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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This project examines the problem of inaction in environmental behavior and explores why a proliferation of environmental knowledge has not generally inspired sustainable change. What explains this information-behavior ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
In 2013, the Norwegian Armed Forces decided to introduce a meat reduction scheme in its military mess halls, for both health reasons and environmental concerns. This article explores Norwegian soldiers' reactions to the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Shades of Displacment Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Acts of resistance against forced displacement can manifest itself through a wide variety of social and cultural expressions. This thesis explores resistance against the dam-induced displacement in the highlands of Georgia ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
How does the discovery of the mausoleum of Herod the Great in the West Bank relate to Jewish Neo-Zionist territorial claims? What are the connections between agricultural farms and social exclusion? And why is it so difficult ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This study is dedicated to understanding broadly what kind of role do mobile phones play in a health system and what is the impact of mHealth programs on the lives of people in Kenya. This thesis investigates some of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This study was conducted in Kisiju-Pwani village, Mkuranga District in Tanzania. It was conducted from the on-going project on sustainable energy system for the provision of rural electrification services under PITRO. This ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2000)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Almost 50 million EU citizens are affected by energy poverty, which is generally defined as inadequate use of domestic energy services. However, while extensive research has been conducted on the implications that some ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This thesis is concerned with the significant cultural, physical, and emotional losses of the Ojibwe people and their current efforts to use food as a means of regaining their sovereignty and self-sufficiency. In Ojibwe ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Climate change has been framed in terms of disaster, cost, uncertainty, and sacrifice for decades. Many researchers have argued that we have to talk about climate change in a different way. My aim in this thesis has been ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Access to nature and green areas is a real battle in many cities around the world. However, these battles can be very different in nature, resulting in various outcomes depending on the context and the actors. This thesis ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The purpose of this study has been to contribute to the current scholarly debate on conservation and poverty alleviation by providing empirical knowledge in the case of Kilimanjaro National Park. Through social science ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis aims to take a closer look at Sen's assertion and inquire into the degree to which sustainable development (as the electrification in Russia can be conceived) was generated by unfreedom. The practical implications ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This is a study of wind power and ecotourism in Møre and Romsdal. Wind power seen as renewable and “clean” energy production while ecotourism is defined as sustainable travel. Ecotourism is a relatively new concept in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
The aim of this thesis is to study participants’ in environmental projects, and their perceptions of their own environmental behaviour. The motives for joining these projects and perceived hindrances for the participants ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
Jordan, according to Indo-Aryan origins of the name, means “the stream that descends rapidly”. In Arabic, another term for Jordan is Esh-Sheri’s – “the watering place” (Jordan River Foundation 2002: 3). It is interesting ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In this paper I investigate the metaphysics of the Buddhist conception of Reality to see how this can contribute to an ecological understanding of the human existence. Through this investigation I reveal that life from a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Throughout the history of India, farmers have been the central initiator of activity related to irrigation structures and the management of irrigation water. Today the farmer’s role has changed and in this case, study in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This study describes the relationship between the culture of trade unions, solidarity and sustainable development. The major objective is to show how the culture of trade unions affects their perceptions of sustainable ...
(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 ...
(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, 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, 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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This thesis discusses political participation, democracy and development in Khayelitsha in Cape Town. It looks at channels for participation and how participation relates to issues of democracy and development. In South ...
