Browsing Master's theses (Noragric) by Title
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China as a game changer in aid and diplomatic relations : a case of Norwegian aid and diplomatic relations in Africa
(Master thesis, 2016-08-11)China´s rapidly expanded aid, trade and investment in Africa since the turn of the millennium has attracted a lot of scholars’ attention. Some scholars have criticised China´s engagements as been driven by self-interest ... -
Citizens attitudes and participation in solid waste management : a case of Gjakova, Kosovo
(Master thesis, 2016-04-01)In the last decade, solid waste management has been one of the most problematic and demanding issues addressed in both local, national and international efforts. With a growth in population and income waste production is ... -
The city as an actor in international relations : the case of cross-border city networks seen from Kristiansand, Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)Cities garner increasing interest as an object of study within the field of international relations. Networked social relations is used as a guiding framework to understand cities as actors rather than as sites for ... -
Civil society development in Russia : political actors and power in EU-Russia relations
(Master thesis, 2016-08-11)This thesis examines non-state actors’ role in International Relations. To accomplish this, the study has two objectives. The first objective is theoretical: to explain that different dimensions of power must be included ... -
Climate activism amongst young Norwegians and their understanding of the #FFF movement
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the motivation behind involvement in collective action to tackle climate change. By focusing on the #FFF movement and the climate activist’s reflection on own engagement, this study tries to grasp how ... -
Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Congo basin forest of Cameroon : strategies for synergy
(Master thesis, 2011-09-28)Climate change mitigation through Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and land Degradation (REDD), is dominating climate policy processes in many tropical forests countries. However concerns have been stressed about the ... -
Climate change adaptation in Turkana´s political economy of aid
(Master thesis, 2020)This qualitative master thesis research analyses how global questions of climate change adaptation manifest in Turkana´s local political economy of aid and how that affects vulnerability reduction. Growing awareness of the ... -
Climate change and communal conflicts. A disaggregated study of Sub-Saharan Africa in 1989-2008.
(Master thesis, 2013-07-15)Does climate change lead to violent conflicts? This question worries world leaders, but research has not yet reached consensus on the topic. Inspired by theories of the Environmental Security School, many studies have been ... -
Climate change and its impacts on crop production: A case study in Khotang district of Nepal
(Master thesis, 2014-08-12)This research was carried out to study climate change and its impacts on major crops production in Khotang district of Nepal. The effect of climate variables on crops yield and farmers` respond to climate change in the ... -
Climate change mitigation via modular refinery in the context of illegal oil refining in the Niger Delta region
(Master thesis, 2018)This study examines the perception of the local community in the Niger Delta region on the socio-economic and environmental costs and benefits of climate change mitigation via modular refinery. According to IPCC (2014, ... -
Climate change, vulnerability, and migration in Myanmar
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis investigates the relationships between climate change, vulnerability, the environment, and livelihood practices within the Ayeyarwady Delta, and how those relationships influence rural to urban migration. ... -
A coastline altered by aquaculture : the sociocultural sustainability of fish farming in Arctic Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector in the world, and Norway is this sector’s largest producer of farmed salmon. More than one thousand fish farms are spread along the Norwegian coastline, producing ... -
The cod crisis : fisheries management seen through the eyes of key stakeholders
(Master thesis, 2021)Millions of people rely on the ocean and its resources for food and livelihoods. Many fisheries are however greatly impacted by human action and at risk of overexploitation. The environmental changes and pressure on the ... -
Combining basic and maximum income for social and ecological sustainability
(Master thesis, 2019)The current growth-addicted economic system is neither socially, nor ecologically sustainable. Inequalities are rising worldwide, while the conditions necessary to support seven to ten billion people on planet Earth are ... -
Communicating Intelligence : a case study of intelligence as a device in political communication, based on US - Russian discourse over the Syrian civil war
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)This thesis examines how intelligence works as an element in international politics and diplomacy, and how it affects outcomes in state-actor conflicts in the international system. By looking at the discourse between Russia ... -
Communitarianism vs Cosmopolitanism? Refugee and asylum policy of the Conservative "blue-blue" government
(Master thesis, 2015-07-28)This master thesis explores the national and international influence in formulation of refugee and asylum policy of the Conservative government that gained political power in 2013, by giving attention to the policies of ... -
Community vulnerability to climate change and local coping mechanism
(Master thesis, 2013-09-23)Community Vulnerabilities to climate change and local coping mechanisms at Ramshikharjhala VDC of Kailai J.B.Shahi The Ramshikharjhala VDC is located in the Kailali district of the far western Nepal. Total area of this ... -
A comparative study of waste management in EU and non-EU country capitals : Zagreb (Croatia) and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(Master thesis, 2019)This study is an analysis of current household waste management in the capital of Croatia – Zagreb, and the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo. It is a comparative study which examines the differences between the ... -
Comparing CRC compliance : the Committee on the Rights of the Child periodic reviews of Norway and Russia
(Master thesis, 2015-07-31)A comparative analysis of the Committee on the Rights of the Child fourth periodic reviews of Norway and the combined third and fourth periodic review of Russia. Content analysis was used as a tool for the treatment of the ... -
Comparison of solid waste management between Oslo (Norway) and Lahore (Pakistan)
(Master thesis, 2014-02-19)The research is devised on two themes as; describe and compare solid waste management practices in Lahore (Pakistan) and Oslo (Norway). Solid Waste Management (SWM) is an important technique in the present times which ...