Browsing Department of Geography by Author "Meze-Hausken, Elisabeth"
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Climate and society. A complex and conditional relationship
Meze-Hausken, Elisabeth (Doctoral thesis, 2008-05-13)Too little rainfall causes human adaptation problems. Too much rainfall as well. The same isvalid for temperature. What makes people vulnerable to climate and what impacts can climatecause on society? Where lies the border ... -
Contrasting climate variability and meteorological drought with perceived drought and climate change in northern Ethiopia
Meze-Hausken, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004-08-04)The rationale of this paper is to investigate peoples’ perception of climate variability, climatechange and drought frequency and compare it with measurements of rainfall variability andanomalies in northern Ethiopia. ... -
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On the (im-)possibilities of defining human climate thresholds
Meze-Hausken, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-02-19)The aim of this study is to explore the way climate creates thresholds within society. Both human physiology and the human mind determine when and where climate can trigger and influence human activities. By presenting a ... -
Seasons in the sun - weather and climate front-page news stories in Europe’s rainiest city, Bergen
Meze-Hausken, Elisabeth (International Journal of Biometeorology 52(1): 17-31, Journal article, 2007-01-24)This paper is a portrayal of aspects of weather and climate as front-page news in Europe’s rainiest city, Bergen, Norway. It descriptively explores the coverage and different contextualization of weather and climate. By ...