Essays about: "urban disasters"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 59 essays containing the words urban disasters.
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11. Adaptation of buildings for climate change : A literature review
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskapAbstract : In September 2020, Northeast China suffered three unprecedented typhoons in half a month, and there was freezing rain in early November, all of which led to the large-scale urban power failure. The occurrence of these phenomena makes people directly see climate change and its impact on the living environment of human beings. READ MORE
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12. Flood Management in the Kamrangirchar Slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : A study on the Kamrangirchar slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh has been completed by analyzing literature involving qualitative data, as well as quantitative data using a mixed method research design. The quantitative data from the World Bank (2020) and the UNDP (2020) is provided as background for the research. READ MORE
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13. Upscaling collaborative food allocation : The cases of Olio, Foodsharing, and Reko in Stockholm
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : Food has a crucial role in our lives as a way of shaping identities, societies, and because it enables possibilities of bringing people together. Access to food has complex social, ecological, and economic implications that deserve to be examined through a new approach. READ MORE
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14. Guidelines for Integrated Flood Control Design in the Informal Settlements of Cape Town Municipality : A case study of Kosovo Informal Settlement in Philippi District
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : Flooding over the last few years has become the most frequent and devastating of the natural disasters. This has accounted for approximately half of the death-rate and a third of economic losses as a result of weather-related events. READ MORE
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15. Dagvattenhantering som katalysator för urbana ekosystemtjänster : ett gestaltningsförslag för Timboholmsparken i Skövde
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : De pågående klimatförändringarna är vår tids största globala utmaning. Global uppvärmning ökar risken för extremväder och redan nu kan vi bland annat se en ökande översvämningsproblematik runtom i världen. Översvämningsproblematiken blir särskilt påtaglig i de urbana områdena som sam-tidigt kan se en starkt ökande inflyttning. READ MORE