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2. Participatory comprehensive planning to handle competing land-use priorities in the sparsely populated rural context
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Zachrisson, Anna, Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Neumann, Wiebke, and Svensson, Johan
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- 2021
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3. Interactions Between Forest Owners and Their Forests
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Lidestav, Gun, Thellbro, Camilla, Sandström, Per, Lind, Torgny, Holm, Einar, Olsson, Olof, Westin, Kerstin, Karppinen, Heimo, Ficko, Andrej, and Keskitalo, E. Carina H., editor
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- 2017
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4. Wind power distribution across subalpine, boreal, and temperate landscapes
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Svensson, Johan, Neumann, Wiebke, Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Svensson, Johan, Neumann, Wiebke, Bjärstig, Therese, and Thellbro, Camilla
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Onshore wind power is increasingly expanding to meet global and national goals to increase renewable, clean, and fossil-free energy production. In many countries and regions, however, historical and current land use is extensive, and the expansion of wind power has to be well-tuned to avoid risking irreversible legacy losses of existing and traditional land uses, landscape values, and cultures. Hence, assessments of the siting premises of current and forecasted expansion of wind power are strongly needed as a basis for sustainable planning. We present a study from alpine to temperate biomes in Sweden, where an ambitious onshore wind power expansion strategy has been put in place and will result in Swedish landscapes that are typified by wind power. We explored the existing legal framework—i.e., the national interest for wind power according to the Swedish Environmental Code—concerning the spatial interaction with other national interests for nature conservation, landscape values, and other land uses, and the land cover, landowner, and formally protected areas distribution within wind power sites and in their proximity. We found that the national interest framework does not provide sufficient guidance for locating wind power to avoid spatial overlap with conflicting interests and values. Furthermore, our analysis revealed that wind power is located mainly in forest-dominated landscapes, and on lands where private forest companies are the dominant owners but where the proportion of public and non-industrial private ownership increases in the near surroundings. Finally, we found that large areas of formally protected areas are within the proximate areas influenced by wind power. As an extensive onshore wind power expansion is already going on, and an even more extensive expansion is projected, the ways forward toward a sustainable wind power expansion calls for integrated landscape planning approaches that are based on comprehensive assessments of existing interests an
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- 2023
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5. Is spatial planning a collaborative learning process? A case study from a rural–urban gradient in Sweden
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Elbakidze, Marine, Dawson, Lucas, Andersson, Kjell, Axelsson, Robert, Angelstam, Per, Stjernquist, Ingrid, Teitelbaum, Sara, Schlyter, Peter, and Thellbro, Camilla
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- 2015
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6. Wind power distribution across subalpine, boreal, and temperate landscapes
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Svensson, Johan, primary, Neumann, Wiebke, additional, Bjärstig, Therese, additional, and Thellbro, Camilla, additional
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- 2023
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7. Footprint of large scale expansion of wind power in productive boreal forests – forests under a zero-emission strategy
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Neumann, Wiebke, primary, Bjärstig, Therese, additional, Thellbro, Camilla, additional, and Svensson, Johan, additional
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- 2022
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8. Landscape approaches to sustainability : aspects of conflict, integration and synergy in national public land-use interests
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Svensson, Johan, Neumann Sivertsson, Wiebke, Bjärstig, Therese, Zachrisson, Anna, Thellbro, Camilla, Svensson, Johan, Neumann Sivertsson, Wiebke, Bjärstig, Therese, Zachrisson, Anna, and Thellbro, Camilla
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Strong land-use pressure challenges sustainable development and calls for landscape approaches that balance economic, ecological, and socio-cultural aspects and interests. In the boreal, sub-alpine, and alpine regions in Sweden, encompassing 32 million ha, many and different land-use interests overlap, which causes risks for conflict, but potentially also suggests integration and synergy opportunities. Based on geographic information system (GIS) analyses of geographically delineated national interests regulated in the Swedish Environmental Code, including, amongst others, Natura 2000, contiguous mountains, recreation, reindeer husbandry, and wind power, and based on forestry as a dominating land use, we found extensive overlap among similar but also between dissimilar types of interest. In some mountain municipalities, our results show that the designated national interest area is four times as large as the available terrestrial area. Moreover, the overlap is much higher in the alpine than in the boreal biome, and there is increasing designation for nature conservation and a decreasing designation for national interests for culture, recreation, and tourism from south to north. We interpret the results with reference to multiple-use needs and opportunities for landscape approaches to sustainable planning. Departing from biodiversity conservation values, we also discuss opportunities to focus planning strategies on assessing synergy, integration, and conflict based on nature-based and place-based land-use characteristics.
