Horse keeping in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas: New Conditions for Physical Planning in Sweden

The landscapes of professional farms in mid‐sized cities, France

“…Indeed, proximity to urban markets permits the development of alternative farm models such as those utilising direct value chains (Bertoni & Cavicchioli, 2016;Paül & McKenzie, 2013;Wästfelt & Zhang, 2016). The development of horseback-riding activities for leisure lends is evidence of this orientation (Elgåker et al, 2010;Zasada et al, 2013). It forms a green landscape nestling cities and areas in which to practice agritourism or recreational agriculture (Le Caro, 2007;Yang, Jianming & Sliuzas, 2010).…”

“…It is an activity for the production of immaterial goods, leisure, or cultural activities. The development of horseback-riding activities for leisure lends is evidence of this orientation (Elgåker et al, 2010;Zasada et al, 2013).…”

A hedonic analysis of the price for horse riding lessons in Sweden

“…However, the regional distribution of horses is much more uneven now than when horses were the standard draught animal on farms. Elgåker et al (2010) showed that horses in Sweden nowadays tend to be concentrated in densely populated areas rather than in farming regions. Thus, while the total number of horses may still be far below the post-World War II level, grazing land for horses in peri-urban areas may soon become scarce, creating the potential for conflicts between outdoor riders and landowners, and posing new challenges for policymakers (Elgåker, Pinzke, Nilsson, & Lindholm, 2012).…”

“…Therefore, the riding school typically owns a number of horses that are handed over to customers for the duration of a riding lesson (Rantamäki-Lahtinen & Vihinen, 2004). Customers commute once or several times per week to the riding school, with access to public transportation determining whether children and teenagers can travel to the riding school by themselves, or have to be chauffeured by their parents (Bailey, Williams, Palmer, & Geering 2000;Elgåker, Pinzke, Lindholm, & Nilsson 2010).…”

“…The provision of riding lessons constitutes a service and keeping horses for that purpose involves significant agricultural Contents lists available at ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jort activities, especially feed production unless large quantities of hay, straw and grain are purchased (Elgåker et al, 2010). Riding schools therefore constitute a horse-related type of business that is economically constrained to peri-urban areas, as large numbers of commuting customers need to be attracted to cover the costs of keeping and maintaining the required number of horses.…”