Essays about: "global disaster"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 99 essays containing the words global disaster.

  1. 21. Climate Governance : A Polycentric Approach in Eastern Caribbean

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Gwendelien Marie Blanken; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate Governance; Polycentric Approach; Eastern Caribbean;

    Abstract : Natural disasters are on the rise in the Caribbean due to climate change that affects several OECS member states in the Eastern Caribbean region. However, OECS governments have developed structures for reducing vulnerability and building resilience. READ MORE

  3. 22. Vulnerabilities and Capacities in Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) and Menstrual Health: A Gendered Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Inka Marlene Ovaska; [2022]
    Keywords : Menstrual hygiene management; Menstrual health; Vulnerability; Capacity; Gender; Community groups; Disaster response; Humanitarian crises; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is essential for those who menstruate because they have different needs during disasters and crises. Current MHM is focused on immediate needs instead of longer-term vulnerabilities and capacities. READ MORE

  4. 23. Exploring potential pathways for strengthening disaster risk management in conflict

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Lærke Uhrenholt Jensen; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster risk management; disaster risk reduction; fragility; violence; conflict; Red Cross; Red Crescent; Africa; Sudan; South Sudan; Nigeria; Ethiopia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Despite a growing interest in the conflict-disaster nexus, major knowledge gaps persist on operational knowledge and guidance on conflict considerations in disaster risk management programming. The objective of the study was to identify potential pathways for strengthening disaster risk management efforts in fragility-, violence-, and conflict-affected contexts. READ MORE

  5. 24. Adaptation of buildings for climate change : A literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskap

    Author : Cheng Cheng; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate change; Extreme weather; Building energy efficiency; Passive houses;

    Abstract : In September 2020, Northeast China suffered three unprecedented typhoons in half a month, and there was freezing rain in early November, all of which led to the large-scale urban power failure. The occurrence of these phenomena makes people directly see climate change and its impact on the living environment of human beings. READ MORE

  6. 25. Climate related hazards and changes in adaptive capacity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Wedholm; [2021]
    Keywords : adaptation; adaptive capacity; change;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore whether and how the frequency and severity of climate-related hazards are associated with changes in adaptive capacity. Despite increased hazard frequency and severity in the world, it is still contested whether hazard frequency and severity are associated with changes in adaptive capacity, often referred to as the preconditions necessary to enable adaptation. READ MORE