Essays about: "Disaster recovery"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 71 essays containing the words Disaster recovery.

1. 21. School-based disaster preparedness: a route to societal resilience? The case study of Ljungby municipality, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Andra Covaciu; [2020]
   Keywords : disaster risk management DRM ; school-based disaster preparedness SBDP ; climate change adaptation CCA ; societal resilience; students-aimed SBDP; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Children are valuable resources when it comes to disaster preparedness and they should no longer be seen as vulnerable. Since they spend about five days a week in school for almost the whole year, it is natural to consider preparing them for hazards while there. READ MORE

3. 22. Resilient Disaster Recovery: An exploration of operationalizing climate change adaptation measures in disaster recovery at the community level on Grand Bahama and Abaco

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Maya Fields; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate Change Adaptation; Resilience; Disaster Recovery; Decentralization; Community; Build Back Better; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This explorative case-study examines the dynamics of operationalizing climate change adaptation (CCA) measures in the aftermath of climate change induced natural disaster at the community level in a low-lying coastal Nation State with fragile institutional capacity. It explores the roles and responsibilities different stakeholder groups take and identifies constraints and facilitators for operationalizing CCA measures in disaster recovery to ultimately explore leverage points or pathways towards greater integration of CCA measures in the phase of disaster recovery. READ MORE

4. 23. Dispossessed: Exploring the Factors That Enable Post-Disaster Land Grabs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Taylor McCammon Lightman; [2020]
   Keywords : Land Grab; Land Tenure; Land Tenure Security; Gender; Globalization; Neoliberalism; Dispossession; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to better understand what factors produce an enabling environment for land grabs after a disaster. Looking at eight selected case studies, this research tests the role of land tenure security, private capital investment and global financial institutions, and gender. READ MORE

5. 24. Analyzing the resilience of tourism stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bend, Oregon

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Fie Broker-Bulling; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; sustainability; resilience; tourism; hospitality; Covid-19; crisis and disaster recovery;

   Abstract : As the world continues to globalize, the need for sustainability is becoming increasingly evident. In the tourism industry, an industry that employs 1 out of 10 globally, this is especially true. This industry is composed of a complex web of systems that ebb and flow in unison. READ MORE

6. 25. Resilience from within or without? : An ethnographic study of resilience mechanisms in southern Colombia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Amanda Amigues; [2019]
   Keywords : Resilience; recovery processes; peacebuilding; post-conflict; post-disaster reconstruction; Colombia;

   Abstract : The emergence of resilience in the peacebuilding field shows an important change of paradigm and turn to the local context. So far few ethnographic research has been done to understand how resilience works locally and what are the mechanisms helping individuals to cope and recover from a crisis. READ MORE