbro, Camilla Neumann, Wiebke Svensson, Johan 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-188708 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.09.031 eng eng Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen Umeå universitet, Arktiskt centrum vid Umeå universitet (Arcum) Journal of Rural Studies, 0743-0167, 2021, 88, s. 1-13 orcid:0000-0002-2372-1551 orcid:0000-0002-6845-5525 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-188708 doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.09.031 ISI:000744264500001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85116629317 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Rural planning Sparsely populated areas Land use conflicts Tourism Reindeer husbandry Snowmobiling Human Geography Kulturgeografi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.09.031 2023-09-22T14:01:35Z Rural areas supply the planet's natural resources while simultaneously harbor refuges for most of the world's remaining biodiversity and intact, resilient ecosystems. Since traditional extractive activities must increasingly co-exist with non-exploitative activities such as tourism and conservation, sustainable land use planning is essential for managing trade-offs between incompatible interests in rural areas. With "communicative planning" being promoted since decades, participation is considered crucial for reconciling different planning interests. However, the implementation of participation remains patchy and uneven, not least in sparsely populated regions with low capacity where participation could be a game-changer. Here, we consider municipal comprehensive planning as an existing arena to explore participatory planning approaches potentially capable of simultaneously managing competing land uses and promoting sustainable development in sparsely populated rural contexts. Collaborative work between researchers and public managers resulted in the co-development of an approach based on qualitative village- and interest-based focus groups that facilitated the formulation, negotiation, and legitimization of concrete and detailed local guidelines that prioritize between different land uses. Consequently, the resulting comprehensive plan draft was more readily adopted than the output of a traditional planning process. We found that citizens in sparsely populated municipalities seem willing to actively contribute to rural development processes if they have significant influence. Article in Journal/Newspaper reindeer husbandry Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Journal of Rural Studies 88 1 13 |
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Rural areas supply the planet's natural resources while simultaneously harbor refuges for most of the world's remaining biodiversity and intact, resilient ecosystems. Since traditional extractive activities must increasingly co-exist with non-exploitative activities such as tourism and conservation, sustainable land use planning is essential for managing trade-offs between incompatible interests in rural areas. With "communicative planning" being promoted since decades, participation is considered crucial for reconciling different planning interests. However, the implementation of participation remains patchy and uneven, not least in sparsely populated regions with low capacity where participation could be a game-changer. Here, we consider municipal comprehensive planning as an existing arena to explore participatory planning approaches potentially capable of simultaneously managing competing land uses and promoting sustainable development in sparsely populated rural contexts. Collaborative work between researchers and public managers resulted in the co-development of an approach based on qualitative village- and interest-based focus groups that facilitated the formulation, negotiation, and legitimization of concrete and detailed local guidelines that prioritize between different land uses. Consequently, the resulting comprehensive plan draft was more readily adopted than the output of a traditional planning process. We found that citizens in sparsely populated municipalities seem willing to actively contribute to rural development processes if they have significant influence. |
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Zachrisson, Anna Bjärstig, Therese Thellbro, Camilla Neumann, Wiebke Svensson, Johan |
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Participatory comprehensive planning to handle competing land-use priorities in the sparsely populated rural context |
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Participatory comprehensive planning to handle competing land-use priorities in the sparsely populated rural context |
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