Blar i Brage NMBU på forfatter "Sjaastad, Espen Olav"
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Assessment of knowledge sharing processes between academicians and decision makers towards the sustainable development of green infrastructure based of the example of environmental governance in Akershus and Oslo
Yemets, Olena (Master thesis, 2019)It has been a rapid growth of interest to the potential benefits of green infrastructure in the environmental governance along with the balancing densification and greening processes for the sustainable development. In ... -
Climate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Buhaug, Halvard; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Sjaastad, Espen Olav; Theisen, Ole Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Earlier research that reports a correlational pattern between climate anomalies and violent conflict routinely refers to drought-induced agricultural shocks and adverse economic spillover effects as a key causal mechanism ... -
Economic efficiency and ethics : a case study of forced labor in Malaysian electrical and electronics industry
Mo, Xiaoyi (Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis, there are five chapters. The first chapter is introduction on this thesis, including problem statement and justification, objective and research questions and methodology. The second chapter focuses on the ... -
Exploring the implication of large-scale land acquisition on human rights in Ghana
Gyimah, Edward Gyamfi (Master thesis, 2022)Copious evidence exists on studies into large scale land acquisition (LSLA) in Ghana. The literature is replete with divergent findings that support both the pessimist views (land investments always hurt locals and drain ... -
Forest conservation and sustainable development goals in Colombia : assessment of projects in the AFOLU sector
Maria Catalina, Becerra Leal (Master thesis, 2019)The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national level is a priority for the Colombian government. However, none of the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) carbon projects validated ... -
Impact of rural development support on livelihoods and poverty in South Serbia
Jalic, Jelena (Master thesis, 2017)Poverty represents a major problem in rural areas in Serbia. Agriculture households in South Serbia fall into the category of regions with difficult conditions for agriculture such as the lack of connection between the new ... -
Mexican drug wars : examining the crime-conflict nexus
Hansen, Agnes Oftedal (Master thesis, 2022)The violence linked to drug trafficking in Mexico is sometimes recognized as crime and at other times as conflict. Traditional theories of what constitutes crime and what constitutes conflict, however, seem to fall short ... -
Productivity beyond density: A critique of management models for reindeer pastoralism in Norway
Marin, Andrei Florin; Sjaastad, Espen Olav; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Sara, Mikkel Nils Mikkelsen; Borgenvik, Erik Johan Langfeldt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Small scale fishing communities’ perceptions of climate change and its impact on livelihoods, gender roles and adaptive capacity : a case of Lake Malawi
Limuwa, Moses Majid (PhD Thesis;2019:16, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Fisheries remain a major livelihood for many Malawians despite continued low fish catches negatively impacting households, which depend on this resource. The main objective of this thesis is to reduce the current lack of ... -
Social work with orphans in Vladikavkaz, Russia
Dziova, Milana (Master thesis, 2018)The modernization of Russian society at the turn of the XX-XX1 centuries gave rise to a complex set of social problems, the most painful among which were the problems of social insecurity and mass child neglect. It is ... -
Sustainable water footprint of avocado imported to Norway from Chile : Norwegian retailer’s information and influence on water management
Holmqvist, Jonas Ådnøy (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates the control regimes of the enterprises constituting the value chain for avocado from producers in Chile to the Norwegian retailer Rema 1000. The Norwegian enterprises Rema 1000 and Bama together ... -
The aftermath of the Fundão dam disaster in Barra Longa, Brazil : compensation and participation from an environmental justice perspective
Haugsnes, Vilde Skålnes (Master thesis, 2018)This paper has as its main objective to look at how the compensation and participatory strategies used by Samarco and the Renova foundation has created conflicts among actors in the local community. By using a conceptual ... -
The Kenyan ban on plastic bags : a study of attitudes and adaptation in Nairobi
Enge, Caroline Nikoline Gundersen (Master thesis, 2018)The attention toward plastic pollution has increased in recent years, especially due to concern over marine pollution and microplastics. Although plastic bags constitute a small share of the total plastic waste, they have ...