Showing papers in "Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-norwegian Journal of Geography in 2020"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how socio-ecological innovation can be introduced in contemporary discussions and practices of place-based smart specialization policy, and suggest that future research should address and interrogate (1) the rise of the foundational economy as an expression of placebased innovation, which entails new forms of co-governance, and (2) the challenge of experimentalism in the public sector, a sector that looms large in lagging regions and the places that were deemed not to matter until they took their revenge on the mainstream political system.
Abstract: Theory development on the geographies of innovation has been very successful in incorporating the changing patterns of knowledge dynamics due to globalization, lifting the gaze beyond processes of localized learning and increasingly acknowledging the multilevel, multiscalar governance of innovation. Arguably less attention has been directed to the changing qualities and impacts of innovation as a result of globalization, notably in view of social polarization and climate change. The aim of the article is to provide suggestions for how research on the geography of innovation can be improved by engaging with a more capacious understanding of innovation and territorial development. The authors explore how socio-ecological innovation can be introduced in contemporary discussions and practices of place-based smart specialization policy. They conclude by suggesting that future research should address and interrogate (1) the rise of the foundational economy as an expression of place-based innovation, which entails new forms of co-governance, and (2) the challenge of experimentalism in the public sector, a sector that looms large in lagging regions and the places that were deemed not to matter until they took their revenge on the mainstream political system.
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TL;DR: In this article, the nexus of natural hazards, climate change, and community resilience poses both conceptual and methodological challenges, and one key consideration is the underlying notion of dynamic change or trans...
Abstract: The nexus of natural hazards, climate change, and community resilience poses both conceptual and methodological challenges. One key consideration is the underlying notion of dynamic change or trans...
32 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify groups of communities with similar resilience profiles, using Norwegian municipalities as a case and used a set of socio-economic indicators to identify the communities that have similar resilience profile.
Abstract: The aim of the study on which the article is based was to identify groups of communities with similar resilience profiles, using Norwegian municipalities as a case. The authors used a set of socioe...
21 citations
TL;DR: Several hundred million people in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of being without access to electricity by 2030 despite the ongoing work aimed at achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Several hundred million people in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of being without access to electricity by 2030 despite the ongoing work aimed at achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable D...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss whether a definition of economic geography as contextual analysis still is viable and relevant and argue that the definition remains the key to the pro-proach.
Abstract: The aim of the article is to discuss whether a definition of economic geography as contextual analysis still is viable and relevant. The author argues that the definition remains the key to the pro...
12 citations
TL;DR: In this article, it is assumed that personal experiences of a changing climate will influence people's attitudes to the extent that they will be more likely to acknowledge anthropogenic climate change as a...
Abstract: It is commonly assumed that personal experiences of a changing climate will influence people’s attitudes to the extent that they will be more likely to acknowledge anthropogenic climate change as a...
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TL;DR: Despite a notable increase in the literature on community resilience, the notion of "community" remains underproblematised as discussed by the authors, which is evident within flood risk management (FRM) literature, in which t...
Abstract: Despite a notable increase in the literature on community resilience, the notion of ‘community’ remains underproblematised. This is evident within flood risk management (FRM) literature, in which t...
9 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors contribute to conceptual and empirical understandings of institutional agency in path transformation, and contribute to the understanding of the link between institutional change and path-transformation.
Abstract: The purpose of the article is to contribute to conceptual and empirical understandings of institutional agency in path transformation Previous studies of links between institutional change and ind
7 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the extent and character of foraging practice in Central and Eastern European foraging communities and investigate the characteristics of the foraging practices and the po...
Abstract: The article fills the gap in the geographical literature on foraging in a Central and Eastern European context. Its goals are to investigate the extent and character of foraging practice and the po...
5 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography originates from the research project "Climate change and natural hazards: the geography of community resilience in N...
Abstract: This special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift–Norwegian Journal of Geography originates from the research project ‘Climate change and natural hazards: the geography of community resilience in N...
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TL;DR: Aadel Brun Tschudi as discussed by the authors emphasised efficiency, equity and the responsibility of geographers as a pioneer of development geography, emphasizing the efficiency and equity of development geographers.
Abstract: What can contemporary geographical research learn from Aadel Brun Tschudi? As a pioneer of development geography, Tschudi emphasised efficiency, equity and the responsibility of geographers...
TL;DR: In politics of Citizenship in Indonesia, citizenship is understood as people's opportunity for engagement in public life and their actual engagement as discussed by the authors, which implies that real democracy is more than just opportunity for people to vote.
Abstract: In Politics of Citizenship in Indonesia citizenship is understood as people’s opportunity for engagement in public life and their actual engagement. This implies that real democracy is more than fo...
TL;DR: Despite much attention paid to the topic of community in academic literature and policy documents, there is a relative lack of knowledge about what laypersons perceive as a local community.
Abstract: Despite much attention paid to the topic of community in academic literature and policy documents, there is a relative lack of knowledge about what laypersons perceive as a local community. Based o...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the spectacular monsters depicted in the Norwegian Sea on Olaus Magnus's pioneering map of the northern countries, the Carta Marina, published in Italy during the Reformation.
Abstract: The article presents the spectacular monsters depicted in the Norwegian Sea on Olaus Magnus’s pioneering map of the northern countries, the Carta Marina, published in Italy during the Reformation. ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of participation in organized leisure activities in young teenagers' emotional place relations is explored, using data from a survey of students in lower and upper secondary school.
