Essays about: "post disaster"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 69 essays containing the words post disaster.

  1. 16. The picture has changed, how about the frame? Media framing of nuclear energy in Japan before and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Gabriela-Cosmina Gherghe; [2021]
    Keywords : Media framing; Framing analysis; Thematic analysis; Fukushima; Nuclear power; Japan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake followed by a 15-meter tsunami and a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi changed the normal course of events in Japan and far beyond it. Among other consequences, the events triggered a sudden increase in domestic and international media coverage. READ MORE

  3. 17. Viewing Post-Conflict Gender Equality Through a Vulnerability Lens

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Laura Donati; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender; gender roles; humanitarian emergency; crisis; natural disaster; post-conflict phase; policy analysis; women empowerment;

    Abstract : Natural disasters and conflicts are not gender neutral. They have a different impact on women, girls, boys and men, deepening and intensifying already existing, socially constructed, cultural norms and gender roles. READ MORE

  4. 18. Riders on the Storm : A Study on Natural Disasters and Post-Conflict Violence

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

    Author : Simon Lidström; [2020]
    Keywords : Natural Disasters; Earthquakes; Floods; Pandemics; Post-Conflict; Violence; State Capacity; Non-State Groups;

    Abstract : Many studies find support that natural disaster events and post-conflict episodes increase the risk of organized violence. However, few are found to investigate if post-conflict countries become more violent in the aftermath of natural disasters. READ MORE

  5. 19. The effectiveness of youth participation in post-disaster responses: The case of the 2015 Nepal earthquake

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Hana Nakata; [2020]
    Keywords : Youth participation; local participation; post-disaster response; 2015 Nepal earthquake;

    Abstract : Focusing on the rising attention towards including the local population in humanitarian action, this study demonstrates how youth participation can produce effective results in a humanitarian response, making use of the post-disaster response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake as a case study. The research was intended to investigate the specific factors that enable youth participation to produce effective results in humanitarian programming, examining the methods that organisations used to involve youth, the benefits and challenges that arose from the process, and how effectiveness could be measured for the purpose of qualitative analysis. READ MORE

  6. 20. Assessing the actions taken in a post disaster environment for financial gain in a construction company : A case study of Newtech Installations 1992-2020

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Ida Antonsson; Julien Champigny; [2020]
    Keywords : Natural disaster; entrepreneurship; Post-disaster market; entrepreneurial action; windows of opportunities;

    Abstract : With globalisation and global warming threats, natural disasters happen at a faster rate, and their impact is drastically more prominent than before. In this thesis, we investigate the actions the organisation Newtech performed in three post-natural disaster environments to enter the markets and benefit from them. READ MORE