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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 ... -
Conditions of Connectivity: The Internet and the time-space of distance education in Indonesia
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:314, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis is about how the use of the Internet in distance education has both intended and unintended consequences for people and places in a developing country. The main perspective is the relation between students, ... -
Configuring floating production networks: A case study of a new offshore wind technology across two oil and gas economies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The authors employ the global production network (GPN) approach to analyse the development of the renewable energy sector. Through a case study of the development of a Hywind floating offshore wind project (Hywind) across ... -
Conflict over Odugblase limestone revenue : causes, consequences and the way forward
(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. ... -
Connected youth : young students' extensibility and use of the Internet to search for information
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The present article investigates how young people use the Internet to gain information about distant events that can be used in their schoolwork. The aim is to better understand the process behind youngsters’ construction ... -
Connecting places - internet cafes as technosocial spaces
(Doctoral thesis, 2004)This is a study about the use of technology in particular places. It is about how spaces are produced through relations and practices involving technology and their users. The study is based on four internet cafés located ... -
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT: BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
(Master thesis, 2008)‘In the past they have been seen as islands of protection in an ocean of destruction. We need to learn to look at them as the building blocks of biodiversity in an ocean of sustainable human development , with their benefits ... -
Conservation as a method to prevent further loss of forests and biodiversity: A case study of the area surrounding the Chamonix forest
(Master thesis, 2024)En bærekraftig utvikling som sikrer sosiale, økonomiske og miljømessige forhold både nå og i fremtiden, har aldri før vært mer komplekst å oppnå. Med økende klimaendringer, stadig befolkningsvekst, nedbygging av natur og ... -
Conservation of Abundance: How Fungi can Contribute to Rethinking Conservation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Mainstream biodiversity conservation continues to emphasise the rapid disappearance of charismatic megafauna. Fungi are ignored, partially because many are invisible. However, their conservation is of growing concern because ... -
Considerations in the development and implementation of a visitor strategy. A case study of different perceptions on visitor management in Skarvan and Roltdalen national park and Sylan landscape protection area
(Master thesis, 2020)Sammenhengen mellom bruk og naturvern er helt sentral i besøksforvaltning i verneområder. Selv om den norske naturen er attraktiv blant både innenlandske og utenlandske turister, har forvaltningen i liten grad fokusert på ... -
Constrains and potentiality of scaling up pottery production units in Bangladesh : a comparative case study of micro enterprises of Dhaka and cottage industries in Tangail
(Master thesis, 2014)Pottery products with its both localized and worldwide recognized market demand, location advantages in natural and human capital and environmentally green features have offered the potential to be a main stream micro/cottage ... -
The consultation in Ecuador, institutional fragility and participation in National Extractive Policy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)An analysis of five lawsuits against the infringement of the rights to participation illustrates that effective compliance with free prior and informed consultation and popular consultation on extractive projects in Ecuador ...