Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas

1. Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas.- 2. Who Lives in the Inland North? Dynamic, Diverse, Fragile, Robust.- 3. Small Villages and Socio-Economic Change in Resource Peripheries: A View from Northern Sweden.- 4. The Myth of the Immobile Rural: The Case of Rural Villages in Iceland.- 5. The Changing Youth Population.- 6. Housing in SPAs: Too Much of Nothing or Too Much for 'Free'?.- 7. Lifestyle Migrants and Intercultural Communication in Swedish Villages.- 8. Who Works in the North? Challenges and Opportunities for Employment.- 9. Tradition Is Essential: Clashing Articulations of Sami Identity, Past and Present.- 10. A Socially Accountable Health and Care Workforce in Northern Sweden: Who Should It Contain, Who Is It for and What Should It Do?.- 11. Is Downshifting Easier in the Countryside? Focus Group Visions on Individual Sustainability Transitions.- 12. Stayin' Alive: New Associations in Southern Lapland Farming.- 13. Spicy Meatballs and Mango Sylt: Exploring Food Practices as a Means to Promoting Entrepreneurship in Rural Sweden.- 14. Who Travels to the North? Challenges and Opportunities for Tourism.- 15. Cities of the North: Gateways, Competitors or Regional Markets for Hinterland Tourism Destinations?.- 16. Strategic Objective? Contemporary Discourse on Russian Second-Home Ownership in Finland.- 17. Selling Greenness.- 18. Arctification and the Paradox of Overtourism in Sparsely Populated Areas.- 19. Tourism, Seasonality and the Attraction of Youth.- 20 Epilogue: From Growth to Decline to Degrowth? The Future of Northern SPAs.