Department of Geography: Recent submissions
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Understanding the dynamics emerging from the interplay among poor mental wellbeing, energy balance-related behaviors, and obesity prevalence in adolescents: A simulation-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Both obesity and poor mental wellbeing have a high prevalence in European youth. Adolescents in six countries identified mental wellbeing factors as main drivers of youth obesity through systems mapping. This study sought ... -
System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)It has increasingly been recognized that developing successful obesity prevention policies and interventions requires understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the obesity pandemic and that models could be useful ... -
Co-creating obesity prevention policies with youth: Policy ideas generated through the CO-CREATE project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Despite growing recognition of the importance of applying a systems lens to action on obesity, there has only been limited analysis of the extent to which this lens has actually been applied. The CO-CREATE project used a ... -
Saved by hydrogen? The public acceptance of onshore wind in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Achieving the green energy transition is not without difficulty. This is also the case for the deployment of renewable energy infrastructures. Among these, onshore wind has often been contested. Taking the case of Norway ... -
Never the strongest: reconciling the four schools of thought in system dynamics in the debate on quality
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An Experimental Study to Analyze the Behavior of Students from Multidisciplinary Groups Towards Education Loans
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The strategic value of contradictions: exploring the practices of climate planning in Bergen, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Understanding how cities develop climate plans is crucial to capture their potential to achieve ambitious climate goals. Previous literature has highlighted the role of external pressures or heroic actors in driving local ... -
The politics of urban densification in Oslo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Urban density is central to pressing questions concerning low-carbon lifestyles, affordable housing and global land use patterns. However, for many densifying cities, problems of inequality, climate emissions and social ... -
Investigating the Long-Term Impact of the Police Reform: A Case Study of Denmark
(Master thesis, 2023-06-30)In 2006, Denmark implemented a police reform focusing on efficiency, fast response times, local police, and a unified organization across districts (Holmberg, 2019). The reform was necessary due to increased organized ... -
Restoring heathlands after afforestation on two islands in western Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The ongoing loss of red-listed coastal heathlands is a threat to biodiversity and cultural heritage legacies throughout the Atlantic coastal regions of Europe. It is possible to restore degraded and afforested heathlands, ... -
Befolkningsframskrivinger - usikre, men "det beste vi har" En analyse av hvordan befolkningsvekst håndteres som et strategisk spørsmål i planlegging i Ås kommune og i den regionale planen for areal og transport i Oslo og Akershus
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Befolkningsveksten i Norge er sentralisert i og rundt de store byene. I byregioner med stort press på boligmarkedet, kan kommuner påvirke egen befolkningsutviklingen gjennom å velge hvor mye boligbygging de legger til rette ... -
Palaeoclimatic and regional implications of Older Dryas and Younger Dryas local glacier activity in the low-Arctic valley Finnkongdalen, Andøya, northern Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Continuous glacier margin and equilibrium-line altitude fluctuations of a former glacier on central Andøya, northern Norway, are reconstructed during the Lateglacial based on moraines and AMS 14C-dated sediments from the ... -
Enabling a just energy transition through solidarity in research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A just energy transition is as much about acknowledging and acting on the socio-material needs of marginalised classes and groups as about informing inclusive and deliberative policy-making towards more equitable energy ... -
Populist far right discursive-institutional tactics in European regional decarbonization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)What rhetorical strategies are populist far-right parties using to delay regional decarbonization? This paper focuses on three populist far-right parties—the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), Alternative for ... -
Kunsten å drive en by – Kulturdrevet byutvikling i Kristiansand
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Kulturbaserte strategier har blitt stadig mer brukt innenfor by- og stedsutvikling av planleggere og politikere over hele verden. Økt interesse for bruk av kultur og kreativitet som virkemiddel innenfor planlegging og ... -
Motivasjoner og reservasjoner: En studie av bruken og spredningen av klimakalkulatoren blant bønder i Nordland
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)In 2019 the agricultural organizations in Norway signed a letter of intent with the Norwegian government, with the goal of cutting 5 million tons of CO2-equvalents from the agricultural sector by 2030, both through direct ... -
Trafikkreduksjon og bilfrihet i Bergen
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Dette studiet tar for seg tematikken bilfrihet og reduksjon av personbiltrafikk i Bergen. Formålet har vært å undersøke hovedproblemstillingen hvordan Bergen kommune arbeider for en bilfri by. Oppgaven har tatt utgangspunkt ... -
Byrom som arena for sosial inkludering
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Denne masteroppgaven har hatt som formål å belyse hvordan byrom fungerer som en arena for sosial inkludering, med Kong Christian Fredriksplass som case. Oppgaven utforsker hvordan den fysiske utformingen påvirker den sosiale ... -
Hvordan konflikter endrer sted: En studie av hytteeieres oppfatning av konflikten på Sjusjøen
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Denne oppgaven har som mål å utforske hvordan konflikter man ikke er involverte i påvirker og endrer ens oppfattinger av steder, med å se på hvordan konflikten endrer deres sense of place til stedet. Konflikter er ikke en ...