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Seasonal Migration and Livelihood Resilience in the Face of Climate Change in Nepal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Migration for work remains a livelihood strategy in subsistence farming communities globally, especially in view of unprecedented environmental change. Farmers in the high Himalaya migrate during the winter, when farming ... -
Seasons in the sun - weather and climate front-page news stories in Europe’s rainiest city, Bergen
(International Journal of Biometeorology 52(1): 17-31, Journal article, 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
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Senglasial- og holocen strandforskyvning for østlige deler av Hinnøya
(Master thesis, 2022-08-01)En strandforskyvningskurve har i denne studien blitt konstruert for et område øst på Hinnøya i Nord-Norge. Totalt ble fem sediment kjerner hentet med «russer bor» fra to isolasjons basseng analysert. Bassengene; Medkilvatnet ... -
"Senk skuten!" Byutvikling i lys av makt, rasjonalitet og demokrati
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Setningsutvikling i Bergen sentrum: Urbanhydrogeologi, inSAR, setning og kulturlag
(Master thesis, 2017-06-09)The world heritage site of Bryggen in the mediaeval area of Bergen, Norway, has since the 1990’s been suffering from severe subsidence, caused by reduced pore pressure and oxidation of the organic archeological deposits ... -
Setting Priorities to Address the Research Gaps Between Agricultural Systems Analysis and Food Security Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(CGIAR Working Paper; 255, Research report, 2019)This document assesses the current state of practice for the representation of food security indicators in agricultural systems models and provides recommendations for improvements in both model formulation and the empirical ... -
Sharecropping system in mid west Tarai. A case study of Gobardiha VDC of Dangdeukhuri district, Nepal.
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)This study attempts to assess sharecropping system, its impact on farming practices and institutional impact on peasants' access to land resource in dang, west Nepal. Data have been collected using questionnaire survey, ... -
Short-Term Success versus Long-Term Failure: A Simulation-Based Approach for Understanding the Potential of Zambia’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Enhancing Maize Availability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-19)In Sub-Saharan Africa, food-related policies such as fertilizer subsidy programs (FSPs) have undergone a revival and triggered a controversy about their impact. In this article I applied a simulation-based approach to ... -
Short-term versus long-term decision trade-offs: Evidence from a model-based observational experiment with African small-scale farmers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Smallholder farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa recurrently face situations of complex and dynamic decision trade‐offs. Short‐term‐oriented activities such as fertilizer application help to cover immediate food needs but compromise ... -
Shortage of General Physicians' Impact on Medical Malpractice Deaths, The Case of Quebec
(Master thesis, 2022-11-28)In 2012, A study was released showing that more than 40,000 lives were claimed because of medical malpractice in Canada; it is estimated that more than 9,000 of these deaths happened in Quebec in the same year (Charney, ... -
Shortage of qualifed science teachers in Norway. A System Dynamics approach
(Master thesis, 2007)In the following research we present a work which addresses the problem of a shortage of qualified science teachers in secondary school education in Norway. The shortage of qualified science teachers in secondary schools ... -
Simulation-based assessment of cholera epidemic response: A case study of Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Cholera kills between 21,000 and 143,000 people globally each year. It is often fatal, killing up to 50% of the severely symptomatic patients; but death by cholera is preventable with timely treatment, so that the fatality ... -
Simulation-based Assessment of Cholera Epidemic Response: Al-Hudaydah, Yemen
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Sirkulære offentlige anskaffelser Praksis og erfaring basert på casestudier i to kommuner
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Circular public procurement can serve as a tool to meet environmental, social, and economic goals. Public procurers can play a key role in the transition to a circular economy by incorporating environmental and social ... -
Siste istids glasiasjons- og deglasiasjonshistorie i øvre Sølndalen, Alvdal vestfjell
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)The Weichselian glacial history of Norway, and particularly the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 18- 20 ka) is the main focus of this master thesis. The thesis focuses on creating a map of an area in Sølndalen, Hedmark county. ... -
Small hydro power stations, a way to secure electricity supply in Colombia. A policy evaluation using a system dynamics model
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)After its deregulation in 1994, the Colombian Electricity Market (CEM) has developed satisfactorily in some sectors, especially in terms of generation and sales to large costumers and to household sector. However, around ... -
Smallholder farmer resilience to extreme weather events in a global food value chain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Extreme weather events have severe impacts on food systems, especially for smallholders in global food value chains (GFVCs). There is an urgent need to understand (a) how climate shocks manifest in food systems, and (b) ... -
The smart city as mobile policy: Insights on contemporary urbanism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)What can the smart city discourse tell us about contemporary urbanism? This discourse is arguably a key exemplar of the increasingly mobile and networked characteristic of urban policy-making, and can reveal important ... -
Smart Electricity Grid with Real Time Pricing (RTP): An Alternative to Fixed Electricity Pricing In the Ghana Electricity Market
(Master thesis, 2017-06-28)Electricity pricing has been identified as a major cause of the shortfall in power supply in Ghana. End user electricity prices are fixed for long period and do not reflect the marginal cost of generating electricity with ...