Browsing Institutt for geografi by Document Types "Journal article"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Agency in green path development: Circular bioeconomy in the wastewater sector
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The mounting pressures of climate change and biodiversity loss require a transition towards more sustainable patterns of production and consumption. Within the bioeconomy, better utilization of natural resources can be ... -
Alternative places for alternative people? A changing ecovillage discourse from Othered lifestyle to another rurality.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Interest in ecovillages has increased greatly in the last two decades, alongside a growing awareness of the need for more sustainable lifestyles. Once regarded as countercultural, alternative places for alternative people, ... -
Ambientalismo corporativo: entre extractivismo, extrema derecha y crisis ambiental
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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 attraction-based cellular automaton model for generating spatiotemporal population maps in urban areas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)We develop a cellular automaton (CA) model to produce spatiotemporal population maps that estimate population distributions in an urban area during a random working day. The resulting population maps are at 50 m and 5 ... -
Analysis of the paraglacial landscape in the Ny-Ålesund area and Blomstrandøya (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Ice cover changes have affected the Svalbard Islands during the Quaternary and conditioned a complex paraglacial landscape. In these remote and poorly vegetated arctic areas, the integration of field investigations and ... -
Anne Buttimer's The Practice of Geography: Approaching the history of geography through autobiography
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The article examines the autobiographical approach presented by Anne Buttimer in her book The Practice of Geography (1983) and traces its influence on geographical historiography. Anne Buttimer contributed to the history ... -
Anthropogenic drivers of forest change in Miombo ecosystems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)As the basic purpose of REDD+ is to avoid deforestation and forest degradation, a good understanding of processes that cause deforestation is obviously of importance. However, many REDD+ programs and policies have rather ... -
The applicability of automated marine clay gully delineation using deep learning in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Gullies and ravines are common landforms in raised marine fine-grained deposits in Norway. Gullies in marine clay are significant landforms indicative of soil erosion and natural hazards and are of high conservation value. ... -
Arealkrav i jærlandskapet: En studie av medias fremstilling
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The Jæren landscape in south-west Norway is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the country. It is also an area with population increase and with favorable locations for wind-parks. These different claims on ... -
Assessing multiple values of nature in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)1: Around the world, people express a variety of values of nature based on how they relate and interact with it. These values of nature, broadly classified as instrumental, intrinsic, and relational values, underlie ... -
The association of change in peak oxygen uptake with use of psychotropics in community-dwelling older adults - The Generation 100 study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background The use of psychotropics is high among the older population and may have detrimental effects on their physical and mental health. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a strong and modifiable measure of health ... -
Associations between women's empowerment and children's health status in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Although women’s empowerment has gained attention over the last two decades, our understanding of the associations between different dimensions of women’s empowerment and different children’s health outcomes is limited. ... -
Augmenting the usability of parallel coordinate plot: The polyline glyphs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Polyline glyphs are minimized thumbnails of polylines from parallel coordinates. Since such glyphs may augment the usability of parallel coordinates, the authors investigate whether there are benefits to be derived from ... -
Authenticity and the pseudo-backstage of agri-tourism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This article explores how summer farmers in Bregenzerwald (Austria) and Valdres (Norway) deal with their double role as farmers and tourist hosts. Based on qualitative interviews with farmers, the authors discuss how this ... -
Barriers to path creation: the case of offshore wind power in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Although economic geography has made considerable progress in explaining the emergence of new industrial development paths, a number of issues have yet to be sufficiently explored. The purpose of the article is to contribute ... -
Befolkningsutvikling i masseutvandringens tid Trøndelag 1866–1914
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article focuses on emigration as part of demographic development in the region of Trøndelag and in its municipalities in the period 1866–1914. We have created maps presenting comparable information for the municipalities ... -
Between striated and smooth space: Exploring the topology of transnational student mobility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In this paper, we raise a question regarding how transnational students develop their spaces as mobile, temporary, and at times stable and territorially fixed. We argue that approaching transnational student migration and ...