Essays about: "natural disaster"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 196 essays containing the words natural disaster.

  1. 6. BIM and GIS Integration for Disaster-Prone Environments: The Case Study of Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in Mexico City

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Byggnadsteknik och belysningsvetenskap

    Author : Andrea Jazmin Diaz Guzman; [2023]
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    Abstract : Disasters are happening all around the world on multiple scales and intensities. Some countries are more vulnerable than others and they are forced to be resilient in this scenario. Nowadays, it has been proven the importance of digital tools for risk prevention. BIM and GIS are digital tools that have been used for diverse purposes. READ MORE

  3. 7. Spår i jorden : en studie av ett extraktionslandskap

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

    Author : Sebastian Hahn; [2023]
    Keywords : extraktionslandskap; nymaterialism; landskapshistoria; mosse; torv; torvtäkt; postindustriellt landskap; spårande; rumslighet;

    Abstract : Detta examensarbete utforskar torvtäkten som landsakap. Torvindustrin har en långtgående historia i Sverige, och de utdikade torvmossarna utgör några av de största landskapssåren i landet. Under påtryckningar från politik och samhälle har industrin minskat kraftigt, och många torvtäkter hotas nu av nedläggning. READ MORE

  4. 8. Agenda-Setting in the Arctic : Critical Discourse Studies in the Case of the Norilsk Oil Spill

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Jacob Rice; [2023]
    Keywords : Russia; Environment; Critical Discourse Studies; Norilsk;

    Abstract : This paper examines the existing discourses surrounding environmental issues in Russia using a large oil Spill in Norilsk as a case study. The spill, which occurred in the summer of 2020, is the largest man-made disaster to ever occur in the Arctic, resulting in around 21,000 tons of diesel fuel being spilled into the ground and surrounding waterways. READ MORE

  5. 9. Beyond Western Knowledge: Indigenous and Local Knowledges on Disaster Risk Reduction -A field study in rural Thailand

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Indigenous and local knowledge systems; Thailand; Indigenous and local communities; Natural hazards; Non-western knowledge; Pressures to Indigenous and local knowledge systems;

    Abstract : Natural hazards are predicted to only increase in frequency and severity over the next decade, making it crucial to avoid their negative consequences by disaster risk reduction. Reducing risks of natural hazards is not a recent invention as it has been shown that indigenous and local communities possess indigenous and local knowledge systems related to reducing disaster risks. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Growth: Does Frequency of Disasters Matter?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Solfelt Frödén; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic growth; natural disasters; climate change; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the effect of natural disasters, with regard to frequency of events, on GDP per capita growth. A panel data regression covering 121 countries between 1960 and 2015 in non-overlapping five-year periods is used. READ MORE