Essays about: "Hurricane Maria"

Found 5 essays containing the words Hurricane Maria.

  1. 1. Shelter from the storm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Sarah Neill; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on the 20th of September 2017. It was a category four hurricane with winds of up to 175mph. It was the strongest hurricane to hit the island since Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and said to be the worst natural disaster ever to hit the Caribbean Islands. READ MORE

  3. 2. Klimatresiliens för lagerbladsolja, en analys av industrin för lagerbladsolja i Samväldet Dominica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Moa Rosén; [2020]
    Keywords : Bay; Bay Oil; Bay Rum; Pimenta racemosa; Essential Oil; Dominica; Commonwealth of Dominica; Caribbean; Climate Change; Extreme Weather; Hurricane; Hurricane Maria; Tropical Storm Erika; Artisanal Distilleries; Steam Distillation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Samväldet Dominica är en liten önation i de Små Antillerna i Västindien. Denna studie analyserar och sammanställer konsekvenser som de senaste stormarna och orkanerna haft på den lokalt traditionella industrin för lagerbladsolja. READ MORE

  4. 3. En Pie de Marcha - Commoning in Times of Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sarah Bretschko; [2019]
    Keywords : Community Land Trusts; urban commons; commoning; disaster recovery; civil society participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The continuous and on-going enclosure of the commons has been identified as critical for the expansion of capitalism, through processes of dispossession, expropriation and commodification. In the light of the rapid erosion of our cultural and environmental common pool resources, the concept of the commons is increasingly gaining interest, since it presents new political and cultural perspectives as an alternative to market and state solutions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hurricane Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation – A Minor Field Study in Roseau, Dominica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Camilla Göller; [2019]
    Keywords : Hurricane Resilience; Climate Change Adaptation; Minor Field Study; Global Goals; Roseau; Dominica; West Indies; Hurricane Maria; Sustainable Urban Design; Harbour; Flooding Strategies; Emergency Logistics; Tourism; Beach Front; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Dominica, the hurricane-prone island nation, experienced severe destruction in September 2017 from a category 5 hurricane named Maria. Based on research and a minor field study to the island in the Lesser Antilles, a climate change adaptive and hurricane resilient design for a specific site in the capital Roseau is proposed in this master thesis project in Sustainable Urban Design. READ MORE

  6. 5. Playing the Trump Card : A qualitative rhetorical analysis of President Trump’s crisis communication on Hurricane Maria

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

    Author : Julia Holmqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : Crisis communication; image repair theory; situational crisis communication theory; qualitative rhetorical analysis; populism; Donald Trump; Hurricane Maria;

    Abstract : In this study, a qualitative rhetorical analysis is done on U.S. president Donald Trump’s crisis communication on Hurricane Maria, which was an Atlantic hurricane that struck areas such as Puerto Rico and Dominica in the autumn of 2017. Given that the former is an unincorporated territory of the U. READ MORE