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Prison overcrowding: finding successful policies to manage capacity utilization.
(Master thesis, 2010-06-07)The prison population of the United Kingdom is the largest in Western Europe. It has been operating beyond its designed capacity for over 20 years. This paper addresses the root causes of this overcrowding and why despite ... -
Produksjon av makt. En studie av interessekonflikten tilknyttet Nussir ASAs gruveplaner i Repparfjord
(Master thesis, 2016-09-01)As the Norwegian oil age is coming to an end, industry and government are in need for alternative sources of profit and value creation. At the same time, attention is increasingly turned towards the north as Norwegian ... -
Profit motive and natural resource overexploitation: misperception of the bioeconomic dynamics; the case of a fishery
(Master thesis, 2010-11-30)Over-exploitation of fishery resources has become a major concern not only to users of the resource but society as a whole. Management of the resource has not yielded the desired result of sustainability despite huge efforts ... -
The Proposed Re-development of the Takoradi Market Circle and its likely. Implications for Market Traders' Access to Trading Space.
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)Market centres are important state and private institutions in Ghana. Apart from being the main places for buying and selling, they constitute major sources of livelihood for many people in Ghana, especially women. Despite ... -
Prospects and challenges in linking local marine fish production to the Ghana school feeding programme
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Considering the rate of poverty in sub-Sahara Africa, pro-poor policies and social interventions focusing on children, education and economic development are of tremendous importance to the development of countries in the ... -
Pteridophyte species richness in the central Himalaya is limited by cold climate extremes at high elevations and rainfall seasonality at low elevations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)There is a consensus that climate factors strongly influence species richness along elevation gradients, but which factors are crucial and how they operate are still elusive. Here, we assess the relative importance of ... -
Public Indebtedness and Fiscal Policy Restructuring for Socio-Economic Development
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-12-03)The flow of finance across national boarders is not an exclusively twentieth century phenomenon(Korner, Maass et al. 1987). In the Middle Ages and later, in the early modern era, when creditoperations and modern banking ... -
Public Policy Improvements to Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture Operations – A Case Study
(Master thesis, 2018-06-29)The aquaculture industry is an important food production industry both in Norway and around the world. As a young industry, it is still developing and growing. Industry-wide challenges exist, including but not limited to ... -
Public Reasoning in "Post-Truth" Times: Technoscientific Imaginaries of "Smart" Futures
(Chapter, 2021)Our current “post-truth” era seems to some extent to be a moment of competing realities, where future imaginations are no longer shared within society. Among the many optimistic narratives and imaginaries of progress, ... -
Quantification and Change Assessment Benjamin Aubrey Robson 2016 Dissertation date: 31st October 2016 of Debris-Covered Glaciers using Remote Sensing
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-31)This thesis investigates how remote sensing data can be used to assess the changing state of debris-covered ice. The principal study areas are the Manaslu Region in Nepal (papers I and III) and the Hohe Tauern National ... -
Reconstruction of former glacier equilibrium-line altitudes based on proglacial sites: an evaluation of approaches and selection of sites
(Quaternary Science Reviews; 22(2/4), Journal article, 2003)Various approaches are used to record variations in glacier activity and equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) based on proglacial sites (lacustrine and terrestrial). These approaches are based on a conceptual model of ... -
Reducing the smoking-related health burden in the USA through diversion to electronic cigarettes: a system dynamics simulation study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) have altered tobacco smoking trends, and their impacts are controversial. Given their lower risk relative to combustible tobacco, e-cigarettes have potential for harm ... -
Reflecting on factors influencing long-lasting organisational effects of group model-building interventions
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Reflections on adapting group model building scripts into online workshops
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Regeneration of pine on the aeolian sand dunes in Starmoen nature reserve, south-east Norway
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Regeneration of Shorea robusta and Schima wallichii under Community Forest Management in Ludikhola watershed, Gorkha district, Nepal
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Rekonstruksjon av deglasiasjonsforløpet på den nordvestlige delen av Hardangervidda
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Rekonstruksjon av flommer i Glomma gjennom holosen - Effekter av klimaendringer på ulike flomregimer
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Rekonstruksjon av isutbreiing gjennom Weichsel i Grimsdalen, nordlige Rondane.
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Rekonstruksjon av isutbreiing gjennom Weichsel i vestlege delar av Rondane
(Master thesis, 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 ...