Essays about: "land disasters"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the words land disasters.

  1. 11. Indigenous Peoples and Internal Displacement: A Legal No Man's Land?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jack Musgrave; [2020]
    Keywords : Indigenous peoples; human rights; internal displacement; Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; UNDRIP; ILO Convention no. 169; Colombia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : “Cultural identity is closely linked to their ancestral lands. If they are deprived of them, by means of forced displacement, it seriously affects their cultural identity, and finally, their very right to life lato sensu... READ MORE

  3. 12. Analysis of floodplain population dynamics in the USA from 1790 to 2010​

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Firoza Akhter; [2020]
    Keywords : Floodplain; levee; flood damage; flood insurance; population dynamics; population growth rate;

    Abstract : Floodplain is an important location for the economic and social development of society throughout history, although it afflicted by different disasters like floods and bank erosion from time to time. Population dynamics and distribution trends have important effects on the landscape and society. READ MORE

  4. 13. Balinese nurses experience when working in a hospital setting during natural disasters

    University essay from Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap

    Author : Emma Nordlöf; Therese Hallström; [2020]
    Keywords : Indonesia; Nurses; Natural disasters; Education; Experiences; Indonesien; Sjuksköterskor; Naturkatastrofer; Utbildning; Upplevelser;

    Abstract : Background: Bali is a country that is constantly affected by new natural disasters and is located in the area of ​​The Ring of Fire. In Bali, there are four different types of nurses who have different education and different experience. READ MORE

  5. 14. Nutrients spreading with cloudburst modeling

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Nikita Smiyanov; [2020]
    Keywords : MIKE21; 2D-modeling; nutrients; phosphorus; nitrogen; cloudburst; land-use; MIKE21; 2D-modellering; närsalter; fosfor; kväve; skyfall; markanvändning;

    Abstract : Climate change and environmental disasters are strongly dependent. Humanity is facing considerable changes in environmental adaptions and remediation of contaminated sites. Water is a valuable resource that should be protected and prevented from hazardous influences. READ MORE

  6. 15. Study on future storm surge around Suo-nada Sea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Ayano Sonoda; [2019]
    Keywords : storm surge; Suo-nada Sea; numerical simulation; FVCOM; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Japan lies on an area frequently hit by typhoons while city functions are clustered along the flat coastal areas, hence Japan has experienced lots of storm surge disasters up to the present. Coastal areas along the Suo-nada Sea also have the vulnerability against storm surge and in the past Typhoon 18 in 1999, Typhoon 16 and 18 in 2004 made remarkable damages in the areas. READ MORE