Edited by John McDonagh, School of Geography and Archaeology, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland and Seija Tuulentie, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland

• Contents:Preface xiv1 Building shared knowledge capital to support naturalresource governance in the northern periphery: conceptsand challenges 1John McDonagh, Seija Tuulentie and Ari Nikula2 Indigenous and local knowledge in land use planning:a comparative analysis 16Minna Turunen, Inkeri Markkula, Karl Brix Zinglersen,Hans Holt Poulsen, Per Sandström and Stefan Sandström3 Whose knowledge is it anyway? Apprehensions aroundsharing knowledge of natural resources in the northernperipheries 29Seija Tuulentie, Gun Lidestav, Inkeri Markkula, KarlBrix Zinglersen, Marie Søndergaard and Minna Turunen4 Traditional knowledge and natural resource governance:a gender perspective 42Gun Lidestav, Ragnhei›ur Bogadóttir, RannveigÓlafsdóttir, Eva-Lisa Myntti, Per Sandström and StefanSandström5 Who is the public and where is participation in participatoryGIS and public participation GIS 55Stefan Sandström, Per Sandström and Ari Nikula6 PPGIS for a better understanding of people’s values:experiences from Finland and the Faroe Islands 70Ari Nikula, Minna Turunen, Ragnhei›ur Bogadóttir,Inkeri Markkula and Sini Kantola7 The contradictory role of tourism in the northernperipheries: overcrowding, overtourism and theimportance of tourism for rural development 86Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Seija Tuulentie, GesturHovgaard, Karl Brix Zinglersen, Marita Svartá,Hans Holt Poulsen and Marie Søndergaard8 ‘Nothing is sustainable the way it is’ – reflections onlocal sustainability perceptions and interpretations 100John McDonagh, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Louise Weir,Marie Mahon, Maura Farrell and Therese Conway9 ‘There’s no transfer of knowledge, it’s all one way’ – theimportance of integrating local knowledge and fosteringknowledge sharing practices in natural resource utilisation 116John McDonagh, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Louise Weir,Marie Mahon, Maura Farrell, Johannes Welling andTherese Conway10 ‘Who knew digitizing and dialogue could change thecourse of reindeer herding rights? We know, now’:building bridges between knowledge systems and overhighways 130Per Sandström, Eva-Lisa Myntti, Stefan Sandström,Niklas Jonsson, Gun Lidestav and Tobias Jonsson11 Social licence to operate: is local acceptance of economicdevelopment enhancing social sustainability? 144Leena Suopajärvi, Arvid Viken, Gaute Svensson andSanna Pettersson12 Participation, local knowledge and decision-making:challenging the boundaries, realizing the opportunities 160John McDonagh and Seija TuulentieIndex 171

‘The importance of public participation in decision-making has for decades been acknowledged, but cost-effective tools are unfortunately still lacking. The book emphasizes opportunities offered by the rapid technical development within geographical information systems (GIS) that greatly facilitate public participation and co-operation between the public, academics and political decision makers. The book is well organized, with easily readable texts for non-experts, and is highly recommended for anyone interested in improving social equity in decision-making.’