Essays about: "Crisis and Disaster Management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Crisis and Disaster Management.

1. 1. Potential and Limitations of the Sketch Map Tool in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Kimon Letzner; [2024]
   Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Participatory action research; Community risk mapping; International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; Colombia; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : In disaster risk management, participatory mapping (PM) closes spatial data gaps in communities by integrating local risk knowledge. The thesis examined the potential and limitations of the Sketch Map Tool (SMT) as a PM tool for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through an International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement case study. READ MORE

3. 2. Mine Action and Climate Change: A Case Study of Water in Yemen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Amani Abdulqader; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; conflict; Yemen; Mine action; water; peacebuilding; sustainable development; resource management; governance; droughts; floods; climate mitigation; risk and disaster management.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The following research explores a critical intersection between the work of mine action and the climate. It addresses the amplified impacts of climate change on water in Yemen, a country afflicted by protracted conflict and growing climate threats. READ MORE

4. 3. 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 studier

   Author : Nils Brattgård; [2023]
   Keywords : Business Continuity Management; Community Continuity Management; Energy Community; Energy Resilience; Energy; Resilience; Preparedness; Adaptation; Wellness; Wellbeing; Blackout; Power Failure; High Impact Low Probability; Crisis; Disaster; Kontinuitetshantering; Community Continuity Management; Energigemenskap; Energiresiliens; Energi; Resiliens; Beredskap; Anpassning; Välmående; Välbefinnande; Strömavbrott; Elkris; High Impact Low Probability; Kris; Katastrof;

   Abstract : 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

5. 4. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Elisha Lawodo Bloe; [2023]
   Keywords : emergency response and recovery; humanitarian assistance; corruption; Ebola virus disease;

   Abstract : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. READ MORE

6. 5. 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 institutionen

   Author : Victor Bergenek; [2023]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Ageing Population; Vulnerability; Resilience; DRM; Disaster Risk Management; Individual Self Reliance; Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction; Japan; Case Study; Elderly; Vulnerable Groups.;

   Abstract : 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