Department of Urban and Rural Development
Regional development
In this project, we aimed to explain how the access to national and international markets affected regional performances in pre-industrial and industrial Sweden. Aim According to the Swedish
Balancing act
This research project developed both theoretically oriented and practically applicable knowledge about innovative deliberative planning processes for addressing urgent sustainability challenges. The
Food security
The project studies how different models of agricultural production in Ukraine – large-scale industrialized and small-scale household agriculture – respond to the challenges of war and the role of
Diss Jakob Starlander
Tar and Timber: Governing forest commons in seventeenth century Northern Finland charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Jakob Starlander defends his thesis "Tar and Timber: Governing forest commons in
Annual Report 2022
The Department's Annual Report for 2022 is now available. You can download is as a PDF here >
UF seed funding -- Urban Forestscapes
SLU Urban Futures' hub in Umeå issues seed funding grants that support efforts to strengthen SLU’s interdisciplinary expertise on urban forestscapes. This call is open to all researchers at SLU, and
UF seed funding - Urban Healthscapes
SLU Urban Futures' hub in Alnarp issues seed funding grants that support efforts to strengthen SLU’s interdisciplinary expertise on urban healthscapes. This call is open to all researchers at SLU,
Landscape architecture
Here we present our research acivities - in projects and publications.
Governance
The project aims to develop an integrated vision for transition governance that is more likely to be socially accepted and effective. In Sweden as well as globally, societal action to curb climate
Urban Forests - Green & Blue Infrastructure for Urban Health and Well-Being
Green & Blue Infrastructure for Urban Health and Well-Being hanna.weiber.post@slu.se The spring semester's third and last webinar in the series on urban forests, arranged by SLU Urban Futures and
Urban Forests -A more diverse forestry
A more diverse forestry hanna.weiber.post@slu.se Helena Dehlin is a Nature Conservation Specialist and responsible for issues related to Green Infrastructure at the Swedish Forest Agency. Helena
Does climate-compensating tree planting benefit local people?
"Planting trees in Africa" has become a popular way to offset carbon dioxide emissions. However, research shows that tree planting projects often put too little focus on benefiting the people on site