Essays about: "Hurricane"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the word Hurricane.

1. 16. Post-Disaster Gender Based Violence : An Abductive Case Study of Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Villemo Tomasdotter; [2018]
   Keywords : Gender based violence; Natural Disaster; Hurricane Katrina; Haiti Earthquake; Eco-Feminism; Hyper-masculinity Theory; Situational Theory;

   Abstract : Previous research has shown a post-disaster increase of Gender Based Violence [GBV], suggesting a need for further investigation of the phenomena and its causes. This research draws together a wide-ranging collection of secondary data sets concerning disasters and gender based violence. READ MORE

3. 17. Missing out on childhood - the impact of natural disasters on Haitian children's rights

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

   Author : Andra-Iustina Covaciu; [2018]
   Keywords : children s rights; natural disasters; vulnerability; state capacity; prevention; international national legislation; causes and measures; institutional duties;

   Abstract : Children’s rights are human rights, regardless their vulnerability and dependence on adults. However, the situation of children’s rights in Haiti has always been delicate and it became even more fragile in the aftermath of the 2010 Earthquake and the 2016 Hurricane Matthew. READ MORE

4. 18. 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

5. 19. An empirical comparison of extreme value modelling procedures for the estimation of high quantiles

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Engberg; [2016]
   Keywords : extreme value analysis; peaks over threshold; generalized Pareto distribution; mixture models; folding procedure;

   Abstract : The peaks over threshold (POT) method provides an attractive framework for estimating the risk of extreme events such as severe storms or large insurance claims. However, the conventional POT procedure, where the threshold excesses are modelled by a generalized Pareto distribution, suffers from small samples and subjective threshold selection. READ MORE

6. 20. Catastrophe Bond : What are they and why invest in them?

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Mathilda Ingelgård; [2016]
   Keywords : Catastrophe bonds; portfolio theory; correlation; asset classification; ILS; Katastrofobligationer; portföljteori; korrelation; tillgångsklassificering; försäkringsrisk;

   Abstract : For a little over twenty years, the niched asset class catastrophe bonds have existed. Despite of their now relatively long existence, they are still unknown to many and are usually only available for large, institutional investors, mainly within the insurance market, pension funds and hedge funds. READ MORE