Project started 9/99

Budget 25 000 euros

Références - fiche action 22/36

Partenaire responsable : AB Göta Kanalbolag

Project manager Johan Svidén has analysed the differences in development of the Göta Canal and the railways in the province of östergötland as transport systems over the period 1832-1902 (historical research).

Project started 6/99

Budget 16 000 euros

Reference - "fiche" action 23

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

The Göta Canal can be analysed as a public utility which generates economic value according to various mechanisms. The canal essentially represents an environmental and tourist resource but with a significant cultural and historical dimension. In the field of the tourism economics, the development of various methods to estimate the value of such a facility is a long-term research project, directed by Jan Lindvall. This project "fiche" concerns the process of data collection for the four following studies.

Mem yacht harbour at the eastern end of the Göta Canal

Project started 5/99 - 7/99

Budget 56 000 euros

References - "fiche" action 24/26

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

The initial hypothesis is that people may be willing to pay for the mere existence of the canal, even if they do not sail on it or visit it. A representative sample of the Swedish population (approximately 5000 people) answered a questionnaire, and analysis of the replies will provide the basis for estimating this value.
A second study under the heading of cultural tourism, conducted by Johan Hedrén, focuses on how Göta Canal has been depicted in the press, brochures and posters. This will result in production of a well-illustrated report.

Illustrating the importance of the Göta Canal structures as heritage, one of the original swing bridges built in 1826

Project started 5/99

Budget 13 000 euros

References - fiche action 25

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

If sites near the canal are more attractive, this should be reflected in higher estates prices. The relationship between prices and distance to the canal for traded real estates have been analysed within the frame of a hedonistic price model.

Project started

Budget 25 000 euros

References - fiche action 27/47

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

Study of the "ownership structure" of the Göta Canal, directed by Professor Göran Skogh and Doctor Per-Olof Bjuggren, and entrusted to the lawyer/economist Henrik af Donner. The idea behind this initiative is that the "performance" of a canal as a monument to be preserved for future generations can be affected by the legal form of the structure vested with the rights of ownership. The Göta Canal is still managed by a Board of directors of which all the members are designated by the Ministry of Industry, under a regime adapted to the "transport" function of the canal, despite the fact that the canal has long been abandoned as a transport route. The advantages of greater direct involvement of the local communities are being examined. Two parallel studies relate to the constraints weighing on develoment of the canal. Marianne Löwgren is examining some negative externalities of waterway tourism on other citizens: nutrient load from visitors, exhaust emissions from boat traffic and waste, while Geoffrey Gooch is studying the barriers of all kinds which can prevent or slow down the contribution of the local communities to promotion of the Göta canal.

Project started 6/99

Budget 26 000 euros

References - fiche action 28

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

Those who sale on the canal or visit it by land also have a potential willingness to pay - and actually pay a price in various ways. The estimation of this value is based on a series of interviews with visitors encountered along the canal.

Hire boat on the Göta Canal

Project started 10/99

Budget 56 000 euros

References - fiche action 29/30

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

How can cultural tourism be used by tourist operators? This is an analysis of how different types of cultural heritage can be used in tourism marketing. This study, carried out by Björn Segrell, will result in production of a handbook for tourism companies.

Project started 6/99

Budget 30 000 euros

References - fiche action 31

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

Production of a newsletter in Swedish for all the regional partners.

Project started 3/99

Budget 5 000 euros

References - fiche action 32

Responsible partner: AB Göta Kanalbolag

Press action at the national level, conducted by press officer Gunila Prawitz.

Yacht moored at one of the many timber jetties on the Göta Canal

Project started 3/99

Budget 89 000 euros

References - fiche action 33/34/35

Partenaire responsable : AB Göta Kanalbolag

This project covers expenditure on publishing documents resulting from the various studies and research projects, in order to ensure optimum dissemination of results (printed documents and summaries on the Internet).

Project started 4/99

Budget 23 000 euros

References - fiche action 45

Partenaire responsable : AB Göta Kanalbolag

Project for digitising the historic maps and design drawings of the Göta Canal. The objective is to make these valuable historic documents available to the public. Project manager is Reinhold Castensson. The project has resulted in the production of a series of Web pages (which can be consulted on www.tema.liu.se/eu-gotakanal).

Extract from the Göta Canal tourist map, on the Linköping University web site

Project started 5/99

Budget 14 000 euros

References - fiche action 46

Responsible partner : AB Göta Kanalbolag

An inventory of references to the Göta Canal in newspaper articles, reports, books, etc. Over 5000 references have been included in a bibliography which dates back to the 16th century. The project is managed by Christina Brage.

Project started : 1/2000

Budget 35 000 euros

References - fiche action 67

Responsible partner : AB Göta Kanalbolag

The VEV Committee meetings and visits to sites of the various projects on the canal in östergötland and Västra Götaland, programmed from May 24 to 26, 2000.

Cyclists rest on the Göta Canal towpath