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Which urban and landscape qualities make Arctic villages attractive? The Torne River villages in Sweden

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  • Stefano Tornieri
  • Jing Ma
  • Agatino Rizzo

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Throughout history, small village communities in the Arctic have developed several strategies to ensure their survival. Along the Torne River, some fishing communities have produced specific architectures, landscapes, and social strategies to support their communities and survive for centuries. However, depopulation, aging, climate change, and the expansion of the extraction industry are threatening these villages. The hypothesis is that traditional fishing villages situated alongside rivers possess architectural, urban, and social attributes that can enhance outdoor activities linked to water and green spaces and enable the long-term social sustainability of Arctic villages. The innovative approach of the paper involves combining a mapping methodology of green and blue infrastructure with the architectural, urban, social and historical values of a place to identify design strategies for improving attractiveness demonstrating its efficacy, particularly in small, local-scale villages. The paper investigates the villages of Kukkola and Korpikylä taken as emblematic examples and explores the architectural and landscape value in relation to the green–blue infrastructure.

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  • Stefano Tornieri & Jing Ma & Agatino Rizzo, 2024. "Which urban and landscape qualities make Arctic villages attractive? The Torne River villages in Sweden," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(8), pages 1731-1751, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:32:y:2024:i:8:p:1731-1751
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2024.2349753
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