Essays about: "new humanitarian actors"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words new humanitarian actors.
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1. Dynamic Risk Management in Air Traffic Management System Failures
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Context This research looks at managing uncertainty and recovery processes following failure of a sociotechnical system. The provision of Air Traffic Services (ATS) is an essential service that must continue to function supporting at a minimum; medical flights, search and rescue operations, humanitarian aid, State and military flights (as demonstrated during the recent global pandemic). READ MORE
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2. Using a social registry to assess household social vulnerability to natural hazards in Malawi
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografiAbstract : Social factors moderate the impacts of natural hazards, which means that households are affected differently when exposed to the same hazard. This differential impact of hazards can be explained by the concept of social vulnerability, which is commonly assessed to inform disaster preparedness and response action. READ MORE
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3. A crisis within a crisis: urban humanitarian response to Syrian refugees in Beirut : Meeting the challenges to respond to urban crises.
University essay fromAbstract : The widespread image of refugee camps only represents less than half of the world's refugee population, as the great majority of them are in urban settlements. This is caused by the phenomenon of global urbanisation, which has ultimately affected forced displacement. READ MORE
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4. The Reconceptualized War : A critical analysis of the new war theory through a case study of the Yemen War
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingAbstract : The much-debated new war theory suggest that a new type of organized violence has developed during the last decades of the twentieth century. These new wars occur during an era of globalization and differ from old wars concerning four factors: the goals, the actors, the finance, and the methods. READ MORE
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5. Speechless emissaries or powerful leaders? : A four-dimensional power analysis of the refugee mobilizations in Jordan’s Za’atari camp
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Refugee camps have long been considered places of extreme population control. Yet the Za’atari camp, created in Jordan in 2012, soon became famous for frequent refugee demonstrations, sit-ins and stone-throwing. READ MORE
