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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, ... -
Negotiating nature on display– Discourse and ideology in naturalhistory museums
(Master thesis, 2006)This thesis considers exhibitions in natural history museums as a process of negotiation between three parties: the museum as an institution, the museum staff, and the visitors. These represent different interests that ... -
A Study of How the Lusaka SOS Children’s Home Rebuilds the Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Lives and Capabilities.
(Master thesis, 2006)The study examined how the Lusaka SOS Children’s Home (re)builds OVCs lives and capabilities using the capability approach, and the qualitative methodology. The latter brought me into physical contact with the key informants ... -
Using land as a socio-economic livelihood resource: A case study of peasant owned land in Western Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom
(Master thesis, 2006)This thesis concerns the utilization of land as a socio-economic livelihood resource. Based on a case study of peasant owned land in Tooro Kingdom, different uses to which land is put are studied in relation to their ... -
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 ... -
The Public –Private Sector Approach to Municipal Solid Waste Management: How does it Work in Makindye Division, Kampala District, Uganda?
(Master thesis, 2006)It has been argued that the partnering of public and private sectors lead to improvement and betterment in the delivery of municipal social services. The purpose of this study was therefore to find out if, how and why the ... -
Controlling the informal sector: Solid waste collection and the Addis Ababa City administration, 2003-2005
(Master thesis, 2006)This study is about the intervention of the Addis Ababa City Government in regulating door-to-door solid waste collection activity, which was handled by the pre-existing informal solid waste collectors. The intervention ... -
Sustainable forest management: A case study on machiara national park In district muzaffarabad, state of Azad jammu and kashmir, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2006)Sustainable forest management and conservation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as in other developing states, has often been a source of conflict between the government and dependent communities. The forestry in the state has ... -
Bioenergi og kulturlandskap: resultater fra en intervjuundersøkelse i Møre og Romsdal
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Harbakfjellet, umistelig og fornybart - om vindkraft, natur og landskap
(Master thesis, 2007)Facing global warming and increasing energy consumption, eyes have fallen on wind power as a renewable source of energy at the turn of the 20.century. The era of hydropower development has been said to come to an end, as ... -
Looking back at migration: Female labour migration to the Middle East: The case of the returnees in Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2007)This study is about the female labour migration to the Middle East. It aims to explore the causes of migration. It looks at the various motivations a migrant could have to decide to migrate to the Middle East. It also aims ... -
Choice or Deprivation?: Primary School Drop outs in Malawi: The Case of Kasungu District
(Master thesis, 2007)For a country to develop, it needs an educated human resource. Besides the benefits of education to society, individuals have a better chance of escaping from poverty if they have the right kind and right levels of education. ... -
Risk Factors and Road Traffic Accidents in Tanzania: A Case Study of Kibaha District
(Master thesis, 2007)This thesis discusses the risk factors which are associated to the cause of road traffic accidents in Kibaha district in Tanzania; the study describes the composition of motor related injuries including non motorized ... -
Impact of Mining on Livelihoods of Rural Households. A Case Study of Farmers in the Wassa Mining Region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2007)Radical reforms and liberalization in the mining sector of the Ghanaian economy stimulated increase in mining sector investment with new multinational mining companies coming on board as well as the rehabilitation of old ... -
Prisoners of poverty: the plight of girl children education in Igara County, Bushenyi District (Uganda)
(Master thesis, 2007)Poverty is a major constraint to girls’ education in Uganda. In 1997, Uganda introduced Universal Primary Education but still a limited number of girls enroll in post primary education due to monetary constraints. It is ... -
From their own perspective: perceptions of women about modern and natural/traditional methods of contraception in Koforidua and Asokore in the eastern region of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2007)Population growth or increase comes about because of the interplay of the three main demographic variables namely fertility, mortality and migration. This growth can be high, low or stable and all these have implications ... -
Women, sexual rights and HIV in the Kumasi metropolitan area of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2007)This study is about women, HIV/AIDS and sexual rights in the Kumasi Metropolitan Area in Ghana. The study aimed at discovering the factors that undermine women’s ability to negotiate safe sex and consequently become exposed ... -
Rural Urban Migration and Livelihood in the Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vendors of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2007)Increasing population pressure at the household level, increasing socio-economic disparities between people and communities, disparities between urban and rural areas, increasing unemployment, unequal land ownership, ... -
SAMLING I BONN: En studie av historien bak Kyoto-protokollen og dens mekanismer. Er mekanismene et verktøy for å nå det objektive målet i protokollen, eller bare en billig unnskyldning?
(Master thesis, 2007)ABSTRACT AGREEMENT IN BONN − A study of the Kyoto Protocol’s historical formation and the flexible mechanisms. Are they a tool to reach the objective goal in the Protocol or just a cheap excuse? Master thesis in Geography, ... -
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 ...