LIS-områden som ett verktyg för landsbygdsutveckling : En fallstudie om två kommuners erfarenheter av bostadsutveckling i strandnära lägen

Sammanfattning: More people are drawn towards cities for better opportunities of work and studies. This makes it difficult for Swedish rural municipalities to attract and retain residents. Rural development in areas with close proximity to water, LIS, aims to enable exemptions from coast protection in order to develop the rural areas where exploitation of attractive environments becomes possible. The aim of this thesis is to study LIS as a tool for rural development in order to understand which opportunities and challenges the tool generates in the planning process. Our collection of empirical data has primarily consisted of interviews and document analysis which, together with theories about rural areas, attractive housing and the planning process, has created an understanding of what opportunities and limitations LIS has at present. This case study investigates two rural municipalities’ development by LIS. The main findings of this study are that different interpretations of the legislation limit communication between central parties in the planning process and that the legislation today is not adapted to rural municipalities conditions.