Rural Finland 2009: Rural Development Specialists

The survey studied expert opinion on the significance, development and future of rural areas in Finland. The barometer was developed for the Landsmarks Programme carried out by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra). First, views were probed on what kind of neighbourhoods the respondents saw as fulfilling people's hopes of a good life (living in a city, living in a rural area or alternating between living in a rural and an urban area, living in a neighbourhood that is neither rural nor urban). The respondents were presented with pairs of statements relating to the countryside, its image, services, teleworking etc. and asked which statements were closer to their own views. The respondents were presented with a number of ways to develop rural areas and asked to rate their importance. Some questions explored what kind of business ventures they though could have potential in the countryside (e.g. logistics services, organic production, renewable energy production), and what they saw as the most important goals for the development of their rural area. Further questions studied what the respondents believed the countryside would be like in 2020 and what they hoped it would be like in 2020. Finally, views were probed on what the significance of the countryside would be for the Finns in 10 years.

本调查旨在探讨专家对芬兰农村地区重要性、发展历程及未来前景的观点。该调查问卷是为芬兰创新基金（Sitra）执行的景观计划而开发的晴雨表。首先，调查人员对受访者如何看待能满足人们对美好生活期望的社区类型（如居住在城市、农村地区或两者交替居住，居住在非城非乡的社区）进行了探究。受访者被呈现与乡村、其形象、服务、远程工作等相关的陈述对，并被询问哪项陈述更接近他们的观点。受访者还被提出多种发展农村地区的方式，并要求他们对这些方式的重要性进行评级。一些问题探讨了他们认为在乡村地区具有潜力的商业活动（例如物流服务、有机生产、可再生能源生产），以及他们认为其农村地区发展最重要的目标。进一步的问题研究了受访者认为的2020年乡村地区的样子以及他们希望其成为的样子。最后，调查了受访者认为在未来10年内乡村对芬兰人的意义。