Addressing all prioritized sub-themes of the research call, the overall
research question of the project is: How can spatial planning and related
policy measures promote a "climate friendly" development of vacation
homes by reducing their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions as
well as increasing the resilience of vacation home areas against climate
change? Investigating the following sub-questions, the project will improve
the international state-of-the-art knowledge on topics hitherto insufficiently
covered by research:
1 What are the climate-related impacts of vacation home consumption and
use measured against specific parameters such as construction, renovation,
heating, cooling, energy use from appliances and conversion of greenhouse
gas sequestering areas?
2 What are the transport-related climate impacts of vacation homes in
Norway used by Norwegians and foreigners as well as of Norwegians? use
of vacation homes owned abroad?
3 To what extent do climate-related rebound effects exist within different
urban spatial contexts, and to what extent does spatial planning consider
such effects?
4 How does expected climate change affect the use potentials of selected
vacation home areas, and which consequences might this in turn have in
terms of GHG emissions as a result of changing use patterns?
5 To what extent do planners of vacation home development address climate
change mitigation and adaptation, and how does the planning discourse act
as either a barrier or mediator for such concerns?
6 What recommended planning strategies for urban and vacation home
planning can be identified in order to mitigate climate impacts and adapt to a
changing climate, and which possible synergies exist between mitigation and
adaptive measures?
The project will combine qualitative and quantitative research methods, using
two mountain/inland and two coastal vacation home municipalities and an
urban context as Norwegian cases, with similar research design adapted in
China