The rapid development and the increased competition in the labor market make continuing education a necessity for an increasing number of people. E...

It is only a hundred years ago since the history of planning was established as an academic subject and a discipline at the Department of Civic Des...

The joint management of Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea has been successful in conserving the living marine resources and is a major factor co...

The theme of this yearbook of ten articles is learning in working life.

What to make of the British and American experience in the Middle East? Simon Smith compares British and American foreign policy in the Far East an...

This book addresses topics in Chinese grammar and the acquisition of Chinese as a first and second language. The studies presented share a common f...

This scientific anthology on conservation of wildlife in Africa and Asia is a comprehensive book, easy to consult and can be used by anyone dealing...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology hosted a conference on the Anglo-American Middle East in Trondheim 2 to 4 May 2005. A distinguis...

The main themes of these thirteen articles are individual and corporate learning and multi-cultural education.

While the dependability requirements of distributed real-time systems are expanding, there is currently no framework for defining and mapping these...

Educational Reforms & their Attainment Outcomes - The Norwegian Reform Experience, 1955-1975

The deep integration of technology in our modern society forces us to rethink the relationship humans have to their surroundings. The rise of compl...

Results of the 5 Year Program for Fatigue of Offshore Steel Structures

Text in English and Norwegian. 350 years ago the first navigation light was lit at Lindesnes on the southern tip of Norway. Since then, over 200 li...

Lisa Vivoll Straume investigates if and how the state of psychological flow can be used as a resource in organisational psychology. The 170 partici...

An introduction to the flowers of the Scandanavian Svalbard Islands.

Whilst a large number of foreign and state initiated water management systems have failed for various reasons, locally developed water harvesting s...

Few textbooks offer a comprehensive overview of geographic information systems (GIS) today. The literature common in academic circles is highly tec...

'Gold, or I'm a Dutchman!' Ernest Mansfield exclaimed as he pored over specimens of rock and sand that the local rector had brought back from Svalb...

Spitsbergen, the largest wilderness in Europe, is as close as you can get to the North Pole. Each year, tens of thousands of visitors experience th...

Proceedings from The Nordic Festival and Conference of Gregorian Chant.

This book is an introduction to the topic of bridges and is an unpretentious, popular contribution to the history of technology, where such aspects...

Chinese cities are undergoing profound changes. Urban development has transformed the townscape; low-rise structures based on courtyard type housin...

This book gives a thorough introduction and description of most aspects related to the operation of ships in polar and ice-covered waters. The subj...