Essays about: "Atlantic Hurricanes"

Found 3 essays containing the words Atlantic Hurricanes.

  1. 1. The Impact of Financial Crises and Natural Disasters on the US Catastrophe Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martina Scaroni; Felicitas Gesa Lore Elisabeth Schulze-Steinen; [2022]
    Keywords : Catastrophe Bond; Atlantic Hurricanes; Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Catastrophe (CAT) bonds bring the needs of (re)insurance companies and investors together: They insure against natural disasters by transferring risk to the capital market while at the same time promising high returns and a certain detachment from financial markets. Being an alternative investment class that has been on the rise only in recent years, academic research on CAT bonds is comparatively limited. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pearls Airport's Urban Village

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Susan Smith Berggren; [2020]
    Keywords : Participatory Design; Inclusive Design; Hurricane Resilience; Social Housing; Eco-System Design; Recourse efficiency; Energy Generating; Social Welfare; Affordability; Flexibility; Rural Wasteland; The Caribbean; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : On the north east coast of the Caribbean island Grenada, there´s an abandoned airport. This extraordinary environment is located in a valley between tropical mountains covered by lush rain forest. The landing stripe is a 1,5-kilometer-long runway of history, facing the rough Atlantic Ocean. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vulnerability and contemporary threats to Jamaican Disaster Management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Morgan Jönsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Insurance; Corruption; Vulnerability; Disaster Management; Jamaica; Squatter Settlments; Development; Marginalization; Natural Hazards; Criminality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Natural hazards and disasters are serious contemporary threats as climate change is causing an increase in the frequency of extreme weather conditions worldwide. The Caribbean is geographically located in the North Atlantic Ocean at the junction of the Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate. READ MORE