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Developing Local Community: Municipal Policies Oriented Towards Place Branding
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)To date, there has been scant research on place broadcasting activities (PBA) such as promotion, marketing and branding in Norwegian municipalities, especially research into effects. This paper examines two rural Norwegian ... -
Developing semi-automated GIS methods for indicating downstream flood damage potential of critical points
(Master thesis, 2022)Overvannsflom er allerede et stort problem som påvirker mange Norske kommuner, og prognoser spår økende temperatur, årlig nedbør og ekstremvær gjør at flom vil fortsette å være problematisk i overskuelig fremtid. Regionale ... -
Development and user testing of the ICT-platform Visual Water supporting sustainable municipal stormwater planning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The need to develop sustainable stormwater management is intensifying due to climate impacts and urban densification. Such complex planning processes require insights into disparate issues, connecting heterogeneous actors. ... -
Development in fragile states : challenges and prospects of aid. An exploratory case study of UN development assistance in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis investigates how the concept of fragile statehood can apply to understanding DPRK as a net recipient of UN humanitarian and development aid, and explores the challenges and prospects of aid efforts in said ... -
Dialogstyrt landskapsforvaltning?: Landskapsforvaltning og lokal medvirkning i verdensarv Røros Bergstad og Circumferensen
(Master thesis, 2011)Røros is a historic mining town and municipality in the mountain area of central Norway. Themines were established in 1646 and exploited until 1977. The mining town has been onUNESCO’s World Heritage List since 1980. In ... -
“Dialogue changes lives” : the importance of international student organisations in the building of intercultural competencies
(Master thesis, 2014)In a globalised world in which not only economic ties but also families, friendships and indeed our social environment at large are increasingly intercultural, knowledge about culture has maybe never been more important. ... -
Digital Migrants: Transnational Practises and Maintaining Cultural Identity among First-Generation Afghan Migrants
(Master thesis, 2022)Sammendrag Globalisering har ført til mer sammenkobling mellom mennesker og lettet migrasjon de siste tiårene. Dette har blitt enda tydeligere med fremskrittene innen transportmåter og informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi ... -
Digital storytelling, student engagement and deep learning in Geography
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study aims to provide insight into the usefulness of integrating digital stories in teaching and learning activities in Geography in higher education. More specifically, to identify how digital stories can enhance ... -
Disastermentality: Discourses and Practices of Disaster Management in Norway
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:356, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Summary In January 2014 a fire broke out in Lærdalsøyri, the administrative center in Lærdal municipality and home to 1200 inhabitants. The fire could potentially have left the village center in ruins. As the ashes ... -
Discourses on REDD+, land and people in the Norwegian-Indonesian REDD+ partnership
(Master thesis, 2021)In 2010, Norway and Indonesia signed a bilateral agreement on their partnership on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). REDD+ is a mechanism that aims to reduce forest-based emissions in ... -
Distribusjonsutfordringer styrker Nordnorsk industri
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Distribution of ice marginal moraines in NW Russia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Here we present results from a mapping project on the distribution of glacial end moraine zones in NW Russia, covering an area from the Baltics in the west (30°E) to Taymyr Peninsula and Byrranga mountains (120°E) in the ... -
Does Empowering Women in Politics Boost Human Development? An Empirical Analysis, 1960–2018
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Does Participatory Planning Promise Too Much? Global Discourses and the Glass Ceiling of Participation in Urban Malawi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article discusses how global ideas on co-production and citizenship built from below are translated into community mobilization and participatory planning practices in urban Malawi. It shows how limited national and ... -
Does social media empower women in Brazil? : a case study on sexual harassment and #feminist NGO Think Olga
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this master thesis is to examine if Brazilian women feel empowered by using social media networks. Sexual harassment is a part of Brazilian women’s everyday lives rooted in the machismo society. An online ... -
Double-blind multiple peer reviews to change students’ reading behaviour and help them develop their writing skills
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)For a geography bachelor course about climate change, we replaced the end-of-course exam with one term paper and three term-paper peer reviews. Our objectives were to design a learning environment where students read ... -
Drought index insurance and the risk behavior of smallholder maize crop farmers in the northern region of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2017)Smallholder farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana are at risk in crop production because of uncertainties in the rainfall patterns and amounts caused by changes in the climate. This study revealed that, smallholder farmers ... -
Droughts, Morality, State Politics and the Brazilian Semiarid Landscape: A Study of the São Francisco River Integration Project
(Master thesis, 2008)The poorest region of Brazil, the Northeast is prone to devastating multi-annual droughts, an inherent part of its geography. The Brazilian state attributes the poverty of the Northeast to the semiarid landscape and a ... -
Dugnad som arena for sosialt entreprenørskap : en kvalitativ studie av rollen av dugnad i NTNU Flyklubb
(Master thesis, 2018)Frivillig arbeid i form av dugnad har alltid vært faktor i det norske samfunnet. Den sterke dugnadsånden er innebygd i folkets kultur, og har gjennom årene bidratt til utvikling av de sosiale verdiene vi kjenner i dag. ... -
Early and Mid-Holocene environments in Isfjorden, Svalbard - what does the foraminifera and molluscs tell?
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgaven tar for seg foraminiferer (poredyr) og muslinger fra tidlig Holocen (11 700 – 8200 år før nåtid) og mid-Holocen (8200-4200 år før nåtid) i Svalbard, og hva disse kan fortelle om klima og miljø i den perioden. ...