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- 2020
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9. Landscape Approaches to Sustainability—Aspects of Conflict, Integration, and Synergy in National Public Land-Use Interests
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Svensson, Johan, primary, Neumann, Wiebke, additional, Bjärstig, Therese, additional, Zachrisson, Anna, additional, and Thellbro, Camilla, additional
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- 2020
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10. Deltagande planering – underlättar det samråd och utställning av en ny översiktsplan?
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Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Bjärstig, Therese, and Thellbro, Camilla
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- 2019
11. Green planning: Vilhelmina as a testbed for innovative land use planning in the mountain region
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Bjärstig, Therese, Zachrisson, Anna, Svensson, Johan, and Thellbro, Camilla
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Miljövetenskap ,Environmental Sciences - Abstract
Resultaten från projektet visar på att bristande resurser – ekonomiska, personella och kunskapsmässiga – genomgående tycks vara ett problem för fjällkommunerna. Detta, tillsammans med omfattande sektorisering och stora områden med överlappande riksintressen, samt en urban norm i planeringsstödet, leder till lågt politiskt engagemang och driv i ÖP-processerna. Våra erfarenheter från projektet indikerar därför att det är viktigt att tidigt och kontinuerligt engagera och förankra den lokala politiken i planeringsarbetet. Vidare bekräftar erfarenheterna slutsatser från andra studier gällande att deltagandeprocesser måste få ta tid. Den fortsatta planeringsprocessen i Vilhelmina indikerar dock att tidigt deltagande genererat ett brett och konstruktivt engagemang under senare faser i planeringen samt bidragit till ett mindre omfattande behov av revideringar av planförslaget. Våra lärdomar och sätt att arbeta med deltagande planering i Vilhelmina kommun summeras och presenteras i en stegvis modell (se teorier och metod nedan) som andra fjäll- och/eller gles- och landsbygdskommuner kan utgåifrån och anpassa till sina specifika förutsättningar och målsättningar med sina deltagandeplaneringsprocesser.Generellt finns stora möjligheter att uttrycka skogslandskapets, älvlandskapets, det fjällnäraochfjällandskapets bevarande- och utvecklingsvärden genom kartläggningar, skattningar ochutvärderingar i förhållande till markanvändningsprioriteringar. Från projektet har förslag lagtstill teman och inriktning på grön infrastruktur och ekosystemtjänster i det planförslag som tagitsfram i Vilhelmina, men koncepten har inte kunnat inarbetas tillräckligt i planeringsprocessenför att de ska fungera som planeringsunderlag. Det saknas en grundläggande förståelse förbegreppens innebörd och potential. Det saknas även relevanta och användbara data i tillräckligprecision och upplösning. Båda begreppen ska tillämpas som beslutsstöd på detaljerad skalaoch samtidigt på övergripande skala för att vara funktionella över kommun- och länsgränser.Detta förutsätter konsensus i planarbetet och liknande förutsättningar i data och tillämpningmellan olika kommuner och länsstyrelser som inte finns i tillräckligt hög utsträckning idag.Vi ser att det finns mycket kvar att göra när det gäller det kommunala arbetet medöversiktsplanering, men genom att ifrågasätta dagens planeringsstruktur och formella krav påomfattning, och i viss mån även status, på planeringen samt utöka det nationella stödet haröversiktsplaneringen potential att i framtiden bli ett reellt verktyg för innovativ hållbarlandskapsplanering i fjällen.
