Essays about: "Differentiated Vulnerability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Differentiated Vulnerability.

  1. 1. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
    Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

    Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysis of ISO 11731:2017 method to assess Legionella pneumophila in water with high background : And how it differentiates from its earlier variant ISO 11731:1998

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Trang Nguyen; [2022]
    Keywords : Legionella pneumophila; ISO standard;

    Abstract : Legionella pneumophila is a human pathogen commonly found in natural and artificial aquatic environments and can cause a condition called legionellosis. Monitoring for legionellae is therefore important for protecting public health and identifying its environmental sources is a way to prevent illness. READ MORE

  4. 3. A climate of difference: gender, farming, and climate variability : an investigation into the varied experience of gender vulnerability and agency among small-scale farmers in Ky Anh district, Central Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Eoin O'Dwyer; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender; Climate Variability; Differentiated Vulnerability; Agency; Intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores gender identity, vulnerability, and agency in the lives of smallholder farmers, within the context of climate variability in Ky Anh, Central Vietnam. The study first explores how gender identity and power is constructed within everyday rural practices. READ MORE

  5. 4. Differentiated vulnerabilities and capacities for adaptation: A case study on household adaptation to water shortage in Gaborone

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Josefine Lund Schlamovitz; [2019]
    Keywords : Adaptive Capacity; Botswana; Climate Change Adaptation; Gaborone; Intersectionality; Vulnerability; Water Shortage.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Provision of freshwater to urban residents remains a significant global challenge. A challenge whose impendent success in many regions is further threatened by climate change and urbanization projections, subsequently increasing the pressure on urban water supply. READ MORE

  6. 5. Thai local brokers in the Swedish berry industry : Roles and positions across time and space

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Peter van Eerbeek; [2019]
    Keywords : migration; labour; broker; precarity; intermediaries; berry; industry; Thailand; Sweden; precarity; mobility; seasonal work; debt;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, each year 2500 - 6000 Thai go to Sweden to work as berry pickers during the berry season via a regulated system of temporary work permits. Bangkok-based staffing agencies rely on the networks of local brokers to recruit workers in Thailand’s more peripheral northeastern Isan region, as part of the larger migration industry in Thailand. READ MORE