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Rekonstruksjon av storflommer i Glomma gjennom holosen - mulige koblinger til naturlig klimavariabilitet og global atmosfærisk sirkulasjon
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Remote sensing of β-diversity: Evidence from plant communities in a semi-natural system
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Question: Do remote sensing signals represent β‐diversity? Does β‐diversity agree with community types? Location: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve, La Palma, Canary Islands. Methods: We recorded perennial, vascular ... -
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 ... -
Reserve-dependent capital efficiency, cross-sector competition, and mineral security considerations in mineral industry transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This study pinpoints three current factors that could be momentous in a possible transition to marine mining, namely reserve-dependent capital efficiency (accessibility and grade-dependent output per unit capital), ... -
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
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Resilience of small-scale farming to the emergence of bioenergy as a climate policy: lessons from Brazil’s social biodiesel programme
(Master thesis, 2019-08-06)This master thesis describes effects of the Brazilian social biodiesel policies on smallholder farmers. Through interviews, documental analysis and a simulation model, it rejects a dynamic hypothesis about market manipulation ... -
Resource management in the Anlo-Ewe migrant fishing community Abakam in the central region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Restaurering av våtmark i Haukåsmyrane, Åsane - muligheter og utfordringer
(Master thesis, 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, ... -
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, ... -
Ricebean food preparation and diets
(Food Security through Ricebean Research in India and Nepal, Research report, 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 such ... -
Right-wing and populist support for climate mitigation policies: Evidence from Poland and its carbon-intensive Silesia region
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Research on environmental behaviour is often overlooked in literature on regime destabilization in energy transitions. This study addresses that gap by focusing on socio-political and demographic factors shaping support ... -
Risiko- og sårbarheitsanalyse av eit reservevassverk på Bømoen, Voss
(Master thesis, 2018-06-05)Oppgåva tek føre seg eit prosjekt der Voss kommune vurderer om dei skal etablera eit reservevassverk på Bømoen. Målet med oppgåva er å legga fram ein plan for å verna vassressursane i området, og ein risiko- og sårbarheitsanalyse ... -
Road transport and agriculture: A comparative study of the implications of road access for subsistence agriculture in the northern Ghana
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
The role of multilevel dynamics and agency in regional industry renewal
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-05-15)This dissertation investigates the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and its approach to regional restructuring. A dynamic approach considering that regional industries are ... -
The Role of Norad's Oil for development programme in environmental management in Ghana
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
The role of Petroleum in Portraying and Perceiving Stavanger
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
The Role of System Dynamics Approaches in Aquatic Disease Management: An Application to Sea Lice Control in Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-09-21)Different methodologies have been used to model the epidemiology and economics of aquaculture diseases, including input-output models, benefit- cost analysis, linear programming, simple spreadsheet-based models, compartment ... -
The role of systematic reviews in the system dynamics modelling process
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Rural livelihood diversification and household well-being: Insights from Humla, Nepal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Rykk tilbake til start - ei studie av medverking i byplanlegging i Bergen
(Master thesis, 2019-10-09)Når byar skal planleggast har kommunen ansvar for å sjå til at medverking er lagt til rette for, anten det er private eller offentlege planforslag. I fylgje plan- og bygningslova skal det leggast ut til høyring og offentleg ...