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3D-modellering av havnivåstigning i Trondheim Kommune
(Master thesis, 2015)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 ... -
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 ... -
3D-modellering av havnivåstigning i Trondheim Kommune
(Master thesis, 2015)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 ... -
A CHILDHOOD LOST?: A case of Gulu Support the Children Organization (GUSCO) in northern Uganda
(Master thesis, 2008)The number of children affected by conflict situations is on the rise in Africa. All their childhood experiences are marred by war. The conflict in Northern Uganda which has taken more than 20 years continues to attract ... -
A GATEWAY TO CITY LIFE: THE LIVES OF YOUNG DOMESTICWORKERS IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
(Master thesis, 2010)Child and young domestic workers have been included in social science research in recent years. Most of this research, however, is one sided in which abuses and exploitations are considered as the only features of the lives ... -
A multi-proxy reconstruction of tropical cyclone variability during the past 800 years from Robinson Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study presents a multi-proxy reconstruction of tropical cyclone (TC) activity for the past 800 years from Robinson Lake, located on the north Atlantic seaboard of Nova Scotia, Canada. Two sediment cores were extracted ... -
A Multilevel Perspective Analysis of Stakeholders in the Port Sector and Their Efforts in Emission Reduction
(Master thesis, 2019)The transition to sustainable business practices and climate change mitigation is the key challenge of modern society and businesses. This thesis provides an insight to this challenge via a case study of the inland port ... -
A new approach towards comparing environmental impacts from small-scale hydropower, large-scale hydropower and wind power
(Master thesis, 2013)In 2012 did Norway, in collaboration with Sweden, agree on a common energy certificate market where both countries set a goal for producing 67, 5 TWh of renewable energy within the year 2020. These certificates are energy ... -
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 ... -
Access Opportunities, Social Structures and Maternal Health Seeking Behaviour in Bosomtwe District
(Master thesis, 2010)The study focuses on access opportunities to maternal health services in the rural Bosomtwe district in the Ashanti region which draws in other possible influences such as the structure of health service delivery system ... -
Accountability in the balance: Exploring the paradox of program criticality on the high-risk frontier of humanitarian assistance
(Master thesis, 2018)With a staggering 128.8 million people in need1 of humanitarian aid throughout the globe as of 2018, one would hope that the appropriate reaction would be simple for organizations who operate in response to a de facto ... -
Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Critical scholars sometimes accuse action researchers of not being radical enough in their approach, while action researchers often see the work of critical scholars as elitist and not grounded in people’s everyday ... -
“Actually, water is life!” The importance of the Mara river and transboundary water management to users in Merenga, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2019)This study examines the importance of the Mara river and other water resources to humans and wildlife in Merenga village in the Mara River Basin (MRB) of Tanzania, as well as how the ways in which local, national, and ... -
Adaptation of social vulnerability indicators to context
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Addressing the Health Problems of Street Children: The Case of Street Children in Kumasi Metropolitan Area, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2013)This study sought to explore the self reported health problems of street children in Kumasi, Ghana. Focus is given to how these health problems were addressed through the children’s own efforts and contribution of relevant ... -
Adopsjon av jordbruksinnovasjoner i Misungwi, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2003)This thesis is the result of investigations of the agricultural practices in Misungwi district in Tanzania. The background for the research is the rough conditions for agriculture in the district and an assumption that ... -
Alternative appraoches to development : solving the water problem in Kenya : a case of Majiko
(Master thesis, 2017)To solve the issues and problems related to development in the developing countries, the development assistance given by aid agencies and organisations have long been the solution. However, the current development ideologies ... -
An analysis of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative implementation process
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has become an international hallmark of the efforts to promote better extractive-sector management and improved societal development in natural resource-rich countries. ... -
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 ...