Browsing Master's theses (Noragric) by Title
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Green values in the 2010 Brazilian elections : an application of Inglehart's postmaterial theory to the Partido Verde in Brazil.
(Master thesis, 2012-08-14)This study examines the emergence of green values in Brazil through a case study of the Partido Verde in the 2010 elections. With Inglehart’s thesis on postmaterial values as a point of departure, I set out to demonstrate ... -
Growing up in crisis areas : everyday troubles of youth from the earthquake and conflict affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2013-08-08)The Master thesis is focused on the problems of everyday life of young people (15-24 years old) in the crisis-affected areas and the burdens from the social and political system they need to overcome while pursuing their ... -
Harnessing the Blue Helmet Enterprise : Brazil, MINUSTAH and the projection of a peacekeeping profile
(Master thesis, 2016-08-23)The present study looks at the Brazilian engagement at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and seeks to bring insight into the growing participation of an emerging power in peacekeeping. To that ... -
Health implications of hospital waste management practices in Gujrat, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2015-02-02)The present research was conducted to investigate the health implications of hospital waste management practices in Gujrat, Pakistan. For this purpose two government and two private hospitals were randomly selected in ... -
Health, safety and environmental conditions at housing construction sites in Lahore city, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2015)The construction industry is an important section of the economy and is generally considered as a driver of economic growth in many countries. It also provides opportunities for employment for diverse sections of society. ... -
Hidden socio-environmental costs of free trade : the case of shrimp pre-processing industry in Kerala, India
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis examines the relation between free trade and socio-environmental costs, which are due to their less visible character and difficulty to be captured excluded from accounting. On the background of emerging trade ... -
'High North, High Tension?' : a discourse analysis of how the High North shapes Norwegian foreign and security policy
(Master thesis, 2017)The High North has been known as a low-tension area ever since the end of the Cold War, where actors have been able to cooperate despite other conflicts in the international sphere. However, geopolitical tensions are rising ... -
HIV and food systems : a mixed-methods study on the impacts of the human immunodeficiency virus on the local food system for small-scale female farmers in rural Malawi
(Master thesis, 2020)HIV and food insecurity continue to be two of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Malawi, and throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Food insecurity threatens progress towards ending the HIV epidemic, and HIV threatens ... -
Hospital waste management rules 2005 and current practices in selected hospitals of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2017)Within the scope of the study, the current situation and management practices regarding healthcare waste such as waste generation, segregation, on-site and off side collection and transportation, storage, and disposal were ... -
Hospitality, refugee camps and contested relations : the case of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, 1948–2000s
(Master thesis, 2019)Hospitality provides a lens for understanding spatial relations of power and ethics. It seeks to unpack these relations through an examination of everyday practices, in which relations between the guest and host subjects ... -
Household fuel and energy use for rural development in Nepal : a case study in Ilam District
(Master thesis, 2014-05-21)In the past, the energy ladder was the main model for understanding changes in energy use. This model shows that as households income increase they will change to more efficient fuels. However, recent studies including my ... -
Households' seed security level in the aftermath of earthquake : a case study from the village Pawati-8 one year after the earthquake, 25th April 2015
(Master thesis, 2016-11-21)Despite the report of wide spread damage of seed system by the earthquake in after 25th April 2015, the seed security studies in pro-earthquake context (aftermath of earthquake) has been missed in several rural villages ... -
How can social protection programmers or social safety nets contribute to strengthening small-scale farmers’ resilience to food insecurity : an analysis of households in rural Malawi
(Master thesis, 2021)Small-scale farmers are essential players in achieving food and nutrition security and sustainable livelihoods for the world. 84% of the worlds’ estimated 608 million farms are small-scale farms (family farms), operating ... -
How do NGO's influence asylum policies in Norway? : a case study on the White paper, "Children on the run"
(Master thesis, 2013-10-22)To which extent are NGO’s able to influence immigration and asylum policies in Norway? As important actors in Norway’s immigration and asylum politics, NGO’s had huge interests in a new white paper (white paper 27, “Children ... -
How does finance impact the environment? : a systematic literature review of state-of-the-art knowledge
(Master thesis, 2022)Financial systems have been expanding globally for many years, while their negative impact on the environment is becoming increasingly evident. Meanwhile, prevailing frameworks to examine the relationship between finance ... -
How donor requirements shape project outputs and outcomes : a small NGO’s experience
(Master thesis, 2020)In the field of development assistance and humanitarian aid work, donor requirements can often stifle the effectiveness and efficiency of a project or program. This can be especially true for organizations of smaller size ... -
How have NGOs reacted and adapted to the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan?
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis explores how NGOs have reacted and adapted to the recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan on the 15th of August 2021, and how the impact of the changing relationships between the international NGOs, the national ... -
How is biodiversity offsets operating? : a study of its governance structure, strengths and weaknesses and the process of institutionalizing it in the UK
(Master thesis, 2014-09-16)This thesis gives an overview of the governance structure in biodiversity offsets, the arguments for and against it as a delivering mechanism to achieve a “no net loss” target in biodiversity and the current process of ... -
How Oslo engages the world globally : a study of Oslo’s involvement in transnational city networks on climate and environment
(Master thesis, 2021)Cities are increasingly gaining interest as an object of study within the field of International Relations. While cities are not new, they have for long been overlooked within the field of international relations. However, ... -
How to make low-carbon academia fly? : reducing academic air travel beyond COVID-19
(Master thesis, 2021)This article seeks to advance our understanding of the underlying reasons that sustain high levels of academic flying, and explores how a low carbon academia with less academic air travel might come about. Data from thirty ...