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- 2018
12. Grön översiktsplanering i fjäll- och fjällnära landskap : Deltagande planering för en innovativ och hållbar översiktsplan för Vilhelmina kommun
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Bjärstig, Therese, Zachrisson, Anna, Svensson, Johan, and Thellbro, Camilla
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Miljövetenskap ,Environmental Sciences - Abstract
Projektet Grön översiktsplanering i fjällen finansierades av Naturvårdsverket i den med Riksantikvarieämbetet gemensamma forskningssatsningen Storslagen Fjällmiljö. Inom projektet samarbetade forskare från Umeå Universitet och SLU med tjänstemän och politiker i Vilhelmina kommun, och med medborgare i Vilhelmina kommun. Aktiviteter och genomförande utgick från gemensamma beslut i en arbetsgrupp där både politiker, tjänstemän och forskare fanns representerade. Syftet med projektet var att, med Vilhelmina som pilotkommun, omsätta forskning i praktik och utveckla den kommunala översiktsplanen (ÖP) som verktyg för långsiktig landskapsplanering och nationell måluppfyllelse. Avsikten var att förbättra planeringsprocessen genom en utvecklad användning av befintligt landskapsdata samt en utökad dialog med kommuninvånare och andra intressenter i översiktsplaneringen. Särskilt fokus lades på grön infrastruktur och ekosystemtjänster, institutionella hinder och möjligheter och på deltagande planering. Kommunens tjänstemän bistod genom att ta fram och sammanställa bakgrundsmaterial i form av befintliga kommunala planer och policys, kartunderlag samt beskrivningar av olika verksamhetsområden. Med syfte att bredda kunskaps-/planeringsunderlaget engagerades, inom ramen för projektet, enskilda kommunmedborgare i olika deltagande aktiviteter. Totalt deltog 78 personer i sju fokusgrupper och 40 elever (enkät i årskurs 7-9 vid Strandskolan) i processen. Forskarna bearbetade materialet från fokusgrupperna och sammanställde visioner och ställningstaganden som sedan förankrades i uppföljande möten. Kommunens politiker tog därefter ställning till vilka alternativ som ska presenteras som förslag till ÖP. Resultatet från projektet kommer att utgöra utkast till samrådshandling när arbetet går vidare i Vilhelmina under 2018, i enlighet med lagstiftade krav på demokratisk process i översiktsplaneringen. Från projektet har förslag lagts till teman och inriktning på grön infrastruktur och ekosystemtjänster i översiktsplanen. Generellt finns stora möjligheter att uttrycka skogslandskapets, älvlandskapets, det fjällnära- och fjällandskapets bevarande- och utvecklingsvärden genom kartläggningar, skattningar och utvärderingar i förhållande till markanvändningsprioriteringar. Grön infrastruktur och ekosystemtjänster är dock inte tillräckligt inarbetat i planarbetet för att fungera som underlag. Det saknas relevanta och användbara data i tillräcklig precision och upplösning. Det saknas också en grundläggande förståelse för begreppens innebörd och potential. Båda begreppen ska tillämpas på detaljerad skala som beslutsstöd och samtidigt på stor skala för att vara funktionella över kommun- och länsgränser. Detta förutsätter en konsensus i planarbetet och liknande förutsättningar i data och tillämpning mellan olika kommuner och länsstyrelser. NATURVÅRDSVERKET RAPPORT 6811 Grön översiktsplanering i fjäll- och fjällnära landskap 8 Bristande resurser – ekonomiska, personella och kunskapsmässiga – tycks genomgående vara ett problem för fjällkommunerna. Detta, tillsammans med omfattande sektorisering och stora områden med överlappande riksintressen, samt en urban norm i planeringsstödet, leder till lågt politiskt engagemang och driv i ÖP processerna. Våra erfarenheter indikerar därför att det är viktigt att tidigt och kontinuerligt förankra det deltagande planeringsarbetet gentemot den lokala politiken. Vidare så måste deltagandeprocesser få ta tid. Våra lärdomar och sätt att arbeta med deltagande planering i Vilhelmina kommun summeras och presenteras i en stegvis modell (se avsnitt 7.5.9. tabell 9) som andra fjäll- och/eller gles- och landsbygdskommuner kan utgå ifrån och anpassa till sina specifika förutsättningar och målsättningar med sina deltagande planeringsprocesser. Genom att utöka det nationella stödet och ifrågasätta struktur och status på dagens ÖP har den potential att i framtiden bli ett reellt verktyg för innovativ hållbar landskapsplanering i fjällen.
