Essays about: "Disaster risk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 215 essays containing the words Disaster risk.

  1. 1. Holistic Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Resilience during Disasters (HACIRD) - A case study of the 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Erik Kimblad; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical infrastructure; Lifeline; Resilience; Interdependencies; Earthquake; Natural hazards; Turkey; Holistic; Disaster; Framework; Assessment; Empirical; Case study; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes (7.8MW and 7.7MW) struck Turkey within nine hours, resulting in over 50,000 fatalities and significant damage to critical infrastructures (CI) which provide services essential for the functioning of society. READ MORE

  2. 2. 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. 3. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Daniel Magnil; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Vulnerability; Knowledge; Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  4. 4. NO ONE LEFT BEHIND? The ability of EU policies to support the capabilities of stateless people facing climate change-induced disasters

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sophie Auckram; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : statelessness; vulnerability; EU; capability approach; climate change-induced disasters;

    Abstract : Statelessness is an issue that has affected Europe since the end of World War II, as nation-state boundaries have constrained which people have a nationality and which do not. In the instance of a climate change-induced disaster, stateless people are hyper-marginalised for two distinct reasons: they tend to live in high-risk locations, and they are in danger of being overlooked by state institutions. READ MORE

  5. 5. VC Funding & Success of Clean Tech Startups: Impact of Exogenous Demand Shocks

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jakub Horyna; Finn Aretz; [2023]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Clean Technology; Demand Shocks;

    Abstract : Using a dataset of 51,184 global early-stage venture capital (VC) financing rounds, we examine the impact of exogenous demand shocks on VC funding and success rates in the clean technology sector. Specifically, we investigate the repercussions of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (2011) and the Paris Agreement (2015). READ MORE