Essays about: "post-disaster recovery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words post-disaster recovery.

1. 1. Post-Disaster Recovery &ʻTemporaryʼ Living

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Gizem Caliskan; [2023]
   Keywords : natural disaster; post-disaster recovery; temporary housing; earthquake; sustainability; urban design; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the integration of post-disaster recovery into urban renewal to foster a more sustainable district. The complex and multidimensional nature of post-disaster recovery necessitates a comprehensive understanding of various disciplines. READ MORE

3. 2. “Temporary” Housing to Heal: A Missing Piece of Post-Disaster Community Psychosocial Resilience Building

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Mu Chen; [2021]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Action; Psychosocial Support; Architecture; Post-Disaster Temporary Housing;

   Abstract : Disaster survivors, facing many aspects of mental distress, sometimes are forced to stay in temporary housing for years. Their psychosocial needs have changed after the traumatic event, but existing temporary housing designs do not respond to their real needs, nor acknowledge the capacity within the community as a whole. READ MORE

4. 3. Dispossessed: Exploring the Factors That Enable Post-Disaster Land Grabs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Taylor McCammon Lightman; [2020]
   Keywords : Land Grab; Land Tenure; Land Tenure Security; Gender; Globalization; Neoliberalism; Dispossession; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to better understand what factors produce an enabling environment for land grabs after a disaster. Looking at eight selected case studies, this research tests the role of land tenure security, private capital investment and global financial institutions, and gender. READ MORE

5. 4. Resilience from within or without? : An ethnographic study of resilience mechanisms in southern Colombia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Amanda Amigues; [2019]
   Keywords : Resilience; recovery processes; peacebuilding; post-conflict; post-disaster reconstruction; Colombia;

   Abstract : The emergence of resilience in the peacebuilding field shows an important change of paradigm and turn to the local context. So far few ethnographic research has been done to understand how resilience works locally and what are the mechanisms helping individuals to cope and recover from a crisis. READ MORE

6. 5. Labour Rights Protection in Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Recovery: What Role for International Labour Standards?

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

   Author : Lara Wilkinson; [2018]
   Keywords : Labour rights; human rights; international labour standards; ILO; post-conflict; post-disaster; post-crisis; development; decent work; employment; rights at work; right to work; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The world continues to be shaped by crises in both new and familiar forms. International and non-international armed conflicts and disasters are barriers to individual wellbeing, development, stability, and in the case of the former, represent a basic challenge to peace. READ MORE