Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Lujala, Päivi"
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A new approach towards comparing environmental impacts from small-scale hydropower, large-scale hydropower and wind power
Aase, Anne Guri (Master thesis, 2013)In 2012 did Norway, in collaboration with Sweden, agree on a common energy certificate market where both countries set a goal for producing 67, 5 TWh of renewable energy within the year 2020. These certificates are energy ... -
An analysis of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative implementation process
Lujala, Päivi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has become an international hallmark of the efforts to promote better extractive-sector management and improved societal development in natural resource-rich countries. ... -
Citizen Engagement in High- Value Natural Resource Revenue Management: Evidence from Ghana
Ogbe, Michael (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:266, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Summary Countries with high-value natural resources, such as oil and gas, could have better economies and socio-economic development. However, the available literature indicates that many resource-rich developing ... -
Climate change and natural hazards: the geography of community resilience in Norway
Scherzer, Sabrina; Setten, Gunhild; Lein, Haakon; Lujala, Päivi; Rød, Jan Ketil (Research report, 2019)Community resilience beskriver et lokalsamfunn sin evne til å forberede seg på, håndtere og komme seg etter en krise. Gjennom bruk av kvalitative og kvantitative metoder, og geografisk visualisering, har prosjektet Climate ... -
Climate change, natural hazards, and risk perception: the role of proximity and personal experience
Lujala, Päivi; Lein, Haakon; Rød, Jan Ketil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Understanding public risk perception related to possible consequences of climate change is of paramount importance. Not only does risk perception have an important role in shaping climate policy, it is also central in ... -
Conflict over Odugblase limestone revenue : causes, consequences and the way forward
Narh, John (Master thesis, 2017)This study investigated the conflict between Manya and Yilo traditional councils which has prevented them to have access to their over 1 billion Cedis mineral revenue to advance socioeconomic development of the Krobos. ... -
Economic Backwardness and Social Tension
Lujala, Päivi; brunnschweiler, Christa (Journal article, 2017)We propose that relative economic backwardness contributes to the build-up of social tension and nonviolent and violent conflict. We test our hypothesis using data on organized mass movements and armed civil conflict. The ... -
Engines for Peace? Extractive Industries, Host Countries, and the International Community in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Lujala, Päivi; Rustad, Siri Camilla Aas; Kettenmann, Sarah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Extractive industries can provide great opportunities for post-conflict peacebuilding in resourcerich countries by providing revenue to finance reconstruction and set the economy back on track. However, the process of ... -
Er norske lokalsamfunn forberedt på naturhendelser? : en studie av norske holdninger til lokal beredskap & klimatilpasning
Axelsen, Ole Martin (Master thesis, 2016)Although there is a growing body of research on public perceptions of risk, related to natural hazards and climate change effects, little work has focused explicitly on public perceptions of how prepared people deem their ... -
Has the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative been a success? Identifying and evaluating EITI goals
Rustad, Siri Camilla Aas; Le Billon, Philippe; Lujala, Päivi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03)Launched in 2003, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has become a global standard for transparency in extractive sectors. Yet, there remains much debate over the success of the EITI. In this article, ... -
High-Value Natural Resources and Transparency: Accounting for Revenues and Governance
Epremian, Levon; Lujala, Päivi; Bruch, Carl (Chapter, 2016)The increase in demand and prices of most high-value natural resources over the past five decades has resulted in massive income gains for resource-abundant countries. Paradoxically, many of these countries have suffered ... -
Illusionary Transparency? Oil Revenues, Information Disclosure, and Transparency
Ofori, Jerome Jeffison; Lujala, Päivi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)xperience shows that discovery of valuable natural resources can become a curse rather than a blessing, and transparency has been identified as key to better resource governance because it can limit opportunities for ... -
Income and armed civil conflict: An instrumental variables approach
Brunnschweiler, Christa N; Lujala, Päivi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The large empirical conflict literature has established that there is a strong negative link between economic variables and the onset of an armed civil conflict. However, it has been difficult to demonstrate a clear causality ... -
Natural Resources and Armed Civil Conflict
Lujala, Päivi (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:150, Doctoral thesis, 2008) -
A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of displacement induced by climate change
Walelign, Solomon Zena; Lujala, Päivi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Place-based resettlement capacity assessments to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants are needed to guide resettlement programs related to climate change. This article proposes and validates a ... -
Quantifying vulnerability to flooding induced by climate change: The case of Verdal, Norway
Lujala, Päivi; Lein, Haakon; Rosvoldaune, Rita (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The article presents a methodology for the measurement of exposure and social vulnerability to hazards at local level. Using the small town of Verdal in central Norway as a case study, the authors examine its vulnerability ... -
Resettlement capacity assessments for climate induced displacements: Evidence from Ethiopia
Walelign, Solomon Zena; Cutter, Susan; Lujala, Päivi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
The role of local participation in the governance of natural resource extraction
Indra Kurniawan, Nanang; Lujala, Päivi; Rye, Ståle Angen; Vela Almeida, Diana Raquel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article introduces the special section on "The role of local participation in the governance of natural resource extraction". It highlights the inherent conflicts between official techno-regulatory and corporate schemes ... -
Seeking commonalities of community resilience to natural hazards: A cluster analysis approach
Opach, Tomasz; Scherzer, Sabrina Stefanie Claudia; Lujala, Päivi; Rød, Jan Ketil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of the study on which the article is based was to identify groups of communities with similar resilience profiles, using Norwegian municipalities as a case. The authors used a set of socioeconomic and environmental ... -
Spatial crowdsourcing in natural resource revenue management
Ogbe, Michael; Lujala, Päivi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In many resource-rich developing countries, policymakers, academics, and practitioners alike seek to promote citizen engagement and monitoring in the management of natural resource revenues. However, many of the approaches ...