Essays about: "Tsunami"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 54 essays containing the word Tsunami.

1. 6. Hyper-velocity stars from globular clusters hosting intermediate-mass black holes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Skantz; [2023]
   Keywords : Hypervelocity stars; run-away stars; stellar binary; intermediate mass black hole; globular cluster; Hills mechanism; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : In 1988 Hills proposed that stars can gain velocities above 500 km s−1 if they are in a stellar binary which gets disrupted by a super massive black hole (SMBH). One of the stars would get trapped in an elliptical orbit around the SMBH while the other gets ejected and obtains a relatively high velocity. READ MORE

3. 7. Damage Assessment of the 2022 Tongatapu Tsunami : With Remote Sensing

   University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

   Author : Milton Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : remote sensing; land cover classification; Sentinel-1; Sentinel-2; change detection; change vector analysis;

   Abstract : The Island of Tongatapu, Tonga, was struck by a tsunami on January 15, 2022. Internet was cut off from the island, which made remote sensing a valuable tool for the assessment of damages. Through land cover classification, change vector analysis and log-ratio image differencing, damages caused by the tsunami were assessed remotely in this thesis. READ MORE

4. 8. The Role of Quadruple Helix in Fostering Social Innovation through Women’s Entrepreneurship. A Case Study of Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thathsara Dulangi Palliyaguru; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Innovation; Female Entrepreneurship; Quadruple Helix; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Regional Incubators; Knowledge-driven Entrepreneurship; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Aftermath of the Tsunami disaster in 2004 and current COVID-19 pandemic, developing nations have faced serious economic disparities. Sri Lanka, an island nation in South Asia, has faced the same economic hardships that many economies face globally. The hardest-hit segment of this economic incongruences has been the marginal communities. READ MORE

5. 9. The picture has changed, how about the frame? Media framing of nuclear energy in Japan before and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Gabriela-Cosmina Gherghe; [2021]
   Keywords : Media framing; Framing analysis; Thematic analysis; Fukushima; Nuclear power; Japan; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake followed by a 15-meter tsunami and a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi changed the normal course of events in Japan and far beyond it. Among other consequences, the events triggered a sudden increase in domestic and international media coverage. READ MORE

6. 10. The Economic Consequences of a Triple Disaster: A Comparative Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Elin Yang Liu; [2021]
   Keywords : Natural disaster; Synthetic control method; Economic impact; Japan; Tohoku;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the economic effects of natural disasters by studying the particular case of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011 in Japan. Specifically, the statistical methodology of synthetic controls is used to estimate the change in GDP per capita caused by this incident. READ MORE