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WHOSE DEVELOPMENT COUNTS?: Political Ecology of Displacement of Bulyanhulu Mining Community in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2007)In 1996, an estimated 400,000 people in a gold mining community in rural Tanzania were forcibly evicted from the area to allow for the development of a large-scale gold mine project to take place. The good-intentioned ... -
Wind farm site selection assessment in the Greater Accra, Volta and eastern regions of Ghana : a GIS spatial multi-criteria assessment
(Master thesis, 2016)Global temperatures have increased since preindustrial times and will continue to do so unless practical measures are taken to halt the emission of carbon and other ozone depleting substances. Wind energy alone has the ... -
Wind farms and their perceived impact on local landscapes : a comparative study between China and Norway
(Master thesis, 2014)It is widely recognized that developing of renewable energy is a good way to reduce carbon emissions. China has set ambitious goals to increase the use of wind power. Developing wind power in rural areas is also one of the ... -
Women adjusting their sails: The role of motility in women's livelihood strategies in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article draws on research conducted in a fishing village in southern India to examine the ways in which middle-aged women in a precarious socio-economic position used mobility and immobility strategies to improve their ... -
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT RISK: A CASE STUDY OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS FROM WARAFFECTED NORTHERN UGANDA TO KAMPALA CITY.
(Master thesis, 2008)OHCHR (2007) reports that at the international level, no single agency or organization has been designated as the global lead on protection and assistance of internally displaced persons. The case of women and children ... -
Women and Land Ownership Rights in Kilimanjaro: A Tension between Women Land Ownership Rights and Culture: A case of Moshi Rural District Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2011)Despite the efforts and strategies geared towards women in realizing property rights in terms of empowerment, participation and decision making in the global context today many African societies are still characterized by ... -
Women Participation In Political Leadership and Decision Making ; The Role of National Gender Policies In Ghana and Rwanda
(Master thesis, 2022)ABSTRAKT Denne studien undersøker kvinners deltakelse i politisk ledelse og beslutningstaking gjennom en gjennomgang av den nasjonale kjønnspolitikken i Ghana og Rwanda. Mens Rwanda er verdensledende når det gjelder ... -
Women, poverty and HIV/AIDS in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district
(Master thesis, 2006)This is about women, poverty and vulnerability of HIV/AIDS in Moree and Asebu in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District in the Central Region of Ghana. The main objective of the study is to find out whether poverty actually ... -
Women, sexual rights and HIV in the Kumasi metropolitan area of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2007)This study is about women, HIV/AIDS and sexual rights in the Kumasi Metropolitan Area in Ghana. The study aimed at discovering the factors that undermine women’s ability to negotiate safe sex and consequently become exposed ... -
Women’s representation in spaces of participation and power: A study of tribal and non-tribal women in local systems of governance in Orissa, India
(Master thesis, 2011)This study investigates the real representation of women in two villages in Orissa, India. Through my own feminist lens I have brought in theory of spaces of participation and power and hence linked this to the concept of ... -
World heritage and cultural sustainability. The farmers and fishermen of Vega, Northern Norway
(Chapter, 2018)Heritage is acknowledged as crucial for cultural sustainability. This chapter investigates how the world heritage status of Vega, an archipelago in northern Norway, and its promoted values are utilised, understood and ... -
You can’t sit with us : a quantitative analysis of the middle eastern and north African countries’ reluctance to membership in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(Master thesis, 2017)The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was created in the early 2000s as a response to the growing concern of corruption in the natural resource industries. 52 states have since joined, but countries ... -
Youth and political participation in Venezuela : a case study of the Venezuelan student movement
(Master thesis, 2014)Youth’s political participation in Venezuela has become very important in the last fourteen years due to the unstable economic, social and political context of the country. Youth have come together as a student movement ... -
Zambia's housing scheme of the mid 1990s: Have the poor really been empowered?
(Master thesis, 2005)Issues of housing are becoming very important as the urban population grows at a very rapid rate, particularly in developing countries. The number of people who are homeless and those living in substandard housing in Zambia ... -
Å flytte på landet - En kvalitativ studie av innflytteres opplevelse av Rauma kommune som bosted
(Master thesis, 2017)Bosettingsmønsteret i Norge er karakterisert av en overvekt av mennesker bosatt i byer og urbane områder. Trendene siden etterkrigstiden har vært preget av sterk urbanisering og en flyttestrøm fra rurale til urbane områder. ... -
Å flytte til Frosta - et spørsmål om alder og livsstil?
(Master thesis, 2019)Det norske samfunnet har en grå tsunami i vente. Eldre har bedre helse og lever lenger enn før. Men hvor bor de? Flytting fra rurale til urbane områder har preget det norske bosettingsmønsteret siden etterkrigstiden og ... -
Å leie et hjem? : en kvalitativ undersøkelse av leietakere i Trondheim sine erfaringer med å leie bolig
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis explores the housing situation for renters in Norway's third largest city, Trondheim. My objective has been to examine the Norwegian renting sector from the renter's perspective, and my research questions have ... -
Å leve i et bevaringsområde : en kvalitativ studie av beboeres opplevelser av Bakklandet i Trondheim som bosted
(Master thesis, 2018)Opp gjennom historien har det vært ulike forestillinger av om det er det gode eller det dårlige liv som leves i byene. Også i dag er forestillingene preget av tvetydighet og dualisme, og der bylivet omtales i både positive ... -
Å velge bosted i Lofoten: En diskursanalyse av folkelige fortellinger om bostedsvalg og hverdagsliv.
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:22, Doctoral thesis, 2011)