Essays about: "environmental disaster"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 100 essays containing the words environmental disaster.

1. 1. Overpopulation and Authoritarian Regime : The Villains in an Anthropocene Era

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Kajsa Gingborn; [2024]
   Keywords : Anthropocene; Authoriterian; Overpopulation; John Lanchester; Sam J. Miller; Blackfish City; The Wall; Rebellion; Social Justice; Climate Change; Anthropocene Fiction;

   Abstract : This essay explores the dynamic landscape of Anthropocene fiction, using novels such as John Lanchester’s The Wall and Sam J. Miller’s Blackfish City as lenses through which to explore the aftermath of climate change. READ MORE

3. 2. Streamlining UAV Communication : Investigating and implementing an accessible communication interface between a ground control station and a companion computer

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)

   Author : Johan Gustafsson; Daniel Mogensen; [2023]
   Keywords : UAV; communication protocol; design science; UAV security; software architecture; programming; Mavlink; UAV protocols;

   Abstract : In the future, the usage of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) will be applied in many different areas. Continued research in UAVs can benefit through its applications in disaster response, humanitarian aid, environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, improved transportation and delivery systems, and scientific research. READ MORE

4. 3. Evaluating reliability and limitations of disaster loss accounting databases

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Rebecca Crisanti; [2023]
   Keywords : Database; loss data; extreme event; natural hazards; measuring losses; Latin America; EM‐DAT; DesInventar.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Disaster loss accounting is an essential tool for assessing the effects of disasters and creating policies for disaster risk reduction that are supported by data. This study compares disaster data for two of the most used disaster loss accounting databases, EM-DAT and DesInventar in the context of six Latin American countries, namely, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela. READ MORE

5. 4. Agenda-Setting in the Arctic : Critical Discourse Studies in the Case of the Norilsk Oil Spill

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Jacob Rice; [2023]
   Keywords : Russia; Environment; Critical Discourse Studies; Norilsk;

   Abstract : This paper examines the existing discourses surrounding environmental issues in Russia using a large oil Spill in Norilsk as a case study. The spill, which occurred in the summer of 2020, is the largest man-made disaster to ever occur in the Arctic, resulting in around 21,000 tons of diesel fuel being spilled into the ground and surrounding waterways. READ MORE

6. 5. 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