Sökning: "Arkansas"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet Arkansas.

  1. 1. Analysis of floodplain population dynamics in the USA from 1790 to 2010​

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Författare :Firoza Akhter; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Floodplain; levee; flood damage; flood insurance; population dynamics; population growth rate;

    Sammanfattning : Floodplain is an important location for the economic and social development of society throughout history, although it afflicted by different disasters like floods and bank erosion from time to time. Population dynamics and distribution trends have important effects on the landscape and society. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Det skräckfyllda samtalet : En tematisk och narratologisk studie av Damien Echols självbiografi Life After Death och Stephen Kings roman 'Salem's Lot

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Författare :Gitta Harder; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Damien Echols; Stephen King; Självbiografi; Autobiografi; USA; Roman; Narratologi; Skräck; Hemska platser; Utsatta barn; Minnen; Tematisk analys;

    Sammanfattning : This paper investigates narrative and thematic structures in Damien Echols’ autobiography Life After Death (2012) and Stephen King’s horror novel ’Salem’s Lot (1975). In Life After Death Echols tells the tale of his eighteen-year incarceration on Death Row in Arkansas/USA. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Att hitta och utforska : Om Damien Echols autobiografi Life After Death

    Kandidat-uppsats, Litteraturvetenskap

    Författare :Gitta Harder; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Biografi; Autobiografi; Damien Echols; USA; Arkansas; Fängelser; Psykoanalys; Trailer Parks; Dödsstraff;

    Sammanfattning : This paper investigates the autobiography of Damien Echols. The autobiographical subject, Echols, depicts his life as a marginalized youth during the nineteen seventies and nineteen eighties in Arkansas, USA. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The New Madrid Seismic Zone.

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Teknisk geologi och geofysik

    Författare :Tracy Nilsson; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Earthquake; Liquefaction; Disaster Prevention; New Madrid Seismic Zone; Risk Analysis; Arkansas; Memphis; Mercalli Intensity Scale; Seismic Building Codes;

    Sammanfattning : The Mississippi River Valley, is hardly known as an earthquake zone, but may in fact be a natural disaster just waiting to happen. Historical records and paleoseismic investigations have shown that large magnitude earthquakes have occurred in the area and there are constantly microquakes all along the New Madrid Fault System. LÄS MER