Sökning: "disaster relief"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 66 uppsatser innehållade orden disaster relief.

1. 1. Är alla med på tåget? : En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av tre olika organisationers insatser efter jordbävningarna i Nepal 2015, utifrån ett intersektionell genusperspektiv

   Kandidat-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

   Författare :Aurora Cortés Ekström; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Nepal jordbävning 2015; intersektionell riskteori; intersektionellt genusperspektiv; gender markers; FN; Rädda Barnen; Direct Relief;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to perform an in-depth analysis regarding the actions taken post earthquakes and disaster in Nepal 2015. Furthermore, the aim is to explain how three two different non governmental organizations (NGO) and one intergovernmental organization (IGO) used an intersectional gender perspective in their humanitarian responses. LÄS MER

3. 2. Performance Evaluation of LoRa networks for Air-to-Ground Communications

   Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Författare :Kiana Khorsandi; Sareh Jalalizad; [2023]
   Nyckelord :IoT; LPWAN; LoRaWan; UAV; LAP; Bit error rate; Line of sight;

   Sammanfattning : The current focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to the emergence of many network scenarios with unlimited use cases, including smart homes, smart cities, smart agriculture, and more. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have become increasingly popular due to their versatility and ability to collect and transmit data through various sensors and cameras. LÄS MER

4. 3. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)

   Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Elisha Lawodo Bloe; [2023]
   Nyckelord :emergency response and recovery; humanitarian assistance; corruption; Ebola virus disease;

   Sammanfattning : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. LÄS MER

5. 4. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Emma Berglund; [2023]
   Nyckelord :NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

   Sammanfattning : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. LÄS MER

7. 5. Towards an Archaeology of Disaster : Opportunities and Difficulties

   Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Författare :Bex Bodén; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Cultural heritage management; cultural resource management; disaster; disaster archaeology; disaster risk management; disaster risk prevention; emergency relief; forensic archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the role of archaeology and its contribution to emergency relief work in areas struck by a disastrous event. At a time in our contemporary society where we may be extra vulnerable against disasters, archaeology can help us both prevent and reduce the risks of disasters. LÄS MER