Thellbro, Camilla and Lidestav, Gun
(2008).
Commercial activities in a local natural resource dependency perspective.
Technical Report.
Umeå:
(S) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management
(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.
Studia forestalia Suecica
; 216
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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.
Authors/Creators: | Thellbro, Camilla and Lidestav, Gun |
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Title: | Commercial activities in a local natural resource dependency perspective |
Series/Journal: | Studia forestalia Suecica (0039-3150) |
Year of publishing : | 2008 |
Volume: | 216 |
Number: | 216 |
Page range: | 1-19 |
Number of Pages: | 19 |
Place of Publication: | Umeå |
Publisher: | Skogsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet |
ISBN for printed version: | 978-91-85911-53-0 |
ISSN: | 0039-3150 |
Language: | English |
Publication Type: | Report |
Full Text Status: | Public |
Subjects: | Obsolete subject words > FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING > Area economics |
Keywords: | rural, local economy, local society, natural resource field, rural resource community, property rights, small business |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-2-3 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-2-3 |
ID Code: | 3294 |
Department: | (S) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management |
Deposited By: | Hans Fryk |
Deposited On: | 24 Jun 2008 00:00 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2014 10:20 |
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