Blar i SVA - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) på emneord "Norway"
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Climate change adaptation in Norway: learning–knowledge processes and the demand for transformative adaptation
(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 ... -
Demographic Profile of Syrians in Norway
(European Studies of Population; Volume 20, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-15)The number and composition of Syrians in Norway changed dramatically from 2011 to 2018. Most notably, the size of the Syrian immigrant population increased from less than 1500 to 27,400 – more than an 18-fold growth. The ... -
Do Immigrants’ Preferences for Neighbourhood Qualities Contribute to Segregation? The Case of Oslo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)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 ... -
Fertility patterns of migrants from low-fertility countries in Norway
(Demographic Research;Volume 42, article 31, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-13)Background: Most research on migrant fertility focuses on immigrants from high-fertility countries who have moved to countries with lower fertility. Little is known about the fertility of immigrant women from countries ... -
Health in All Policies: A cross-sectional study of the public health coordinators' role in Norwegian municipalities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Aims: The public health coordinator (PHC) is a municipal-government position in Norway whose role is to organise and oversee municipal policies and functions to support national public health goals. This cross-sectional ... -
Health promotion at local level in Norway: The use of public health coordinators and health overviews to promote fair distribution among social groups
(International Journal of Health Policy and Management;7(9), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Abstract Background: Norway is internationally known today for its political and socio-economic prioritization of equity. The 2012 Public Health Act (PHA) aimed to further equity in the domain of health by addressing the ... -
How Assad changed population growth in Sweden and Norway: Syrian refugees’ impact on Nordic national and municipal demography
(Plos One;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-20)In an increasingly interconnected world, the demographic effects of wars are not confined only to war zones and neighbouring areas; wars and conflicts may also change populations far away. Without the war in Syria under ... -
The Mystification of Digital Technology in Norwegian Policies on Archives, Libraries and Museums: Digitalization as Policy Imperative
(Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-04)In this article, we investigate how digitalization has attained the role of policy imperative in the culture sector, and how the imperative is influencing contemporary policy discourses on archives, libraries and museums ... -
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, ...