Western Norway Research Institute
Address | Røyrgata 4, 6856 Sogndal |
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Location | Sognahallen , |
Coordinates | 61°13′51″N 7°05′10″E / 61.2309°N 7.0861°E |
Website | https://www.vestforsk.no/en |
The Western Norway Research Institute (WRNI, Vestlandsforsking in
Research areas
Environment
In accordance with Agenda 21 guidelines, the institute takes the concept of sustainable development as the starting point in its environmental research programmes. Main thematic areas covered are: local environment and climate policy, industrial ecology, sustainable mobility, alternative fuels, and sustainable agriculture.
Innovation
Within this interdisciplinary field the institute is focused on the following: eGovernment and public sector organisation; Regional development; Infrastructure and networking; eCommerce in small and medium-sized businesses.
Tourism
Within this department the focus is on sustainable tourism, IT and tourism, and leisure-time consumption.
Usability
The institutes work in the field of Usability largely focuses on human computer interfaces (HCI), information architecture and semantic web. Most of the projects are user-oriented and include the following:
- Analysis of IT systems (mostly web sites and web applications) with the help of indicator systems
- Developing requirements specifications for web sites and web applications
- Developing controlled vocabularies for better semantic support in web portals
- Analysis and development of search systems, taxonomies and ontologies (through semantic technologies like topic maps)
Climate change adaptation
The Institute has been engaged in
International projects
The Institute is engaged in a range of national and international projects and organisations such as POSC Caesar Association POSC Caesar (PCA) an international, open, not-for-profit, member organization that promotes the interoperability of data, software and related matters.
Selected publications
Climate adaptation
- Historical records of natural hazards events as guidance for preventive spatial planning
- Local climate change adaptation: missing link, Black Jack or blind alley?
- Integrating climate change adaptation into civil protection: comparative lessons from Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands
- Implementing adaptation to climate change at the local level
- Klimatilpassing i Sogn og Fjordane anno 2008
- Klimaproblemet og bankenes tilpasning
- Exit War, Enter Climate? Institutional change and the introduction of climate adaptation in Norways public system of civil protection
- Report from the CIVILCLIM study tour to Sweden and the Netherlands, October 2008
- Naturskade i kommunene - Sluttrapport fra prosjekt for KS
- Regional klimasårbarheitsanalyse for Nord-Norge.
- Indicators for Local-Scale Climate Vulnerability Assessments
References
- ^ "About Vestlandsforsking". Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "ManagEnergy". European Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "Norges forskningsråd prosjektarkiv: Instituttsektor/Vestlandsforsking". The Research Council of Norway. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Research Areas". The Western Norway Research Institute. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "NORADAPT - Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Norway". Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Ministry of the Environment, Norway". Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Clim-ATIC". Retrieved 15 June 2012.
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