Essays about: "impact in human life by disaster"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words impact in human life by disaster.

1. 1. Mine Action and Climate Change: A Case Study of Water in Yemen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Amani Abdulqader; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; conflict; Yemen; Mine action; water; peacebuilding; sustainable development; resource management; governance; droughts; floods; climate mitigation; risk and disaster management.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The following research explores a critical intersection between the work of mine action and the climate. It addresses the amplified impacts of climate change on water in Yemen, a country afflicted by protracted conflict and growing climate threats. READ MORE

3. 2. Emergency Powers & Human Rights: Shield or Sword? Analysing the emergency powers paradox in a Southeast Asian context

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Paola Zuleta; [2021]
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   Abstract : The state of emergency – the governmental provision of imposing exceptional powers applicable to emergencies – is a characteristic shared by a majority of national governments. The possibility to invoke emergency provisions, albeit necessary, is inherently vulnerable to abuse. READ MORE

4. 3. Forecast-based Financing: Developing triggers for drought

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Toke Bengtsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Forecast-based Financing; FbF; drought; trigger; Science General;

   Abstract : Forecast-based Financing (FbF) is a rather new concept within the humanitarian world, which enables actors to act before a likely disaster, based on forecasts. In this study, two scoping studies and five interviews with FbF experts were conducted to find out how to develop useful triggers for drought. READ MORE

5. 4. Local solutions for water management at Muhanga Resource Center, Uganda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Juanhan Guo; [2015]
   Keywords : Uganda; Muhanga; Stormwater; ArcGIS; PRA; Flooding; Drought; Water Harvesting; Sanitation; Solutions; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Uganda has experienced extreme weather for example droughts and flooding for many years resulting from rainfall deficits and variability. With the increased manifestation of negative effects related to climate change and global warming, this challenge is becoming greater and greater. READ MORE

6. 5. Environmental impact of war technology and prohibition processes

   University essay from Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utveckling

   Author : Saloume Bazyan; [2013]
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   Abstract : Nowadays humans struggle to supply and attain longer and more appropriate life time. Introducing new technologies, which, speeded up by modernization and industrialization, is the main subject in many branches of science to improve the human’s life; but this rate of innovation is not always pleasurable. READ MORE