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- 2018
13. Drivers for public-private partnerships in sustainable natural resource management – lessons from the Swedish mountain region
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Thellbro, Camilla, Bjärstig, Therese, Eckerberg, Katarina, Thellbro, Camilla, Bjärstig, Therese, and Eckerberg, Katarina
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Sweden’s mountain areas are sensitive ecosystems that are used by a wide range of stakeholders, and this raises multiple sustainability concerns. Collaborative governance solutions are becoming increasingly common in such situations to promote more sustainable practices. While the Swedish mountain area is indeed a hot spot for different forms of public–private partnerships (PPPs) related to natural resources management, as yet, little is known about the shaping of participation, leadership, and implementation of these processes. What are the drivers for implementing collaborative environmental partnerships, do the drivers differ, and if so, how? What role does the specific context play in the design of these PPPs? Are the PPPs useful, and if so, for what? To analyse those issues, we conducted 38 semi-structured interviews with project leaders from a sample randomly selected from a database of 245 public–private collaborative projects in the Swedish mountains. Our results indicate that consequential incentives in the form of funding and previous successful collaborations seem to be the major drivers for such partnerships. A critical discussion of the possibilities and limitations of public–private forms of governance in rural mountain areas adds to the ongoing debate on the performance of environmental PPPs in a regional context.
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- 2018
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14. Between protocol and reality : Swedish municipal comprehensive planning
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Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Stjernström, Olof, Svensson, Johan, Sandström, Camilla, Sandström, Per, Zachrisson, Anna, Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Stjernström, Olof, Svensson, Johan, Sandström, Camilla, Sandström, Per, and Zachrisson, Anna
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Spatial planning using a landscape approach has been recognized as being essential for reconciling ecological, cultural and socioeconomic dimensions in sustainable development (SuD). Although embraced as a concept, there is a lack of planning tools capable of incorporating multi-level, multifunctional and multi-sectoral perspectives, especially in a rural context. The departure point in this paper is the legal requirements for municipal comprehensive planning (MCP) in Sweden and an e-mail survey about incentives, stakeholder involvement, policy integration and implementation in MCP in all 15 Swedish mountain municipalities. The purpose of this explorative study is to examine whether MCP could be a tool in planning for SuD. Results indicate a general lack of resources and a low status of MCP that affect, and even limit, stakeholder involvement, policy integration and implementation. However, legal requirements for MCP are targeted at SuD, and municipal personnel responsible for planning appreciate the potential of MCP. Therefore, there is potential to develop the MCP into an effective landscape planning tool. To accomplish this, the status of an active planning process has to be raised, the mandate of the local planning agency has to be secured, and residents and land users have to be involved throughout the planning process., Grön översiktsplanering i fjällen
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- 2018
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15. Implementing collaborative planning in the swedish mountains : The case of Vilhelmina
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Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Zachrisson, Anna, Svensson, Johan, Bjärstig, Therese, Thellbro, Camilla, Zachrisson, Anna, and Svensson, Johan
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Critical appraisals have stressed the need for participation and social learning in spatial planning, and planning is now seen as a process of innovative collaboration by multiple actors. During such ‘collaborative planning’, various parties try to develop new inclusive strategies through dialog. Collaborative planning is a major strand of current planning theory and highlights the need for new methods that involve citizen participation. In Sweden, the realization of collaborative planning in practice remains elusive, and research on the subject is limited, so further studies are needed. Thus, in the project “Green planning: Vilhelmina as a testbed for innovative land use planning in the mountain region”, we tested and implemented methods for involving citizens and other land-use stakeholders in the process of developing Vilhelmina municipality’s comprehensive plan (MCP). This paper presents lessons learned from that process and data obtained from a set of focus groups, a workshop, surveys, and personal communication. From these activities in the Swedish mountain region, we learned that collaborative practices have both pros and cons that must be addressed for practical realization of the widely embraced ideal of collaborative planning.
