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There and back again - A quantification of marine microplastic leakage from coastal soil on the remote island of Smøla in Mid-Norway
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Den voksende mengden med plastforurensning I havet skaper et behov for bedre kunnskap om hvordan den sprer seg. Transportert av vind, bølger og havstrømer ender plasten opp langs kysten, hvor den vaskes på land, akkumulerer ... -
There is no one amongst us with them! Transparency and participation in local natural resource revenue management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)To redistribute natural resource revenues back to local communities and to promote equitable benefit-sharing and inclusive decision-making, companies and governments increasingly use local benefit-sharing trust funds ... -
“There is something about Africa” : a study of female Ghanaian students’ awareness and behaviour in relation to nutrition and temporary migration
(Master thesis, 2015)This study explores how the local nutrition environment influences the knowledge, awareness and behaviour of Ghanaian, female students towards health in relation to nutrition. It examines how temporary migration ... -
A thicker Antarctic ice stream during the mid-Pliocene warm period
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Ice streams regulate most ice mass loss in Antarctica. Determining ice stream response to warmer conditions during the Pliocene could provide insights into their future behaviour, but this is hindered by a poor representation ... -
Three core activities toward a relevant Integrated vulnerability assessment: validate, visualize, and negotiate
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Future climate in the Nordic countries is expected to become 'warmer, wetter, and wilder', and this will probably cause more extreme weather events. Therefore, local authorities need to improve their ability to assess ... -
Tittel: Vindmøller og menneskerettigheter - folkemening og Høyesterett Undertittel: En diskursanalyse av forståelsen for rettferd i mediedebatten rundt Fosen-saken
(Master thesis, 2024)Fosen-saken handler om en historisk Høyesterettsdom i Norge, der konsesjonen som ble gitt i 2013 til å bygge vindkraftverk på Storheia og Roan på Fosen-halvøya i Trøndelag ble funnet ugyldig i 2021, grunnet brudd på SP ... -
Tolking av landformer og landskapsutvikling i Melsetdalen, Møre og Romsdal
(Master thesis, 2015)Ytre delar av Nord-Vestlandet vart tidleg deglasiert etter siste istid maksimum, og låg utanfor isdekket under Yngre Dryas. I denne perioden er det sannsynleg at mange ulike prosessar, særleg knytt til paraglasial justering ... -
Tomatøyene i Ryfylke - en kvalitativ studie av tomatproduksjon på Finnøy og Fogn
(Master thesis, 2021)Nærland, H. (2021). Tomatøyene i Ryfylke – en kvalitativ studie av tomatproduksjon på Finnøy og Fogn. Masteroppgave for lektorutdanning i geografi. Institutt for geografi. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, ... -
Tourism in Belitung Island, Indonesia: Strategies and Approaches for Sustainable Development
(Master thesis, 2020)Belitung Island in the east of Sumatra was previously a tin mining-based Island in Indonesia. This island is now moving towards various forms of economic activities other than tin-mining among which tourism has become one ... -
Towards a Just Transition: Navigating the Shift Away from Coal-Powered Electricity in Canada
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)Abstrakt Tittel: Mot en rettferdig overgang: Navigere skiftet bort fra kulldrevet elektrisitet i Canada Forskningsspørsmål: Hvordan rammer regjeringsrapporter publisert av Canadas regjering de sosioøkonomiske strategiene ... -
Towards a Route Planner Supporting Pedestrian Navigation in Hazard Exposed Urban Areas
(Chapter, 2020)This study aimsto design a routeplanner functionality that includesreal-time context information from physical sensors and citizen observations to support pedestrian navigation in urban areas exposed to extreme heat and ... -
Towards a zero waste : assessing solid waste management in the Ledzokuku Krowor municipal assembly in the Greater-Accra region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015)This study sought to explore solid waste management in the Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly in the Greater-Accra Region of Ghana. The various actors in solid waste management are identified as well as the roles they ... -
Towards a zero waste : assessing solid waste management in the Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly in the Greater-Accra Region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015)This study sought to explore solid waste management in the Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly in the Greater-Accra Region of Ghana. The various actors in solid waste management are identified as well as the roles they ... -
TRAFFIC CONGESTION:THE BANE OF A BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IN ACCRA, GHANA?
(Master thesis, 2009)The role of transportation to urban dwellers cannot be overemphasised. Transportation enables employment, education, health services and leisure. Indeed, it ensures proper “urban insertion” (Wane, 2001, p.1). However, owing ... -
Trafikkulykkesmønstre og Ulykkesrisiko i Grenland 1999-2011
(Master thesis, 2013)The topic for this master thesis is road traffic accidents and risk behavior in road traffic in Grenland between 1999 and 2011. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate patterns of road accidents in Grenland and search ... -
Transboundary Conservation and Conflict
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Transboundary Water Management: The Case of the Kikagati/Murongo Hydropower Development Project
(Master thesis, 2013)Water, the energizer of all life on earth, knows no boundaries. It crosses national borders, and links nearly forty per cent of world population together, through their common dependability on a transboundary water source. ... -
Transforming the use of citizen science data for biodiversity conservation at different scales
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:311, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Obtaining large amount of data on species’ characteristics such as their distribution, abundance or movement patterns is not only important for scientists to better understand species’ ecology but it is also fundamentally ... -
Transnational corporations (TNCs) as development actors: Investing in social corporate responsibility for the sake of doing ‘good’?
(Master thesis, 2019)Denne oppgaven analyserer transnasjonale selskape (TNCs) som utviklingsaktører gjennom å se på det norske transnasjonale aluminiumsselskapet Norsk Hydro og deres utvinningsaktiviteter i Brasil. Mer spesifikt utforsker ... -
Travels in imaginary landscapes: An analysis of four cultural historic guidebooks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)