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Dipping in to the North

Linda Lundmark  •  Dean B. Carson Marco Eimermann Editors

Dipping in to the North Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas

Editors Linda Lundmark Department of Geography Umeå University Umeå, Sweden Marco Eimermann Department of Geography Umeå University Umeå, Sweden

Dean B. Carson Centre for Tourism and Regional Opportunities Central Queensland University Cairns, QLD, Australia

ISBN 978-981-15-6622-6    ISBN 978-981-15-6623-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6623-3 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Paul Breddels This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore

Contents

1 Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas  1 Dean B. Carson, Marco Eimermann, and Linda Lundmark 2 Who Lives in the Inland North? Dynamic, Diverse, Fragile, Robust 15 Dean B. Carson and Neil Argent 3 Small Villages and Socio-Economic Change in Resource Peripheries: A View from Northern Sweden 27 Dean B. Carson, Doris A. Carson, Marco Eimermann, Michelle Thompson, and Matthew Hayes 4 The Myth of the Immobile Rural: The Case of Rural Villages in Iceland 55 Þóroddur Bjarnason 5 The Changing Youth Population 71 Dean B. Carson, Þóroddur Bjarnason, and Olof Andreas Stjernström

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6 Housing in SPAs: Too Much of Nothing or Too Much for ‘Free’? 89 Linda Lundmark 7 Lifestyle Migrants and Intercultural Communication in Swedish Villages107 Marco Eimermann, Daniel Tomozeiu, and Doris A. Carson 8 Who Works in the North? Challenges and O