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Household determinants of cooking fuel use and motivation to adopt LPG : the case of the Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2022)In Sub-Saharan Africa, 70-90% of the energy supply for cooking, lighting, and heating is primarily sourced from biomass. The use of biomass, therefore, represents about 82% of the total energy consumed in the sub-region. ... -
Household fuel and energy use for rural development in Nepal : a case study in Ilam District
(Master thesis, 2014-05-21)In the past, the energy ladder was the main model for understanding changes in energy use. This model shows that as households income increase they will change to more efficient fuels. However, recent studies including my ... -
Household recycling rates for plastic and wet organic waste in Norwegian municipalities : possible influence by sociodemographic, geographic and waste management properties
(Master thesis, 2017)With population growth and a huge increase in consumption over the last decades, waste has transitioned from being considered a problem to being considered a resource. To exploit this resource in the most efficient way ... -
Household welfare effects of low-cost land certification in Ethiopia
(CLTS Working Paper;2011:3, Working paper, 2011)Several studies have shown that the land registration and certification reform in Ethiopia has been implemented at an impressive speed, at a low-cost, and with significant impacts on investment, land productivity, and ... -
Households' seed security level in the aftermath of earthquake : a case study from the village Pawati-8 one year after the earthquake, 25th April 2015
(Master thesis, 2016-11-21)Despite the report of wide spread damage of seed system by the earthquake in after 25th April 2015, the seed security studies in pro-earthquake context (aftermath of earthquake) has been missed in several rural villages ... -
Housing of laboratory mice in a natural habitat : influence on immune system, gut microbiota, and colorectal cancer development
(PhD thesis;2022:26, Doctoral thesis, 2022)The natural habitat for the house mouse is on the ground, typically close to humans and their livestock and hence surrounded by a rich microbial diversity that throughout evolutionary history has driven the adaptation of ... -
Hovedsykkeltrasé gjennom Holmen i Asker kommune - En lokaliseringsstudie
(Master thesis, 2011-08-26)I 2006 ble Asker kommune medlem av "Sykkelbynettverket". Dette nettverket har til hensikt å legge til rette for sykling i norske byer og tettsteder. Dette samsvarer med de mål og strategier definert i den Nasjonale ... -
Hovedtrekk av den tektoniske utviklingen i østre del av sparagmittområdet i Sør-Norge
(Research report, 1975)The structural history of the esatern Sparagmite area in Norway can be seperated into three main phases: (1) Pre- and early - Caledonian anorogenic movements including rifting and formation ot the eastern sparagmite basin ... -
Hovedutfordringer for norsk vindkraft: lønnsomhet vurdering og forskjeller fra andre europeiske land
(Master thesis, 2015-08-07)Med gode vindressurser langs hele kysten burde Norge bygge ut vindkraft i stor skala. Fra starten av det norsk-svenske sertifikatmarkedet 1.januar 2012 var det ventet stor vekst innen utbygging. Allikevel bygger flere av ... -
Hovedutfordringer i informasjonsflyten under covid-19-pandemien : en casestudie av Akershus universitetssykehus
(Master thesis, 2021)Covid-19-pandemien medførte mange innleggelser av smittede pasienter som trengte medisinsk hjelp. Kapasiteten til sykehusene i Norge ble utfordret, noe som førte til store omrokkeringer på sykehusene for å ha ressurser til ... -
Hovedveiomlegging og tettstedsutvikling : med fokus på rv. 7 og Noresund
(Master thesis, 2019)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å belyse hvordan omlegging av riksvei kan påvirke stedsutvikling, næringsutvikling og bomiljø for et mindre tettsted. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i tettstedet Noresund i Krødsherad kommune ... -
How a resource center for urban agriculture can provide multidimensional tools for social inclusion. The case study of Godsen, Drammen.
(Master thesis, 2023)Urban agriculture has been identified as an opportunity to provide multidimensional tools for social development in urban areas. In this thesis, social development is defined as “concepts that aims to improve and promote ... -
How and why does intra-metropolitan workplace location affect car commuting?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This paper illuminates important causal processes that can explain differences between central, semi-central and suburban workplaces in commuting distances and modes. Its empirical base is qualitative interview material ... -
How and why planners make plans which, if implemented, cause growth in traffic volumes : explanations related to the expert knowledge, the planners, and the plan-making processes
(PhD Thesis;2012:1, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Traffic volumes need to be reduced in order to reduce GHG emissions and avoid dangerous global warming. This is also a means to reduce local health and environment problems, congestion and land take, save energy, make ... -
How are social preferences of youth related to their motivation to invest in environmental conservation (local public goods)?
(CLTS Working paper;03/21, Working paper, 2021)We have used simple incentivized social preference experiments for a sample of 2427 resource-poor rural youth that have formed natural-resource based youth business groups in their home communities. The experiments were ... -
How body condition, current nutrition and Finn gene status influence litter size in Norwegian White Sheep : a study in flushing and antiflushing
(Master thesis, 2020)The effect of body condition, current nutrition and Finn gene status on litter size was studied using 111 ewes of Norwegian White Breed, in the age from 1.5 to 6.5 years. The last 11 weeks before mating in mid-November the ... -
How can bunker oil price risk be reduced using fuel oil futures?
(Master thesis, 2018)The primary objective of this thesis is to study fuel oil futures contacts to find possible ways to reduce bunker oil price risk. Specified, by examining the hedge performance of fuel oil futures to find out “how can bunker ... -
How can forage Production in Nordic and Mediterranean Europe adapt to the challenges and opportunities arising from climate change?
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How can landscape architects contribute in the planning process to create school yards based on children’s needs and aspirations? : a case study to test a process to bridge the knowledge gap between research and practice
(Master thesis, 2020)Through research, we know that high quality outdoor environments have positive health effects in children. Research also show the importance of including children in planning the spaces they are to use. We have laws, ...