Essays about: "Fire Disasters"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Fire Disasters.

  1. 1. Evaluating reliability and limitations of disaster loss accounting databases

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Rebecca Crisanti; [2023]
    Keywords : Database; loss data; extreme event; natural hazards; measuring losses; Latin America; EM‐DAT; DesInventar.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Disaster loss accounting is an essential tool for assessing the effects of disasters and creating policies for disaster risk reduction that are supported by data. This study compares disaster data for two of the most used disaster loss accounting databases, EM-DAT and DesInventar in the context of six Latin American countries, namely, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela. READ MORE

  3. 2. Youth Preparedness in the United States: Assessing the Impact of the American Red Cross’s “Prepare with Pedro!” Program

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Julia Sandberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster preparedness; children and families; DRR preparedness education programs; fire safety; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Home fires are the most prevalent and preventable disaster in the United States. It is notoriously difficult to teach disaster preparedness skills to adults. But, when their children are taught this material, households are more likely to make changes. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Our House Is on Fire” : A discourse analysis of the climate change discourse in news articles about natural disasters.

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Anna Böhm; [2022]
    Keywords : climate change; discourse analysis; media logic; communication;

    Abstract : Climate change is affecting every country on every continent and weather events are becoming more extreme. Natural disasters are three times more frequent today than they were 50 years ago, and natural disasters are more intense and complex. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lesson learned? : A study of Sweden’s post-crisis learning after the fire in Västmanland 2014

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Tućan Oldgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Crisis management; Post-crisis learning; Emergency preparedness; Organisational learning;

    Abstract : The world is facing an increase in natural disasters due to climate change, and Sweden is no exception. In the past 10 years Sweden has endured two large forest fires which devastated both land and property and which had huge financial impacts on society. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Portrayal of Natural Disasters in News Reporting

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Hanna Rapo; [2020]
    Keywords : Wildfire; Australia; Erasure; Framing; Metaphor; Eco-linguistics; Corpus linguistics; Media discourse; UK media; Fire; Natural disaster;

    Abstract : As climate change becomes more destructive to our planet, some governments have taken action towards a more sustainable future. One being the UK, where a Climate Emergency was declared in 2019, which affects public corporations and news outlets. READ MORE