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Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Resiliency to Glacier Change in Vestland County
(Master thesis, 2022)Isbreer og deres miljø er veldig sårbare til effekene av klimaendringene. Etter en kort periode på 1990-tallet hvor isbreene vokste har breene på Vestlandet i Norge trukket seg tilbake i en alarmerende hastighet. Smeltingen ... -
Entreprenørskap i et levende lokalsamfunn Fire eksempel på samfunnsentreprenørskap i bygda Ekne
(Master thesis, 2022)Bygdene står overfor utfordringer og muligheter i møte med krav om nyskaping, der mange rurale steder opplever befolkningsnedgang og reduksjon i tilbud av lokale tjenester. Det er behov for at lokalsamfunn ser sine styrker ... -
Entusiasme, engasjement og entreprenørskap: å skape en lokal festival
(Master thesis, 2010)The subject of this report is the relationship between social entrepreneurship, placeand identity. My focus was on two different festivals on the island Frøya, in themuncipal Sør-Trøndelag in Norway, where I interviewed ... -
Environmental and Economic Impact of Mangrove Deforestation: Case study of Vadamaradchy East, SriLanka
(Master thesis, 2013)The study was conducted in Vadamaradchy- East in Sri Lanka. Data collection was done for a period of two months from June to July 2011. The main focus of this study was to examine factors contributing to mangrove deforestation ... -
Environmental Reliance Traps and Pathways – Theory and Analysis of Empirical Data From Rural Nepal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Existing theoretical and empirical work on poverty traps does not in detail investigate interactions between environmental reliance and socioeconomic factors over time. A string of studies has documented that environmental ... -
Epidemiology of road traffic accidents in Lusaka, Zambia : trends, risk factors and countermeasures
(Master thesis, 2014)Road traffic accidents are major causes of morbidity and mortality. It is projected that by 2020 they will be 3rd leading cause of global disease burden. Less developed countries like Zambia account for about 85% of the ... -
"Er du ikkje glad i sånt, så er ikkje dette rette plassen". Et utvalg innbyggere i Oddas vurderinger av egen trygghet i etterkant av flommene i 2014 og 2018
(Master thesis, 2020)Verden er i stadig endring, og aldri før har vi sett effektene av klimaendringene så tydelig som nå. Norges geografi med blant annet fjorder, bratte lier og høye fjell, gjør at mange nordmenn bor på steder som er mer utsatt ... -
Er norske lokalsamfunn forberedt på naturhendelser? : en studie av norske holdninger til lokal beredskap & klimatilpasning
(Master thesis, 2016)Although there is a growing body of research on public perceptions of risk, related to natural hazards and climate change effects, little work has focused explicitly on public perceptions of how prepared people deem their ... -
Erfaringer fra prosjektet "frå kratt til kroner" i Møre og Romsdal
(Notat (Norsk senter for bygdeforskning), Research report, 2008) -
Erosjonsaktivitet, og den langsiktige utviklingen av en ravine i et klimaperspektiv
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne oppgaven, er å redegjøre for, og beskrive de dynamiske geomorfologiske forholdene i en ravine som er tilknyttet Dovrebanen. Først og fremst skal vi undersøke erosjonsprosessene som påvirker skråningssidene ... -
Erosjonshull. Deres dannelse og geometrisk mønster: Med storskalaelva Gaula som case
(Master thesis, 2012)Forced pools are a phenomenon discovered all over Norway. The effects of forced pools on river stability, and little research on the phenomenon in Norway, results in a need to know more about forced pools. The approach ... -
Et aktivt skredsårs effekt på bunntransport og kornstørrelsestrend i en fjellelv
(Master thesis, 2011)An increased frequency of sediment delivery from hill slops is a leading problem in mountainriver management. And a climate change might lead to an increased frequency of bed load transport and change in grain size trend ... -
Et geografisk perspektiv på trafikkulykker: Trondheim kommune og fire skolekretser i perioden 1990-1999 og 2000-2009
(Master thesis, 2011)A geographical perspective on road traffic accidents in Trondheim and four school districts in the periods 1990-1999 and 2000-2009. This thesis is about the risk for traffic accidents in Trondheim and the four school ... -
Et hjem er mer enn et hus - en studie av hjemfølelse på et bokollektiv for eldre
(Master thesis, 2012)The main focus of this thesis is how an institution for elderly people provides a sense of home for those who live there. In the thesis I raise the following main research question; In what ways is the institution a home ... -
Et liv i Sømådalen - En kvalitativ studie av ruralt entreprenørskap og tilhørighet på bygda
(Master thesis, 2021)Forholdet mellom entreprenørskap og kontekst har fått økt oppmerksomhet i forskningen. Hvorfor mennesker velger å bo og etablere forretningsmessig virksomhet i rurale områder er et spørsmål knyttet til faktorer som flytte- ... -
Et studie av abrasjonsformer ved Kringsollfonna, Oppdal
(Master thesis, 2016)In 2013, striations were discovered on the rock surfaces in front of the ice patch/small glacier Kringsollfonna, Oppdal. The small glacier had at this time shown little/no sign of movement. This thesis aims to examine the ... -
Ethiopian childhoods: a case study of the lives of orphans and working children
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:42, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis explores two aspects of contemporary childhoods –orphanhood and children’s work – in Ethiopia. By drawing on case studies from Gedeo (rural) and Addis Ababa (urban), I discuss how children and young people ... -
Evaluating Flood Exposure for Properties in Urban Areas Using a Multivariate Modelling Technique
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Urban flooding caused by heavy rainfall is expected to increase in the future. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the variables characterizing the placement of a house, which seem to have an impact when it ... -
Evaluating the opportunities and barriers to implementing changes in sheep farming practices in Norway
(Master thesis, 2015)As a result of a more active carnivore management in the past decade the conflict between carnivores and sheep on outfield grazing has increased considerably in recent years. In order to reduce the conflict several mitigating ... -
Evaluating the opportunities and barriers to implementing changes in sheep farming practices in Norway
(Master thesis, 2015)As a result of a more active carnivore management in the past decade the conflict between carnivores and sheep on outfield grazing has increased considerably in recent years. In order to reduce the conflict several mitigating ...