Browsing Master's theses (Noragric) by Title
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Mexican drug wars : examining the crime-conflict nexus
(Master thesis, 2022)The violence linked to drug trafficking in Mexico is sometimes recognized as crime and at other times as conflict. Traditional theories of what constitutes crime and what constitutes conflict, however, seem to fall short ... -
Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation : Effects of Microfinance on the Well-being of Clients in Guayaquil, Ecuador
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)Microfinance is seen as an important development tool in the fight against poverty. However, inconsistent evidence jeopardizes the notion that microfinance is in fact able to sustainably reduce poverty. More research is ... -
Migration's effect on state sovereignty : an exploration of the Italian experience
(Master thesis, 2019)Migration is a topic of increasing significance in the field of international relations. Migration challenges state sovereignty in new ways, and there is therefore a need for more research on the issue. The migration issue ... -
Mining in Greenland: the science-policy nexus in valuing the environment
(Master thesis, 2015-05-07)Ever since Greenland achieved self-rule from Denmark in 2009, the country has actively promoted its mineral wealth on the international stage and investors from all around the world have opened their eyes to this vast ... -
Mining or traditional use : conflicts in the Northern Norwegian copper frontier
(Master thesis, 2018)There is a growing global material and energy extraction and consumption. Especially mineral extraction of metals such as copper has increased by 25 times during the last century thus pushing the extraction frontiers into ... -
Motivation explained : a study of war reporters
(Master thesis, 2016-02-19)Motivation is the inner force that makes people act. War reporters have several intrinsic and extrinsic factors of motivation. This thesis explores the interrelation between these factors to try to determine how they impact ... -
Motivations for participation in sharing schemes : a case-study among members of the Norwegian sharing scheme ‘Leieting’
(Master thesis, 2020)New forms of consumption may be required due to increasing environmental degradation. One of the suggested solutions is to challenge individual ownership by participating in the relatively new sharing economy. The objective ... -
Motivations for second-hand consumption : a study of second-hand consumers in Oslo
(Master thesis, 2020)The clothing industry today is described as one of the most environmental pollution industries, and concern regards mass-consumption is rising on the global agenda. In the last years, second-hand clothes and products ... -
Nasjonal studie om årsaker, følgetilstander og tidstrender til overbehandling i Norge
(Master thesis, 2020)Bakgrunn: Overdiagnostikk og overbehandling er et stadig økende problem i helsevesenet. Overbehandling fører til ulike problemer, blant annet samfunnsøkonomiske utfordringer, men kan også føre til store personlig problemer. ... -
National parks and institutional change : the case of Rouge National Urban Park, Toronto
(Master thesis, 2018)Rouge National Urban Park has been described as "the first of its kind" in Canada. Its proximity to the largest urban centre in the country, and the challenges represented by this, makes it an interesting case study in ... -
NATO and Russia : a discourse analysis of NATO´s enlargement policy and its effect
(Master thesis, 2018)In 1997 NATO formally announced that they were going to proceed with Article X in the North Atlantic Treaty. This gave NATO the opportunity to enlarge their membership based on consensus in the alliance. Even though the ... -
Natural gas conflict in Tanzania and the impacts to the population of Mtwara municipality
(Master thesis, 2014-11-04)The study explored the problem of Natural gas conflict and their impact to the society in Tanzania by examining the case of Mtwara Municipality which is located in Mtwara region. Specifically, it assessed the trend and the ... -
Natural gas exploration and extraction : investigating the resilience of ecosystem services and implications for local livelihoods Songosongo Island, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2019)Natural gas has become increasingly important energy source in the world, and its significances are expected to increase in many years to come. This is because the demand of the product continues rising while new sources ... -
Navigating narratives toward the health-sustainability nexus : Oslo's prescriptions for healthy and sustainable diets
(Master thesis, 2021)Unhealthy diets are the leading risk factor for deaths worldwide, and food systems pressure Earth system processes past their planetary boundaries. Research calls for transformational change toward healthy and sustainable ... -
Navigating social-ecological dynamics through stakeholder assessment and historical profiling: a case study of the Oslofjord
(Master thesis, 2022)Earlier studies and reports have demonstrated that the Oslofjord has encountered many environmental issues in the last two centuries. This study aims to contribute to understanding the complex social-ecological changes ... -
Neighbourhood effects of payments for environmental services : case study in the Sarapiquí region, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
(Master thesis, 2013-03-21)This case study investigates ex-post neighbourhood-effects of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in Costa Rica in a quantitative fashion, analysing the influences PES schemes exert beyond their demarcated areas on ... -
No land in sight : impact of caste on slum communities' access to land in Bangalore, India
(Master thesis, 2012-11-09)This study examines the impact of caste on slum communities’ access to urban land in Bangalore, India. Historically, pattern of land ownership in India was inextricably melded together with caste wherein the dominant castes ... -
Non(?)-governmental organizations in Norway : a study of power within the Norwegian model of international development
(Master thesis, 2017)Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have risen to the forefront of the development sector. Yet, for a group of development actors that are explicitly non-governmental, it is conspicuous that their rise to prominence owes ... -
Norway and norwegian NGOs in international climate diplomacy : a separate or symbiotic relationship?
(Master thesis, 2016-11-16)Climate change and its consequences is a major challenge facing the world today, and it needs the world to come together to solve it, or to slow it down. This is the reason for the establishment of the United Nation’s ...