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    • Adaptivity and rationality : the Didinga ethno-agrarian mode of adaptation 

      Øyhus, Arne Olav (Dr. Scient. Thesis;1992:19, Doctoral thesis, 1992)
    • Yours today, mine tomorrow? : a study of women and men’s negotiations over resources in Baltistan, Pakistan 

      Nyborg, Ingrid (Noragric PhD Dissertation;1, Doctoral thesis, 2002)
      How people manage their resources in order to sustain a living is a topic of central importance both to those working to improve the lives of the women and men of the mountain communities of the Himalayas, and those ...
    • Impact of agricultural research : a study of on-farm development effects of agricultural research in southern highlands and eastern zones of Tanzania 

      Mwaseba, Dismas Lyegendili (PhD Thesis;2005:09, Doctoral thesis, 2005)
      This study focuses on the role of agricultural research in development. In particular, the study draws on the experiences based on agricultural research conducted during the period 1980-1990 in the Southern Highlands and ...
    • It is our land. Human rights and land tenure reform in Namaqualand, South Africa 

      Wisborg, Poul (PhD Thesis;2006:4, Doctoral thesis, 2006-03)
      ‘It is our land’: Human rights and land tenure reform in Namaqualand, South Africa Secure access to resources is a universal condition of human well-being and is of considerable concern in contemporary human rights ...
    • Politics and property rights regimes in land in Arsi Negele and Hetossa, South-Central Oromia, Ethiopia: Late 1880s-2006 

      Jemma, Hussein (PhD Thesis;2010:38, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      This study explores the role of politics in shaping changes and continuities in property rights regimes in rural land in Arsi Negele and Hetossa Districts (Woreda) in South-Central Oromia, Ethiopia, in historical perspective. ...
    • Pastoral transformation : Shifta-war, livelihood, and gender perspectives among the Waso Borana in Northern Kenya 

      Khalif, Zeinabu Kabale (PhD Thesis;2010:44, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      This thesis is concerned with the analysis of external and internal drivers of pastoral transformation (i.e. conflicts), their long-term impact on the pastoral livelihood, and community response mechanisms. The thesis ...
    • The dynamics of the ancient tula wells cultural landscape : environmental and social history, ca. 1560 to the present 

      Tiki, Waktole (PhD Thesis;2010:45, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      This thesis on the dynamics of ancient tula wells cultural landscape is an attempt to integrate Environmental and Social History. The thesis advances knowledge on ancient water systems, of which past recorded knowledge is ...
    • Agricultural intensification in a mid-hill watershed of Nepal : socio-economic and environmental implications 

      Dahal, Bed Mani (PhD Thesis;2010:39, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      Agricultural intensification is unavoidable due to the food requirements of a growing population, market availability and access to agro-products, and limited productive agricultural areas in Nepal. A shift from cultivating ...
    • Dissonance in development : foreign aid and state formation in Malawi 

      Eggen, Øyvind (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 ...
    • Knowing the landscape : science, people and power relations in Namaqualand, South Africa 

      Hongslo, Eirin (PhD Thesis;2011:64, Doctoral thesis, 2011)
      In this thesis I explore the links and co-production between science and politics in Namaqualand through answering three research questions: 1. To what extent have landscapes in Namaqualand changed during the last 66 years ...
    • Bringing the workers' rights back in? : the discourse and politics of fortifying core labour standards through a labour-trade linkage 

      Pahle, Simon (PhD Thesis;2011:16, Doctoral thesis, 2011)
      Throughout the 1990s the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) conducted a campaign to convince states to institute a linkage between the international labour and trade regimes (also dubbed a social ...
    • Protected areas and people in Uganda : costs, benefits, livelihoods and narratives around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 

      Tumusiime, David Mwesigye (PhD Thesis;2012:33, Doctoral thesis, 2012)
      This thesis contributes to a current debate on how to balance conservation and development goals. Globally, land set aside for the protection of biodiversity has increased exponentially over the last 30 years. Despite ...
    • Intimate beasts : exploring relationships between humans and large carnivores in western India 

      Ghosal, Sunetro (PhD thesis;2013:44, Doctoral thesis, 2013)
      This thesis explores the complex relationships between humans and large carnivores that emerge from their located histories and socio-biological processes. The aim of my research is to understand how these relationships ...
    • Pesticide use in Nepal : health effects and economic costs for farmers in the central mid-hills 

      Atreya, Kishor (PhD Thesis;2013:20, Doctoral thesis, 2013)
      The thesis evaluates the negative effect that intensive agriculture brings, particularly in terms of the effect of pesticide use on human and on the environment, and the associated economic cost. Vegetable production is ...
    • Effects of civil war on maternal and child health care in sub-Saharan Africa 

      Ormhaug, Christin M. (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 ...
    • Changing seascapes : local adaptation processes in Belizean fishing communities 

      Karlsson, Elin Marianne (PhD Thesis;2015:64, Doctoral thesis, 2015)
      This thesis analyses how contextual social, economic and political conditions interact and influence adaptation to coastal change, through an in-depth focus on two Belizean fishing communities. Belize is considered to be ...
    • The effects of social-ecological changes on the livelihoods of fishing communities in Mafia Island, Tanzania 

      Moshy, Victoria Hippolite (PhD Thesis;2016:85, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      Changes in social-ecological systems (SESs) may originate in natural environmental processes, conservation interventions, or from the introduction of new economic policies or other social, cultural or political processes. ...
    • Communities and conservation in West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania : participation, costs and benefits 

      Mariki, Sayuni Bildad (PhD Thesis;2015:45, Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-11)
      This thesis contributes to the current debate on how to balance conservation and development objectives. The extent of land under protection globally has increased enormously over the last 30 years, and there are still ...
    • Development in crisis : livelihoods and social complexities in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 

      Elahi, Noor (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. ...
    • Inclusive value chain development : applying systems thinking and participatory modeling to dairy value chain analyses in Nicaragua and Tanzania 

      Lie, Helene (PhD Thesis;2017:45, Doctoral thesis, 2017)
      This thesis explores how policy-makers and other stakeholders can support smallholder participation in higher-value marketing chains despite the many challenges faced by smallholders in developing countries. The overall ...

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