Blar i Department of Geography på tittel
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The role of systematic reviews in the system dynamics modelling process
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Rule compliance in public forests: A pilot experiment
(Master thesis, 2020-07-14)Illegal logging is a serious issue that not only has dire environmental and social consequences, but also bring forwards the issue of poor governance of common pool resources. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute ... -
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 ... -
Salmon economic analysis: an operational cost study, finding better ways to ensure efficient resource utilization, improves profitability and environmental sustainability for the salmon aquaculture in Norway.
(Master thesis, 2018-12-20)Salmon aquaculture is the fastest growing industry in Norway, contributing to food security and nutrition. The industry ensures social, economic and environmentally sustainable development by utilizing natural resources ... -
Sanddyner som indikator på miljøendring.Naturtypekartlegging og analyse av økologisk tilstand, Skarasanden - Jærstrendene landskapsvernområde.
(Master thesis, 2013-11-17)Sammendrag Mål: Oppgaven hadde som mål å avdekke naturtypers romlige fordeling og økologiske tilstand på Skarasanden i Sola kommune i Rogaland. Gjennom innsamling av et sammenliknbart datamateriale, vil området kunne ... -
Saved by hydrogen? The public acceptance of onshore wind in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Achieving the green energy transition is not without difficulty. This is also the case for the deployment of renewable energy infrastructures. Among these, onshore wind has often been contested. Taking the case of Norway ... -
Scalar Containment of Energy Justice and Its Democratic Discontents: Solar Power and Energy Poverty Alleviation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The threats climate change poses require rapid and wide decarbonization efforts in the energy sector. Historically, large-scale energy operations, often instrumental for a scaled and effective approach to meet decarbonization ... -
Scales of Energy Justice: Solar power and energy poverty alleviation
(Master thesis, 2020-06-20)The threats climate change poses require rapid and wide decarbonization efforts in the energy sector. Historically, traditional, large-scale energy operations have frequently led to energy-related injustices. Energy poverty ... -
Sclerochronologic and oxygen isotope analysis of growth increments in shells of the bivalve Arctica islandica from southwest off Iceland
(Master thesis, 2017-06-14)The marine bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica is presently known as the longest-living non-colonial animal, and considered to be a valuable paleo proxy and recorder of past environmental variability. This study presents the ... -
Sea-level reconstruction during the Early Holocene in Tjeldsundet, Northern Norway
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Seasonal Migration and Livelihood Resilience in the Face of Climate Change in Nepal
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Migration for work remains a livelihood strategy in subsistence farming communities globally, especially in view of unprecedented environmental change. Farmers in the high Himalaya migrate during the winter, when farming ... -
Seasons in the sun - weather and climate front-page news stories in Europe’s rainiest city, Bergen
(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 ... -
Seed viability and germination success of Acacia tortilis along landuse and aridity gradients in the Eastern Sahara
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01)Our study focuses on the keystone species Acacia tortilis and is the first to investigate the effect of domestic ungulates and aridity on seed viability and germination over an extensive part of the Eastern Sahara. Bruchids ... -
Senglasial- og holocen strandforskyvning for østlige deler av Hinnøya
(Master thesis, 2022-08-01)En strandforskyvningskurve har i denne studien blitt konstruert for et område øst på Hinnøya i Nord-Norge. Totalt ble fem sediment kjerner hentet med «russer bor» fra to isolasjons basseng analysert. Bassengene; Medkilvatnet ... -
"Senk skuten!" Byutvikling i lys av makt, rasjonalitet og demokrati
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Setningsutvikling i Bergen sentrum: Urbanhydrogeologi, inSAR, setning og kulturlag
(Master thesis, 2017-06-09)The world heritage site of Bryggen in the mediaeval area of Bergen, Norway, has since the 1990’s been suffering from severe subsidence, caused by reduced pore pressure and oxidation of the organic archeological deposits ... -
Setting Priorities to Address the Research Gaps Between Agricultural Systems Analysis and Food Security Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(CGIAR Working Paper; 255, Research report, 2019)This document assesses the current state of practice for the representation of food security indicators in agricultural systems models and provides recommendations for improvements in both model formulation and the empirical ... -
Sharecropping system in mid west Tarai. A case study of Gobardiha VDC of Dangdeukhuri district, Nepal.
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)This study attempts to assess sharecropping system, its impact on farming practices and institutional impact on peasants' access to land resource in dang, west Nepal. Data have been collected using questionnaire survey, ... -
Short-Term Success versus Long-Term Failure: A Simulation-Based Approach for Understanding the Potential of Zambia’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program in Enhancing Maize Availability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-19)In Sub-Saharan Africa, food-related policies such as fertilizer subsidy programs (FSPs) have undergone a revival and triggered a controversy about their impact. In this article I applied a simulation-based approach to ...