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Addressing the Health Problems of Street Children: The Case of Street Children in Kumasi Metropolitan Area, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2013)This study sought to explore the self reported health problems of street children in Kumasi, Ghana. Focus is given to how these health problems were addressed through the children’s own efforts and contribution of relevant ... -
Adopsjon av jordbruksinnovasjoner i Misungwi, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2003)This thesis is the result of investigations of the agricultural practices in Misungwi district in Tanzania. The background for the research is the rough conditions for agriculture in the district and an assumption that ... -
Agriculture and cultural heritage. A state of the art report on research based knowledge
(Rapport Norsk senter for bygdeforskning;, Research report, 2002) -
Aktive skredprosesser i Midtre Gauldal
(Master thesis, 2022)Sammendrag Skred utgjør en betydelig risiko i Norge. Et bratt terreng med store høydeforskjeller, utbygging, befolkningsøkning og et stadig våtere klima gjør en forståelse av skredprosesser stadig mere relevant. Dette er ... -
Alternative appraoches to development : solving the water problem in Kenya : a case of Majiko
(Master thesis, 2017)To solve the issues and problems related to development in the developing countries, the development assistance given by aid agencies and organisations have long been the solution. However, the current development ideologies ... -
Alternative economic models and their impact on the SDGs.
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract This thesis uses policy analysis to investigate how the implementation of alternative economic models, hereunder, the Doughnut Economy Framework and Community Economies Return on Investment (CEROI) tool, can ... -
Alternative pathways of water - A GIS analysis
(Master thesis, 2021)Extreme weather events and natural disasters can lead to destructive consequences when they interact with the natural and human environments. Increased frequency and more severe floods are posing a threat to humans, ... -
Alternative places for alternative people? A changing ecovillage discourse from Othered lifestyle to another rurality.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Interest in ecovillages has increased greatly in the last two decades, alongside a growing awareness of the need for more sustainable lifestyles. Once regarded as countercultural, alternative places for alternative people, ... -
Ambientalismo corporativo: entre extractivismo, extrema derecha y crisis ambiental
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An analysis of offshore wind path creation in the United States
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores U.S. offshore wind development from 2001 to 2018 employing a broad evolutionary economic geographical (EEG) framework. The findings are based on interviews with professionals involved in the industry, ... -
An analysis of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative implementation process
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has become an international hallmark of the efforts to promote better extractive-sector management and improved societal development in natural resource-rich countries. ... -
An assessment of community participation and empowerment through Non Governmental Organizations' development work among the rural poor. The case of World Vision's intervention in ghe Gwembe Valley, Zambia
(Master thesis, 2006)If development is to mean anything, it should ultimately translate into positive change in people’s lives. This is because development should not merely be of things but that of things through which people’s lives will be ... -
An assessment of the impact of climate variability on malaria in Uganda: A study from Mount Elgon region of Bududa district
(Master thesis, 2012)The thesis involved an assessment of the impact of climate variability on malaria epidemic around Mount Elgon of Bududa district, Uganda. The specific objectives were to investigate certain impacts of climate variability ... -
An attraction-based cellular automaton model for generating spatiotemporal population maps in urban areas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)We develop a cellular automaton (CA) model to produce spatiotemporal population maps that estimate population distributions in an urban area during a random working day. The resulting population maps are at 50 m and 5 ... -
An international NGO startup’s use of social media technology :the case of Anti Corruption International : a discursive analysis on the organizational use of the term ‘corruption’ on Twitter
(Master thesis, 2016)Social media technologies today play a central part in our societies at large, but also within organizations. As such, it is both of relevance and importance to look at how organizations use social media technologies. ... -
Analysis of the paraglacial landscape in the Ny-Ålesund area and Blomstrandøya (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Ice cover changes have affected the Svalbard Islands during the Quaternary and conditioned a complex paraglacial landscape. In these remote and poorly vegetated arctic areas, the integration of field investigations and ... -
Analyzing post coastal erosion livelihoods after the construction of the Keta Sea Defence Project and the resettlement of costal dwellers in Keta, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015)Over the years, coastal erosion has posed a serious threat to many coastal dwellers. Coastal erosion has destroyed the livelihood and properties to affected communities which led them to impoverishment. The effect is largely ... -
Analyzing post coastal erosion livelihoods after the construction of the Keta sea defence project and the resettlement of costal dwellers in Keta, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2015)Over the years, coastal erosion has posed a serious threat to many coastal dwellers. Coastal erosion has destroyed the livelihood and properties to affected communities which led them to impoverishment. The effect is largely ... -
Anne Buttimer's The Practice of Geography: Approaching the history of geography through autobiography
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The article examines the autobiographical approach presented by Anne Buttimer in her book The Practice of Geography (1983) and traces its influence on geographical historiography. Anne Buttimer contributed to the history ... -
Anthropogenic drivers of forest change in Miombo ecosystems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)As the basic purpose of REDD+ is to avoid deforestation and forest degradation, a good understanding of processes that cause deforestation is obviously of importance. However, many REDD+ programs and policies have rather ...