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Örjan Pettersson

I am currently the director of undergraduate studies at the department of geography. 

Educational qualifications: Recognised university teacher

Contact

E-mail
orjan.pettersson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 60 66

Works as

Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Geography Section: Geography Role: Director of studies
Location
Samhällsvetarhuset, Plan 2& 3 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

The teaching I am involved in is mainly within the fields of planning and regional development, and geographical information systems (GIS). My research interests are regional development and planning, focusing on northern/sparsely populated areas and natural resources.

Constructing northern Fennoscandia as a mining region
The politics of Arctic resources: change and continuity in the "Old North" of northern Europe, London and New York: Routledge 2019 : 78-98
Avango, Dag; Kunnas, Jan; Pettersson, Maria; et al.
Skogslandskapets markanvändning och konflikter
Samhällsplaneringens teori och praktik, Stockholm: Liber 2019 : 255-264
Stjernström, Olof; Pettersson, Örjan
Experiences and emotions among private forest owners versus public interests: why ownership matters
Land use policy, Elsevier 2018, Vol. 79 : 801-811
Bergstén, Sabina; Stjernström, Olof; Pettersson, Örjan
Att sätta kurs mot framtiden: planeringsförutsättningar och målbilder för hållbar blå tillväxt i Kvarkenområdet
Umeå: SeaGIS 2018
Pettersson, Örjan; Nordberg, Kenneth
How can Sweden deal with forest management and municipal planning in the system of ongoing land-use and multilevel planning?
European Countryside, Prag: De Gruyter Open 2018, Vol. 10, (1) : 23-37
Stjernström, Olof; Pettersson, Örjan; Karlsson, Svante
Rural-urban policies: changing conceptions of the human-environment relationship
Globalisation and change in forest ownership and forest use: natural resource management in transition, London: Palgrave Macmillan 2017 : 183-224
Keskitalo, E. Carina H.; Karlsson, Svante; Lindgren, Urban; et al.
Distributional justice in Swedish wind power development – an odds ratio analysis of windmill localization and local residents' socio-economic characteristics
Energy Policy, Vol. 105 : 648-657
Liljenfeldt, Johanna; Pettersson, Örjan
Multi-level planning and conflicting interests in the forest landscape
Globalisation and change in forest ownership and forest use: natural resource management in transition, Palgrave Macmillan 2017 : 225-259
Stjernström, Olof; Ahas, Rein; Bergstén, Sabina; et al.
Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden
Fennia, Geografiska sällskapet i Finland 2016, Vol. 194, (1) : 18-31
Almstedt, Åsa; Lundmark, Linda; Pettersson, Örjan
Labour income effects of the recent "mining boom" in northern Sweden
Resources policy, Elsevier 2016, Vol. 49 : 31-40
Tano, Sofia; Pettersson, Örjan; Stjernström, Olof
Havet som kommunal angelägenhet: Planeringsförutsättningar i kommunerna kring Kvarken
GERUM Kulturgeografisk arbetsrapport, 2014-08-18
Pettersson, Örjan; Andersson, Kjell
Contrasting arctic and mainstream Swedish descriptions of Northern Sweden: the view from established domestic research
Arctic, Arctic Institute of North America 2013, Vol. 66, (3) : 351-365
Keskitalo, E Carina H; Malmberg, Gunnar; Westin, Kerstin; et al.
Skogen och den kommunala planeringen
Plan, Stockholm: Föreningen för samhällsplanering 2013, (1) : 42-45
Stjernström, Olof; Karlsson, Svante; Pettersson, Örjan
The relevance of cluster initiatives in rural areas: regional policy in Sweden
Urbani Izziv, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia 2012, Vol. 23, (Suppl. 1) : S42-S52
Lundmark, Linda; Pettersson, Örjan
Befolkningsutveckling och -prognoser: teori och tillämpning för Västerbottens län
CERUM rapport, 31
Garli, Fredrik; Pettersson, Örjan
Restructuring and risk-reduction in mining: employment implications for northern Sweden
Fennia, Vol. 188, (1) : 61-75
Knobblock, Erika; Pettersson, Örjan
An ageing countryside: Successful ageing or just advanced ageing in the rural areas of northern Sweden?
Social capital and development trends in rural areas: Volume 5, Jönköping: RUREG 2010 : 151-167
Pettersson, Örjan
Ingen ko på isen!: En analys av mejerinäringen i Västerbottens län
GERUM Arbetsrapport, 2009-11-20
Pettersson, Örjan
Restructuring in sparse regional structures: a swedish case
Social capital and development trends in rural areas, Kyoto: University, MARG 2006 : 85-102
Habteselassie, Dawit; Pettersson, Örjan; Wiberg, Ulf
Restructuring in sparse regional structures: a Swedish case
Endogenous factors stimulating rural development
Habteselassie, Dawit; Pettersson, Örjan; Wiberg, Ulf
Cross-border collaboration in the North: Viewpoints of municipal representatives and firm managers on the Bothnian Arc project
Fennia, Vol. 183, (2) : 97-107
Mattsson, Madeleine; Pettersson, Örjan
Vägar för samverkan: Storumanföretagares inställning till planeringssamarbete över kommungränsen
CERUM Working Paper, 64
Pettersson, Örjan; Westerberg, Pernilla
Socio-economic dynamics in sparse regional structures
GERUM, 2002:2
Pettersson, Örjan
Forestry restructuring in northern Sweden
Pettersson, Örjan; Lindgren, Urban; Jansson, Bruno
Contemporary population changes in north Swedish rural areas
Fennia, Helsinki: Geografiska sällskapet i Finland 2001, Vol. 179, (2) : 159-173
Pettersson, Örjan
Microregional fragmentation in a Swedish county
Papers in regional science (Print), Springer 2001, Vol. 80, (4) : 389-409
Pettersson, Örjan
Skogsbruket i den lokala ekonomin
Rapport, 4
Lindgren, Urban; Pettersson, Örjan; Jansson, Bruno; et al.
Utvärdering av LEADER II Stad och Land - Hand i Hand
CERUM Working Paper, 23
Pettersson, Örjan; Nordström, Anna; Rislund, Linda
Population Changes in Rural Areas in Northern Sweden 1985-1995
CERUM Working Paper, 13
Pettersson, Örjan
Young Swedes' attitudes towards rural areas
Pettersson, Örjan
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