Essays about: "Community based societal services"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Community based societal services.
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1. Interventions to prevent Gender-Based Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo : A driving force for the empowerment of women and girls?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a widespread international public health and human rights issue that disproportionately affects women and girls. In humanitarian crises all forms of GBV are exacerbated, and especially during conflict where GBV in some settings affects 70 per cent of women. READ MORE
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2. Human-centric Service Co-Innovation in Hospitality: A practice-based view
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Innovation is an important determinant for economic survival and growth in the hospitality industry. As a highly human-centric industry, service providers and customers as users join forces to co-innovate. READ MORE
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3. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE
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4. Community-Based Preparedness Trainings to Build and Strengthen Local Capacities for Disaster Preparedness. With lessons learned from Preparedness Trainings in landslide risk communities in Sri Lanka
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Disaster response is most effective, if a high level of preparedness is in place before natural hazards strike. As many low-income countries are under-financed when it comes to Disaster Risk Reduction, it is lower-cost interventions such as Community-Based Preparedness Trainings that they often rely on to provide strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities. READ MORE
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5. A spatiotemporal analysis of coral reef regimes and fish herbivory across the Hawaiian Archipelago
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Coral reefs can undergo shifts to alternative ecological regimes (or states) when exposed to stress. Acquiring a deeper understanding of when coral reefs become increasingly vulnerable to such shifts (i.e. READ MORE
