Blar i Institutt for geografi på dokumenttype "Doctoral thesis"
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Adaptation of social vulnerability indicators to context
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2014:212, Doctoral thesis, 2014) -
As Temporal as Spatial: it is Geographical: Exploring Spatio-Temporality in Modeling the Risk of Climate Change and Natural Hazard
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:302, Doctoral thesis, 2015) -
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 ... -
BECOMING THE NEXT ADVENTURE?: Exploring the complexities of path creation: The case of offshore wind power in Norway
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:235, Doctoral thesis, 2016)The point of departure for this thesis is the path dependence/path creation debate in economic geography. This thesis explores complexities of path creation processes, focusing empirically on the development of an emerging ... -
Between data-science and geosciences: exploring the use of deep learning in automated mapping
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:62, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest-growing disciplines in information technology and has been successfully applied in many different fields. Currently, the technology is available for everyone but remains ... -
BEYOND THE IDYLL:CONTESTED SPACES OF RURAL TOURISM: The Negotiation, Commodification and Consumption of Conflicting Ruralities
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2014:35, Doctoral thesis, 2014)The Norwegian countryside is profoundly changed by seemingly polygonal and contradictory developments. Some areas experience growth and revitalisation, others are depopulating. Employment in the primary and secondary ... -
Bonden og landskapet. Historier om natursyn, praksis og moral i det jærske landskapet
(Doctoral thesis, 2002)Tiltagende miljøproblemer som resultat av et stadig mer intensivt drevet jordbruk går som en rød tråd gjennom den norske agrare etterkrigshistorien. Identifiseringen av miljøproblemene har ledet fram til grunnleggende ... -
Bygdas unge menn: En studie av bygdemenns forhandlinger om og utforming av «rurale maskuliniteter»
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2010:21, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Today, young rural men face many challenges resulting from structural changes in the rural work life, increasing demands for gender equality, rising pressure on rural resources such as hunting and fishing, and media ... -
Citizen Engagement in High- Value Natural Resource Revenue Management: Evidence from Ghana
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:266, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Summary Countries with high-value natural resources, such as oil and gas, could have better economies and socio-economic development. However, the available literature indicates that many resource-rich developing ... -
Conditions of Connectivity: The Internet and the time-space of distance education in Indonesia
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:314, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis is about how the use of the Internet in distance education has both intended and unintended consequences for people and places in a developing country. The main perspective is the relation between students, ... -
Connecting places - internet cafes as technosocial spaces
(Doctoral thesis, 2004)This is a study about the use of technology in particular places. It is about how spaces are produced through relations and practices involving technology and their users. The study is based on four internet cafés located ... -
Developing global awareness among young students: A study of students’ experiences with the museum exhibition A World at stake
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:12, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Abstract The dissertation presents a case study of A World at Stake, a museum exhibition inspired by the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. A World at Stake was displayed at Glomdalsmuseet in Elverum, Norway, ... -
Disastermentality: Discourses and Practices of Disaster Management in Norway
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:356, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Summary In January 2014 a fire broke out in Lærdalsøyri, the administrative center in Lærdal municipality and home to 1200 inhabitants. The fire could potentially have left the village center in ruins. As the ashes ... -
Ethiopian childhoods: a case study of the lives of orphans and working children
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:42, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis explores two aspects of contemporary childhoods –orphanhood and children’s work – in Ethiopia. By drawing on case studies from Gedeo (rural) and Addis Ababa (urban), I discuss how children and young people ... -
Festivallandskapet: En fenomenologisk inspirert studie av estetikk, festivaler og landskap
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:189, Doctoral thesis, 2013)De siste tiårene har det vært økt oppmerksomhet og forskningsaktivitet relatert til hvordan ulike virksomheter iscenesetter produkter eller hendelser med formål om «å skape (selge) opplevelser». I denne avhandlingen er ... -
Finding a place. Local integration and protracted displacement in Sri Lanka
(Doctoral thesis, 2003)In October 1990, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam expelled the entire Muslim population living in the LTTE-controlled areas of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Most of the northern Muslims arrived and settled in ... -
Forsknings- og utviklingspraksis i det transnasjonale selskapet: En studie av et norskbasert aluminiumsselskap
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:302, Doctoral thesis, 2012)This doctoral thesis 1 investigates the research and development (R&D) practices in a transnational company (TNC), with the geography of the knowledge economy as an underlying theme. From this point of departure, the main ... -
FROM RICE BARN TO REMITTANCES A Study of Poverty and Livelihood Changes in System H of The Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project (AMDP), Sri Lanka
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«Genialt planlagt?» Drabantbyen som hjem i spennet mellom boligfaglige idealer og levde landskap
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:54, Doctoral thesis, 2015)This thesis is an analysis of the gap between experts’ ideas about what the Norwegian housing estate offers as landscape and home, particularly among architects, urban planners, and politicians, and estate residents’ ... -
Geografi i tekst og bilde: En studie av geografibøker for ungdomsskolen fra Norge, Sverige, Danmark og Finland
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2009:214, Doctoral thesis, 2009)