Essays about: "climate refugees"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words climate refugees.

1. 21. Åtgärder för att möta en förhöjd havsnivå : en jämförelse av översvämningshantering i Göteborg och Malmö

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Anna Joos; [2019]
   Keywords : förhöjda havsnivåer; klimatanpassning; översvämningshantering; översvämmade städer; översvämning; stadsplanering; Göteborg; Malmö;

   Abstract : Världshaven förväntas stiga med minst 3 decimeter till 1 meter innan år 2100 som ett resultat av global uppvärmning. Efter år 2100 blir det allt svårare att bedöma i vilken hastighet havsnivån kommer att stiga. READ MORE

3. 22. Vulnerabilities in a Wetter World : A study on migration as an adaptation strategy to climate change, with under-five mortality as an intermediating variable.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Wanja Kaufmann; [2019]
   Keywords : Climate change; precipitation; under-five-mortality; migration; panel data; climate refugees; vulnerabilities; climate change adaptation;

   Abstract : This thesis strives to examine firstly if migration is a significant adaptation strategy to the experience of abundant precipitation, and secondly whether under-five mortality works attenuating or enhancing when being an intermediating factor. With cross-country panel data for precipitation and migration percentage for 169 countries over the world for the time period 1950-2005, a fixed effect model has been created for both parts of the analysis — in the first one to estimate the effects of abundant precipitation on migration flows, and in the second one to examine if and how the mortality rates of children under the age of five works as driver on the effect between abundant precipitation and migration. READ MORE

4. 23. The Water-Energy-Agriculture nexus in Jordan : A case study on As-Samra wastewater treatment plant in the LowerJordan River Basin

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Alberto Belda Gonzalez; [2018]
   Keywords : Water-energy-agriculture nexus; Jordan; Lower Jordan River Basin; As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant;

   Abstract : Historically, water, energy and agricultural resources have been naturally scarce in Jordan, but current economic, demographic, geopolitical and environmental conditions are aggravating the situation. The influxes of refugees are increasing the already high natural population growth; better economic conditions and living standards are changing consumption and production patterns; surrounding conflicts affect the supply of resources; and negative effects associated to climate change can be noticed already. READ MORE

5. 24. Solidarity and Security : International and Swedish Preparedness for Climate Induced Migration in a Warming World

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Deniz Tütüncü; [2017]
   Keywords : climate refugee”; EU; geopolitics; Sweden; UN;

   Abstract : Migration due to climate change has been going on for millennia, and societies´ resilience will be put to pressure even more with an accelerating global warming.22, 5 million people have left their homes due to climate change since 2008, according to the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2017). READ MORE

6. 25. Citizenship in sustainable transition : a two-sided story about refugees and sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Maja Steensberg; [2017]
   Keywords : ecological citizenship; Denmark; refugees; agriculture; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The world is facing multiple crises, including ecosystem degradation, global climate change and human conflicts. One of the consequence is an unprecedented displacement of 65 million people in total and historic records in the number of asylum seekers in the European Union. READ MORE