Essays about: "Ebba Brink"

Found 1 essay containing the words Ebba Brink.

  1. 1. Disasters, formal education and adaptive capacity - Does people’s level of formal education influence their risk from climate-related disasters? A case study of an informal settlement in Rio de Janeiro

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Ebba Brink; [2010]
    Keywords : Adaptation; adaptive capacity; Brazil; climate change; coping capacity; disaster risk; disasters; favelas; income; informal settlements; landslide; Latin America; risk reduction; Rocinha; formal education; flood; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : With a worldwide increase in climate-related disasters and the global temperature on the rise, the effects of climate change are already being felt. Among those most at risk are the poor in developing countries, often living in informal settlements or „slums‟. READ MORE