Essays about: "after earthquake"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the words after earthquake.

  1. 1. Evaluating reliability and limitations of disaster loss accounting databases

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Rebecca Crisanti; [2023]
    Keywords : Database; loss data; extreme event; natural hazards; measuring losses; Latin America; EM‐DAT; DesInventar.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Disaster loss accounting is an essential tool for assessing the effects of disasters and creating policies for disaster risk reduction that are supported by data. This study compares disaster data for two of the most used disaster loss accounting databases, EM-DAT and DesInventar in the context of six Latin American countries, namely, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela. READ MORE

  3. 2. Online Discourses Around Disasters and Migration: Securitized vs Humanizing : A Case Study of Turkey

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Beyza Mumcular Çöplü; [2023]
    Keywords : forced migration; disaster; relational dialectics theory; theory of securitization; human security; online discourses; contrapuntal analysis;

    Abstract : This study explores the discourses related to forced migration in the aftermath of disruptive emergencies through a case study of Turkey. 2 devastating earthquakes hit ten provinces on February 6, 2023, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, and over 50,000 lives were lost In Turkey. READ MORE

  4. 3. Shaky Growth: Chile's earthquake and its effect on GDP. Did the 2010 earthquake change Chile's growth path? Evidence of a synthetic control study

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Santiago Benguria; [2022]
    Keywords : synthetic control method; quasi-experimental study; earthquake; Chile; natural disasters;

    Abstract : This quasi-experimental study analyses the effects of the 2010 Chile earthquake and finds an effect GDP per capita in the years following the event, by using the synthetic control method. After the shock, the country experienced an increase of 7% on GDP per capita on average, an effect which is significant yet only transitory as Chile and its counterfactual catch up again 5 years after the event. READ MORE

  5. 4. “I never doubted that I made a difference” : Personal experiences from physical therapists working after the earthquakes in Nepal.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Åsenlöf: Fysioterapi

    Author : Mimmie Örn; Matilda Roempke Lindström; [2021]
    Keywords : physical therapy; experiences; earthquake; Nepal.;

    Abstract : Background:  Earthquakes and other natural disasters have increased over recent years, more people around the world are living with disabilities. The physical therapists have an important role to increase function and restore quality of life. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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