Essays about: "emergency response"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 116 essays containing the words emergency response.

  1. 6. Psychosocial Support for Children in the Humanitarian Response to the 2015 Earthquake in Nepal : A study of the work of Save the Children, World Vision, UNICEF and Plan International in comparison to the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings

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    Author : Lorinda Batteux; [2023]
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  3. 7. 'Ukraine Is Alive' Ukrainian Music-Making in Swedish Emergency Residencies : The impact of war, displacement, migration and networks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Hellström; [2023]
    Keywords : artist residencies; forced migration; music; displacement; Ukraine; identity; belonging; non-belonging; translocality; transcultural capital; social inclusion; refugee experience;

    Abstract : In February 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the war that would lead to the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. In response to the war, SWAN, the Swedish Artists Residency Network, initiated the project Emergency residencies. READ MORE

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. System Dynamics Simulation of Hospital Resource Relocation for Healthcare Decision-making

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)

    Author : Borg Lucas; Moreau Filip; [2023]
    Keywords : System Dynamics; Simulation; Healthcare; Resource Relocation;

    Abstract : INTRODUCTION: Relocating hospital resources can change the efficiency of their use. The focus of this thesis is on non-emergency healthcare, specifically the relocation of staff and facilities. Relocation can be both time-consuming and costly. READ MORE

  6. 10. Lost in (Just) Transition? The Herculean Task of ‘leaving no-one behind’ in European Climate Adaptation Policy: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the European North-South Divide

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Ioannou Naoum; [2023]
    Keywords : climate justice; climate adaptation; Normative Power Europe; just transitions; North-South Divide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In an era of climate emergency, considerations of justice are increasingly gaining traction. The unequal exposure to climate vulnerabilities across the European landscape has created a North-South gap in adaptation, which is examined through the critical cases of Sweden and Greece. READ MORE