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Bruk og forvaltning av skogressurser i Manang, Nepal.
(Master thesis, 2006)The Masters thesis ‘Use and management of forest resources in Manang, Nepal’ is a study of the necessity of forest resources in a village in Himalaya. It explores how the resources are understood as common pool resources, ... -
Bruken av georadar som metode innanfor kvartærgeologiske studiar og undersøking av torvområde, Æråsdalen, Andøya
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Business Strategy Deltares' Delft3D. How to adjust business strategy of the company according to the changes in the organizational policies
(Master thesis, 2014-07-02)A research institute in the field of coastal life and infrastructure has changed its strategy from licensing to the open-source code for the Delft3D modelling software - the company decided to use dare to share" concept. ... -
Bybanens betydning for stedsforståelse. Hverdagspraksis og stedskonstruksjoner på Nesttun i Bergen
(Master thesis, 2018-10-20)Utbyggingen av Bybanen i Bergen startet for ti år siden, i 2008. Første delstrekning til Nesttun ble åpnet i 2010, og har vært i nærmest kontinuerlig utbygging siden. Bybanen har vært både omdiskutert og omfavnet siden ... -
Byutvikling i lys av Bybanen
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)En studie av Bybanens påvirkning på Nesttun gjennom eiendomsutvikling. GIS og semi-strukturert intervju ble brukt som metode. -
The calm before the storm? The making of a lithium frontier in transitioning Portugal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A nation undergoing accelerating energy transitions with ambitious climate targets discovers lithium. In recent years, Portugal has made headlines inter alia for running on renewable electricity for over a month, setting ... -
Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A critical assessment using system dynamics structural thinking tools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-24)In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, food systems must be resilient, i.e., able to deliver sustainable and equitable food and nutrition security in the face of multiple shocks and stresses. The resilience of ... -
Can people learn behaviours of stock and flow using their ability to calculate running total? An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)Stock and flow is basis of dynamics. Understanding of stock and flow is crucial in comprehending and managing problems such as global warming and national debt. Yet previous experimental studies discovered that people ... -
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainability certification has been posited as a key governance mechanism to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. Whilst many certifications now include climate resilience in their standards, their ... -
Can System Dynamics Improve Project Management Teaching? An Experimental Study
(Master thesis, 2008-08-18)With the great economic development, more and more well trained projectmangers are demanded. Unfortunately, evidence show traditional project managementtraining fails to provide prospective project managers with the ... -
Capturing the Dynamics of Panic Disorder. A System Dynamics Translation of the Contemporary Biological and Psychological Conceptualization of Panic Disorder
(Master thesis, 2008-11-23)The present study undertakes a full system dynamics (SD) translation of the contemporary biological and psychological conceptualizations of panic disorder (PD). It makes explicit the dynamic processes implicit in the ... -
Carbon capture utilization and storage market dynamics: Matching CO2 supply and demand for enhanced oil recovery
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)This thesis describes the project, which is a part of a wider collaboration between the University of Bergen, Norway and the University of North Dakota (UND) and the Institute for Energy Studies (IES), US established in ... -
Carbonscapes and beyond - Conceptualizing the instability of oil landscapes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Geographers tend to see energy systems as intricately interwoven with society and relatively resistant to change. We argue that there is a danger of exaggerating the permanence and stability of the energy–society relationship. ... -
Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project. Impact assessment of the project to the local community: Case study of the Ocean Division of Cameroon
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)The Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project was received with great expectations. Though the project presented negative effects to the environment, with the pro-posed mitigation strategies, many people saw ... -
Challenges for sustainability: misperceptions and misleading advice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)To ensure sustainable development, governments depend on informed decision-makers including the electorates. Previous studies show evidence of widespread and systematic misperceptions, voter ignorance, and reliance on ... -
The Challenges of greening energy: Policy/industry dissonance at the Mongstad refinery, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)The interaction between policy making and industry is a key to understanding the conditions for ‘greening’ contemporary energy systems. This article uses efforts toward greening the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway as a ... -
Changes in the landscape in a protected area in the Peruvian rainforest and the impact on the local population: case of the Mishana community
(Master thesis, 2017-06-15)This research focuses on the landscape change in a small community (Mishana) located within inside a protected area (Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve), in the Amazonian rainforest of Peru. The landscape is formed by the ... -
Changing conditions for political practice: FDI discourse and political spaces for labor in Bolivia
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-18)Various authors have pointed out that the complex processes of globalization arebringing about general shifts in political practices. In particular, these processes areseen to have weakened traditional practices relating ... -
Changing Forestry Governance in Nepal Himalaya. Interactions of Community Forestry with REDD+ and Traditional Institution
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-09-21)Although traditional institutions remained involved in the management of local forests in some areas of Nepal Himalaya, Community Forestry (CF) is now a well-established formal forest management institution of the country. ...