SVA - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR): Recent submissions
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Budsjettprosesser og budsjettdisiplin - en studie av norske kommuner i perioden 2002-2007
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)I denne artikkelen tar vi utgangspunkt i en artikkel publisert av Terje Hagen og Signy Vabo i 2005, hvor de analyserte effekten av bestemte politiske og administrative trekk ved den enkelte kommune og den samme kommunens ... -
Saving Newborn Babies – The Benefits of Interventions in Neonatal Care in Norway over More Than 40 Years
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of this study was to examine the effect that the introduction of new medical interventions at birth has had on mortality among newborn babies in Norway during the period 1967–2011. During this period, there has ... -
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 ... -
“You are Responsible for Your People”: The Role of Diaspora Leaders in the Governance of Immigrant Integration in Russia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The Russian authorities are becoming increasingly aware of the need to improve the integration of Russia’s many immigrants into Russian society. This article examines power relations between state and civil ... -
Should I stay or should I go: The role of Colombian free urban housing projects in IDP return to the countryside
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Over six million people have been displaced in Colombia’s ongoing armed conflict, mainly from rural to urban areas. In 2012, the Colombian government launched a large-scale social housing program to alleviate the housing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Advocating for Health Promotion Policy in Norway: The Role of County Municipalities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: The Norwegian National government has developed public health policies that reflect health promotion principles, and these are particularly reflected in the recent Public Health Act (PHA). The counties (CMs) ... -
Trans-disciplinarily required in understanding, predicting and dealing with water eutrophication
(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, ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Foreign Affairs and Federal Actors in the Indian Democracy
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)India is an emerging power. Its economic clout has increased substantially and on a more or less even pace since the late 1990s, partly as the consequence of this economic growth and partly as a prerequisite for it, India ... -
On the Diversity of India’s Democracies
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Climate adaptation at what scale? Multi-level governance, resilience, and coproduction in Saint Louis, Senegal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper utilizes a multi-level governance framework to explain how and at what scale climate adaptation, exemplified by flood risk management, was governed in the medium-scale city of Saint Louis, Senegal. It explores ... -
Explaining and understanding environmental actions in Chinese agriculture: the case of Yuqiao watershed of Tianjin municipality
(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. ... -
Conditions for political leadership in pluricentric Scandinavian regions
(Journal article, 2015)How does the increasingly pluricentric character of regional governance in Denmark, Sweden and Norway condition the political leadership of politicians elected at regional levels of government? In regional governance, ... -
Environmental values and attitudes among farmers in China – a case study in the watershed of Yuqiao reservoir of Tianjin Municipality, China
(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 ... -
Catching up and Falling behind: An Appraisal of Brazilian Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Amidst analyses of industrial policy’s renaissance in Latin America, Brazil is often hailed as the paragon of this movement. The mix of old and new institutions and instruments would constitute a unique effort in promoting ... -
Encouraged but controlled: governance networks in Russian regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-10)The article examines the role of civil society in Russian governance networks, focusing on power relations between state and non-state actors. The analysis is based on empirical evidence from concrete governance networks ... -
Local democracy in Ukrainian cities: civic participation andresponsiveness of local authorities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-08)This article examines local democracy in Ukrainian cities from the perspective of the local population, with a focus on citizen participation and city authorities’ responsiveness to the concerns of local inhabitants. It ...