Essays about: "Crisis Preparedness"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words Crisis Preparedness.
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6. Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence : the Swedish Quick Service Restaurant Sector
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : This thesis project looked at the preparedness of the Quick Service Restaurant Sector (QSRS) in Sweden for the introduction of a new EU law in 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Food systems play a major role in the climate crisis, contributing up to one third of all greenhouse gas emissions, with the QSRS playing a significant role in this across the globe. READ MORE
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7. Community Continuity Management : An Exploration of the Energy Production and Use of a Fictional Stockholm Neighbourhood in a Crisis
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : In an increasingly interconnected, and electricity-reliant world, households are asked to build up their resilience to crises. Local, distributed electricity production within a microgrid with capability to operate disconnected from the larger grid has been shown to be an effective tool for increasing power system resilience in the past. READ MORE
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8. Har lagringsdugliga grönsaker en plats inom svensk krisberedskap? : en undersökning av skånska kommuners krisberedskap för livsmedelsförsörjningen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Krig, pandemi, naturkatastrofer och flyktingkriser har skett mer frekvent de senaste åren. Med bakgrund av detta finns det ett ökat intresse för att skapa större förståelse för hur Sveriges krisberedskap ser ut idag och främst inom livsmedelsförsörjningen. READ MORE
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9. Vulnerability & Resilience in an Ageing Population : A Case Study on Individual Self-Reliance & Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Japan
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Natural disasters and hazards pose significant risks and challenges for people and communities all around the world, among the groups most vulnerable to these events are elderly populations who face physical, social, and psychological hardships in the face of disasters. The vulnerability and lacking resilience of elderly are a growing global concern as their proportion of the world's population is steadily increasing with an estimated 1 in 6 people being aged 65 and over by 2050, doubling the current number. READ MORE
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10. Meeting electricity demand during a crisis : Assessing the feasibility of battery storage as a path for municipalities to increase electricity resilience
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : This bachelor thesis aims to investigate household electricity supply and demand during a crisis. Both quantitative and qualitative aspects of crisis preparedness and household electricity demand are considered. READ MORE