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Incorporation of Ecosystem Services Valuation in System Dynamics Models: Case Study of Mekong Flooded Forest Landscape
(Master thesis, 2017-08-23)Aim of the thesis is to evaluate a monetary value of a flow of ecosystem services from forest area in rural tropical regions of Cambodia. Evaluation is used for deeper comprehension of costs and benefits of deforestation. ... -
Increase Malaysia palm oil production efficiency
(Master thesis, 2011-12-01)An explanation of palm oil system in Malaysia and the way of improvement production efficiency -
Industriell Symbiose; Strategier og Utfordringer
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Industriell symbiose er et tema som blir stadig mer dagsaktuelt i en verden med et endret miljøbilde som fokuserer på sirkulær økonomi og bærekraftig utvikling. Industriell symbiose som en utviklingsstrategi har tidligere ... -
Inequality dynamics: A study on income and political inequality in the United States (A conceptual virtual lab)
(Master thesis, 2019-08-30)Post-tax income inequality in the US has been rising since the mid-1970s at a rate higher than most industrial democracies. Government policy has contributed to, and failed to restrict this trend despite popular concern ... -
Innovasjon og teknologiutvikling i det regionale innovasjonssystemet. En studie av oppdrettsnæringen og utviklingen av lukket oppdrettsteknologi
(Master thesis, 2016-05-16)Oppgaven studerer teknologiutvikling og innovasjon i oppdrettsnæringen. Analysen tar utgangspunkt i det regionale innovasjonssystemet (RIS), det geografiske utgangspunktet for studiet er Hordaland med tilhørende region. ... -
Innovasjon som tilpasningsstrategi til endring i jordbruket. Et case-studium av innovativ kapasitet i grøntnæringen i Lærdal
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)This paper addresses innovative capacity in an agricultural industry. Agricultural industries are dependent on adapting to changing conditions of production. The future climate changes will most likely lead to an increased ... -
Insights Gained From a Re-analysis of Five Improvement Cases in Healthcare Integrating System Dynamics Into Action Research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Healthcare is complex with multi-professional staff and a variety of patient care pathways. Time pressure and minimal margins for errors, as well as tension between hierarchical power and the power of the ... -
Insights gained from a systematic reanalysis of a successful model-facilitated change process in health care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-20)Health care is a complex system with multiprofessional staff and multiple patient care pathways. Time pressure and minimal margins for error make it challenging to implement new policies or procedures, no matter how ... -
Insights into vaccine hesitancy from systems thinking, Rwanda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: To investigate vaccine hesitancy leading to underimmunization and a measles outbreak in Rwanda and to develop a conceptual, community-level model of behavioural factors. Methods: Local immunization systems ... -
An Integrated Approach to Support Energy Policy Formulation and Evaluation
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-11-27)With the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol (UN, 1997) in 1997 and the recentincrease in energy prices, national leaders of industrialized countries have startedinvestigating options for reducing energy consumption and carbon ... -
An Integrated Theory for the Accumulation of Mentally Ill Offenders and the Effect of Realignment in California
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-09-12)High mental illness prevalence in California state prisons has drawn much attention of scholars and policymakers in the past three decades. Various studies suggest that the mental illness prevalence in prison has increased ... -
Integration of Ghanaians in Bergen's Labour Market
(Master thesis, 2016-05-18)Migration research in Norway has primarily focused on refugees and larger immigrant groups, and their employment outcomes rather than on small culturally different immigrant groups from countries such as Ghana. Migrants' ... -
Integrering eller moralsk assimilering? Ein studie av ei lokalbefolkning sitt møte med dei Andre
(Master thesis, 2004)Denne oppgåva handlar om relasjonen mellom mennesket og staden, samt om relasjonen mellom Oss og dei Andre. Ho granskar korleis nærmiljøet og lokalsamfunnet blir ilagt meining av menneska som bur der, og korleis det ... -
Interannual variability of monsoon onset and withdrawal in Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This research investigates the interannual variability of monsoon onset and withdrawal in Bangladesh, both of which are major climate features shaping multiple societal activities. There is considerable research on the ... -
Interfuel substitution in OECD-European electricity production
(Journal article, 1990)Fuel substitution in OECD-European electricity production is described by a putty-clay formulation. At the time of investment, fuel shares are determined according to a logit model. These fuel shares are maintained throughout ... -
Intermodal Logistics System Simulation Model and the Empty Container Flows
(Master thesis, 2008-09-04)"The average container is idle or undergoing empty repositioning for over 50 % of its life span..." (CRINKS Paul, 2000) High volume of empty container movements and low container productivity are the main problems of the ... -
International Water Management in the Zambezi River Basin: A Historical-Geographical Analysis
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-10)This study reconstructs the evolution of international water management in the Zambezi River Basin in a long-term historical and geographical perspective. The study explores water management by locating it in both a specific ... -
Interpretation-based land cover mapping. Possibilities and challenges for rural land management
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-02-19)Land cover/use maps are often seen as a prerequisite for spatial decision-making processes. Those who have the power to settle land cover categories have an implicit power to imprint certain management regimes on the land. ... -
Investigating Energy Use, Environment Pollution, and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-04)Attaining continuous economic growth entails special consideration of energy sector and the environment. Compliance with this purpose may be more intricate in the uncertain milieu of developing countries. The present paper ... -
Investigating Thailand’s Public Nursing Workforce Age Structure Dynamics: A System Dynamics Approach
(Master thesis, 2019-08-06)The age structure of Thailand’s public nursing workforce has been evolving in an unfavorable way in the past decades. If the age structure continues to remain in this fashion, the overall healthcare system performance might ...