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Climate change adaptation in Norway: learning–knowledge processes and the demand for transformative adaptation
Orderud, Geir; Naustdalslid, Jon (International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology;Volume 27, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-08)During the last decade, it has become evident that planet earth will be warming. Hence, there is an increasing focus on how to adapt to a changing climate. The adaptation literature underlines the importance played by local ... -
Environmental values and attitudes among farmers in China – a case study in the watershed of Yuqiao reservoir of Tianjin Municipality, China
Orderud, Geir; Vogt, Rolf David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Failure to curb water pollution in China brings to the fore the issue of environmental values and attitudes among Chinese farmers. Applying the New Ecological Paradigm Scale this study finds that the pro-environmental value ... -
Explaining and understanding environmental actions in Chinese agriculture: the case of Yuqiao watershed of Tianjin municipality
Orderud, Geir; Vogt, Rolf David; Andersen, Tom; Luo, Jing (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Most of China’s surface waters are undergoing anthropogenic eutrophication, mainly due to leaching of phosphorus (P) from both sewage and agriculture. This is causing quality deterioration in their scarce water resources. ... -
Interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary processes for environmental management under different socio-natural conditions
Orderud, Geir; Vogt, Rolf David; Tan, Hongze; Luo, Jing (International Journal of Environmental Studies;Volume 75 - Issue 5, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-08)Interdisciplinary research and transdisciplinary processes as part of environmental management respond to the increasing complexity of socio-natural changes in recent decades. Two similar studies of eutrophication in raw ... -
The Role of Information and Knowledge in Achieving Environmentally Sound Farming: A Chinese Case
Orderud, Geir; Vogt, Rolf David; Tan, Hongze; Luo, Jing (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The paper analyzes the role of information–knowledge for making farming environmentally friendly, using eutrophication of the main drinking water reservoir of Tianjin, China as a case. The analysis considers information ... -
Self-Reported Social Status among Rural Residents: A Case in the Outskirts of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region
Orderud, Geir; Jintu, Gu; Jing, Luo (Social Sciences in China;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)China has in recent decades undergone profound changes and continues to do so – changes that are transforming the social fabric, motivating studies on how self-reported social status is changing in different parts of China. ... -
Trans-disciplinarily required in understanding, predicting and dealing with water eutrophication
Orderud, Geir; Vogt, Rolf David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Eutrophication remains a challenge for water quality, and leaching of phosphorus (P) from agriculture remains usually the determining factor as point source emissions of sewage are mainly under control. The Morsa watershed, ... -
The understanding and role of uncertainty and risk in climate change adaptation: local and central authorities in Norway
Orderud, Geir; Naustdalslid, Jon (International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology;25(7), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A common claim is that emerging and future climate change is rendering traditional conceptions of uncertainty and risk obsolete. This is because a changing climate makes it quite a challenge to calculate uncertainties, ...