The university of Ume

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The university of Umeå

• 28 000 students (1300 doctoral students)
• 4200 employees
• Ca 270 professors
• 5 faculties
• 58 departments or units
• 120 programs
• 1700 courses

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Social and economic geography in Umeå

• Education
• Research
• Doctoral education
• Industry and community interaction
• Participation in the public debate

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Development geography
Tourism geography
Population geography
Economic geography Regional planning
Transportation- geography
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The department

• 3 professors
• 3 associate professors
• 7 junior lectureres
• 2 researches
• 17 doctoral students
• 3 technicians/ administrators

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Education

• Social and economic geography (A-D level)
• Development geography (A and B level)
• Geographical information systems
• Geography program
• Tourism program
• And other courses

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Methods

• Quantitative methods
• Qualitative methods
• Geographical systems analyses
• micro simulations
• GIS-applications

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Geographical population databases(TOPSWING,
ASTRID)

• Micro level data
• Total population
• Extensive information of socio-economic aspects
• High degree of spatial resolution
• Covers the time period of 1960-2001

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Areas of research

• Mobility and migration
• Development geography
• Urban and regional planning
• Economic geography
• Tourism

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• Some of our issues
• How do social networks influence migration in
  Sweden?
• How is place identity affected by migration
  between Mexico USA and Chile Sweden?
• Is brain-drain an effect of the migration from
  Sweden?
• Who is commuting in Northern Sweden?
• Who moves to the Swedish countryside?
• When is the labourmarket a determinant for
  migration?
• Is ageing a national or a regional problem?
• How do people in the Northern countries value
  migrational decisions?
• Is segregation increasing in the city regions of
  Sweden?
• How do young peoples life strategies shape the
  urbanization process in east African cities?

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Mobility and migration

• Projects
• The regional distribution of labour (ITPS)
• Mobility and business dynamics (VINNOVA)
• Immigrant companies and gentrification (FAS)
• The significance of public transports for region
  enlargement (FORMAS)
• Labour markets and migration (FORMAS)
• Why do people stay? (VR)
• SEDEN/SMC (EU)
• The immigration to the US (ITPS)
• Expectations of the Bothnia line (VINNOVA)

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Development geography

• Projects
• Youths mobility, Mozambique and
  Tanzania(SIDA/SAREC)
• Traditional Medicine in Tanzania (SIDA/SAREC)
• The migration between USA and Mexico (VR)
• Urbanization in Laos (SIDA/SAREC)

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Urban and regional planning

• Projects
• Long term effects of large investments (SKB)
• MAT 21 (MISTRA)
• The development of retail trade industry in city
  regions

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Economic geography

• Projects
• Fjällmistra (SLU)
• BALANCE (EU)
• Sustainability in sparsely populated regions
  (FORMAS)

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Tourism geography

• Projects
• Swedish countryside as pleasure periphery (RBJF)
• The struggle for amenity landscapes (FORMAS)
• Leisure accomodation in the Kvarken region
  (Kvarkenrådet)
• Tourism, mobility and second homes
• The usage of nature reserves in the Kvarken
  region (Kvarkenrådet)
• Tourism in the Nordic countries
• Tourism in peripheries

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A selection of choices
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Region enlargement?-Erika Sandow, Kerstin Westin-

• Are people willing to travel more and/or
  further?
• Is commuting possible for all?
• Does region enlargement contribute to
  preservation of traditional patterns of
  settlement ?

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Expectations of the Bothnia line -Fredrik Brandt-

• Will the effects of the Bothnia line
• be region enlargement or
• fragmentation of the region?
• Who will travel with the Bothnia line?
• Will people from Umeå start commuting to
  Örnsköldsvik?
• Are the expectations of added value higher in
  Örnsköldsvik than in Umeå?
• Has planning of the line affectedproperty prices
  along the railway?

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Long term effects of large investments on small
and medium sized Swedish towns. -Urban Lindgren-
Analysis of socio- economic consequences of a
large investment of a deep respository plant för
radioactive waste.
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Fjäll-MISTRA-Bruno Jansson, Linda Lundmark-

• The development of the Swedish mountain region
  both regarding population and wild animals.
• Project period Three years.
• Mixture of research disciplines.
• Our part population and socio-economic issues

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German second home owners in Sweden -Dieter
Müller-
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Tourism and the labour market -Dieter Müller-
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Second homes in the Kvarken region -Dieter
Müller, Bruno Jansson-
On the assignment of Kvarkenrådet, the study
focuses on second homes, its usage and economic
impact for the local area.

• Results
• Second home tourism makes a significant
  contribution to the local economy even though
  the usage isnt very extensive.
• The age of second home owners is rather high.
• The supply of second homes in the market is
  expected to increase during the next ten years.

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Forests in Estonia-Olle Stjernström-

• The project is a co-operation between the
  departments of social and economic geography and
  economic history in Umeå and Uppsala.
• Land-reclaim and privatization
• Co-operation in the forestery sector
• Alternative rationalities (Can the forest be used
  for other economic purposes?)

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GETTING READY FOR LIFE Life Strategies of
Youth in the Borderland of Mozambique and Tanzania
-Linda Helgesson-
Masasi
Masasi in Tanzania Montepuez in Mozambique
Montepuez
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• How the urbanisation process in two small cities
  is established through life strategies of youth
  concerning
• Migration and circulation
• Maintenance
• Education
• Familjebildning
• (hm, översättning).
• and how this is
• related to the creation
• of an identity.

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The future

• Population, ageing and labour supply
• Methods for mobility analysis
• Regional development and planning
• Population in a development perspective
• Tourism research