Essays about: "Disaster Management Life Cycle"

Found 3 essays containing the words Disaster Management Life Cycle.

1. 1. Exploring Collaborative Mobile Storage Units in the Humanitarian Supply Chain

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Jacob Karlsson; Björn Sanders; [2019]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Logistics; Humanitarian Supply Chain Management; Logistics; Warehouse; Mobile Storage Units; Disaster Management Cycle; Public Warehouse; Bangladesh; Syria; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis is an explorative single case study on the United Nations Logistics Cluster with the purpose to explore the usage of collaborative Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) warehouses in terms of determining their activities’ and decisions’ connection to the disaster management cycle, as well as their challenges’ connection to the contextual factors of the humanitarian supply chain (HSC). It attempts to answer questions (1) What are the collaborative MSU activities and decisions throughout the phases of the disaster management cycle? and (2) How do humanitarian contextual factors influence challenges to collaborative MSU activities and decisions in humanitarian logistics?. READ MORE

3. 2. Action to Catastrophe : A study on Post-Tsunami recovery of small businesses in Karon beach, Phuket.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Marin Otto; [2016]
   Keywords : Tsunami; Disaster Management Life Cycle; Impact; Recovery; Phuket; Karon Beach;

   Abstract : Tsunami action had resulted in negative impacts in many ways, it had resulted in great changes to coastal areas, especially in terms of physical change to the coastal landscape, affected on economy, loss of life and physical damage to property. After the devastation, hotel bookings in the island were dropped, people have lost their jobs and some small-scale tourism businesses have got the hardest time as well. READ MORE

4. 3. Sustainability and Health in Disaster Waste Management

   University essay from Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Ida Petäjävaara; [2012]
   Keywords : Life Cycle Sustainable Assessment; Waste Management Hierarchy; Emergency situations; Guidelines; Relief work; Hållbar Livscykelanalys; Avfallshierarki; Katastrofsituationer; Riktlinjer; Biståndsarbete;

   Abstract : In order to see if, and how, future aid efforts can be improved and better contribute to a more sustainable and resilient society this essay is about how management of solid waste generated in emergency situations work and what effects the waste have on public health. This is investigated using information collected from secondary sources and interviews with three persons who have knowledge and experience in the subject. READ MORE