Essays about: "Sara Avén"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Sara Avén.

  1. 1. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Metro Manila, Philippines : Case Study of the 2020 Typhoons: Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sara Ellinor Granström; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction and management; Philippines; Metro Manila; typhoons; tropical cyclones; loss and damage; transformation as liberation; Reducering och hantering av katastrofrisker; Filippinerna; Metro Manila; tyfoner; tropiska cykloner; förlust och skada; förändring som befrielse;

    Abstract : The Philippines is considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate disasters due to a combination of its geospatial, political, economic, and social attributes. The nation gets hit with an average of 20 annual tropical cyclones, also known as typhoons, and through the process of climate change, these events are only growing in both frequency and magnitude. READ MORE

  3. 2. Developing a Rainfall-Runoff Routing Model using  Spatially Distributed Travel Times : Modelling a Cloudburst Event in an Urban Catchment

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sara Ekeroth; [2022]
    Keywords : Excess rainfall; Runoff routing; Cloud burst; Pluvials; GIS; ArcPy; Effektiv nederbörd; Avrinningsmodell; Skyfall; Pluviala översvämningar; Geodata; ArcPy;

    Abstract : The future holds challenges for urban areas when it comes to handling pluvial floodings, occurring when the rainfall intensity exceeds both the man-made and natural infiltration and drainage capacity. To gain understanding of the effects and needed measures, tools for modelling the urban response to events such as cloudbursts are needed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is local climate change adaptation [CCA] inclusive for/adapted to everybody? : A qualitative study and intersectional analysis of local CCA within Stockholm County

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sara Mattsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Urban Climate Change Adaptation; Physical Planning; Stockholm County; Vulnerabilities; Intersectional Framework;

    Abstract : Stockholm County is currently implementing climate change adaptation, making it essential to distinguish the priorities being made. Previous research has suggested that social dimensions of climate change adaptation in cities, especially in the Global North, are largely ignored. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluating the potential of artificial infiltration to increase groundwater storage using MIKE SHE : A case study in northern Storsudret, Gotland

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sara Schmidt; Per Uppsäll; [2020]
    Keywords : Groundwater modelling; hydrogeology; aquifer assessment; freshwater resources;

    Abstract : The island of Gotland, Sweden, is struggling with supplying the population with freshwater during summers. At the same time as the demand increases during these months, the warm weather and geological conditions prevent sufficient volumes of groundwater to recharge. READ MORE

  6. 5. Evaluation of Machine Learning Classification Methods : Support Vector Machines, Nearest Neighbour and Decision Tree

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Sebastian Stiernborg; Sara Ervik; [2017]
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    Abstract : With more and more data available, the interest and use for machine learning is growing and so does the need for classification. Classifica- tion is an important method within machine learning for data simpli- fication and prediction. READ MORE