Thesis (Ph. D.)--Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 2004. / Errata slips (3 p.) inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-260).

Food tourism has recently become a trend throughout the world, and Sweden is not an exception. Regions and municipalities are now increasingly beginning to discover the potential benefits of food tourism development. Food and local food culture are nowadays increasingly considered as a powerful tool to differentiate and create autenticity in order to excel in the global tourism market. Projects aiming to promote food tourism is becoming more common in Sweden, but there are few studies on the subject. This study aims to explore the incentives for the implementation of publicly funded projects aiming to promote food tourism at Swedish destinations with a special focus on the High Coast area of Sweden, while also investigating opportunities and ways to promote food tourism in this area. The study showed that the most common incentives for the implementation of publicly funded projects aiming to promote food tourism in Sweden today were increased local food production through the promotion of local food producs and creating cross-sectoral collaboration, connection local businesses and public actors. The High Coast area showed to have good opportunities for the development of food tourism, if development takes place through regional planning, with cross-sectoral collaboration and with a focus on sustainability and local food products. Conditions should also be provided for shorter food chains.

Second homes are a widespread part of the Swedish landscape and in many municipalities along the coastline the population can vary seasonally due to that. This cause planning issues for the municipalities, in how they plan their infrastructure, service etc. Studies has also shown that there are two sides in the discussion about second homes, some areas want to attract second home owners because they believe that this group help the municipality to grow while others try to attract permanent residents and restrict new development of second homes. The subject has been of discussion for a long time from many angels, for instance implementation of regulations to prevent second homes.  The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what planning strategies municipalities apply in areas that change so heavily in population depending on season. The method for this thesis is based on a mixture between comparative analysis and content analysis of six comprehensive plans and two policy documents from six municipalities with archipelagos. Furthermore, from the content analysis of the different documents, three themes were produced from the strategies which then were compared in comparative analysis where similarities and differences were highlighted. The themes were population and housing, infrastructure and transport communication, service, business sector and labor. The analysis was subsequently put into context with related academic research such as urbanization theories, rural gentrification, planning theories among others. This ended with a discussion and conclusion. Conclusively the analysis show that municipalities no longer plan for second homes but for permanent residents, the municipalities believed that it is reactionary to plan for second home owners and not primary for permanent residents. / Fritidsboende är en utbredd del av det svenska landskapet och i många kommuner längs kusten kan befolkningen variera säsongsmässigt på grund av det. Detta skapar viss planeringsproblematik för kommunerna i hur de planerar sin infrastruktur, service etc. Studier har också visat att det finns två sidor i diskussionen om fritidsbostäder, vissa områden vill locka fritidsboende eftersom de anser att denna grupp hjälper kommunen att utvecklas medan andra försöker locka permanenta invånare och begränsa ny utveckling av fritidsbostäder. Ämnet har diskuterats länge och från många vinklar, exempelvis implementering av regelverk för att förhindra fritidsbostäder. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka vilka planeringstrategier kommuner tillämpar i sådana områden som skiftar så kraftigt i befolkningen säsongsvis. Metoden i denna studie har bestått av en blandning mellan komparativ analys och innehållsanalys på sex översiktsplaner och två styrdokument gällande kust och skärgården från sex kust- och skärgårdskommuner Från innehållsanalysen av de olika dokumenten, producerades tre teman från de strategier som sedan jämfördes i den komparativa analysen, där likheter och skillnader lyfts fram. Teman var befolkning och bostäder, infrastruktur och kommunikation, service, näringsliv och arbetsmarknad. Analysen relaterades sedan till forskningsöversikten och den teoretiska utgångspunkten Detta avslutades med en diskussion och slutsats. Sammanfattningsvis visar analysen att kommunerna inte längre planerar för fritidsboende utan för fastboende, kommunerna menade att det är förlegat att planera för främst fritidsboende och inte fastboende.