Essays about: "disaster recovery thesis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the words disaster recovery thesis.

  1. 11. “Temporary” Housing to Heal: A Missing Piece of Post-Disaster Community Psychosocial Resilience Building

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Mu Chen; [2021]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Action; Psychosocial Support; Architecture; Post-Disaster Temporary Housing;

    Abstract : Disaster survivors, facing many aspects of mental distress, sometimes are forced to stay in temporary housing for years. Their psychosocial needs have changed after the traumatic event, but existing temporary housing designs do not respond to their real needs, nor acknowledge the capacity within the community as a whole. READ MORE

  3. 12. Evaluation of Business Continuity Management - A case study of disaster recovery during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för teknisk ekonomi och logistik

    Author : Fredrik Tegström; Filip Nilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Business continuity; Disaster recovery; BCM; Covid-19; Continuity planning; Case study; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Background The Company produces and sells specialised products and technical solutions worldwide through more than ten different technology-based and decentralised Business Units. While the "Business continuity management"-programme has been implemented throughout the Company for many years, many of the Business Units' "disaster recovery"-capabilities had not been tested until the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  4. 13. 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

  5. 14. School-based disaster preparedness: a route to societal resilience? The case study of Ljungby municipality, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Andra Covaciu; [2020]
    Keywords : disaster risk management DRM ; school-based disaster preparedness SBDP ; climate change adaptation CCA ; societal resilience; students-aimed SBDP; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Children are valuable resources when it comes to disaster preparedness and they should no longer be seen as vulnerable. Since they spend about five days a week in school for almost the whole year, it is natural to consider preparing them for hazards while there. READ MORE

  6. 15. Dispossessed: Exploring the Factors That Enable Post-Disaster Land Grabs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Taylor McCammon Lightman; [2020]
    Keywords : Land Grab; Land Tenure; Land Tenure Security; Gender; Globalization; Neoliberalism; Dispossession; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to better understand what factors produce an enabling environment for land grabs after a disaster. Looking at eight selected case studies, this research tests the role of land tenure security, private capital investment and global financial institutions, and gender. READ MORE