Essays about: "recent history"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 345 essays containing the words recent history.

  1. 16. Där trädgård möter stenstad : ett gestaltningsförslag av växtbäddar som en urban naturbaserad lösning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Stina K. Jernbäcker; [2023]
    Keywords : växtgestaltning; ekosystemtjänster; bedömning av kulturhistoriska värden; urbana naturbaserade lösningar; tvärvetenskaplig analys; vegetation för ett framtida klimat; Ringvägens och Zinkensdamms kulturhistoria på Södermalm i Stockholm; forskning genom gestaltning;

    Abstract : Under senare år har funktionen av växtbäddar och ”grön infrastruktur” förändrats och blivit viktigare inom stadsplanering eftersom de visat sig kunna bidra till klimatanpassningen av städer. Genom att lyfta fram alla de ekosystemtjänster som en växtbädd kan ge människor, kan växtbäddar nu också betraktas nästan som ett system för klimatreglering och vattenhantering som kan avlasta stadens tekniska infrastruktur. READ MORE

  3. 17. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Gwenaëlle Delcourt; [2023]
    Keywords : Organisational learning; resilience; vulnerability and capacity assessments VCAs ; red cross red crescent; Disaster risk management; MMO; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE

  4. 18. SWAT Runoff Modeling and Salinity Estimation in the Odra River Catchment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Tassilo Thebe; [2023]
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    Abstract : In 2022, a significant fish die-off happened in the Odra River due to a bloomof the toxic gold algae species Prymnesium parvum, which occurs in saline andwarm waters. This event is seen as a major ecological disaster in recent Europeanriver incident history. READ MORE

  5. 19. Political Trust and Economic Turmoil in Lebanon: A Study of Respondents’ Views on Political Institutions and Establishment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Saliba; [2023]
    Keywords : Political Trust; Economic Turmoil; Voting Behavior; Religious Identity.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how political participation and trust in Lebanon have been affected by the economic turmoil in Lebanon in recent years. The main aim is to study the respondents’ experience of political participation and whether political participation is different depending on demographic factors, such as age, religion, gender, and education. READ MORE

  6. 20. Persistence of Human Rights violations in Colombia : A pre - and post peace treaty analysis

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Gerardo Vasquez; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; Latin america; peace process;

    Abstract : Latin American politics in recent years has caused a stir worldwide. Amid social uprisings, power fluctuations between opposing political thoughts, cases of corruption, and human rights violations, one of the cases that stands out the most in the region is the Colombian one. READ MORE