Essays about: "global disaster"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 99 essays containing the words global disaster.
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11. Puerto Rico Renewable Energy Oasis : Enhancing Disaster Relief and Recovery Efforts Through a Renewable Energy Microgrid in the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez Campus
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : With the global rise in temperatures fueling an increase in Severe Weather Events (SWE) such as hurricanes, many islands around the world who lie in their path are seeking alternatives to their frequently outdated grid systems. These are often composed of dated infrastructure prone to damage during such events that leaves the dependent population without power for extended periods of time. READ MORE
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12. Tracking climate change adaptation outcomes: Analysis of adaptation planning in UK urban areas
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : As more and more urban areas are planning and responding to climate change there is a need to understand the role that local action is having at the national and international level. The Paris Agreement called for a global goal on adaptation but in practice aggregating progress on adaptation is hard to achieve. READ MORE
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13. A CHANGING SCENE: COVID-19 pandemic impacts on lives of travel economy stakeholders in Goa
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This dissertation is based on two months of ethnographic fieldwork in North Goa, India. It concerns impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel economy stakeholders, in relation to their perception of their living situations, both present and future. READ MORE
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14. Controlling the Uncontrollable? : A qualitative content analysis of the United Nations Sendai Framework and its reflection of disaster risk reduction in a risk society.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Occurrences of extreme weather events are increasing due to the ongoing climate change driven by human actions. In parallel, this triggers a growing need for humanitarian action in the future to help those impacted by disasters. READ MORE
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15. Property Prices and Disaster (In)Justice: Fifty Years of Demographic Change in Hawai’i County’s Lava Hazard Zones
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : While there is a degree of homogeneity in the physical impact that volcanic hazards can cause, the experience of volcanic risk and the politics of exposure are far from equal. The purpose of this thesis is to expand on research citing population growth and property price dynamics as factors encouraging settlement in the Mauna Loa and Kīlauea lava hazard zones. READ MORE