Essays about: "Floods and activities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Floods and activities.

  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. Changes in Gishwati-Mukura Forest and effects on biodiversity, floods, and landslides - recommendations for sustainable forest management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Elisabeth Claesson; [2023]
    Keywords : Rwanda; Gishwati-Mukura; Rainforest; Natural forest cover; Deforestation; Biodiversity; Flood; Landslide; Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Rainforests are of great importance for biodiversity and several ecosystem services. In Rwanda, a considerable decline in rainforest covers have been observed during the last decades. The Gishwati-Mukura Forest is one of the rainforests in Rwanda that has experienced a substantial reduction in forest cover, 99.4 %. READ MORE

  4. 3. Innovation as an Adaptive Response to Natural Disasters : a Dynamic Cross-Country Panel Data Analysis of the Impact of Floods on Risk-mitigating Patents

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Emma From; [2022]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; floods; innovation; natural disasters; patent; risk perception;

    Abstract : As climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of natural disasters worldwide, the question of coping with extreme events is gaining more attention. Within the climate discourse, innovation is an essential adaptation strategy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Responsibility and the Media : A critical discourse analysis of climate change representations in the U.S and Nigerian news outlets

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Fujiwara; [2022]
    Keywords : Systemic functional linguistics; critical discourse analysis; frame analysis; transitivity analysis; news discourse; climate change; responsibility; media; power; linguistics.;

    Abstract : Scientists have reached a consensus that human activities have contributed to global climate change, yet its outcomes affect societies disproportionately. Often the least responsible countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. READ MORE

  6. 5. Det gröna torget : hur kan vi förbättra biodiversiteten på torg?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Max Bertilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : biodiversitet; ekosystemstjänster; ekosystemsprocesser; insekter; djur; torg; torgdesign; Malmö;

    Abstract : Urbana miljöers utbredning har haft stor påverkan på den naturliga miljön och många djur och insektsarters naturliga habitat har försvunnit och ersatts av hårdgjord markyta och byggnader. Detta har inte bara påverkat djur och insektsvärlden utan även oss människor negativt i form av förorenad luft, översvämningar och störande buller från fordon. READ MORE