Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-norwegian Journal of Geography 

About: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-norwegian Journal of Geography is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Glacier & Population. It has an ISSN identifier of 0029-1951. Over the lifetime, 1398 publications have been published receiving 17670 citations. The journal is also known as: Norwegian journal of geography.

Gendered poverty, migration and livelihood strategies of female porters in Accra, Ghana

Abstract: In recent years there has been a dominant migration stream from north to south in Ghana of female youths, moving independently of their families, and mainly towards the cities of Accra and Kumasi. Young girls from rural areas, particularly the northern regions move to markets in urban centres to serve as kayayei, female porters, who carry goods on their heads for a negotiated fee. Away from support from their home communities and families, most end up living and working under very poor conditions and are exposed to both physical and reproductive health risks. The paper examines the characteristics of young female migrants working as head load porters (kayayei) in three markets in Accra and their livelihood strategies as they move into the wage market. It also examines the processes through which migration is used to address livelihood needs through an analysis of the intersecting social relations of gender, poverty and vulnerability. It discusses the survival strategies used to overcome poverty and to dea...

The meaning of place: Attachments to Femundsmarka National Park, Norway, among tourists and locals

Abstract: In Norway, the management of natural and cultural resources is subject to increasing public scrutiny. Conflicts are escalating over many issues concerning the balance between preservation and utilisation. Traditionally conflicts over issues like growth in commercial nature tourism, predator control, forest policies, protected areas management, cultural heritage protection, and rights associated with common access, have been explained in terms of opposing values, attitudes, and goals between urban and rural interests. However, historical differences between the urban and rural in terms of social conditions, employment opportunities, services, cultural norms, and lifestyles are no longer clear-cut or predictable. Nor can differences between urban and rural communities easily explain attitudes or values held in relation to the environment. To examine how a local community and a population of tourists feel about an area we examine data from two separate surveys from the Femundsmarka-Roros region in Southern N...

Morbid tourism - a postmodern market niche with an example from Althorp

Abstract: Tourist attractions focusing on accidents and sudden violent death are being produced and consumed in ever growing numbers. This paper discusses and exemplifies this form of tourism, which I term morbid tourism. Every year tourists in large numbers visit Elvis Presley's grave in Graceland, Jim Morrison's in Paris and Princess Diana's at Althorp in England. Battlefields, places where accidents have occurred and ghost walks in old castles are other examples of a kind of attraction which draws tourists and which can be included under the heading of morbid tourism. Here my primary interest is on the former type. In the wake of this form of tourism we see the emergence of increasingly sophisticated commercial activity. In this context I concentrate on the enormous attention that has been directed towards Princess Diana after her death and on her grave at Althorp.

Social vulnerability assessment for Norway: A quantitative approach

Abstract: The article presents a method for quantifying social vulnerability to natural hazards in Norwegian municipalities. In the analysis, a large number of variables that each measures a facet of a municipality's susceptibility to a potential hazard are used. Using factor analysis, the information in the variables is reduced to a smaller number of factors and socioeconomic and built environment vulnerability scores for each Norwegian municipality are calculated. The resulting scores in the Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index and Built Environment Index are mapped for each municipality. The results show that there are pronounced regional differences: municipalities with high socioeconomic vulnerability cluster in the northern half of Norway and parts of the south-east. The least vulnerable region is south-western Norway. Built environment vulnerability is highest in densely populated areas. By indicating municipalities with a high level of vulnerability, the method presented in this article is a useful tool in ide...

Glacial Chronology and Glacial Geomorphology in the Marginal Zones of the Glaciers, Midtdalsbreen and Nigardsbreen, South Norway

Abstract: Lichenometry was employed to determine the outer limits of glacier marginal zones and to date moraine ridges. Genesis of glacial and glacio-fluvial erosional forms is elucidated. Comparisons of recent and quaternary p-forms indicate that these are glacio-fluvial and that striations within them are glacial. A thin, brown deposit of iron oxides on distally orientated rock surfaces appeared to have been transported in solution and deposited in subglacial cavities. Block orientation analyses in and on fluted moraine showed preferred orientation of blocks parallel to the long axes of the ridges. Striations on surface blocks of fluting were similarly orientated. Moraine ridges under formation at the glacier margin were shown to be caused by freezing of material to the under-surface of the glacier, and transport of this material to the surface by she g The deglaciation was reconstructed.