Browsing Doctoral theses (LandSam) by Title
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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 ...