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Urban freight – a matter of concern for cities? Assessing governance for sustainable freight in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-05-24)Godstransport er av stor betydning for byliv, men behandles ikke som en «sak av betydning» av offentlige myndigheter i samme grad som persontransport. Godstransport skaper flere utfordringer for byer, inkludert økte ... -
Sovereignty through cartography : The impact of maps on Norwegian national identity in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-03-08)Kartografi har i mange hundre år blitt brukt som et politisk instrument for å støtte nasjonal stolthet og innflytelse. Det kan skje gjennom bruk av en nasjonal nullmeridian eller lokale stedsnavn, fremheving av landets ... -
Practicing urban climate governance : Organisational work and energy demand reduction in Nordic cities
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-02-20)En omfattende og vedvarende reduksjon av energibehovet er nødvendig i løpet av de neste 30 årene for å nå våre klimamål. En slik reduksjon vil bety dyptgripende endringer i infrastruktur og teknologier, men vil også ... -
The nested hierarchy of urban vulnerability within land use policiesfails to address climate injustices in Turkey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Responsive land-use policy amid climate change in urban settings includes infrastructure transformation and necessitates recognizing community- and individual-level vulnerabilities as well as climate-driven injustices, ... -
Understanding Hydrologic, Human, and Climate System Feedback Loops: Results of a Participatory Modeling Workshop
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Groundwater depletion threatens global freshwater resources, necessitating urgent water management and policies to meet current and future needs. However, existing data-intensive approaches to assessments do not fully ... -
Freight logistics and the city
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In this paper we argue that urban studies should consider freight logistics as an integral part of ongoing urban transformations. The movement of goods is increasingly shaping cities, and the implications for sustainability, ... -
First, do no harm? Dark logic models, social injustice, and the prevention of iatrogenic conservation outcomes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In medicine and public health, the Hippocratic injunction to ‘first do no harm’ has inspired a longstanding tradition of research and practice seeking to mitigate iatrogenic (doctor or practitioner-created) risks. Aiming ... -
Systems approaches to sustainability : Innovation and social-ecological-technological systems
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-19)Bærekraft integreres i økende grad i innovasjons- og planleggingsprosesser, men begrepet blir ofte ufullstendig eller implisitt konseptualisert og operasjonalisert. Operasjonalisering av bærekraft krever vurdering av ... -
Exploring Deep-Sea Minerals : Systems modeling for an emerging industry and unknown futures
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-18)Dyphavsmineraler er et omdiskutert tema. I tilsvar til befolknings- og økonomisk vekst, i tillegg til etterspørselen fra elektrifisering, teknologisk revolusjon og geopolitisk urolighet, er verden forventet å etterspørre ... -
Linkages between Flood Events and Livelihoods of Riparian Communities in the Middle Belt of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)Flood events have increasingly become a globally challenge to sustainable livelihoods and development and more particularly so within the context of riparian communities in sub-Saharan African countries including Ghana. ... -
The green divide and heat exposure: urban transformation projects in Istanbul
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-23)Extreme heat events are happening more frequently and with greater severity, causing significant negative consequences, especially for vulnerable urban populations around the globe. Heat stress is even more common in cities ... -
Knowledge, Technology Transfer and the Third Mission of Universities : A mixed method approach investigating innovation ecosystems, collaboration projects and technology transfer offices
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-27)Sammendrag Målet med med denne avhandlingen er å kunne gi mer og bedre innsikt i den kunnskap- og teknologioverføring som skjer i universiteter og andre offentlige forskningsinstitusjoner innenfor innovasjonsøkosystemer. ... -
Late Holocene Relative Sea-Level Reconstructions in Evenes, North Norway.
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Sea-level reconstruction during the Early Holocene in Tjeldsundet, Northern Norway
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Holocen strandforskyvning i Rødøy, Nordland
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Enabling Mobility: A Simulation Model of the Health Care System for Major Lower-Limb Amputees to Assess the Impact of Digital Prosthetics Services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The World Health Organization estimates that 5 to 15% of amputees in any given population have access to a prosthesis. This figure is likely to worsen as the amputee population is expected to double by 2050, straining the ... -
Karstic aquifers – simple or hybrid systems? Thermal stories from Maaras cave, Greece
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Karst systems, such as caves, provide a unique opportunity to study the groundwater from the inside in contrast to spring studies, where hydrographs, chemographs, and thermographs show an integrated signal from the entire ... -
Rescaling the land rush? Global political ecologies of land use and cover change in key scenario archetypes for achieving the 1.5 °C Paris agreement target
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Advancing future-oriented perspectives in political ecology and critical agrarian studies, this paper examines projected land use and land cover change (LULCC) dynamics in four ‘archetypal’ scenarios foregrounded by the ... -
Nature-based solutions through collective actions for spatial justice in urban green commons
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions (NBS) requires collective action that incorporates spatial justice considerations. Collective actions reveal new ways of thinking about urban green commons and spatial ...