Abstract: The purpose of the article is to explore the role of participation in organized leisure activities in young teenagers’ emotional place relations. Data from a survey of students in lower sec...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the use of prime meridians on selected Norwegian maps in the period 1770-1970, and showed the progression from a time of multiple local prime meriders, through a period of single local meriders.
Abstract: The author analyses the use of prime meridians on selected Norwegian maps in the period 1770–1970. The aim is to show the progression from a time of multiple local prime meridians, through a period...
TL;DR: Standal, Karina as mentioned in this paper, challenges of gender, power and change in solar energy interventions in rural India: Imagined Beneficiaries and the Making of Women's Empowerment in the Village Electrification Project.
Abstract: Standal, Karina. 2018. Challenges of Gender, Power and Change in Solar Energy Interventions in Rural India: Imagined Beneficiaries and the Making of Women’s Empowerment in the Village Electrification Project. Thesis submitted for the degree of PhD, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo. 310 pp. Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo No. 781. ISSN 15643991
TL;DR: In this article, the spatial structure of agricultural land use has been criticised based on a wide range of criteria. But the authors focus on efficiency in agricultural food production and this has affected the spatial spatial structure.
Abstract: Efficiency in agricultural food production has long been in focus and this has affected the spatial structure of agricultural land use. One outcome has been extensive criticism based on a wide rang...
TL;DR: Early 16th century knowledge of Europe's northern regions was fragmentary and incomplete; reliable observations were few, contemporary written sources were scarce, and maps of the far north were ma... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Early 16th century knowledge of Europe’s northern regions was fragmentary and incomplete; reliable observations were few, contemporary written sources were scarce, and maps of the far north were ma...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided the first general overview of the history of cartography in the Nordic countries for the period 1650-1800, focusing on the period between 1650 and 1800.
Abstract: Originally written in 1985, the article provided the first general overview of the history of cartography in the Nordic countries for the period 1650–1800. The objective of the article is to show h...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on Norwegian pupils' negotiations of meaning in images of social inequality in A World at Stake, a circulating museum exhibition in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that addressed the...
Abstract: The article focuses on Norwegian pupils’ negotiations of meaning in images of social inequality in A World at Stake, a circulating museum exhibition in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that addressed the...
TL;DR: The textbook Environment and Sustainability in a Globalizing World is a perfect starting point for master's students to discuss the complex concept of sustainability as mentioned in this paper, however, the term sustainabi...
Abstract: The textbook Environment and Sustainability in a Globalizing World is a perfect starting point for master’s students to discuss the complex concept of sustainability. Currently, the term sustainabi...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the distribution, characteristics and livelihood effects of debris cones in the Aba'ala and Raya grabens in Ethiopia, and found that the distribution and characteristics of the debris cones affect the livelihood of the people.
Abstract: The objective of the study on which the article is based was to investigate the distribution, characteristics and livelihood effects of debris cones in the Aba’ala and Raya grabens in Ethiopia. The...
TL;DR: In everyday life individuals tend to read place-and time-specific gender codes and act according to or in contrast to what they perceive as the appropriate local gender practice as discussed by the authors...
Abstract: In everyday life individuals tend to read place- and time-specific gender codes and act according to, or in contrast to, what they perceive as the appropriate local gender practice. The aim of the ...
TL;DR: The book Climate and Society: Transforming the Future as discussed by the authors is a textbook about climate change in which climate change is seen both as causing risks and vulnerabilities, and as a more fundamental and transformati...
Abstract: Climate and Society: Transforming the Future is a textbook about climate change in which climate change is seen both as causing risks and vulnerabilities, and as a more fundamental and transformati...
TL;DR: The year 2020 will for everyone around the world be remembered as the year of coronavirus, of lockdowns, quarantines, and the scare of containment as mentioned in this paper. But for us at the National Library of Norway, it is not the year we remember.
Abstract: The year 2020 will for everyone around the world be remembered as the year of coronavirus, of lockdowns, quarantines, and the scare of containment. However, for us at the National Library of Norway...
TL;DR: In this paper, Joranli's doctoral thesis Labour Markets and the Geography of Firm Learning contains a cover essay and four articles (Papers 1-4), two of which had been published in international journals.
Abstract: Ingvild Joranli’s doctoral thesis Labour Markets and the Geography of Firm Learning contains a cover essay and four articles (Papers 1–4), two of which had been published in international journals ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors pointed out that academic conferences have a large carbon footprint due to long-distance travel by participants and contribute to increased consumption in other ways, such as increased fuel consumption and increased energy consumption.
Abstract: Academic conferences have a large carbon footprint due to long-distance travel by participants and contribute to increased consumption in other ways. With reference to Stephen Sterling’s distinctio...
Abstract: This special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift–Norwegian Journal of Geography deals with a selection of themes that research and teaching focus on in human geography at the University of Oslo (UiO). Although environmental problems, especially industrial pollution, have been important topics for the staff and students of human geography since the late 2000s, societal consequences of climate change – a key concern for the future of mankind – have recently become one of the major themes in human geography also at UiO. Thus, the choice of climate change as the topic for the first annual Aadel Brun Tschudi Lecture in Human Geography was a natural one.