Planning for social sustainability in indigenous areas (PlanIT)
The project aims to explore different paths to social sustainability through strategic and participatory landscape planning with a focus on studying good examples from other countries with indigenous peoples
In Sweden, and many other countries, the extraction of metals is controversial and causes conflicts over land use and sustainability goals. Increased demand will exacerbate already intractable land conflicts, especially in northern Sweden where the Sami have been reindeer herders since ancient times.
The project aims to explore different paths to social sustainability through strategic and participatory landscape planning with a focus on studying good examples from other countries with indigenous peoples (e.g. New Zealand, Canada, Norway and Finland): What can Sweden learn?
The project also focuses on exploring justice in relation to policy instruments and decision-making processes in mining establishments and expansions of importance to Sápmi and the Sami as an indigenous people: In what different ways can trade-offs be managed to strengthen the legitimacy of different types of decisions? The project has a comparative and interdisciplinary research approach.
Research team: Christina Allard (Luleå University of Technology, project leader), Karin Beland Lindahl (Luleå University of Technology), Tom Mels (Uppsala University).
Financier: Formas
Contact
Karin Beland Lindahl
- Biträdande professor
- 0920-493293
- karin.beland.lindahl@ltu.se
- Karin Beland Lindahl
Christina Allard
- Professor, Recognised University Teacher
- 0920-491379
- christina.allard@ltu.se
- Christina Allard
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