Browsing Department of Geography by Title
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Regeneration of pine on the aeolian sand dunes in Starmoen nature reserve, south-east Norway
(The University of Bergen, 2013-05-15)This study aims to elucidate ecological processes and human interaction concerning regeneration of pines (Pinus sylvestris and Pinus mugo ssp uncinata) 36 years after a fire in Starmoen nature reserve (1976). The reserve ...Master thesis -
Regeneration of Shorea robusta and Schima wallichii under Community Forest Management in Ludikhola watershed, Gorkha district, Nepal
(The University of Bergen, 2013-05-15)Resource and forest management in Nepal: Resource management is of current global interest because of its role in sustaining natural resources and livelihood for future generations. Hardin's paper, the Tragedy of the ...Master thesis -
Rekonstruksjon av deglasiasjonsforløpet på den nordvestlige delen av Hardangervidda
(The University of Bergen, 2015-05-15)The aim in this thesis is to contribute with new information regarding the ongoing debate on whether the Scandinavian Ice Sheet readvanced during the Younger Dryas, filling Hardangerfjorden in Western Norway (as well as ...Master thesis -
Rekonstruksjon av flommer i Glomma gjennom holosen - Effekter av klimaendringer på ulike flomregimer
(The University of Bergen, 2014-11-17)When the Glomma river discharge exceeds 1500m3/s a river birfuaction is activated at lake Vingersjøen in Kongsvinger, Norway. The distributary of the Glomma river allows eroded and transported flood sediments from the ...Master thesis -
Rekonstruksjon av isutbreiing gjennom Weichsel i Grimsdalen, nordlige Rondane.
(The University of Bergen, 2006)East-central southern Norway has for a long time been of interest for studying past ice-divides and ice sheet geometry of the ice sheets through the last glacial cycle. The existence of cold based non-erosive ice sheets ...Master thesis -
Rekonstruksjon av isutbreiing gjennom Weichsel i vestlege delar av Rondane
(The University of Bergen, 2006)The western margins of The Late Weichselian Fennoscandian Ice Sheet are well established from mapping of marginal moraines and submarine fans. The Late Weichselian Glacial Maximum (LGM) occurred on average close to 20 ka ...Master thesis -
Rekonstruksjon av sen-holosene brevariasjoner og skråningsprosesser - En studie av innsjøsedimenter fra Russvatn i Øst-Jotunheimen
(The University of Bergen, 2006)This study considers an area located around the western part of lake Russvatn in eastern Jotunheimen, central southern Norway. I have mapped processes in the catchment of this lake, and tried to connect these processes ...Master thesis -
Rekonstruksjon av storflommer i Glomma gjennom holosen - mulige koblinger til naturlig klimavariabilitet og global atmosfærisk sirkulasjon
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-15)Ved vannføringer større enn ca. 1500 m3/s deler Glomma seg i ved to Kongsvinger, og fører til at flomvann drenerer gjennom Vrangselv mot Sverige. Fenomenet heter bifurkasjon. Flyginnsjøen, en liten innsjø øverst i ...Master thesis -
Residential Rooftop Solar and the Utilities Death Spiral. A system dynamics analysis of the effects of rooftop solar diffusion on the electricity rates and CO2 emissions of the U.S. electricity supply sector
(The University of Bergen, 2015-08-12)U.S. electric utilities are concerned by the recent exponential growth in rooftop solar installations among their customers. They fear that if their customers continue to adopt such self generation technologies and buy ...Master thesis -
Resource management in the Anlo-Ewe migrant fishing community Abakam in the central region, Ghana
(The University of Bergen, 2009-05-15)The study is focusing on resource management of the Anlo-Ewe migrant fishing community Abakam in the Central Region, Ghana. The study identifies that access to fishing rights among the migrants depends on the chieftaincy ...Master thesis -
Restaurering av våtmark i Haukåsmyrane, Åsane - muligheter og utfordringer
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-15)Formålet med denne avhandlingen er å belyse muligheter og utfordringer rundt restaurering av våtmarker. Våtmarker har over lengre tid blitt gjenkjent for flere nyttige økosystemtjenester som gagner det menneskelige samfunnet, ...Master thesis -
Ricebean food preparation and diets
(The University of Bergen and Bangor University, 2009)The existing scientific literature has established that the nutritional value of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) in many respects is impacted by different methods of food preparation. In particular, antinutritional factors ...Research report -
Road transport and agriculture: A comparative study of the implications of road access for subsistence agriculture in the northern Ghana
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-15)Subsistence agriculture that evolves around the production of staples like maize, groundnuts, yams remains the paramount livelihood for most people in the northern region of Ghana. A starting point in improving productivity ...Master thesis -
The Role of Norad's Oil for development programme in environmental management in Ghana
(The University of Bergen, 2014-08-30)ABSTRACT Norad's Oil for Development (OfD) programme entered an agreement with Ghana in 2008 following Ghana's major oil discovery in the Jubilee Field in 2007. Mainly using policies based on the internationally approved ...Master thesis -
The role of Petroleum in Portraying and Perceiving Stavanger
(The University of Bergen, 2017-06-17)This master thesis explores the influence of the petroleum industry on the place identity of Stavanger, a Western Norwegian coastal city frequently called ‘the oil capital’. Based on interviews and focus groups including ...Master thesis -
Rural livelihood diversification and household well-being: Insights from Humla, Nepal
(Elsevier, 2016-04)Diversification of livelihoods is a commonly applied strategy for coping with economic and environmental shocks and instrumental in poverty reduction. In this paper, we have assessed the role of livelihood diversification ...Journal article -
Sanddyner som indikator på miljøendring.Naturtypekartlegging og analyse av økologisk tilstand, Skarasanden - Jærstrendene landskapsvernområde.
(The University of Bergen, 2013-11-17)Sammendrag Mål: Oppgaven hadde som mål å avdekke naturtypers romlige fordeling og økologiske tilstand på Skarasanden i Sola kommune i Rogaland. Gjennom innsamling av et sammenliknbart datamateriale, vil området kunne ...Master thesis -
Sclerochronologic and oxygen isotope analysis of growth increments in shells of the bivalve Arctica islandica from southwest off Iceland
(The University of Bergen, 2017-06-14)The marine bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica is presently known as the longest-living non-colonial animal, and considered to be a valuable paleo proxy and recorder of past environmental variability. This study presents the ...Master thesis -
Seasons in the sun - weather and climate front-page news stories in Europe’s rainiest city, Bergen
(Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007-01-24)This paper is a portrayal of aspects of weather and climate as front-page news in Europe’s rainiest city, Bergen, Norway. It descriptively explores the coverage and different contextualization of weather and climate. By ... -
Seed viability and germination success of Acacia tortilis along landuse and aridity gradients in the Eastern Sahara
(Wiley, 2016-01)Our study focuses on the keystone species Acacia tortilis and is the first to investigate the effect of domestic ungulates and aridity on seed viability and germination over an extensive part of the Eastern Sahara. Bruchids ...Journal article
