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Brand hate as an influencing factor on consumer behavior: A Nebraska study.
(Master thesis, 2023)This research analyzes brand hate and consumption in Nebraska, USA, an area known for its agricultural importance. For several reasons, consumption is an issue that is very significant to today's society everywhere. To ... -
Brought to bring? Perspectives of the childfree phenomena in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)En utforsking av barnfries personlige og samfunnsmessige motiver for deres valg. -
Building Resilient Communities through Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes A Case study of CARE Haiti’s operation in Carrefour District
(Master thesis, 2015)The connections between natural hazards, natural disasters and human vulnerabilities have become common features of disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes since the adoption of The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) ... -
Bærekraftig forvaltning av landbruksareal
(Master thesis, 2017)Befolkningsvekst i Norge skaper et økt behov for bolig og næringsutbygging rundt tettsteder og byer. Omkring disse tettstedene og byene ligger det produktivt landbruksareal. Dette arealet er viktig å ivareta for Norges ... -
Bærekraftig utvikling i Bømlo kommune : En casestudie om utfordringer kommunen har i planleggingsprosessen
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper highlights how the municipality of Bømlo, plans for sustainable development and what challenges they meet in the planning process. With knowledge from theories of planning and empirical data gathered by qualitative ... -
Causes of girl’s pupil dropout at secondary school in Bangladesh : Review of literature and empirical analysis
(Master thesis, 2019)This paper provides a systematic review of the literature analysis and empirical analysis to find out the causes of girl’s dropout at the secondary schools in Bangladesh. This paper has tried to shed on some specific causes ... -
Challenges of Authenticating Migrants’ Academic Credentials as Part of Integrating in Norway : A Case study of Eritreans in Agder
(Master thesis, 2020)Due to the complex interplay among various push/pull factors that impact livelihoods and comfort zones in the Global South, an unprecedented number of persons are following unfamiliar emigration routes, ... -
Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity and the Ethics of Participatory Ownership
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 463, Doctoral thesis, 2024)A lack of trust in governments and larger NGOs has increased the appeal of folk engagement in which “ordinary citizens” address global poverty and humanitarian crises by starting their own initiatives and volunteering ... -
Classification of the lesions observed in female genital schistosomiasis
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Climate Change and Migration for Scandinavian Saami: a Review of Possible Impacts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Migration, especially of indigenous peoples, related to or influenced by climate change continues to gain increasing research and policy attention. Limited material remains for this topic for Scandinavia’s indigenous people, ... -
Climate change mitigation policymaking and communication at the local level: a case study of the Areaand transport plan of the Arendal region in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Climate change mitigation is a collective effort, and different governmental levels must be involved in pursuing it. People in the Nordic counties have a high awareness of climate change, but there is ... -
Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective: This scoping review investigates the status of research focusing on the nexus of community action, climate change, and health and wellbeing in anglophone Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Methods: ... -
Climate change, migration and conflict : a case study of Kilosa district, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis discusses the impacts of climate change on rural and urban households in Kilosa district and focuses on investigating the linkage between climate change, migration and conflict in the district. Different ... -
Colombian PDET. A Key strategy to build peace from below? A case study of the vision of territorial peace of the PDET Montes de María.
(Master thesis, 2023)In 2016 the Colombian State and the oldest guerrilla of Latin America ‘FARC’ signed a peace accord in order to end the 60 years internal conflict. As part of it, the Development Plans with a Territorial Approach (PDET) ... -
Community Water Management: Participation of Water User Committees in Public Groundwater Infrastructure Management in Uganda : A Case of Namayingo Town Council
(Master thesis, 2017)Water is a critical natural resource not only to life and natural ecosystem functioning, but also, for economic and social development. The global recognition of the role of water in development dates back in 1977 with the ... -
Community-Based Organisations’ Role in Refugee Integration : A Case Study in Kristiansand, Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)Refugees is one of the major concentration of the world without considering the borders or economic level of the country. Recently, Europe also has received large number of refugees. Norway has also received many refugees ... -
Computational Decision Support for Socio-Technical Awareness of Land-Use Planning under Complexity—A Dam Resilience Planning Case Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Land-use planning for modern societies requires technical competence as well as social competence. We therefore propose an integrative solution enabling better land-use planning and management through better-informed ... -
Confronting NGOs: A critical discourse analysis of Norwegian NGOs understanding of women´s poverty in the global south.
(Master thesis, 2022)Norwegian NGOs are organizations that are highly visible in the media in Norway regarding development and aid. With such a prominent place in the media and enormous visibility, these organizations influence the population ... -
Connecting Disasters and Climate Change to the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
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Corporate social responsibility and sustainability in the tourism sector: A systematic literature review and future outlook
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)