Supporting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Nordic Sparsely Populated Areas

Sparsely populated areas are marked by depopulation and an ageing remaining population. As employment opportunities are limited for women, self-employment is in some cases a solution for women who wish to stay in these areas. In this working paper we formulate a policy model that can be used for supporting women's entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries, with a special focus on sparsely populated and rural areas. Nordregio Working Paper 2012:1.

Adaptive Urban Planning in Response to a Changing Climate

– Innovative practices from the Nordic Countries regarding Sea Level Rise and Precipitation

Climate change can be seen all over the world. In the Nordic countries, we have experienced warmer winters, stronger storms and greater precipitation, especially heavier rainfalls. Management of, and planning for, larger quantities of water, as well as adaptation of our territorial structures to climate changes are on everybody's agenda. Nordregio Working Paper 2011:10.

Planning for resource efficient cities

Application of the Metabolic Impact Assessment tool in Stockholm and Newcastle. This working paper is based on the results of two case studies completed by Nordregio researchers for the EU FP7 project: Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe (SUME). Nordregio Working Paper 2011:8.

Demography in the Nordic countries – A synthesis report

The synthesis report introduces a set of tools to get a better overview over the mechanisms in the demographic change. Further the connections between the research based process of analysis and the administrative process of policy development is discussed. Nordregio Working Paper 2011:9.

The New Rural Europe: Towards Rural Cohesion Policy

Much of rural Europe is steadily shifting away from our twentieth century conceptions. However, rural policy has been slow to adjust. There is an urgent need for a fresh approach, more attuned to contemporary realities and issues, which we shall term "Rural Cohesion Policy". Nordregio Report 2011:1.

An actor-oriented survey of territorial governance systems in the Nordic capital regions

This paper aims to provide an introductory overview of territorial governance systems in the Nordic capital regions. In doing so, it focuses on the categorisation of various actors that constitute these governance systems. This is achieved through the gathering of information on their principal tasks, scope of action and institutional character. Nordregio Working Paper 2011:6