Essays about: "Disaster Risk Management"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 112 essays containing the words Disaster Risk Management.
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21. Risk-Informed Development: Barriers and enabling factors in development cooperation in Georgia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Risk-informed development aims to include complex risks into all levels and phases of decision-making. Going beyond the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, risk-informed development emerged after the 2015 global agreements (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals) and represents a rationale to consider multiple disaster and climate risks simultaneously in societal development. READ MORE
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22. Modelling of Capital Requirements using LSTM and A-SA in CRR 3
University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)Abstract : In response to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, a handful of measures were taken to increase the resilience toward a similar disaster in the future. Global financial regulatory entities implemented several new directives with the intention to enhance global capital markets, leading to regulatory frameworks where financial participants (FPs) are regulated with own fund's requirements for market risks. READ MORE
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23. Exploring Diversity of Spectral Data in Cloud Detection with Machine Learning Methods : Contribution of Near Infrared band in improving cloud detection in winter images
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Cloud detection on satellite imagery is an essential pre-processing step for several remote sensing applications. In general, machine learning based methods for cloud detection perform well, especially the ones based on deep learning as they consider both spatial and spectral features of the input image. READ MORE
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24. Examining the protective services of mangroves at a regional scale in Indonesia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the exposure of the coastal population of Kalimantan, Indonesia changed as a result of coastal mangrove loss and population growth. The change of exposure has therefore been calculated through the loss of mangrove biomass, through deforestation and degradation, over time, as well the increase in population living within 10km2 of disturbed mangroves. READ MORE
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25. Regional Cross-border Disaster Collaboration: A Joint Standard Operating Procedure between Jordan Israel and Palestine
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : This case study research aims to identify the enabling factors and challenges for developing a joint Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Disaster Response Preparedness between Jordan, Israel and Palestine. Twelve qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts either involved in the SOP project, the region and/or with extensive experience in developing cross-border SOPs. READ MORE
