Essays about: "Disaster Cycle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Disaster Cycle.

1. 1. Humanitarian Logistics: The Outsourcing Collaboration with Logistics Service Providers in the UN System

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Katrin Kandler; Jennifer Siller; [2022]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Logistics; Logistics Service Providers; Outsourcing Collaboration; Selection Criteria for Collaboration; UN System; Disaster Cycle;

   Abstract : Background: Collaboration between humanitarian organisations and commercial as well as humanitarian logistics service providers has become of utmost importance when outsourcing logistics activities. Selection criteria for choosing suitable logistics service providers areessential for the success of outsourcing collaboration and disaster operations. READ MORE

3. 2. Floods and landslides in the Bakokwe catchment, Rwanda: Causes, consequences, and future challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Saga Kallner; Martine Ulvtorp; [2022]
   Keywords : Flooding; Rainfall; Landslide; Rwanda; Bakokwe; Causes; Consequences; Future challenges; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Rwanda is highly exposed to floods and landslides due to intense precipitation, rapid population growth, varied topography and agricultural growth. One of the most vulnerable areas is the Nyabarongo catchment. A subcatchment of the Nyabarongo catchment, Bakokwe, was chosen as a case study for this thesis. READ MORE

4. 3. Exploring Collaborative Mobile Storage Units in the Humanitarian Supply Chain

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Jacob Karlsson; Björn Sanders; [2019]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Logistics; Humanitarian Supply Chain Management; Logistics; Warehouse; Mobile Storage Units; Disaster Management Cycle; Public Warehouse; Bangladesh; Syria; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis is an explorative single case study on the United Nations Logistics Cluster with the purpose to explore the usage of collaborative Mobile Storage Unit (MSU) warehouses in terms of determining their activities’ and decisions’ connection to the disaster management cycle, as well as their challenges’ connection to the contextual factors of the humanitarian supply chain (HSC). It attempts to answer questions (1) What are the collaborative MSU activities and decisions throughout the phases of the disaster management cycle? and (2) How do humanitarian contextual factors influence challenges to collaborative MSU activities and decisions in humanitarian logistics?. READ MORE

5. 4. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Darlene Rini; [2018]
   Keywords : Urban fire risks; informal settlement fires; urban fire risk management; GIS; URDI; urban disasters; risk indexing; fire statistics; Metro Manila; Quezon City; Science General;

   Abstract : 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

6. 5. Investigating the Practice of Disaster Risk Reduction Mainstreaming into Development : the Experience of a Development Organization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Tetty Marlina Rajagukguk; [2018]
   Keywords : DRR; Mainstreaming; development organization; Integration; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The understanding of development and disaster nexus has enforced the international community to think and act differently. Disaster risk reduction mainstreaming has been embraced as one of our best approach for sustainable development and has been consistently featured in international discussions. READ MORE