Essays about: "environmental emergency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 essays containing the words environmental emergency.

1. 1. Where there is road, there is fire (influence): An exploratory study on the influence of roads in the spatial patterns of Swedish wildfires of 2018

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico; [2023]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wildfire; Fire Spatial Patterns; Road; Conformity; FWI; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the Swedish wildfire season of 2018, when the country incurred ten times more than the average burnt area that occurred in previous years. The study aims to address a broad research question: Do roads influence the size of the burned area? This study fills the gap in research on the effects of roads in the spatial patterns of wildfires. READ MORE

3. 2. Between Environmental Burden and Utopia: Music and Art Festivals as Prefigurative Spaces for Sustainability Transformations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Jakob Wondra; [2023]
   Keywords : festivals; prefiguration; three spheres of transformation; sustainability science; leverage points; culture and sustainability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : There is a need to identify leverage points for a broader cultural transformation that addresses the root causes of the nature-climate emergency. Music and art festivals are creative free spaces outside the everyday workings of society that have the potential to plant the seeds of a holistic, sustainable future. READ MORE

4. 3. Wildfire growth modelling in Sweden - a suitability assessment of available data

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Henrik Hagelin; [2023]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; Geographic Information Science; Physical geography; Prometheus; WiSE-FASS; The 2014 Västmanland wildfire; Wildfire growth modelling; Wildfire suppression support; Wildfire behaviour; MESAN; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Wildfires are worldwide problems that stress societies by damaging their economies and they cause serious, sometimes fatal, health implications among the populations. In recent years, the rate of wildfire occurrence has increased as the global average temperature has risen. Because of global climate change, this rate is expected to continue rising. READ MORE

5. 4. Towards the second draft : An eco-theological and ecocritical analysis of Sheila Heti’s Pure Color and its potential in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Luis Boaventura Fernandes; [2023]
   Keywords : Eco-theology; ecocriticism; EFL Classroom; Pure Color; upper secondary school; literature; teaching literature;

   Abstract : Education on sustainable development and environmental awareness is becoming increasingly important with the current climate emergency. This type of education extends across all school subjects and texts of various kinds are shown to be able to help students gain new insights about the world and themselves. READ MORE

6. 5. Wearable Emergency Alerting System With Enhanced Inclusivity with interactive Acknowledgment and SOS Distress Signal

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för matematik och naturvetenskap

   Author : Jotheesh Reddy Kummathi; Venkata Tejeswar Savithri; [2023]
   Keywords : AdafruitIO; Alerting system; Emergency situations; Feeds; Vibrations.; Adafruit IO; varningssystem; nödsituationer; foder; vibrationer.;

   Abstract : This abstract introduces the wearable-based alerting system for emergency situations for both disabled and non-disabled individuals. The system sends advanced technology to detect various emergencies like fire alerts, flood alerts, outside air contamination etc, for the emergency services and it gives a signal in the form of vibration for the user. READ MORE