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How humanitarian assistance practices exacerbate vulnerability: Knowledges, authority and legitimacy in disaster interventions in Baltistan, Pakistan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper examines humanitarian assistance practices to understand how approaches followed by various actors address – or fail to address - social vulnerability to disasters. This question is addressed through a study of ... -
How interventions in master plans affect public transport competitiveness versus cars: a case study of two small and two medium-sized city regions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Many spatial master plans aim at reducing car traffic and increasing public transport use, but whether the plans truly promote such development is not obvious because they may also include conflicting objectives. The purpose ... -
How is biodiversity offsets operating? : a study of its governance structure, strengths and weaknesses and the process of institutionalizing it in the UK
(Master thesis, 2014-09-16)This thesis gives an overview of the governance structure in biodiversity offsets, the arguments for and against it as a delivering mechanism to achieve a “no net loss” target in biodiversity and the current process of ... -
How juries assess universal design in Norwegian architectural school competitions
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How Large is the Endowment Effect in the Risky Investment Game?
(CLTS Working paper;04/21, Working paper, 2021)The risky investment game of Gneezy and Potters (1997) has been a popular tool used to estimate risk tolerance and myopic loss aversion. Holden and Tilahun (2021) tested and found that the simple one-shot version of this ... -
How lichens impact on terrestrial community and ecosystem properties
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How much are sustainable funds influenced by changes in the oil price? An empirical analysis of risk-adjusted returns, 2018-2023
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the impact of oil price changes on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) funds. As sustainable investment funds gain popularity in response to growing environmental concerns, understanding the ... -
How Northern pike’s (Esox lucius) traits, environmental factors, and angler characteristics infuence angling vulnerability explored though an angling experiment in Aremarksjøen
(Master thesis, 2020)Pike angling is a popular activity across large areas of the world. This activity has attained substantial research attention recently demonstrating potential impact on population size and composition, including both ... -
How not to cut down a tree : a comparative study of forest policies, livelihoods and land use in Vietnam
(PhD Thesis;2017:11, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis focuses on the role of forests and forest management in providing global environmental and climate services. The study analyzes multiple dimensions of forest-sector policy development, with a special focus on ... -
How occupational health is assessed in mine workers in Murmansk Oblast
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)OBJECTIVES: We aimed to describe how work exposure and occupational health is assessed for mine workers in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. STUDY DESIGN: A descriptive study based on current practice, laws and available literature. ... -
How Oslo engages the world globally : a study of Oslo’s involvement in transnational city networks on climate and environment
(Master thesis, 2021)Cities are increasingly gaining interest as an object of study within the field of International Relations. While cities are not new, they have for long been overlooked within the field of international relations. However, ... -
How planners' use and non-use of expert knowledge affect the goal achievement potential of plans : Experiences from strategic land-use and transport planning processes in three Scandinavian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This article addresses the question of how planners’ use and non-use of expert knowledge affect the content and goal achievement potential of plans, and discusses how changes in planners’ and researchers’ practices can ... -
How pro-poor are land rental markets in Ethiopia?
(CLTS Report;2016:1, Report, 2016)This study builds on data collected over a 15 year period (1998-2013) in three regions in Ethiopia through funding from the Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NORAD, Global Land Tools Network ... -
How related are risk preferences and time preferences?
(CLTS Working paper;4/19, Working paper, 2019)Risk and time preferences are fundamentally important for financial decisions. We study such preferences for business group members based on field experiments in Ethiopia. The relationship between risk preferences and time ... -
How religious tourism affects water security in the pilgrimage town Vrindavan, India
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This paper analyses how religious tourism affects water security in the pilgrimage town Vrindavan, in India. I used qualitative methods to show how the rapid influx of visitors exerts immense pressure on the infrastructure ... -
How severe and prevalent are Ebola and Marburg viruses? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the case fatality rates and seroprevalence
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How termites and large mammalian herbivores influence tree communities, seed removal and wood decomposition in an African savanna
(PhD Thesis;2018:71, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The heterogeneity and extent savannas makes them resilient, diverse and socioeconomically important. Abiotic factors determine large-scale variation on a, but biotic factors matter at small-scales. In the African savannas, ... -
How to best create or restore wild meadows in an urban setting
(Master thesis, 2020)Anthropogenic activities associated with increasing influx of people in cities globally and the capital city of Norway, Oslo, has expansively fragment and decreased urban green space, reducing the connectivity between the ...