Essays about: "Great Lakes Region"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Great Lakes Region.

1. 1. The International Conference on the GreatLakes Region : Analysis of the organization's efforts to transform the conflict in the Great Lakes Region

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Michael Fubu Ngubu; [2021]
   Keywords : International Conference on the Great Lakes Region; Conflict Transformation; Democratic Republic of Congo; DRC; Lederach; case study;

   Abstract : Since the 1990s the Great Lakes Region has continued to be mired in intractable conflict, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) being at the center of it. The aim of this study is therefore an attempt to understand how the InternationalConference of the Great Lakes Region has fared in the transformation of conflict in the region, through its attempts in the DRC. READ MORE

3. 2. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction - Assessing barriers and opportunities to integrate risk information into communal development planning in Burundi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Katharina Oschmann; Marie Lachenmann; [2021]
   Keywords : Central East Africa; Build Back Better; Bujumbura; Burundi; CCA; Climate Change Adaptation; Integration; Development Gains; Development and Spatial Planning; Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Great Lakes Region; Institutional Barriers; Lake Tanganyika; Land-use planning; LDC; LUP; Mainstreaming; Mitigation; PPP; Preparedness; Prevention; Recovery; Resilience; Risk Governance; Risk Information; Risk-Based; Risk-Informed; Risk-Sensitive; Sendai Framework; Sustainable Development; Urban planning; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Natural hazards cannot be avoided, but their damage to what human beings value, such as life, health, and property, can be limited. Climate change will increase extreme weather events and overall disaster risk, which will particularly affect Least Developed Countries. READ MORE

4. 3. Drying Lakes: A Review on The Health Conditions and Restoration Strategies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Anchita Anchita; [2019]
   Keywords : Drying Lakes; Health; Restoration of Lake; Water level; Large Aral Sea; Small Aral Sea; Lake Urmia; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Great salt lakes around the world are drying at a rapid rate. The drying salt lakes gives rise to several health and socio-economic concerns for the population in the surrounding region. The respective governments undertook various measures to address the concerns relating to the drying of salt lakes. READ MORE

5. 4. The Vulnerability of the Great Lakes Region to Waterborne Diseases in the Wake of Climate Change : A Literature Review

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Emma Tällö; [2017]
   Keywords : great lakes region; climate change; waterborne diseases; waterborne; vulnerability; vulnerability assessment; midwest; drinking water;

   Abstract : Clean drinking and recreational water is essential for human survival and contaminated water cause 1.4 million deaths worldwide every year. Both developing and developed countries suffer as a consequence of unsafe water that cause waterborne diseases. The Great Lakes region, located in the United States is no exception. READ MORE

6. 5. Numerical Modelling of Convective Snow Bands in the Baltic Sea Area

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Julia Jeworrek; [2016]
   Keywords : Shallow convection; extreme precipitation; Baltic Sea; SST; regional climate system modelling;

   Abstract : Convective snow bands develop commonly over the open water surface of lakes or seas when cold airgets advected from a continent. Enhanced heat and moisture fluxes from the comparatively warm waterbody trigger shallow convection and an unstable boundary layer builds up. READ MORE