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- 2018
16. Grön översiktsplanering i fjällen – Vilhelmina som exempel
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Bjärstig, Therese, Zachrisson, Anna, Svensson, Johan, Thellbro, Camilla, Bjärstig, Therese, Zachrisson, Anna, Svensson, Johan, and Thellbro, Camilla
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Resultaten från projektet visar på att bristande resurser – ekonomiska, personella och kunskapsmässiga – genomgående tycks vara ett problem för fjällkommunerna. Detta, tillsammans med omfattande sektorisering och stora områden med överlappande riksintressen, samt en urban norm i planeringsstödet, leder till lågt politiskt engagemang och driv i ÖP-processerna. Våra erfarenheter från projektet indikerar därför att det är viktigt att tidigt och kontinuerligt engagera och förankra den lokala politiken i planeringsarbetet. Vidare bekräftar erfarenheterna slutsatser från andra studier gällande att deltagandeprocesser måste få ta tid. Den fortsatta planeringsprocessen i Vilhelmina indikerar dock att tidigt deltagande genererat ett brett och konstruktivt engagemang under senare faser i planeringen samt bidragit till ett mindre omfattande behov av revideringar av planförslaget. Våra lärdomar och sätt att arbeta med deltagande planering i Vilhelmina kommun summeras och presenteras i en stegvis modell (se teorier och metod nedan) som andra fjäll- och/eller gles- och landsbygdskommuner kan utgåifrån och anpassa till sina specifika förutsättningar och målsättningar med sina deltagandeplaneringsprocesser.Generellt finns stora möjligheter att uttrycka skogslandskapets, älvlandskapets, det fjällnäraochfjällandskapets bevarande- och utvecklingsvärden genom kartläggningar, skattningar ochutvärderingar i förhållande till markanvändningsprioriteringar. Från projektet har förslag lagtstill teman och inriktning på grön infrastruktur och ekosystemtjänster i det planförslag som tagitsfram i Vilhelmina, men koncepten har inte kunnat inarbetas tillräckligt i planeringsprocessenför att de ska fungera som planeringsunderlag. Det saknas en grundläggande förståelse förbegreppens innebörd och potential. Det saknas även relevanta och användbara data i tillräckligprecision och upplösning. Båda begreppen ska tillämpas som beslutsstöd på detaljerad skalaoch samtidigt på övergripande skala för att var
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- 2018
17. Spatial planning for sustainable rural municipalities
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Thellbro, Camilla
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Public Administration Studies ,Forest Science ,Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (Peace and Conflict Research and Studies on Sustainable Society) - Abstract
Local natural resources (LNRs) are essential for the socioeconomy of rural societies. The United Nations (UN) Agenda 21 and “Our Common Future” state that local spatial planning is central for the prospect of balancing ecological, social and economic sustainable development (SuD). Stakeholder participation in spatial planning enhances acceptance and improves preconditions for successful planning outcomes. Consequently, it is important to increase knowledge about LNRs and the use of them and to integrate such knowledge in local spatial participatory planning with a landscape perspective. These opening statements apply to Swedish boreal municipalities and describe the intentions of Swedish municipal comprehensive planning (MCP). The purpose of this work was to examine and analyze the preconditions for integrating MCP with a landscape perspective in rural municipalities. The thesis is based on case studies in Swedish, rural, municipal contexts reported in five papers. In Papers I & II, local businesses in Vilhelmina Municipality were surveyed to describe the societal importance of LNRs. The results showed that LNRs are vital to 78 % of the businesses, of which half are based on forest farming, and there are strong bonds between entrepreneurs, their businesses, the municipality and LNRs. Papers III & IV present and discuss the characteristics of MCP in theory and practice. An e-mail survey was sent to municipal officials in all Swedish mountain municipalities. MCP-stakeholders in municipalities in Bergslagen, in central Sweden, were interviewed. Respondents in both case studies stated a belief that MCP can offer prospects in planning for SuD. However, resources and stakeholder participation in planning are generally scarce, especially in rural municipalities. Paper V illustrates how new knowledge on forest land use (to support MCP) can be gained by combining spatial and temporal data on forest condition, owners and land use values in a geographic information system (GIS). This thesis provides scientific and practical contributions to aid in efforts aiming for SuD. It is done by framing MCP theoretically and contextually and by suggesting that MCP should be extended to include forest land use and by stressing the rural context in local spatial participatory planning. Opportunities in MCP have to be embraced, but local governments need enhanced knowledge about local land use, specifically forest land use. Moreover, stakeholder participation needs to be developed, requiring more resources. In the case of a Swedish rural municipality, it is crucial that efforts are made to develop MCP as a tool, not just in theory but also in practice.
