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Ta turen til Hawaiiøyene med Google Earth : en studie av hvordan Google Earth kan brukes i undervisning om geofaglige forhold
(Master thesis, 2016)This is a didactic thesis regarding use of Google Earth in education. Google Earth is a user friendly an immersive visualization tool, which provides the pupil with a large number of ways to interact with geographic ... -
Technology legitimation and strategic coupling: A cross-national study of floating wind power in Norway and Scotland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Building upon recent work in sustainability transitions studies and economic geography, this paper is concerned with the process of legitimation by which emerging technologies are aligned with broader societal rules and ... -
Technology Transfer: A case-study of the prominence of place and reciprocity in the global economy
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2006:67, Doctoral thesis, 2006)This thesis presents a case study conducted within a Norwegain company, Raufoss ASA and their process of technology transfer in relation to establishing a new plant in Montreal, Canada. The research methods have mainly ... -
Teknologiflukten
(Master thesis, 2021)Sammendrag Teknologisektoren i industrialiserte land er en viktig del av økonomien og teknologiske nyetableringer kan bidra til å skape dynamikk i markedet. Trondheim har et teknologifokus med mange teknologiske nyetableringer ... -
Teori i møte med praksis – En drøfting av Brattøra som byutviklingsprosjekt, i møte med Trondheim kommunes viktigste arkitekturpolitiske dokumenter
(Master thesis, 2020)Statistikken viser at stadig flere nordmenn bosetter seg i byer. Med et økende press på byene er nasjonale myndigheter opptatt av at kommunene må drive en bærekraftig byutvikling, der fortetting og kompakt byutvikling står ... -
Testing the use and accuracy of satellite imagery for land registration in Angot Yedegera, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2013)Aim: The aim of this thesis was to study the suitability of using satellite imagery for land registration in Ethiopia. The primary focus was to investigate whether the accuracy of the derived coordinates from a WorldView-1 ... -
Thailand's LNG Sector
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The bushmeat trade, livelihood securities and alternative wildlife resources: A Case Study of Mankessim and its environs in the Mfantseman District (Ghana)
(Master thesis, 2007)Extraction and use of fauna resources is a practice carried out in rural communities in most tropical regions and Africa in particular. In Ghana, forest fringe communities have depended on the extraction of bushmeat initially ... -
The challenges of current urban upgrading projects in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2016)In 2008, the city government of Addis Ababa decentralized the task of urban upgrading down to the sub cities. More than 200 upgrading projects have been prepared by the sub cities during these last five years. So far only ... -
The Connection Between Climate Change and Conflict: A GIS Approach to the Present Conflicts in Nigeria
(Master thesis, 2021)During the recent years and in the shadows of the much-noticed activities of the terrorist group Boko Haram, clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers of various other ethnic groups have spiraled into a violent conflict ... -
The Consequences of Economic Globalization; A Critical Look at Corporate Social Responsibility
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgaven tar et dypdykk inn i corporate social responsibility (CSR) i kontekst av økonomisk globalisering. Utviklingen av CSR er grundig gjennomgått, og det settes spørsmål til dens nivå av implikasjon og tilstrekkelighet ... -
The Contingency effect of national culture on corruption : a comparative case study of Petrobras and Statoil
(Master thesis, 2018)Petrobras and Statoil have long been regarded as role models for other NOCs in terms of managerial practices, transparency, efficiency and value creation. Nevertheless, both companies have experienced corruption in the ... -
The Development and Expansion of the Norwegian Solar Photovoltaic Industry
(Master thesis, 2023)The solar PV industry is seen as one of the viable solutions to the energy transition happening in the world. However, large parts of the value chain on solar PV are in China, and regions like the US and Europe wants to ... -
The Development and role of Kataragama as a sacred place in post-war Sri Lanka : through comparison of a Syncretic Festival with everyday Buddhist hegemony
(Master thesis, 2017)The religious complex of Kataragama located in southeast Sri Lanka is explored as a place from a cultural-geography perspective in this thesis. It was chosen due to the multicultural attributes it has through the veneration ... -
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN CRUDE OIL PIPELINE
(Master thesis, 2019)I 2006 ble det funnet olje i Albertine Graben-området i Vest-Uganda. Dette startet en prosess der Uganda, sammen med de internasjonale oljeselskapene Total SA, Tullow og Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation, forsøkte ... -
The disappearance of the Karez of Turfan - Report from the project 'Harvest from wasteland - Land people and water management reforms in the drylands of Xinjiang'
(Acta Geographica - Trondheim;, Research report, 2006)Haakon Lein & Yuling Shen. 2006. The disappearance of the Karez of Turfan. Report from the project ‘Harvest from wasteland. Land, people and water management reforms in the drylands of Xinjiang.’ Acta Geographica–Trondheim, ... -
The drivers and barriers of environmental upgrading in Norwegian short-sea shipping
(Master thesis, 2021)The shipping industry is under considerable pressure to reduce its environmental impacts and reduce its emissions. Shipping is a hard-to-adapt industry and issues of environmental upgrading are under-investigated, despite ... -
The effect of accessible and high quality drinking water on stunting: A first step of considering drinking water into the physical capacity curve
(Master thesis, 2022)The thesis analyses the effect of access and quality of drinking water on stunting. The results are then used to discuss the inclusion of drinking water into the theory of the physical capacity curve. For the analysis, ... -
The effects of natural disasters on the belief in climate change: A quantitative cross-national analysis of European public opinion
(Master thesis, 2023)As global temperatures are rising and climate is changing, natural disasters are expected to increase in frequency and strength. Despite countless warnings and cries for action from experts, the UN and environmentalists, ... -
The European Union in the global race for critical raw materials
(Master thesis, 2023)The world needs to transition towards green, sustainable societies, and this transition depends on raw materials. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities of global value chains were spotlighted by the experience ...