Local Communities and Environmental Groups in Finland, Canada and the United States: Reducing Land Use Conflict in Arctic Wilderness Areas

拟议的研究建立在以前的研究审查公共政策和利益相关者的文化价值观在北极荒野地区的土地利用政策。 该研究扩展了以前的研究，通过调查减少北极荒野地区土地使用冲突的方法。 通过定量和定性的研究方法，Gladden博士将对芬兰拉普兰、阿拉斯加和加拿大育空地区的荒野地区进行三个案例研究。 四个研究假设将被检查，以解释当地和非当地群体之间的冲突在三个案例研究领域的变化：1）增加当地居民的政策控制减少冲突，2）增加参与规划过程减少冲突，3）国家法律的法律的整合导致减少冲突，4）减少对意识形态的价值观在规划过程中的重点，减少冲突。

The proposed research builds on previous research examining public policy and cultural values of stakeholders in land use policy for arctic wilderness areas. The proposed research expands on the previous research by investigating ways of reducing land use conflict in arctic wilderness areas. Through both quantitative and qualitative research methods, Dr. Gladden will do a comparison of three case studies of wilderness areas in Finnish Lapland, Alaska, and the Yukon Territories of Canada. Four research hypotheses will be examined to explain the variation in conflict between local and non-local groups in the three case study areas: 1) increased policy control by local residents reduces conflict, 2) increased participation in planning processes reduces conflict, 3) legal integration of national laws leads to decreased conflict, 4) reduced focus on ideological values in the planning process, decreases conflict.