Covid-19 pandemins påverkan på kommunal friluftsplanering
(2021) SGEL36 20211Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- The Covid-19 virus was first discovered in China in December of 2019 and in February of 2020, the Covid-19 virus began to spread worldwide, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify the virus as a pandemic. Since then previous studies have shown an increase in interest in outdoor life, which has led to an increase in the number of visitors in popular nature areas. Furthermore, the trend has caused a lot of damage to nature, such as littering and disturbance of wildlife etcetera. The increased interest in nature and outdoor life also means that man's relationship to nature comes to a sudden change. To understand what adaptation must be done in local planning processes due to man´s new relationship to nature the thesis... (More)
- The Covid-19 virus was first discovered in China in December of 2019 and in February of 2020, the Covid-19 virus began to spread worldwide, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify the virus as a pandemic. Since then previous studies have shown an increase in interest in outdoor life, which has led to an increase in the number of visitors in popular nature areas. Furthermore, the trend has caused a lot of damage to nature, such as littering and disturbance of wildlife etcetera. The increased interest in nature and outdoor life also means that man's relationship to nature comes to a sudden change. To understand what adaptation must be done in local planning processes due to man´s new relationship to nature the thesis aims to investigate how the Covid-19 pandemic affects municipal outdoor planning. The study, therefore, investigates if there are any conflicts of interest when it comes to outdoor life and other societal interests in the municipality as well as measures to resolve these which is something that has never been studied before and therefore, contributes valuable knowledge in the field.
The question at issue was examined by performing qualitative interviews with officials at Helsingborg municipality that work with outdoor life planning. The qualitative interviews were also supplemented with documentary data, such as articles in the newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad and Helsingborg official planning documents.
The result of the study shows that the Covid-19 pandemic is indeed affecting municipal outdoor planning in a few different ways. In the municipality, there are conflicts of interest when it comes to outdoor life, such as conservation and biodiversity versus the increasing interest in outdoor life, exploitation of nature for housing versus accessibility to nature, transportation versus calm outdoor areas etcetera. These conflicts of interest have increased since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and require adaptations in the physical planning as well as more knowledge around the subject of allemansrätten (the right of public access). The conclusion of the study is that there is a lot that can be done in the physical planning of outdoor life that could reduce the conflicts of interest and thereby create a sustainable relationship between humans and nature. (Less)
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- author
- Salomon, Cornelia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SGEL36 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Outdoor life, Covid-19 pandemic, Helsingborg municipality, Eco tourism, the triangle of human ecology
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9045405
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-16 08:05:22
- date last changed
- 2021-06-16 08:05:22
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abstract = {{The Covid-19 virus was first discovered in China in December of 2019 and in February of 2020, the Covid-19 virus began to spread worldwide, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify the virus as a pandemic. Since then previous studies have shown an increase in interest in outdoor life, which has led to an increase in the number of visitors in popular nature areas. Furthermore, the trend has caused a lot of damage to nature, such as littering and disturbance of wildlife etcetera. The increased interest in nature and outdoor life also means that man's relationship to nature comes to a sudden change. To understand what adaptation must be done in local planning processes due to man´s new relationship to nature the thesis aims to investigate how the Covid-19 pandemic affects municipal outdoor planning. The study, therefore, investigates if there are any conflicts of interest when it comes to outdoor life and other societal interests in the municipality as well as measures to resolve these which is something that has never been studied before and therefore, contributes valuable knowledge in the field.
The question at issue was examined by performing qualitative interviews with officials at Helsingborg municipality that work with outdoor life planning. The qualitative interviews were also supplemented with documentary data, such as articles in the newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad and Helsingborg official planning documents.
The result of the study shows that the Covid-19 pandemic is indeed affecting municipal outdoor planning in a few different ways. In the municipality, there are conflicts of interest when it comes to outdoor life, such as conservation and biodiversity versus the increasing interest in outdoor life, exploitation of nature for housing versus accessibility to nature, transportation versus calm outdoor areas etcetera. These conflicts of interest have increased since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and require adaptations in the physical planning as well as more knowledge around the subject of allemansrätten (the right of public access). The conclusion of the study is that there is a lot that can be done in the physical planning of outdoor life that could reduce the conflicts of interest and thereby create a sustainable relationship between humans and nature.}},
author = {{Salomon, Cornelia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Covid-19 pandemins påverkan på kommunal friluftsplanering}},
year = {{2021}},
}