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- 2017
18. Visualizing the Forest in a Boreal Forest Landscape : The Perspective of Swedish Municipal Comprehensive Planning
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Thellbro, Camilla, Stjernström, Olof, Sandström, Per, and Lidestav, Gun
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municipal comprehensive planning ,sustainable development ,forest values ,forest change analysis ,Kulturgeografi ,Forest Science ,non-industrial private forest owners ,lcsh:Plant ecology ,lcsh:QK900-989 ,Human Geography ,forest data assimilation - Abstract
At the international policy level, there is a clear link between access to information about forests and the work towards sustainable land use. However, involving forests in planning for sustainable development (SuD) at the Swedish local level, by means of municipal comprehensive planning (MCP), is complicated by sector structure and legislation. Currently, there is a gap or hole in the MCP process when it comes to use and access to knowledge about forest conditions and forest land use. This hole limits the possibilities to formulate well-informed municipal visions and goals for sustainable forest land use as well as for overall SuD. Here we introduce an approach for compilation and presentation of geographic information to increase the preconditions for integrating forest information into Swedish MCP. We produce information about forest ownership patterns and forest conditions in terms of age and significant ecological and social values in forests for a case study municipality. We conclude that it is possible to effectively compile geographic and forest-related information to fill the hole in the municipal land use map. Through our approach, MCP could bestrengthened as a tool for overall land use planning and hence as a base in SuD planning. Special Issue: Dynamics and Management of Boreal Forests
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- 2017
19. Drivers for Public–Private Partnerships in Sustainable Natural Resource Management—Lessons from the Swedish Mountain Region
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Thellbro, Camilla, primary, Bjärstig, Therese, additional, and Eckerberg, Katarina, additional
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- 2018
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20. IMPLEMENTING COLLABORATIVE PLANNING IN THE SWEDISH MOUNTAINS – THE CASE OF VILHELMINA
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BJÄRSTIG, THERESE, primary, THELLBRO, CAMILLA, additional, ZACHRISSON, ANNA, additional, and SVENSSON, JOHAN, additional
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- 2018
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21. Between protocol and reality – Swedish municipal comprehensive planning
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Bjärstig, Therese, primary, Thellbro, Camilla, additional, Stjernström, Olof, additional, Svensson, Johan, additional, Sandström, Camilla, additional, Sandström, Per, additional, and Zachrisson, Anna, additional
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- 2017
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22. Visualizing the Forest in a Boreal Forest Landscape—The Perspective of Swedish Municipal Comprehensive Planning
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Thellbro, Camilla, primary, Stjernström, Olof, additional, Sandström, Per, additional, and Lidestav, Gun, additional
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- 2017
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23. Commercial activities in a local natural resource dependency perspective
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Thellbro, Camilla and Lidestav, Gun
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Area economics - Abstract
Natural resources are important to the individual and to society. However, the definition of ‘natural resources’ as well as the regulation of the use of them vary. In order to determine which types of natural resource and access to them that can be considered important to a local society and by whom, a case study was undertaken in a rural boreal municipality. This study related natural resources to commercial activities by means of a questionnaire to 424 randomly selected workplaces in Vilhelmina municipality. Results show that 78% of the respondents consider themselves highly dependent on local natural resources (LNRs) and that they, together, engage many people. LNR dependent respondents were grouped by cluster analysis into seven LNR/LNR access dependency profiles. Clear patterns were found with respect to main business categories in terms of dominance, and variation within profiles and overlap between profiles. Forest and/or agricultural farming (FAF) businesses were for example more or less separated from other types of businesses (‘various’) but still they were not unified as a group but found in, and even dominating, more than one profile. Similarities and differences with respect to geographical locations, customers and engagements further characterise the profiles. High LNR dependency and patterns identified indicate the value of the chosen approach in relation to other types of approaches. It supports the notion that a LNR/LNR access dependency perspective on commercial activities could help to improve strategies for strengthening the local economy and maintaining and developing the rural boreal municipality as a resource community.
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- 2008
24. Local natural resource dependency in rural boreal Sweden
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Thellbro, Camilla and Lidestav, Gun
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Area economics ,Social sciences - Abstract
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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- 2008
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