Essays about: "Economic Disasters"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 81 essays containing the words Economic Disasters.

1. 36. Resisting El Niño : an investigation into coping strategies to flood-related disasters in the Rímac river basin, Peru

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Conrad Jarman; [2020]
   Keywords : Flood-related disasters; Disaster risk management; Disaster risk reduction; Coping strategies; Coping capacity; El Niño Costero; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Flood-related disasters pose one of the greatest contemporary challenges to development. Analysing and developing effective local coping strategies to flood-related disasters is crucial if at-risk communities are to successfully mitigate the impact of natural hazards whilst not compromising long-term development objectives. READ MORE

3. 37. The role of groundwater in the inundation of a river-connected floodplain : case study of the river Silverån in southeast Sweden

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Stina Bång; [2019]
   Keywords : Groundwater flooding; Groundwater modeling; Flood modeling;

   Abstract : Fluvial flooding has long been recognized as one of the most frequently occurring natural disasters worldwide, with consequences as large economic losses from damages on infrastructure and agriculture, as well as severe impacts on human health. A less known and explored type of flooding is groundwater flooding. READ MORE

4. 38. The Swedish Value Premium and Disasters: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Majed Habash; David Öhlund; [2019]
   Keywords : The Value Premium; Disasters; Time-varying Risk;

   Abstract : This paper examines the value premium puzzle in Sweden for the period 2002 - 2016 and attempts to explain the puzzle by accounting for time-varying risk exposure with the inclusion of a proxy for financial disasters risk. The value premium is one of the most persistent financial anomalies and the reasons for its existence have been a hot topic for debate over the past years, with more recent research suggesting that it is a form of compensation for higher exposure to harsh economic downturns, or disasters. READ MORE

5. 39. Climate Smart Risk Reduction in Urban Areas: A Review of factors for integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation within the context of urban Resilience

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Fariba Toufani; [2019]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Integration; Urban Resilience; 100 Resilient Cities; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : In recent years, the drawbacks of parallel systems in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) have been acknowledged in professional and academic communities, where the need for integration of the two fields in connection to development has been stressed. In this regard, the concept of resilience as an antithesis of risks has also been considered. READ MORE

6. 40. The Impact of Climatic Disasters on Output and Prices: A Panel VAR-X Approach

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Agnes Magnusson; [2019]
   Keywords : Natural disasters; Economic growth; Inflation; Climate change;

   Abstract : This paper sets out to study the short-term e ffects of climatic disasters on two macroeconomic variables: output and prices. The study makes use of a panel vector-autoregression model in the presence of endogenous variables and exogenous shocks (VAR-X), and applies it to a 1960--2017 cross-country panel. READ MORE