Blar i Faculty of Landscape and Society (LandSam) på dokumenttype "Doctoral thesis"
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Development in crisis : livelihoods and social complexities in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
(PhD Thesis;2015:95, Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-26)Global socio-economic development strategies, fast communication systems, and natural and manmade disasters have put constructed social and cultural notions of developing societies into continuous processes of change. ... -
Dissonance in development : foreign aid and state formation in Malawi
(PhD Thesis;2011:49, Doctoral thesis, 2011)The thesis focuses on certain characteristics of the state and of state formation in Malawi, with particular emphasis on the effects of development aid. The methodological and theoretical approach draws primarily on social ... -
Economic incentives in household waste management : just a waste? : a relational approach to agents and structures in household waste sorting
(PhD Thesis;2017:76, Doctoral thesis, 2017)I en verden der naturressursene forbrukes i et stadig raskere tempo og forringelsene av miljøet øker, er det stadig viktigere å fremme og legge til rette for adferd som er miljømessig bærekraftig. Ulike typer politikk er ... -
Effects of civil war on maternal and child health care in sub-Saharan Africa
(PhD Thesis;2014:48, Doctoral thesis, 2014)The aim of this thesis is to investigate an issue of great concern in developing countries: the impacts of civil conflict on access to and use of health maternal and child health care services, in sub-Saharan Africa. In ... -
Effects of climate-smart agriculture on agricultural production, GHG emissions and livelihoods in agro-pastoral and mixed farming systems in southern Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2020:29, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Changes in the agricultural sector are essential in order to mitigate and adapt to climate change, meet growing food demands, and improve the livelihoods of poor smallholder producers. Several studies have suggested that ... -
Eiendomsdannelse i bytransformasjon
(PhD Thesis;2014:11, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Temaet for avhandlingen er eiendomsdannelse i bytransformasjon. Eiendomsdannelse går i denne sammenheng ut på å omforme eksisterende eiendomsforhold og etablere nye som gir sikkerhet for de nye "formelle" eier-, eiendoms- ... -
Eiendomsutvikling som strategisk prosjektledelse
(PhD Thesis;2016:09, Doctoral thesis, 2016)This report theorizes real estate development. Well established strategy management theory has been confronted with experience based insights in real estate development to propose a theoretical interpretation of such ... -
Emotional robots as health promotion in dementia care : group activity with a seal robot in nursing homes
(PhD Thesis;2016:29, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-13)In recent years there has been shift in how to approach treatment of people with dementia towards stimulating social, personal and physical resources in order to promote health and well-being. Promoting health in nursing ... -
Evaluation of spatial analysis methods for adolescents' outdoor environment in physical activity research : how the environment affords physical activity in adolescents
(PhD Thesis;2013:28, Doctoral thesis, 2013)The importance of physical activity in health promotion is an extensively researched topic. Several aspects of the environment contribute to the development of physical activity behavior, one of which is the physical ... -
Exploring gendered dimensions of ownership, access and use of land-based resources in post crisis Swat, Pakistan
(PhD Thesis;2016:27, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-05)Gendered dimensions of ownership, access and use of land-based resources in rural economies in Pakistan are still negotiable and under-researched. Not only is land ownership highly gendered, but also it is underpinned by ... -
Forsvarlig saksbehandling av endring av fast eiendom : en undersøkelse og evaluering av norske kommuners praksis i 2015
(PhD Thesis;2018:95, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Forskningstemaet er saksbehandling av søknad om endring av fast eiendom. Dette undersøker jeg ved å besvare forskningsspørsmålet: Oppfyller kommunenes saksbehandling av søknad om endring av fast eiendom evalueringskriterier ... -
Future sustainability for housing development : an eco-modernist and a degrowth scenario
(PhD Thesis;2021:70, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This thesis is mainly concerned with the environmental and social sustainability of housing development in affluent countries using Oslo and Milan as case studies. It aims to investigate alternative housing futures that ... -
Gendered living and responding to pastoral stressors in Borana, southern Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis; 2019:34, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis examines major stressors affecting pastoral production and the impacts of these stressors on different social groups, particularly on women in Borana, southern Ethiopia. The main objective is to understand the ... -
A global agenda meets local practices : an ethnographic study of the introduction of REDD+ in Zanzibar
(PhD Thesis;2018:64, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis discusses REDD+ as an example of a highly ambitious global environmental policy framework conceived at international levels and implemented at local levels in forest communities across the Global South. The ... -
Governing the jungle : REDD+ and forest governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo : an analysis of drivers, tenure, gender and participation
(PhD Thesis;2017:66, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis focuses on forest governance and the establishment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) pilot projects in the Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ... -
The grammar of status competition : international hierarchies as domestic practice
(PhD Thesis;2020:57, Doctoral thesis, 2020)A burgeoning body of research has documented that status-seeking abounds in world politics. Yet the status hierarchies to which states respond and compete within are notoriously ambiguous and difficult to empirically ... -
Gravarealet som landskapsarkitektur : variasjon, virkemidler, muligheter
(PhD Thesis;2015:13, Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-10)Dette forskningsprosjektet har en designtilnærming og omhandler den fysiske utformingen av gravarealet, området på gravplassen hvor gravene ligger. Gravarealet er et særlig sted og for at det skal framstå som noe eget, ... -
Health-promoting environments for children and adolescents : built environment characteristics as resources for activity participation and well-being
(PhD Thesis;2019:66, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Childhood and adolescence are important stages of life with long-lasting implications for both the health and well-being of individuals and society as a whole. Accordingly, health-promoting efforts aimed at supporting the ... -
Helse og fysisk planlegging i Norge 1814-2008
(PhD Thesis;2015:21, Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-04)Avhandlingen tar for seg hvordan byplanleggingen i Norge har vært benyttet i det forebyggende og helsefremmende arbeidet fra begynnelsen av 1800‐tallet og til plan- og bygningsloven i 2008. I avhandlingen analyseres ... -
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 ...