Essays about: "disaster management"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 211 essays containing the words disaster management.

1. 21. Regional Climate-related Mobility Governance in Southeast Asia: The Role of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Emma Hansen; [2023]
   Keywords : ASEAN; Southeast Asia; climate migration; mobility; climate-related mobility; regional governance; policy; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study how human mobility in the context of climate and environmental change is governed at a regional level in Southeast Asia, with the regional intergovernmental organisation ASEAN, as a case study. Through a policy review of ASEAN policies on climate, migration, disaster risk reduction and development this study finds that the climate-environment-mobility nexus is not adequately addressed in ASEAN’s policy realm. READ MORE

3. 22. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Gwenaëlle Delcourt; [2023]
   Keywords : Organisational learning; resilience; vulnerability and capacity assessments VCAs ; red cross red crescent; Disaster risk management; MMO; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE

4. 23. SWAT Runoff Modeling and Salinity Estimation in the Odra River Catchment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Tassilo Thebe; [2023]
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   Abstract : In 2022, a significant fish die-off happened in the Odra River due to a bloomof the toxic gold algae species Prymnesium parvum, which occurs in saline andwarm waters. This event is seen as a major ecological disaster in recent Europeanriver incident history. READ MORE

5. 24. Identification of key factors that support and limit action plan implementation after a SimEx and suggestions on how to overcome the challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI)

   Author : Zeth Söderlund; [2023]
   Keywords : simulation exercise; evaluation; action plan; implementation; challenges; usefulness; improve; learning; lessons learnt; debrief session; capacity development; capacity strengthening; capacity building; disaster risk management; disaster risk reduction; emergency preparedness; disaster preparedness; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : It is difficult to prepare for events with large-scale consequences and low probability. Simulation exercises (SimEx) provide the opportunity to improve preparedness through strengthening capabilities before an actual emergency. Conducting a SimEx could be very expensive and therefore the SimEx should be thoroughly evaluated. READ MORE

6. 25. Pepsi’s Number Fever – bottlecaps, mayhem and death

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Diogo de Lima; Greta Ezerskyte; Niklas Kjellander; [2023]
   Keywords : Pepsi; Scandal; Brand Management; Reputation; Case; Marketing; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This Case Study is about the Pepsi Number Fever incident in the Philippines (1993). A Nationwide disaster that ruined Pepsi's reputation in that country. Riots, Deaths, Bombing, Law suits, everything happened. Pepsi was in a really bad spot and things needed to be fixed. READ MORE