Essays about: "disaster perception"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words disaster perception.

  1. 1. A CHANGING SCENE: COVID-19 pandemic impacts on lives of travel economy stakeholders in Goa

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Petra Nilsson; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : Anthropology; Covid-19; Goa; crisis management; travel economies; hippie culture; Antropologi; krishantering; rese-ekonomier; hippiekultur;

    Abstract : This dissertation is based on two months of ethnographic fieldwork in North Goa, India. It concerns impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel economy stakeholders, in relation to their perception of their living situations, both present and future. READ MORE

  3. 2. Local Public Actors’ Flood Risk Perceptions and the Connection to Flood Risk Management : A Comparative Case Study of the Municipalities of Karlstad and Kristinehamn

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Frida Jansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Risk Perception; Flooding; Disaster Risk Reduction; Risk Management; Cultural Theory of Risk;

    Abstract : The frequency and severity of floods have increased due to climate change and achieving successful disaster risk reduction is deemed crucial to attain preparedness and sustainability. The responsibility for society’s preparedness mainly resides with local public actors. READ MORE

  4. 3. Risk-Informed Development: Barriers and enabling factors in development cooperation in Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Christine Falta; [2022]
    Keywords : Risk-informed development; Georgia; health sector; integration; climate change adaptation; disaster risk management; sustainable development; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; Paris Agreement; Sustainable Development Goals; resilience; risk information; risk management; development cooperation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Risk-informed development aims to include complex risks into all levels and phases of decision-making. Going beyond the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, risk-informed development emerged after the 2015 global agreements (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals) and represents a rationale to consider multiple disaster and climate risks simultaneously in societal development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Community Perception of Flood Risk in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Beatrice Lundquist; [2022]
    Keywords : floods; risk perception; experience; Sweden;

    Abstract : Natural hazards, paired with affected communities’ exposure and vulnerability, have caused numerousfatalities and great economic losses worldwide in recent decades. Floods represent about one-third ofall natural hazards, and together with storms they comprise 77% of economic losses caused byextreme weather events from 1980 to 2006 in Europe and have been the main natural hazards inEurope for more than a century. READ MORE

  6. 5. THE Essence of E-leadership During COVID-19

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Ayesha Sarwar; [2021]
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    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic has, besides the health risks involved, sourced an unprecedented economic and social disaster that has particularly affected working life. Working from home and leading employees through digital platforms, i.e., E-leadership,  has become the new norm. READ MORE