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3D-modellering av havnivåstigning i Trondheim Kommune
(Master thesis, 2014)I this question I want to answer the question: How can a model of sea level rise be presented online? I am using GIS to make maps of the areas which can potentially be affected by sea level rise in the city of Trondheim ... -
Aspirations and realities of biodiversity offsetting: Social and ecological transformations of the Gangu Central Forest reserve in Uganda
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:40, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Loss of biodiversity is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Efforts to mitigate this challenge involve the implementation of biodiversity offsetting measures, that aim at fully compensating for biodiversity ... -
Development in fragile states : challenges and prospects of aid. An exploratory case study of UN development assistance in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis investigates how the concept of fragile statehood can apply to understanding DPRK as a net recipient of UN humanitarian and development aid, and explores the challenges and prospects of aid efforts in said ... -
En studie av dagens villreinforvaltning, og utfordringer knyttet til villreinens arealbruk i randsonen til verneområdene på Dovrefjell
(Master thesis, 2014)Ever since the ice sheet retreated about 10,000 years ago wild reindeer have been an important resource in the initial substance economy and later in the more modern rural economy in Norway. Norway is currently the last ... -
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 ... -
Flommodellering i HEC-RAS : en undersøkelse av nøyaktigheten til steady flow-modelleringer i HEC-RAS med to forskjellige GIS-representasjoner
(Master thesis, 2018)I Gudbrandsdalen i 2011 og 2013 var det flomhendelser med vesentlige skadeomfang, der de største skadene kom som en konsekvens av styrtflom i de små sideelvene. Under begge disse flommene var det ekstremnedbør i forkant ... -
Food security in the Norwegian debate on agriculture : an analysis of global trends and their reflection in the Norwegian media debate
(Master thesis, 2014)The food price crisis in 2007/2008, and the warnings that climate change might have a negative effect on the world’s ability to produce enough food in the decades and centuries to come, have placed food security back on ... -
Geografi i samfunnsfaget : på tide med en kompetanseheving? : en undersøkelse av samfunnsfaglæreres behov for utdanningstilbud i geografi på ungdomstrinnet
(Master thesis, 2016)In Lower secondary school, geography, history and social studies are integrated into one course, where the subjects are supposed to be equally weighted with the same number of classroom hours. However, various studies have ... -
How does usage affect the sustainability and environmental footprint of an office building?
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis looks at how usage affects the sustainability and environmental footprint of an office building. The findings are based on interviews with expert witnesses who work for organisations that are directly linked ... -
The importance of community-based protection mechanisms for displaced populations in South Western Uganda
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:219, Doctoral thesis, 2024)With calls to localize and decolonize humanitarian aid, more attention has been paid to civic humanitarian actors operating at the local level. However, there remains a significant gap in understanding their operations. ... -
Income generating activities in Zambia : a case study of entrepreneurs and SMEs in Masala market, Ndola
(Master thesis, 2017)Due to the introduction of globalisation and free markets, coupled up with structural adjustment programmes in Zambia, markets have produced several opportunities and threats for entrepreneurs and small and medium scale ... -
“Into the ice” – A study of glaciological and geomorphological characteristics of archeologically significant ice patches in central Norway
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:56, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Ice bodies comes in many forms and sizes in various locations and at different altitudes. The smallest ice bodies (<0.5km2), often referred to as ice patches, glacierets and perennial snow patches are numerous in many ... -
Land grab in Ethiopia : the case of Karuturi Agro Products PLC in Bako Tibe, Oromiya
(Master thesis, 2014)This study examined the opportunities and risks associated with land grabbing in Ethiopia, focusing on the case of Karuturi Agro Products Private Limited Company in Bako Tibe of Oromiya National Regional State, using ... -
Landform interpretation and landscape evolution in Fosdalen, Western Norway
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis challenge the hitherto suggested deglaciation chronology in Fosdalen, western Norway. Through observations, lichenometry, and reinterpretation of previously mapped Younger Dryas moraines, the development of ... -
Omstillingsprosesser i Blue Maritime Cluster
(Master thesis, 2017)Oppgaven har til hensikt å undersøke hvordan bedrifter i klyngen Blue Maritime Cluster påvirkes av omstillingsprosesser etter fallet i oljepris i 2014. Oppgaven vil også ta høyde for hvordan bedrifters omstillingsprosesser ... -
Reindriftsutøverens levde landskap : fra vidde til hav ; en kultur som flytter sitt hjem? En studie av reindriftsutøverens praksiser og tilnærminger i det levde og oppfattede landskap
(Master thesis, 2014)Through qualitative methods like observation and interviews this study aims to see how the reindeer herder relates to the landscape. By attending on parts of the herds annual moving from winter to summer grazing I have ... -
Risiko, risikokommunikasjon og beredskap : ein studie av trusselen frå Åkerneset og kva påverknad dette har på Geiranger
(Master thesis, 2017)Det vert sagt at eit klima i endring vil påverke risiko frå naturfarar, og korleis ein førebur seg og handterer dei i framtida. Eit varmare og våtare norsk klima vil kunne påverke framtidige skredrelaterte naturfarar frå ... -
Rural-urban migration : causes, migrants' town livelihood activities and social capital in Berehet District, Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2014)Ranging from the smallest local to the largest international migration is a substance in the process of globalization which drives the present economic, political, social, cultural and technological engines of individuals ... -
Sogndal : nyskaping og omdømebygging i eit stadig meir globalt samfunn
(Master thesis, 2014)I desse moderne tider, med ei globalisering som er i stadig frammarsj, må stader jobba stadig hardare for å skilje seg ut å gjere seg sjølv unik. Dette er ein bevisst slagplan for å lykkast, og for at globaliseringa skal ... -
Structure-from-Motion : en bildebasert applikasjon for volumetrisk estimering av geomorfologiske endringer
(Master thesis, 2016)Denne studien ønsker å belyse om Stucture-from-Motion er en enkel og egnet metode for ufaglært personell å benytte til studie av geomorfologisk endring med en volumetrisk tilnærming. To feltarbeider resulterte i to ...