Essays about: "Communities at Risk"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 114 essays containing the words Communities at Risk.
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6. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. READ MORE
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7. Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of Modern-Day Freak Show Performers
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract Author: Dana Štěpánková Title: Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of ModernDay Freak Show Performers Supervisor: Sébastien Tutenges Master’s Thesis SOCM04, Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Department of Sociology, Spring 2023 Freak shows have been historically depicted as dehumanizing spectacles exhibiting individuals with physical anomalies. Over time, these shows faded away, but human curiosity and fascination with difference and deviance have brought them back in a new form. READ MORE
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8. Charting a Course for the Future: An Analysis of the Level of Climate-Security Integration in the EU’s Development Cooperation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Climate-related security risks (CRSR) have risen on the foreign policy agenda of the European Union (EU). As climate change accelerates, its impacts exacerbate existing social, economic, and environmental challenges within and between communities and increase the likelihood of states experiencing humanitarian crises and conflict. READ MORE
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9. “It was a free and healthy job” : timber floating on the river Ångermanälven in the 20th century
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. READ MORE
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10. Development of a Rule Based Decision Support System for Pilots : Using Network Analysis, Label Propagation and Association Rule Mining
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för systemteknikAbstract : Maneuvering a fighter jet is not easy, and new methods for minimizing the risk of pilots experiencing information overload are constantly under development. Saab is currently looking into the possibilities of creating a decision support system (DSS) for pilots in situations where multiple independent system failures occur simultaneously. READ MORE