Essays about: "landslide"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 essays containing the word landslide.

  1. 11. Towards a generational transformation of the role and meaning of friendship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Julie Kirketorp; [2021]
    Keywords : Friendships; individualization; biographical narrative; identity; life witnesses; intimacy; and care.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis sets out to explore the role and meaning of friendships across two age groups. This is attained by a generational interview design where the groups are separated by nearly 20 years. READ MORE

  3. 12. Läplanteringars betydelse för jordbruket och biologisk mångfald : med fokus på uppbyggnad och artsammansättning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Rawan Allawi; Ida Ek Mitchell; [2021]
    Keywords : läplanteringar; biologisk mångfald; vindskydd; jordflykt; vegetation; artval; struktur; kvalitéer; uppbyggnad;

    Abstract : Ever since the Stone Age, nature and man have collaborated in the change in the cultural landscape with all its components. The basis for the function of this circulation is partly about how and to what extent man uses nature's resources, and partly how nature itself responds to the changes. READ MORE

  4. 13. 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. 14. A Simulation of Landslide-Generated Waves Using a Fully Implicit ISPH

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Kosei Nishida; [2020]
    Keywords : SPH; Landslide-generated waves; non-newtonian fluid; multiphase flow; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is used to study the mechanisms of landslide-generated waves. As the landslide dynamics and the evaluation of impact forces acting on water are most important, landslide is modelled as a highly viscous fluid. Incompressible SPH (ISPH) is used for fluid simulation. READ MORE

  6. 15. DOES FIGHTING CORRUPTION LEGITIMIZE A DECLINE IN DEMOCRACY? An experimental field study on how corruption affects democratic values in Mexico City

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jessica Martebo; [2019-09-24]
    Keywords : democratic backsliding; quality of government; corruption; public support; Mexico;

    Abstract : Recently, Mexico witnessed a historic election where Andrés López Obrador won the presidency in a landslide victory making him the most powerful president Mexico has seen in decades. With eradication of corruption at the top of his priority list in his attempt to transform the country, he indeed beholds a wide public support. READ MORE