Essays about: "disaster debris"

Found 4 essays containing the words disaster debris.

  1. 1. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Grace Muir; [2023]
    Keywords : Anticipatory Action; Impact-based Forecasting; Glacier Lake Outburst Flood; Nepal; Risk-informed Early Action; Prediction; Disaster Risk Management; Science General;

    Abstract : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. READ MORE

  3. 2. Destruction in Paradise: Using the capabilities approach to assess the causes of marine debris in the Bahamas -The case of Hurricane Dorian and informal settlements in the Abaco Islands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Greta Simonaviciute; [2022]
    Keywords : marine debris; capabilities approach; informal housing; disaster impact index; sustainable development; the Bahamas; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Marine debris is a major threat to wildlife and human health. This study examines the socioeconomic vulnerability of informal housing as arguably one of the main drivers of the abundance of marine debris in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone. READ MORE

  4. 3. Statistical Evaluation and Modelling of Landslide Initiation Points in Western Norway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI); Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi

    Author : Tim Starke; [2020]
    Keywords : landslide; landslide modelling; debris flow; Norway; fuzzy logic; GIS; susceptibility; hazard; geohazard; natural disaster; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Norge drabbas årligen av hundratals jordskred vilket leder till betydande ekonomisk skada och fara för liv. Därför bedriver norska myndigheter och forskningsinstitutioner omfattande forskning om jordskred och vidtar åtgärder för att övervaka, modellera och slutligen mildra konsekvenserna av och förebygga dessa. READ MORE

  5. 4. Conversation : Recreating Space in Post-Traumatic Topia

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Christina Kousgaard Hansen; [2013]
    Keywords : Reconstruction;

    Abstract : The 11th of march 2011, at 14.16 the north east of Japan was hit by a 9.0-magni- tude earthquake, tsunami and by a nuclear accident at the power plant, Fukush- ima Daiichi due to the excessive water masses on land caused by the tsunami. READ MORE