Essays about: "resilience"

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  1. 1. Looking into the black box: The roles of development workers in enhancing climate resilience and gender equality for ethnic minority women through the EmPower project in Vietnam

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hong Hanh Nguyen; [2022-01-18]
    Keywords : feminist political ecology; development workers; climate change; gender equality; ethnic minorities; Vietnam;

    Abstract : The climate change-gender nexus has increasingly become the arena in which adaptation interventions take place. One such intervention is the EmPower program in the Asia-Pacific region by UN Women and UNEP. This research is a case study on how one program component on women’s renewable energy entrepreneurship is implemented in Vietnam. READ MORE

  3. 2. MICRO-CLIMATE CHARACTERIZATION OF COMFORT MATERIALS : A CLIMATE ANALYSIS OF HIGH RESILIENCE FOAM IN MICRO-CLIMATE CONDITIONS

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Framtidens energi

    Author : Ullas Siddachary; [2022]
    Keywords : High resilience; high density; foam; operational energy; comfort; materials; temperature; heat index; vapor pressure; humidity; PCR coating;

    Abstract : Currently, it is widely recognised that the operational energy consumption of most building types currently outweighs their embodied energy by some margin. However, as we make dramatic increases in energy efficiency the embodied energy of the materials and components that we use will become proportionally larger and may account for a substantial proportion of the energy associated with buildings in the future. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Benefits of Breathing Practices For Computer Science Workers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Rahwa Mebrahtu Araya; [2021-12-15]
    Keywords : Breathing practice; Well-being; Resilience; software developers; computer workers;

    Abstract : Breathing is a powerful internal resource that is within conscious control and that often goes unnoticed in one’s daily life. In this study, the benefits of breathing practice for software developers who are under a high amount of stress due to continuous deadlines and over commitments are investigated. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Fight to Survive Lockdown - A multiple case study on how firms in the hospitality industry have responded to the effects of Covid-19

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Martin Knutzen; Synne Solberg; [2021-11-12]
    Keywords : Crisis management; Covid-19; hospitality industry; resilience; retention; strategy; structure; ideology; slack;

    Abstract : MSc in International Business and Trade.... READ MORE

  6. 5. Transitioning from Care to Adulthood: Reintegration Experiences of Young People Leaving Residential Care in Ghana

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Frederick Godwill Amissah; [2021-10-22]
    Keywords : care leavers; resilience; social reintegration; lived experiences; ecological systems theory;

    Abstract : Studies on the young people’s transition from care have gained considerable attention in child protection discourse globally but in the African context, it is beginning to take form. Despite the incessant reintegration efforts occasioned by the quest to reform alternative childcare mechanisms in the Ghanaian context, little is known of the experiences of care leavers while they are leaving, and when they are out of care. READ MORE