Browsing Institutt for geografi by Document Types "Journal article"
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Decision support for adaptive action - assessing the potential of geographic visualization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This study explores the role of geographic visualization for supporting the implementation of climate change adaptation. Interviews and group discussions with planners and decision makers indicate that geographic visualization ... -
Deconvoluting complex structural histories archived in brittle fault zones
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Brittle deformation can saturate the Earth’s crust with faults and fractures in an apparently chaotic fashion. The details of brittle deformational histories and implications on, for example, seismotectonics and landscape, ... -
Deglaciation of Fennoscandia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)To provide a new reconstruction of the deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet, in the form of calendar-year time-slices, which are particularly useful for ice sheet modelling, we have compiled and synthesized published ... -
Delineation of Wetland Areas in South Norway from Sentinel-2 Imagery and LiDAR Using TensorFlow, U-Net, and Google Earth Engine
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Wetlands are important habitats for biodiversity and provide ecosystem services such as climate mitigation and carbon storage. The current wetland mapping techniques in Norway are tedious and costly, and remote sensing ... -
Demonstrating a new framework for the comparison of environmental impacts from small- and large-scale hydropower and wind power projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Climate change and the needed reductions in the use of fossil fuels call for the development of renewable energy sources. However, renewable energy production, such as hydropower (both small- and large-scale) and wind power ... -
Developing a dashboard visualizing compensation data on damages caused by extreme events
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)As a response to the demand for visualization supporting climate change adaptation, we present a visual dashboard that visualizes insurance compensation data on damages caused by weather-related extreme events. Open access ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction in Iran: Lessons and ‘‘Lessons Learned’’ from Three Large EarthquakeDisasters—Tabas 1978, Rudbar 1990, and Bam 2003
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article addresses three large earthquake disasters in Iran: Tabas in 1978, Rudbar in 1990, and Bam in 2003. Lessons and "Lessons Learned" from these three earthquake disasters were investigated together with their ... -
Ecological correlates of large carnivore depredation on sheep in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Sharing space with large carnivores on a human-dominated continent like Europe results in multiple conflictful interactions with human interests, of which depredation on livestock is the most widespread. We conducted an ... -
Economic Backwardness and Social Tension
(Journal article, 2017)We propose that relative economic backwardness contributes to the build-up of social tension and nonviolent and violent conflict. We test our hypothesis using data on organized mass movements and armed civil conflict. The ... -
Ecosystem restoration as a boundary object, demonstrated in a large-scale landscape restoration project in the Dovre Mountains, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Coordinating and implementing ecosystem restoration projects can be challenging when the professions involved have differing perceptions of ecological restoration and implementation in practice. To overcome these barriers ... -
Ecosystem services and landscape management: three challenges and one plea
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This article identifies three interrelated challenges concerning the ecosystem services (ES) framework and the nature of landscape dynamics within the context of landscape management. These challenges are set within a ... -
Ecosystem services as an integrative framework: what is the potential?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Ecosystems approaches, and among them the ecosystem services (ES) framework, are held as promising vehicles for holistic thinking which is usually taken to mean integration of society and nature. The notion of ES is also ... -
El lugar de la ecología política dentro de la geografía latinoamericana: el caso de CLAG
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)