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Causes of forest conflicts: Case study of three districts in Lam Dong province, Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2012)It is said that examining the cause of natural conflict is not easy because conflict is not only complex issue but also involves in various factors and actors. Determining reason of contestation over natural resources ... -
Cepicafé: Empowering Small-scale Coffee Producers in Piura, Peru?: Participation and power in a Fairtrade/organic producer organisation
(Master thesis, 2008)This thesis looks at Cepicafé, a Fairtrade/organic coffee producer organisation in Piura, Peru. It discusses the contributions made to empowerment of the members, and identifies some of the obstacles to participation and ... -
The challenges and opportunities of coexisting with wild ungulates in the human-dominated landscapes of Europe's Anthropocene
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The cumulative impact of human activities has driven many species into severe declines across the globe. However, the recent focus on conservation optimism has begun to highlight case studies that go against this trend. ... -
CHALLENGES FACED BY CHILD-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSA CASE STUDY OF MASAKA DISTRICT IN SOUTH -WESTERN UGANDA
(Master thesis, 2009)Children are the future generation of Uganda and any economical, social and emotional negative impact affects their wellbeing and their development into future generation that will serve the country. Therefore, the government ... -
Challenges to Refugees' Freedom of Movement in Uganda: A Case of Self-Settled Refugees in Kisenyi, Kampala
(Master thesis, 2011)The thesis discusses the challenges to refugees’ freedom of movement in Uganda. The main objective of this study was to explore the factors confronted by refugees in a bid to exercise their relative freedom of movement in ... -
Challenging conventional notions of mobility through increasing mobility : Gram Tarang employability trainings' sewing machine operators development through knowledge
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis is looking at how conventional notions of mobility, in the rural areas of Mayurbhanj in the state of Odisha in India, can be challenged due to an increase in mobility through the skill training program of Gram ... -
Changes in driving stresses and horizontal surface velocity on Hellstugubreen, Jotunheimen, Norway : an investigation of inter-decadal fluctuations
(Master thesis, 2014)The study of dynamics is crucial to the understanding of how a glacier responds to fluctuations in climate. The driving forces behind glacier flow are determined by ice thickness and surface slope. A multi-dataset approach ... -
The ‘Changing Same of Power’: State territoriality and natural gas market liberalization in Thailand
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Natural gas markets have been traditionally territorialized within the nation-state apparatus. However, since the early 1980s, the territoriality of these markets has been evolving through liberalization, cross-border ... -
Characteristics and long-term evolution of an englacial meltwater channel in a cold-based glacier, Austre Brøggerbreen, Svalbard
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis aims to describe the long-term evolution of the profile and planar pattern of an englacial channel, and to find the main factors and processes controlling its development. The main topics to be addressed are ... -
Children’s Institutions: A study of Children’s Homes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2011)The issues that children in Ethiopia face are some of the most challenging in the World. The situation for millions of Ethiopian children can only be described as a crisis. As a result many thousands of Ethiopian children ... -
Chinese entrepreneurial migrants in Ghana: Socioeconomic impacts and Ghanaian trader attitudes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article explores attitudes of Ghanaian traders towards an increasing Chinese influx into Ghanaian trading spaces and the impacts of Chinese merchants on Ghanaian traders and trading spaces. Despite a late entrance of ... -
Choice or Deprivation?: Primary School Drop outs in Malawi: The Case of Kasungu District
(Master thesis, 2007)For a country to develop, it needs an educated human resource. Besides the benefits of education to society, individuals have a better chance of escaping from poverty if they have the right kind and right levels of education. ... -
Circular Economy: A Qualitative Analysis of Circular Economy Project, Policy, and Framework in Trondheim, Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)The topic of “Circular Economy” has been making its way around Europe since the European Union published Closing the loop: New Circular Economy Package in 2015, where they stated goals for creating a more circular economy ... -
Citizen Engagement in High- Value Natural Resource Revenue Management: Evidence from Ghana
(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 ... -
Citizen Sensing Stakeholder Interaction Manual
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CitizenSensing Deliverable 3.3: The CitizenSensing Participatory Risk Management System
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Citizens’ participation in petroleum revenue management in Ghana
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many natural resource-rich developing countries have struggled economically. One of the common reasons is the lack of citizen participation in revenue management. This article responds to this concern by using an online ... -
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 ...