Browsing SVA - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) by Title
Now showing items 102-121 of 156
-
On the Diversity of India’s Democracies
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016) -
Opportunities and risks among migrant workers in the hotel industry in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2016-07-23)This article examines working conditions, careers and aspirations among immigrants working in the hotel industry in the Greater Oslo region. Using theories of labour market segregation and segmentation, and drawing ... -
Organisere for organiseringens skyld. Kultursamverkansmodellen og organisasjonsreformenes rolle i nordisk kulturpolitikk.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi rollen organisasjonsreformer har i den nordiske kulturpolitikken på bakgrunn av en case studie av Kultursamverkansmodellen, som ble implementert i Sverige i 2011. Gjennom flere tiår har ... -
Pac’Stão versus the City of Police: Contentious Activism Facing Megaprojects, Authoritarianism, and Violence.
(Conflict and Society;Volume 6, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-01)This article analyzes community activism and state interventionism within a context of racialized and gendered violence that is both direct/physical and structural. It presents a case study of Manguinhos, a cluster of ... -
Participation according to the law? The research-based knowledge on citizen participation in Norwegian municipal planning
(European Journal of Spatial Development;No. 67, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)Citizen participation is enshrined in the Norwegian Planning and Building Act (PBA) 1985 and accentuated by the 2008 revision of the PBA. In this article, we ask if the research on participation in municipal planning is ... -
Pathways to Integration: Cross-cultural Adaptations to the Housing Market in Oslo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Immigrants move not only from one country to another, but also to different ways of living and different kinds of housing systems. Based on the studies among households with Pakistani, Tamil and Somali background in Oslo, ... -
Place Identity with a Historic Landscape – An Interview-Based Case Study of Local Residents’ Relationship with the Austrått Landscape in Norway
(Heritage & Society; Volume 11, 2018 - Issue 1: Special Issue on Cultural Landscapes, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-10)This article examines local residents’ identity with historic landscapes through the case study of the Austrått landscape in Norway, where cultural and natural heritage are under pressure from increasing local development. ... -
Planlegging for risikosamfunnet: Hvordan fungerer flomsonekart med klimapåslag som kunnskapsoversettelse?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The article presents a study of how Norwegian mu nicipalities use new flood inundation maps with «climate factor» information in their local plans. Th ese maps show the area with a certain probability of flood ... -
Planning for Polycentricity. The Development of a Regional Plan for the Oslo Metropolitan Area
(Scandinavian journal of public administration;Vol 22, No 1 (2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Polycentricity has become a principle of strategic regional planning in order to concentrate land use and optimise infrastructure. This paper discusses the possibilities and challenges for a polycentric strategy in relation ... -
Polycentric urban climate governance: Creating synergies between integrative and interactive governance in Oslo
(Environmental Policy and Governance;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-08)Abstract Cities have emerged as important agents and sites in climate governance interventions, experimentations and networks. Drawing upon two strains of climate governance and collaborative governance literature, ... -
Presidencialismo em crise ou parlamentarismo por outros meios? Impeachments presidenciais no Brasil e na América Latina
(Revista de Ciências Sociais;v. 49, n. 1_Mar/Jun (2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)O objetivo desse artigo é contextualizar o impeachment da presidente brasileira Dilma Rousseff na literatura mais ampla sobre interrupções de mandatos presidenciais na América Latina. Contrariando a tese linziana de ... -
The Problem of Equal Opportunities in Housing. Immigrants in a Liberalized Housing Market
(Scandinavian Studies in Law;68 Equality, March 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)This chapter focuses on equality in the realm of housing, and the dilemma raised when universal policy objectives are combined with market mechanisms. More specifically, the focus here is on the equality of opportunities ... -
Protocol: Feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a multilingual support intervention to improve Norwegian language skills for adult refugees
(International Journal of Educational Research;Volume 112, 2022, 101925, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This protocol is for a feasibility study and pilot trial of a multilingual support intervention. The intervention’s aim is to improve language training for refugees in Norway by introducing multilingual support assistants ... -
Rapid or long-term employment? A Scandinavian comparative study of refugee integration policies and employment outcomes
(Journal of European Public Policy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-04)Although many studies compare national integration policies, analyses connecting these policies to integration outcomes are rare. This study combines longitudinal analysis of employment outcomes for Scandinavian refugees, ... -
Reaching out? Governing weather and climate services (WCS) for farmers
(Environmental Science and Policy;Volume 104, February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-03)High-quality weather and climate services (WCS) can be critical for communicating knowledge about current and future weather and climate risks for adaptation and disaster risk management in the agricultural sector. This ... -
Regionreformen: Har utvidet ansvar på kulturmiljøfeltet styrket den regionale samfunnsutviklingsrollen?
(Kart og Plan;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Et formål med regionreformen var at fylkeskommunene skulle få større politisk handlingsrom som samfunnsutvikler. På kulturmiljøfeltet ble det overført betydelige oppgaver i 2020 og 2021. Vi spør om dette nye handlingsrommet ... -
Reinventing Homelessness through Enumeration in Norwegian Housing Policies: A Case Study of Governmentality
(Housing, Theory and Society;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-30)In the course of two decades, “homelessness” was re-defined/re-invented in Norway. Homelessness” had long been seen as a social problem and a moral issue. Then, in 1996, a survey conceptualized it as a housing issue. A ... -
Restriktiv eller selektiv? Innvandringspolitikkens ulike ansikter
(Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift;03 / 2021 (Volum 38), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-02)Norsk innvandringspolitikk blir mer selektiv, ikke bare mer restriktiv: flukt- og familieinnvandring strammes inn, mens arbeidsinnvandring fra utenfor EØS fasiliteres. Norge er med i en internasjonal «kamp om de beste ... -
Rethinking Civil Society in Development: Scales and situated hegemonies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Ethnic residential segregation is often explained with the claim that ‘immigrants don’t want to integrate—they prefer to stick together with co-ethnics’. By contrast, mixed neighbourhoods are seen as crucial for achieving ... -
Rights, identities and belonging: Reflections on the everyday politics of urban citizenship in Delft, Cape Town
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The purpose of the article is to explore the complex and contested politics of urban citizenship in relation to everyday spaces in Delft, a poor township in Cape Town South Africa. The arguments build upon a decade of ...