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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background: Rural livelihoods relying on agriculture are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Climate models project increasingly negative effects on maize and sorghum production in sub-Saharan Africa. We present a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Background: Maize is the most produced crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, but yields are low and climate change is projected to further constrain smallholder production. The current efforts to breed and disseminate new high ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
In this thesis, I examine the main constraints to the propagation of bicycle commuting in Oslo. Furthermore, recommendations for the promotion of bicycle commuting in Oslo through policymaking are made. Data has been ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This quantitative study took place in Oslo and focused on the motives for owning an electrical car. The main objective of the study was to identify the most important motivations of electrical car owners and explore the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Barcarena, a city located in the Brazilian Amazon, was a small town until the 1970 s, but a massive aluminium production plant was built in the region in the 1980 s and the alumina and primary aluminium plants were responsible ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Background: There is extensive use of polystyrene (PS6), polypropylene (PP5) and other plastics in packaging practices in Iceland today, despite these materials being a threat to the environment. As Iceland is portrayed ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The objective of this thesis is to find out how music festivals in Norway communicate environmental awareness to their audience. Through the use of mixed methods for collecting data, I measure the impact that the music ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This thesis sets out to explore the factors that have challenged the introduction of Meat-Free Monday in the Norwegian Armed Forces. The need to address the unsustainable levels of meat consumption, especially in the West, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The purpose of this thesis has been to produce insights on the agendas on sustainability that are empowered by social actors as a result of a “quality turn” in food practices in the Norwegian context. I described the quality ...