Search for dissertations about: "tourism wilderness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words tourism wilderness.

  2. 1. Tourism attractions and land use interactions : Case studies from protected areas in the Swedish mountain region

    Author : Sandra Wall Reinius; Gunnel Forsberg; Peter Fredman; Annika Dahlberg; Thomas Blom; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nature-based tourism; impacts; management; wilderness; reindeer; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi;

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  4. 2. Tourism Development in Resource Peripheries : conflicting and Unifying Spaces in Northern Sweden

    Author : Joakim Byström; Dieter K. Müller; Rikard Eriksson; Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism development; labor market transformation; related diversification; path dependence; resource periphery; pleasure periphery; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The northern Swedish inland is a sparsely populated area with a historical dependence upon natural-resource extraction. Therefore, this region has traditionally been defined as a resource periphery for extractive purposes. However, the rise of tourism challenges this narrative by producing a pleasure periphery for touristic purposes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Protected Attractions : Tourism and Wilderness in the Swedish Mountain Region

    Author : Sandra Wall Reinius; Gunnel Forsberg; Annika Dahlberg; Peter Fredman; Jarkko Saarinen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Landscape value and perception; nature conservation policy; tourist behavior; tourist attraction; infrastructure; visitor survey; nature-culture dichotomy; Laponian World Heritage Area; Sweden; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Abstract : Europe's first national parks were established in northern Sweden in 1909 and this region has thus functioned as a protected and aesthetic pleasure landscape for a century. In 1996, due to the combination of spectacular natural environment and ancient Sami traditions the Laponian World Heritage Area was established here. READ MORE

  6. 4. Wild Landscapes : The Cultural Nature of Swedish National Parks

    Author : Tom Mels; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national park; landscape; space; reinvention; performance; representation; wilderness; Social geography; imagery; nature; Socialgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Abstract : Since their emergence in the late 19th century, national park spaces have been perceived as articulations of untouched nature or wild landscape beyond society. Yet no understanding of national parks can do without the recognition that they exist in historical spaces created, institutionalised and prepared for them by cultural practices and modes of representation. READ MORE

  7. 5. Shapeshifting Nature : Ambivalent Ways of Seeing the Non-Human World within Swedish National Park Tourism and its Visual Culture

    Author : Emelie Fälton; Sofie Storbjörk; Johan Hedrén; Keri Cronin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nature-Based Tourism; Discourse Analysis; Nature Culture; Representation; Problematization; Naturturism; Diskursanalys; Natur kultur; Representation; Problematisering;

    Abstract : National parks are often assigned a self-identical role as protectors of valuable pieces of the non-human world, generally depicted as nature. Besides, many parks are also popular tourism destinations that attract millions of tourists each year. National park tourism and its visual culture impact how people relate to and see the non-human world. READ MORE