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“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities: An Intersectional Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The importance and benefits of engaging citizens as co-producers of urban transformation have been increasingly recognised. However, the mere implementation of citizen co-production does not guarantee more legitimate or ... -
Claiming indigenous rights through participatory mapping and the making of citizenship
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper considers how participatory mapping, through the notion of indigeneity, is involved in the making of participants' political agency and the possible implications for local struggles over customary land and ... -
Climate change and natural hazards: the geography of community resilience in Norway
(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 effects at your doorstep: Geographic visualization to support Nordic homeowners in adapting to climate change
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The complexity of climate information, particularly as related to climate scenarios, impacts, and action alternatives, poses significant challenges for science communication. This study presents a geographic visualization ... -
Climate change, natural hazards, and risk perception: the role of proximity and personal experience
(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 ... -
Climate-Induced Migration in the Ancash Region in Peru
(Master thesis, 2019)Mastergradsavhandlingen søker å besvare følgende forskningsspørsmål: Hvordan oppfatter den rurale befolkningen klimaendringer og dets årsaker i Ancash-regionen? På hvilken måte opplever de at klimaendringer fører til ... -
Co-designing a citizen science climate service
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Interactive mobile technologies provide an emerging opportunity for citizens to engage with and enhance urban climate resilience, both as providers of locally situated data on climate variables, impacts and climate adaptation ... -
Coexistence of large mammals and humans is possible in Europe’s anthropogenic landscapes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)A critical question in the conservation of large mammals in the Anthropocene is to know the extent to which they can tolerate human disturbance. Surprisingly, little quantitative data is available about large-scale effects ... -
Cognition, science and geography: an exploration into mental infrastructure and interdisciplinarity
(Master thesis, 2006)This text explores the significance of perspectives from the cognitive sciences for interdisciplinarity or cross-domain thinking in science, and particularly in geography. First interdisciplinarity is examined, describing ... -
Coloniality and indigenous ways of knowing at the edges: Emplacing Earth kin in conservation communities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Participation of Indigenous peoples and local communities is encouraged in calls for sustainable transitions and transformations. The term ‘community’ is widely used yet nebulously defined. Conservation that removes people ... -
Combining survey data, GIS and qualitative interviews in the analysis of health service access for persons with disabilities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Equitable access to health services is a key ingredient in reaching health for persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. So far, research on access to health services in low- and middle-income ... -
Community participation and empowerment : a study of the Hunger Project-Ethiopia’s work in Meskan Woreda, southern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2017)In Ethiopia, despite the increasing number of NGOs and their rising contribution to the national development, literature doesn’t show what development strategies are being employed by these NGOs. This study examines the ... -
Community Participation in Education Delivery: A Study of How Community Schools Target OVCs in Chipulukusu, Zambia
(Master thesis, 2013)In recent years, the importance of education as a catalyst for personal, social and economic development has gained much recognition. This is evident from global commitments towards UPE at the world education declaration ... -
Community Resilience as a Strategy for Disaster Readiness in Rural Communities: A Comparison between Nepal and Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)There are many differences which become immediately evident when comparing rural communities in Nepal to those in Norway. On the surface it is easy to distinguish differences in culture, language, and levels of development ... -
Community resilience in a Danish coastal context : a case study of Løgstør and Thyborøn
(Master thesis, 2016)Climate change in Denmark is estimated to result in increased precipitation, a rise in sea-level as well as more intense storms. As a result of this, small low-lying coastal communities will be particularly exposed to storm ... -
Community Self-help Development , Spaces for Scaling Up: A Case Study of Awura Amba Rural Self-help Community in Northern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011)By positioning within an alternative development and agency/actor-oriented perspectives, and by employing diverse qualitative research methods, this study examines the dynamics of community self-help development and scaling ... -
Complexity challenges for transition policy: lessons from coastal shipping in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This policy briefing discusses decarbonization policies of “hard-to-abate” sectors, emphasizing the implications of these sectors’ complexity. Specifically, we discuss two sources of complexity: (a) heterogeneity in the ... -
Conceptualising authentication of ruralness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Authenticity, a key asset to rural tourism, is a problematic concept. The debate on authenticity has so far proven unable to deliver a conceptual route for analysing the workings of such notions in rural tourism. Here a ... -
Conceptualizations of Sustainable Development among Students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2023)Universiteter spiller en avgjørende rolle i å utdanne studenter med en helhetlig og balansert forståelse av bærekraftig utvikling (BU), på lik linje som det fremmes av FN. Tidligere studier fra omkring hele verden viser ...