Essays about: "Flood in nepal"

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1. 1. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Grace Muir; [2023]
   Keywords : Anticipatory Action; Impact-based Forecasting; Glacier Lake Outburst Flood; Nepal; Risk-informed Early Action; Prediction; Disaster Risk Management; Science General;

   Abstract : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. READ MORE

3. 2. Relationship between exposure to traumatic stress and mental illness : A study on flood victims in Nepal

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Emelie Zakariasson; [2020]
   Keywords : Traumatic stress; PTSD; depression; anxiety; coping self-efficacy; neurobiology;

   Abstract : Traumatic experiences, such as natural disasters, do not only cause people to suffer from material and financial losses, but they can lead to a maladaptive regulation of the stress response and to the onset of stress-induced psychopathology. Traumatic stress has been shown to alter brain structures and functions involved in the stress response. READ MORE

4. 3. Fostering Anticipatory Action via Social Protection Systems : A Case Study of the Climate Vulnerability of Flood-Exposed Social Security Allowance Beneficiaries in Bardiya District, Nepal

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sabrina Desroches; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate disaster; climate vulnerability; climate resilience; social protection; Shock Responsive Social Protection; Adaptive Social Protection; Early Warning Systems; Forecast-based Financing; Floods; Nepal;

   Abstract : Rationale – Climate disasters represent a significant and growing proportion of the humanitarian burden and are a key factor in increasing poverty and insecurity. A myriad of studies demonstrate that aid delivered in an ex-ante fashion can be effective in mitigating losses of life, assets and livelihoods associated with climate hazards. READ MORE

5. 4. Rainfall-Runoff Simulation and Modelling Using HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS Models: Case Studies from Nepal and Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Jeevika Khadka; Jagritee Bhaukajee; [2018]
   Keywords : HEC-HMS; HEC-RAS; Kankai; Kävlinge; Rainfall Runoff; Flood Inundation; Modelling; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Floods are probably the most frequent, widespread and disastrous hazards of the world. Almost every year, Sweden and Nepal are affected by floods though their nature and impact differs due to complete different geographical and hydrological setting. READ MORE

6. 5. Conditional cooperation for mitigating effects of climate change in rural Nepal

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Björn Synneby; [2016-11-16]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Due to the climate warming effects the glacier lakes of the Khumbu has started to form and grow in size and the natural moraine dams give poor support to the expanding lakes. In order to find out how much the sherpa people wants to contribute to build the safety measures that can protect them from the effects of a glacier lake outburst flood this paper investigates their willingness to contribute with work time. READ MORE