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Municipal strategic village planning
PhD project
About the project
In 2019, municipalities were obliged to carry out strategic planning of villages. This can potentially be a useful tool for the future development of villages.
However, there are many ways to approach this planning, especially in terms of the extent and nature of citizen involvement.
The PhD project identifies and analyzes the experiences to date with strategic village planning and citizen involvement in municipalities. The results will form the basis for developing and testing new approaches to strategic village planning.
The project will thus help equip municipalities to take on the obligation of strategic village planning and provide them with concrete methods to carry out the task - and thereby support a more forward-looking sustainable development of viable villages.
The target group
The target group for the results of the initiative is primarily stakeholders in municipalities and local councils working with strategic village planning.
These target groups are continuously involved in the project to ensure effective experience gathering and knowledge sharing throughout the work.
Meet our PhD student
Kasper Friis Bavnbæk has a background in cultural sociology and is particularly interested in the intersections that are present in the different understandings of what rural areas are, what a village is, and not least what their purpose is.
Learn more
Strategic village planning from the bottom up
New book explores how community activism revitalizes local life. The book is for those working with strategic village planning.
We put results into action for strategic village planning
In this note, researchers bring the results of two publications into play in relation to strategic village planning
Strategic village planning to ensure viable villages in the future
When we are heading towards a future where energy is at the top of the agenda, it requires municipalities to think about the sectors together to a much greater extent, says the author of this chronicle.
Catalogue provides inspiration for strategic village planning
An inspiration catalogue from the Danish Centre for Rural Research aims to inspire rural and peripheral municipalities on how to work with strategic village planning.
Inspiration catalogue on citizen engagement and local innovation: 'If you come together, more things are possible'
The catalogue will inspire rural actors to seize the opportunities and address the challenges in the development of local areas.
