Browsing Doctoral theses (LandSam) by Title
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Norsk hagekunst mot et moderne samfunn – 1930-50 : intensjoner og idealer i en brytningstid
(PhD Thesis;2024:20, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Det overordnede målet med dette arbeidet er å styrke kunnskapen vår om norsk hagekunst på 1930- og 40-tallet. Kunnskap om hagehistorien er nødvendig for å sikre god forvalting av historiske hageanlegg. Det har lenge vært ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Public green space management arrangements in Norway : perspectives on quality green space
(PhD Thesis;2020:53, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Threats such as urbanisation and climate change are addressed through the use of nature, with an emphasis on creating quality green spaces. Green spaces consist of a dynamic system that needs to be managed to make sure ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Sustainable municipal land use governance : thinking it, wishing it, wanting it – but doing it?
(PhD Thesis;2023:81, Doctoral thesis, 2023)The character and direction of human societies’ development has placed us in the midst of a double crisis in nature and climate. Despite the agenda-setting of sustainable development in the late 1980s, drastic physical ... -
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. ... -
Urban cemeteries as public spaces : a comparison of cases from Scandinavia and Russia
(PhD Thesis;2022:1, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Insights from the field of cemetery research demonstrate that urban cemeteries have a variety of functions, not limited to their primary purpose of providing space for interment of human remains and commemoration of loved ... -
Veggrunn og eiendomsforhold : administrasjon og forvaltning av offentlige veger i Norge som utgangspunkt ved avklaring av eierforhold og registrering av grenser
(PhD thesis;2024:1, Doctoral thesis, 2024)The aim of this project is to describe how urban streets and rural roads were handled as public property outside the ordinary value-based property system before 1980 and the effects of this practice, and in this way ease ... -
Where planning and design meet : transformation of urban tissue under densification policy : the case of Oslo
(PhD Thesis;2020:07, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Over the past few decades, urban planning has been distancing itself from architecture and engineering, becoming increasingly dominated by strategic approaches and goals for sustainability. This shift of focus has created ...