(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, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
It is often contended that individuals and states fail to act on knowledge of climate change as it is too abstract and intangible. What then of the so-called hotspot communities situated in the most dramatically impacted ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This thesis is a case study based on the urban development project Harstadpakken . It seeks to 1) identify leading discourse or discourses in the projects planning documents and how this, or these discourses influence the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The MMR – maternal mortality ratio – has risen from obscurity to become a major global health indicator, even appearing as an indicator of progress towards the global Sustainable Development Goals. This has happened despite ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Las protestas de los movimientos contra la industria extractiva, particularmente en Guatemala, han sido enfrentadas en la mayoría de los casos con respuestas violentas de parte del Gobierno y de las compañías mineras. El ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Why do NGOs and companies form a relationship and how, if at all do they implement it in order to create value? These are central questions that are addressed in this paper, and the answers are sought by taking a closer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
As we grapple with our relationships with nature in search of sustainable solutions in our precarious age, religion has entered the sphere of environmentalism. Offering religious ideas as a key to sustainability, some have ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
In the modern era cattle ranching in Nicaragua has become a principle economic activity for a number of reasons, with the result that as much as 30% of the country´s forested lands have been converted to pasture for grazing. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is based on a case study of a planned wind power park in Vindafjord municipality in western Norway. It seeks to understand how the stakeholders involved in the plan talk about the proposed wind power park, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This paper investigates the spaces for participation that have been created by readiness preparations launched in connection with the international initiative “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Large scale land acquisition for commercial agriculture is a fast-evolving type of investment in many developing countries. However, such investments entail negative impacts particularly on the local communities, who see ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2006)
Siden 1999 har det i Norge vært et politisk mål å styrke arbeidet med å effektivisere den nasjonale energibruken. Disse målene kan knyttes til “energiomlegging” som da både dekker økt bruk av nye, fornybare energikilder – ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
The thesis explores the influence of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) measures of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) operating in Less Developed Countries (LDCs). NGO influence ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
Different ideas exist on how human beings relate to non-human animals, and on how we make room for other creatures in ‘our’ world. In view of the frequent disparity that exist between people’s attitudes to animal welfare ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This study adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide an account of why Buea is still backward in terms of socio-economic development. It examines the role of Local Governments (LGs) in rural development in supposedly ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2001)
(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2007)
A new Norwegian electricity directive that will take effect in 2007 will mandate the compliance of Norwegian electricity utilities with the European Unions EL Directive (2003/54/EC, par 6). The EU Directive states that all ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2007)
This report is prepared in the light of the statement of the current Norwegian Government Declaration (the Soria Moria Declaration) that Norwegian aid shall not support programs that are made conditional on liberalization ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2006)
ABSTRACT
Following decades of rapid urbanization in Africa, national governments are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by challenges posed by cities. Urban policy interventions over the years have usually excluded issues ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis deals with the participatory structures people may take advantage of in order to influence the implantation of the right to water in the city of Durban in South Africa. The thesis discuss the use of judicial, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The objective of the thesis is to chart the current feminist landscape in Norway by looking at four organizations: Norsk Kvinnesaksforening Ottar, MiRA Senteret, and Dancers with Attitude. Each organization lies in different ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Developments within map technologies provide an increasingly sophisticated view of the world, facilitating surveillance, management and movement. The simplified interpretations of reality presented through these technologies ...
Writing the Blue Revolution : Theoretical Contributions Toward a Contemporary History of Aquaculture
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This research seeks to explore and address the dynamic organisational aspects and the mechanisms of construction, maintenance and diffusion of a socio-technical innovation network revolving around the spread of large-scale ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The United Nations Guiding Principles on business and human rights, unanimously endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011 represent a watershed in the business and human rights debate. The Guiding Principles are based ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The objective of this thesis is to explore the reasons why Norway chose Guyana as a partner for their REDD initiative - a 'risky' country where it had very little knowledge or traditional presence. How can the marriage of ...
Middle-Class Perceptions of Poverty in Cairo Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
This thesis looks at middle-class Cairenese perceptions of poverty in the capital of Egypt, Cairo. Moreover, it discusses the difficulty of defining class in Egypt. The aim of this study has been to find out how middle-class ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Throughout the last decade the Norwegian development assistance for health has gone through some profound changes, both regarding implementation and organization. Norwegian development assistance for health has been known ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This interdisciplinary study explores the idea of sustainable development in the context of one country: Russia. This work presents ‘the career’ of the idea of sustainable development at the federal level, including its ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2001)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Uganda is one of the most biologically diverse countries in Africa. Most of its biodiversity is represented within a system of national parks, wild life reserves and forest reserves. In 1991, Bwindi forest was turned into ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Food systems have a need for better conceptual and applied tools to evaluate the extent to which they are resilient. The purposes of this thesis is to conceptually explore a better understanding of what a resilient food ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The Danube is the only significant body of water in the Budapest region. Thus, during the period between the late 19th and mid 20th when modern sewerage and water supply systems were built for the Hungarian capital, the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
It has been proposed by some social scientists that studying economics and economic models has a narrowing effect on students’ views. This thesis discusses how economics may influence a student’s views about development. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
This qualitative study took place in the Oslo area and focused on the transportation mode choices of parents with children in day care. Understanding why parents choose a certain mode of transport was the main objective ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Explicit Norwegian ecophilosophy emerged in the late 1960’s as a collective effort for the common purpose of addressing the perceived crisis caused by a faulty human-nature relationship. The emergence was facilitated by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The thesis focuses on the energy intensity in the household food refrigeration, and it seeks to analyze the way refrigeration is perceived by Norwegians in a historical perspective. The practice theory is applied in the ...
