Browsing Doctoral theses (LandSam) by Issue Date
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Prevocational training on care farms for people outside the work force : the self-determination theory perspective
(PhD Thesis;2017:13, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Background and aim. There is a concern in Norway that a large part of the population is out of work. Having the possibility to participate in working life, is important for ensuring good health, well-being and an acceptable ... -
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 ... -
Plague of bureaucracies : producing and territorializing difference in East Africa, 1888-1940
(PhD Thesis;2017:40, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Mahmood Mamdani (1996a: 8) once provocatively argued that “apartheid, usually considered unique to South Africa, is actually the generic form of the colonial state in Africa.” The research objective of this dissertation ... -
Public attitudes toward climate change and climate policies : the role of political values and institutional contexts
(PhD Thesis;2017:42, Doctoral thesis, 2017)For societies to create mitigation policies that achieve sufficient support for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a better understanding of people’s positions on climate change and climate policies is necessary. This thesis ... -
Marking space : negotiating room for user efficacy in residential urban spaces
(PhD Thesis;2017:08, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The ability to mark and change - or hold efficacy over - one’s environment is a basic need of everyday dwelling. Because people in cities share outdoor space, their ability to affect their environment is constantly in ... -
The Norwegian second home phenomenon : a critical perspective
(PhD Thesis;2017:82, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The Norwegians’ construction and use of second homes has been an issue in public planning since the development of its antecedent, the cabin, began to take toll on the beautiful Norwegian landscape in the 1950s and 1960s. ... -
Socio-spatiality : intended by designers, realised by users : the case of shared space
(PhD Thesis;2017:27, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Urban design contributes significantly to the production of public urban space. Socio-spatiality, the dialectic relationship between the social and the spatial, sits at the heart of the field and at the heart of this thesis. ... -
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 ... -
Order in chaos : understanding governance in Somalia
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis explores how governance has been established in Somalia, a country that lacks a functioning state and, thus, is considered as an ungoverned space. By combining theoretical frameworks from political sciences, ... -
Compact city or sprawl? : the role of urban form in subjective well-being
(PhD Thesis;2018:52, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The novel contribution of this thesis is the new theoretical and empirical knowledge it generates on the relationship between urban form and subjective well-being (SWB). It specifically examines how urban form, in other ... -
Land use and travel behavior in small cities
(PhD thesis;2018:67, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Research on the relationship between land-use and travel behavior has been at the forefront of finding solutions to the ever-growing challenges of energy demand and urban pollution associated with transportation. However, ... -
On the complexity of dealing with introduced plants as cultural heritage : a historical multidisciplinary study of plants introduced to Norway from 1750 to 1900, exemplified with Abies alba Mill. (European silver fir) as a case species
(PhD Thesis;2018:25, Doctoral thesis, 2018)As the independent nation of Norway was at its infancy in 1814, so was also an important change in Norwegian garden culture. Norway was about to experience a significant boom of plant introductions for ornamental use, which ... -
Kan vi snakke om medvirkning? : sivilsamfunnets innflytelse og bidrag i reguleringsprosesser
(PhD Thesis;2018:81, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Avhandlingen handler om utfordringer og potensialer knyttet til involvering av sivilsamfunnet i reguleringsplanprosesser – det mange tenker på som ‘medvirkning’. Normativ planteori har lenge vektlagt at fysisk planlegging ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Cooperation and competition in urban redevelopment
(PhD Thesis;2020:26, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis presents new knowledge about cooperation between firms developing industrial, logistical, and similar land into housing and service providers. Such redevelopment is important for sustainable urban growth, but ... -
Translating SHINE : application of community-based participatory research approaches to the cultural adaptation of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention
(PhD Thesis;2020:10, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Globally, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is a widespread public health issue because access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation systems, and hygienic behaviors are fundamental to human health and development. ... -
Kreative prosesser i møtet mellom naturbasert reiseliv og stedsutvikling : fellesskapende motiv som bidrag til omstilling i lokalsamfunn
(PhD Thesis;2020:56, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Avhandlingen inngår i forskningsprosjektet BIOTOUR, som handler om å utvikle kunnskap om bærekraftig naturbasert reiseliv i Norge. Hovedproblemstillingen i avhandlingen tar utgangspunkt i et kunnskapsbehov som kan bidra ... -
Multispecies neighbourhoods in urban sea areas
(Ph.D. Thesis;2020:38, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The point of departure for this landscape architectural research is a seemingly forgotten and invisible landscape: the urban intertidal. The urban sea areas of the inner Oslofjord in Norway are explored through multisensory ... -
Quality of care at farm-based day care services for people with dementia : the farm as a setting for promoting health, well-being and quality of life
(PhD Thesis;2020:46, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Background: There is an increasing prevalence of dementia worldwide, with an estimated 35.6 million people living with dementia in 2010. This number is expected to double by 2030 and double again by 2050. The increasing ...