Essays about: "emergency planning"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 67 essays containing the words emergency planning.

1. 16. Typhoon Disaster Response amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Successive Typhoons in The Philippines in 2020

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Lia Anne Gonzalo Ladera; Auria Tiemroth; [2021]
   Keywords : Disaster response; Typhoons; Compound risks; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to analyze how typhoon response operations in the Philippines were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This multi-hazard scenario is not a singular case, many places around the world have been exposed to similar dilemmas of natural hazards occurring simultaneously as the pandemic. READ MORE

3. 17. Information-Decision-Collaboration Assessment: An Integrated Requirements Approach for Emergency Management Decision Support Systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Jessica Decker; [2021]
   Keywords : Decision support systems; emergency management; emergent collaboration; distributed situation awareness; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Modern emergency management is a demanding profession characterized by accelerated decision- making, dynamic information needs, and complex collaboration to execute mission objectives. Decision support systems in this setting must be suitably optimized in turn, with clear requirements to inform such design. READ MORE

4. 18. Testing the wildland urban interface fire evacuation tool WUI-NITY: A case study of a rural community

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Author : Afroza Mallick; [2021]
   Keywords : WUI-NITY; fire evacuation tool; evacuation; wildland-urban interface.; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis makes use of a freely available platform based on multi-physics simulations, named WUI-NITY, to model WUI fire evacuation. This simulation platform includes three sub-models addressing fire spread, pedestrian movement and traffic movement allowing the representation of their interaction to produce outputs useful for dynamic vulnerability assessment. READ MORE

5. 19. Enhancing menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in refugee camps in Greece : an intersectional perspective on “leaving no one behind” in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes

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

   Author : Daphne Anna Manolakos; [2021]
   Keywords : WASH; Menstrual Hygiene Management; refugee camps; Greece; intersectionality;

   Abstract : Integrating Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes is crucial for the safety, health and dignity of people who menstruate, as well as for advancing the sustainable development agenda. Yet there continues to be a lack of approaches and strategies to address different menstrual needs and intersectional inequalities in the access of WASH facilities and services in humanitarian settings. READ MORE

6. 20. Funktion som underlag för design : en fallstudie över exempel på gators utformning i Uppsala innerstad med hänsyn till utryckningsfordon

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

   Author : Selma Ogden; [2020]
   Keywords : gata; funktion; design; framkomlighet; aktivitet; attraktivitet;

   Abstract : Masteruppsatsen behandlar frågor kring utformning (design) och användning (funktion) av allmän plats. Uppsatsen syftar till att ta fram riktlinjer för hur landskapsarkitekter och andra specialister bör ta hänsyn till funktionskrav vid utformningen av offentliga gatumiljöer. READ MORE