Essays about: "flood vulnerability"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the words flood vulnerability.

  1. 6. Relationship between exposure to traumatic stress and mental illness : A study on flood victims in Nepal

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Emelie Zakariasson; [2020]
    Keywords : Traumatic stress; PTSD; depression; anxiety; coping self-efficacy; neurobiology;

    Abstract : Traumatic experiences, such as natural disasters, do not only cause people to suffer from material and financial losses, but they can lead to a maladaptive regulation of the stress response and to the onset of stress-induced psychopathology. Traumatic stress has been shown to alter brain structures and functions involved in the stress response. READ MORE

  3. 7. Procedural Justice for All: Community Participation within Flood Risk Management in New Orleans, Louisiana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Emelia Warzewska; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; flood risk management; procedural justice; social vulnerability; community participation;

    Abstract : Traditional grey infrastructure in New Orleans, Louisiana has become increasingly less efficient and adaptable to changing flood risks in the face of climate change and increasing development of flood-prone areas. City planners and decision-makers are beginning to use integrated flood risk management as a tool to increase community flood resiliency, however inequalities between communities’ representation still exist. READ MORE

  4. 8. Dynamic vulnerability in the face of floods : Experiences from Mozambique

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Lundgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Access model; Disaster risk reduction; floods; Limpopo river basin; Mozambique; natural hazards; PAR model; political ecology; social vulnerability;

    Abstract : Disaster risk reduction policies and practitioners alike emphasise the importance of vulnerability reduction. However, the concept of vulnerability is highly dynamic, and research still strives to understand and capture its complexity. READ MORE

  5. 9. The ADS-B protocol and its'weaknesses : Exploring potential attack vectors

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Andreas Sjödin; Marcus Gruneau; [2020]
    Keywords : ADS-B; Air Safety; Hacking; OSSTMM3; Pentesting; ; ADS-B; Flygsäkerhet; Hacking; OSSTMM3; Pentesting; ;

    Abstract : ADS-B är ett protokoll som används över hela världen för att piloter och flygledning ska få en bättre bild över trafiksituationen i luften.Tidigare studier har uppmärksammat att säkerheten kring protokollet är bristfällig eftersom det saknas kryptering. READ MORE

  6. 10. Hydraulic modelling of the vulnerability for compounding high sea levels and high river discharge on the Swedish coastline

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Hannah Berk; [2020]
    Keywords : Coastal floods; combined compound flood events; fluvial floods; LISFLOOD-FP; hydraulic modelling; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Coastal floodplains are at risk for combined high discharge and sea level events. Consequences when they occur can be several magnitudes greater than the impact from any isolated event. READ MORE