Outdoor recreation in urban-proximate surroundings

The project analyses outdoor recreation in the proximity of urban communities in general, and in particular from an economic perspective.

The project has the following content;

To develop a framework for the measuring of central components of outdoor recreation in urban proximate surroundings
To analyse outdoor recreation in urban proximate surroundings
To analyse forest recreation in the southernmost part of Sweden and the effect on public health
To analyse the importance of hunting from an outdoor recreational and economic aspects

Researchers on the project:
Projectleader: Mattias Boman, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Staffmember: Anders Lindhagen, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Also connected to the project are:
Leif Mattsson, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Johan Norman the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

More information about the project is available in the programme plan (Appendix, project C). PDF

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