Essays about: "mass movements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words mass movements.

  1. 1. Risk of Debris Flows in Åre : Literature Review of the Current Risk for Debris Flows in Åre Municipality and Predictions for the Future

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Lovisa Peterson; Wilma Sjöhag; [2023]
    Keywords : Åre municipality; Debris flows; Landslides; Geological hazards; Climate change; Åre kommun; Slamström; skred; Geologiska risker; Klimatförändringar;

    Abstract : Several debris flows have affected Åre municipality (Sw. Åre kommun) in the last 20 years. Jämtlandis a declared risk area for landslides and debris flows and there is an even higher probability oflandslides causing great damage around the Åre urban area. READ MORE

  3. 2. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Grace Muir; [2023]
    Keywords : Anticipatory Action; Impact-based Forecasting; Glacier Lake Outburst Flood; Nepal; Risk-informed Early Action; Prediction; Disaster Risk Management; Science General;

    Abstract : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ecotourism and Women : A study about Sub-Saharan Women and Ecotourism

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Utveckling och internationellt samarbete

    Author : Maryam Hammami; [2023]
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    Abstract : Ecotourism is seen as an outcome of environmental movements and uprisings that demonstrated the sustainability limitations of mass tourism. Ecotourism has five key principles which are to encourage community participation, empower vulnerable groups, stimulate environmental conservation, preserve local culture, and deliver economic benefits for the area. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Pardon me if I don't weep for your victimhood” : examining the aftermath of deplatformization through influential far-right activists’ framing and alliance-building on Telegram

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Klara Avsec; [2023]
    Keywords : Moderation; deplatformization; far right; frame analysis; collective identity; alliance-building; Telegram; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the social unfolding of the recent deplatformization of the far-right extremes on Telegram. Leaving prior approaches to moderation behind, this study asks questions around how moderation imprints itself on the complex terrain of meaning and practice, interacts with intensified reflexiveness of the social agents, and leaves affected collectivities changed in unanticipated ways. READ MORE

  6. 5. Horizontal Inequalities in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict : Studying the Emergence of the Karabakh Movement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Hayk Smbatyan; [2022]
    Keywords : Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Karabakh movement; horizontal inequality; process-tracing; conflict; peace; intractable conflict; mass mobilization; civic uprising; ethnicity; comparative analysis; theory-testing; social movements; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Nagorno-Karabakh; qualitative research; Нагорно-карабахский конфликт; карабахское движение; горизонтальное неравенство; прослеживание процессов; конфликт; мир; неразрешимый конфликт; массовая мобилизация; гражданское восстание; этничность; сравнительный анализ; проверка теории; общественные движения; Армения; Азербайджан; Нагорный Карабах; качественное исследование;

    Abstract : Ethnic contentions would barely arise at the drop of a hat. To understand the roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, known as one of the most intractable ethnopolitical conflicts in the South Caucasus region, it is crucial to trace back to the Karabakh movement, a civic uprising that mobilized ethnic Armenians around a struggle for independence. READ MORE