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Regional development & resilience in the Gotland region - An analysis of regional development plans

Olsson, Jonathan LU (2022) SGEK03 20212
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
This paper is a case study analysis of the region of Gotland, and it investigates how Gotland as a tourist dependant region can improve their resilience. I analyzed two different regional development plans “Vision Gotland 2025” and “Vårt Gotland 2040”, look at key differences between these and also look at employment data in Gotland from 2005-2018. This is done with the following research question: What differences can we see from “Vision Gotland 2025” to “Vårt Gotland 2040”? As well as the sub question: To what degree has Gotland aimed to increase their resilience as a tourist heavy region, as envisioned with the new development plans? The analysis is done with a mixed method approach of both a document/ideal type analysis and a... (More)
This paper is a case study analysis of the region of Gotland, and it investigates how Gotland as a tourist dependant region can improve their resilience. I analyzed two different regional development plans “Vision Gotland 2025” and “Vårt Gotland 2040”, look at key differences between these and also look at employment data in Gotland from 2005-2018. This is done with the following research question: What differences can we see from “Vision Gotland 2025” to “Vårt Gotland 2040”? As well as the sub question: To what degree has Gotland aimed to increase their resilience as a tourist heavy region, as envisioned with the new development plans? The analysis is done with a mixed method approach of both a document/ideal type analysis and a quantitative analysis. The theoretical framework is based on Evolutionary economic geography and the term resilience. When comparing the two different regional development plans we can see that there has been an increase in interest and use of terminology related to resilience from “Vision Gotland 2025” to “Vårt Gotland 2040”. The new regional development plan is more directly aiming to improve resilience of the region. (Less)
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author
Olsson, Jonathan LU
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organization
course
SGEK03 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
regional development, resilience, tourism, Gotland
language
English
id
9073900
date added to LUP
2022-03-23 13:13:01
date last changed
2022-03-23 13:13:01
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  abstract     = {{This paper is a case study analysis of the region of Gotland, and it investigates how Gotland as a tourist dependant region can improve their resilience. I analyzed two different regional development plans “Vision Gotland 2025” and “Vårt Gotland 2040”, look at key differences between these and also look at employment data in Gotland from 2005-2018. This is done with the following research question: What differences can we see from “Vision Gotland 2025” to “Vårt Gotland 2040”? As well as the sub question: To what degree has Gotland aimed to increase their resilience as a tourist heavy region, as envisioned with the new development plans? The analysis is done with a mixed method approach of both a document/ideal type analysis and a quantitative analysis. The theoretical framework is based on Evolutionary economic geography and the term resilience. When comparing the two different regional development plans we can see that there has been an increase in interest and use of terminology related to resilience from “Vision Gotland 2025” to “Vårt Gotland 2040”. The new regional development plan is more directly aiming to improve resilience of the region.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Regional development & resilience in the Gotland region - An analysis of regional development plans}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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