Essays about: "health hazard of new technology"

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  1. 1. Typhoon Disaster Response amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Successive Typhoons in The Philippines in 2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Lia Anne Gonzalo Ladera; Auria Tiemroth; [2021]
    Keywords : Disaster response; Typhoons; Compound risks; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to analyze how typhoon response operations in the Philippines were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This multi-hazard scenario is not a singular case, many places around the world have been exposed to similar dilemmas of natural hazards occurring simultaneously as the pandemic. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Impact of Implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) During Construction

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Jonathan Matthei; [2021]
    Keywords : Building Information Modeling BIM ; Occupational Health and Safety OHS ; Construction Hazard Prevention through Design CHPtD ; AEC industry in Germany; Byggnadsinformationsmodell; Arbetsmiljö och säkerhet; Förebyggandet av hälsorisker; Byggindustri i Tyskland;

    Abstract : Health and safety during construction remains a worldwide challenge that the construction industry is facing. The German construction industry recorded an average of 110,000 accidents per year in the period of 2010 to 2019. A discernible trend toward a decrease in occupational accidents is not visible. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact of newspaper coverage on risk perception of hydrological natural hazards in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Jakob Olofsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Floods; Droughts; Wildfires; Epidemics; Climate change; Media; Sociohydrology;

    Abstract : An accurate understanding of a population’s risk perception is important, as risk perception can influence attitudes to new policies and recommended health behaviours. There is a lack of research on the possible impact that Swedish news media could have on the Swedish population’s risk perception of natural hazards. READ MORE

  5. 4. Återanvändning av avloppsvatten för bevattning inom trädgårdsodling : ur ett mikrobiologiskt perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Judy Quach; [2021]
    Keywords : bevattning; bladgrönsaker; folkhälsa; humanpatogener; hållbar vattenförbrukning; kontaminering; livsmedelssäkerhet; mikrobiella faror; råa grönsaker; rå-kost; contamination; food safety; human enteric pathogens; irrigation; leafy vegetables; microbial hazards; public health; raw-eating vegetables; raw food diet; sustainable water management;

    Abstract : Jordbrukssektorn kommer fortsatt att vara den största globala vattenförbrukaren under kommande decennier. Oundvikliga klimatförändringar leder samtidigt till begränsad tillgång på sötvatten runt omkring i världen, vilket är en av de största drivkrafterna till jakten på mer okonventionella vattenkällor. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Nordic Prediction Method For Railway Traffic Noise : Improvements of the current corrections forrailway bridges, switches and crossings

    University essay from KTH/Byggnadsmaterial

    Author : KRISTÍN HELGADÓTTIR; RAGNHEIÐUR BJÖRNSDÓTTIR; [2019]
    Keywords : The Nordic Prediction Method; Railway traffic; Railway noise; Noise measurements; Acoustics; Steel bridges; Concrete bridges; Switches; Railway crossings; Correction factor; Correction for track condition;

    Abstract : Railway noise is a very important and growing health hazard in today´s society.Railway systems pass through towns and cities and create noise. When trainsride through or over railway bridges, switches and crossings the noise increasessubstantially, causing great annoyance to the residents in the area. READ MORE