Essays about: "Weather shocks"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words Weather shocks.

  1. 11. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. READ MORE

  3. 12. Cognitive ability and transitory productivity shocks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erika Kankkunen; [2019]
    Keywords : productivity shock; weather shocks; cognitive ability;

    Abstract : People who live in rural areas in low-income countries not only live in poverty, they also have to deal with an extremely variable income. In the absence of a well-functioning credit market, these fluctuations can be costly for households. READ MORE

  4. 13. Exogenous Change in the Regeneration of a Common Pool Resource and its Effect on Cooperation and Efficiency

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Marcus Lindeberg Goni; Jeffrey Clark; [2018]
    Keywords : Common pool resources; Cooperation and efficiency; Uncertainty; Climate change; Exogenous shocks;

    Abstract : The natural sciences explain how climate change affects the provision of ecosystem services. Behavioral economists have studied the effects of institutions and social interaction on cooperation, to prevent over-exploitation of common pool resources. READ MORE

  5. 14. Comparison of the shock arrival times for Earth-directed ICMEs provided by the WSA-Enlil+Cone model and in-situ observations at L1: A Case Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi; Uppsala universitet/Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen

    Author : Anita Linnéa Elisabeth Werner; [2016]
    Keywords : CME; ICME; CIR; WSA-Enlil Cone; CCMC; ACE; SAT; St. Patrick; Sun-Earth connection;

    Abstract : A case study which examines the agreement between prediction and data is performed for three, complex interplanetary shocks which were detected at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1 and induced moderate to intense geomagnetic storms. We use model output from previous runs of the coupled coronal-heliosphere WSA-Enlil+Cone model, available through the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC), and in-situ data from the OMNI data set. READ MORE