Essays about: "flood vulnerability"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 30 essays containing the words flood vulnerability.

  1. 16. Landscape laboratory Hurlingham-Morón : experimental landscape design for a polluted watercourse in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Dag Lindbom; Nelly Theander; [2019]
    Keywords : Buenos Aires; landscape architecture; landscape laboratory; watercourse; evolutionary design; mitigation measure; climate change; NbS; open urban space;

    Abstract : The subject of this master thesis is Arroyo Morón, a watercourse situated in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the limited site for this project is located in the municipalities of Hurlingham and Morón. Present at the site today is the intertwined challenges of flood, pollution and social vulnerability but also the threat of further fragmentation of existing socio-ecological systems. READ MORE

  3. 17. Resilience of urban systems in the face of natural hazards : To what extent do humanitarian organisations contribute to flood preparedness in Jakarta?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Sarah Stingl; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Today, the humanitarian sector is faced with the interplay of several challenges: The world is increasingly becoming urbanized and cities are rapidly expanding into megacities and metacities. At the same time it is confronted with a heightened disaster risk that affects the urban realm in particular. READ MORE

  4. 18. Integration of a Technological Tool in an Early Warning System within its Social Context: A Case Study from Durazno, Uruguay

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Ane Carina Reiter; [2018]
    Keywords : Early warning system; technology decision-making; people-centred DRM; disaster risk reduction; Science General;

    Abstract : A disaster is not just natural but largely of social and political origin. To be effective, an early warning system must therefore be viewed as a social process with a strong focus on the people at risk. READ MORE

  5. 19. THE INTEGRATION PROCESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN SPATIAL PLANNING : DRAWING EXAMPLES FROM ÄLVSTADEN-GOTHENBURGBETWEEN 1999-2015

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Helen Agdahl; [2017]
    Keywords : climate change; rising sea levels; adaptation for flood management; urban land use planning theory for the integration of natural hazard climate change adaptation; Älvstaden- Gothenburg;

    Abstract : Due to climate change and natural variations in the hydrological cycle, global mean sea levels are increasing, causing the mean sea levels in different regions of the world to increase. In Sweden, coastal cities are facing rising water levels which is increasing flooding. READ MORE

  6. 20. Flood vulnerability analysis for inland medium-sized cities: Guang’an as an example

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : Ting Liang; [2017]
    Keywords : GIS; socio-ecological system; flood vulnerability;

    Abstract : Vulnerability studies look into the impact of hazard events on socio-ecological systems. Socio-ecological vulnerability is a very complex subject because it is not only a technical matter but also a social problem. READ MORE