Branding destinations : A review of critical success factors in a Norwegian setting Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Oppgaven er en eksplorativ studie av en artikkel presentert av 'Baker & Cameron (2008). De har gjennomført en bred gjenomgang av eksisterende litteratur og kommet frem til 33 kritiske faktorer som er nødvendige i en ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The thesis examines the effects of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a flexible mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol, on the Indian wind power sector. Indian wind power has captured a large share of the global CDM market, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Concerns regarding touristic commodification and its effects on host communities have long been a staple of tourism research. While on one hand, tourism is often heralded as a powerful tool for promoting economic development, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This is a study of women’s capabilities and constraints in accessing contraceptive services in Guatemala. The thesis aims to draw attention to the importance expressed by the women themselves to have access to contraceptive ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
This case study looks at how the Chinese wind turbine industry has grown from being almost non-existent ten years ago, to become the world’s largest today. In a country where electricity supply is predominately fuelled by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Hvordan involveres medlemmer og lokallag i klimaarbeid i store medlemsbaserte miljøorganisasjoner? Hvordan kan disse organisasjonene bidra til at klima kan gjøre "lokalt"? Denne oppgaven utforsker lokalt klimaarbeid i to ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2000)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The thesis herein examines some of the vital links between international humanitarian law and sustainable development. Although environments of war are seemingly paradoxical, the fact remains that the natural environment ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Laboratory animal science is considered by many to be a contested enterprise. Yet the animal technicians working in the laboratory do not characterize their job as one consisting of insurmountable ethical dilemmas. Their ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The thesis is a contribution to the interdisciplinary research project 'Solar Transitions', which assesses the implementation of solar energy efforts in West Bengal, India. Founded in theory about the MDGs, the Rights-Based ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2000)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
This thesis investigates the way Eco-Art seeks to influence environmental policy through changing the values and beliefs of audience members. Rolf Groven's painting, Oljemaleri, depicts a satirical visual warning about the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
An Afforestation and Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism (A/R CDM) project is a forest conservation project that involves global, national and local actors. The interests and expectations of these actors are different. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The aim of this study is to achieve an understanding and explanation of the effect of UNDPs energy efficiency educational program on the forming of environmental behavior among children in Russia, and to find out the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
Exploring the capacities of cash transfers to improve food security among India s urban poor Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
A key player in the world economy, India s national economy today allows for a sustainable expansion and significant improvements in social aspects. This remarkable economic growth has however failed to include and benefit ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2001)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis is about(re)formation of Norwegian development policy and investigates the Norwegian state-led aid program 'Oil for Development' (OfD). As a public-private partnerhsip aiming to draw on the competence of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
This thesis presents the optimistic narrative produced at Vega, a small island community in North-Norway. Vega is one of Norway’s seven UNESCO world heritage sites. However, like many other small rural communities in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This paper focuses on volunteers who practice voluntary activities at a reception centre for refugees in the outskirts of Oslo. My overall purpose is to seek the meaning behind the relationship between the volunteers and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The driving force behind this thesis is indications that the relationship between scientific community and the rest of society is strained. There is an apparent disconnection between the two, as well as the general societal ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The thesis explores to what degree differences in actor participation can explain a municipality's performance in obtaining sustainable energy consumption. It compares the patterns of participation by the different actors ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This study seeks to understand the underlying causes why the energy consumption increases in Norwegian cabins in the highlands. It explores how changing energy use is related to changing cabin life. The study has not focused ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The main objective of the study was to find the practices of Limbu people in resource management. The study also aims to find out the relation of Limbu with nature and the role of government and NGOs in resource management ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
The objective of the present thesis is to achieve a better understanding of CSR in a cross country context. It bases itself on a qualitative case study of the Chilean salmon industry with emphasis on the Norwegian companies ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
This thesis examines contemporary Norwegian imaginative literature, and the study’s thematic criterion is the environmental crisis. The approach is textual analysis, and the normative aspects of this study are from a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This thesis gives an overview of Animal Ethics in Norway and discusses its place in the public debate.
At the base of this thesis lie three central questions:
The first question addresses the attitudes towards animals ...