Essays about: "disaster recovery thesis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 essays containing the words disaster recovery thesis.

  1. 16. En Pie de Marcha - Commoning in Times of Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sarah Bretschko; [2019]
    Keywords : Community Land Trusts; urban commons; commoning; disaster recovery; civil society participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The continuous and on-going enclosure of the commons has been identified as critical for the expansion of capitalism, through processes of dispossession, expropriation and commodification. In the light of the rapid erosion of our cultural and environmental common pool resources, the concept of the commons is increasingly gaining interest, since it presents new political and cultural perspectives as an alternative to market and state solutions. READ MORE

  3. 17. Labour Rights Protection in Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Recovery: What Role for International Labour Standards?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Lara Wilkinson; [2018]
    Keywords : Labour rights; human rights; international labour standards; ILO; post-conflict; post-disaster; post-crisis; development; decent work; employment; rights at work; right to work; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The world continues to be shaped by crises in both new and familiar forms. International and non-international armed conflicts and disasters are barriers to individual wellbeing, development, stability, and in the case of the former, represent a basic challenge to peace. READ MORE

  4. 18. Community Resilience and the Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Republic of Fiji : A qualitative field study on Mudu Village’s ability to recover from natural disasters

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Nathalie Sjösvärd; Julia Björkdahl; [2018]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Fiji; Resilience; Disaster Recovery; Adaptive Capacities;

    Abstract : The ability to recover from the effects of climate change among communities is acknowledged in previous research, where focus is laid on disaster recovery through adaptive capacities and resilience. The objective of this study was to investigate a rural community’s ability to cope with natural disasters in in the aftermath of Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, by using the case of Mudu Village in Koro Island, Fiji. READ MORE

  5. 19. Post-Disaster Recovery Through Art: A case study of Reborn-Art Festival in Ishinomaki, Japan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Eimi Tagore-Erwin; [2018]
    Keywords : Great East Japan Earthquake; art festival; machizukuri; trauma; socially engaged art; revitalization; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis closely examines Reborn-Art Festival, a new arts and culture festival inaugurated during the summer of 2017 in one of the regions hardest hit by the triple disaster that devastated the northeastern coastline of Japan in 2011. In the face of an unspeakable tragedy like the Great East Japan Earthquake art may not seem like a central concern, but this thesis focuses on that subject specifically, investigating the ways in which art has become part of the healing process in the small community of Ishinomaki by way of the large-scale festival. READ MORE

  6. 20. Recovery Networks - governance of non-governmental organizations in post-earthquake Nepal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Joakim Kämpe; [2018]
    Keywords : governance; governance networks; governability; disaster recovery; NGO; INGO; Nepal; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis sets out to further expand on the knowledge on governance of NGOs in disaster recovery and reconstruction by looking at the coordination between and governance of national and international NGOs after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. The study is based on interviews and field-observations from Kathmandu and Rasuwa district and applies governance networks and governability theory to explain the findings. READ MORE