Balancing tourism development and nature protection across national park borders – a case study of a coastal protected area in Norway
The study examines the relationship between nature management and land use planning in order to balance nature protection and tourism development within and outside national park borders. Applying theory about local networks and social learning, we highlight how responsible actors coordinate
in order to strike a balance between protection and tourism. Based on this study of a Norwegian coastal national park, we state that competent key individuals are crucial preconditions for fulfilling the management and planning objectives in a wider regional context. In our case study, such
personnel within the national park management and municipal land use planning system serve as bridge builders between nature protection and tourism. However, we argue that the existing management system is very vulnerable, and an important implication of our study is that the present local
network should be more firmly institutionalized in order to become sufficiently robust and resistant to changes.
Keywords: Norway; coastal national park management; coordination; municipal planning; tourism
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, As, Norway 2: Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway
Publication date: 15 October 2018
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