Sökning: "Disaster Response"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 133 uppsatser innehållade orden Disaster Response.

1. 6. 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

3. 7. Exploring Disaster Impacts on Climate Mitigation Policy Change in Latin America

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Lotte Petersen; [2023]
   Nyckelord :natural hazards; disaster; climate mitigation policy; latin america; policy change;

   Sammanfattning : This study aims to empirically explore if there is an association between climate-related disasters and climate mitigation policy change in middle-income countries. This is important for understanding future climate mitigation policy, as disasters are predicted to increase in both frequency and severity. LÄS MER

4. 8. Vulnerability & Resilience in an Ageing Population : A Case Study on Individual Self-Reliance & Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Japan

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Victor Bergenek; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Ageing Population; Vulnerability; Resilience; DRM; Disaster Risk Management; Individual Self Reliance; Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction; Japan; Case Study; Elderly; Vulnerable Groups.;

   Sammanfattning : Natural disasters and hazards pose significant risks and challenges for people and communities all around the world, among the groups most vulnerable to these events are elderly populations who face physical, social, and psychological hardships in the face of disasters. The vulnerability and lacking resilience of elderly are a growing global concern as their proportion of the world's population is steadily increasing with an estimated 1 in 6 people being aged 65 and over by 2050, doubling the current number. LÄS MER

5. 9. Developing an Application for Visualisation of Personnel Locations in Disaster Response Operations

   Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Författare :Sofia Bertmar; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Software engineering; Human computer interaction; Disaster management; Cartographic visualisation;

   Sammanfattning : This master's thesis presents the development and evaluation of an application visualising the operators' current positions in disaster area operations. The application was developed to address limitations in their current working methods, which currently rely on verbal communication and manual position mapping. LÄS MER

7. 10. Redo att fortsätta leverera? En kvantitativ undersökning om förekomst och betydelse av krisberedskapsplanering i svensk socialtjänst under coronapandemins inledning

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Författare :Ann Edlund; [2023]
   Nyckelord :disaster preparedness; disaster preparedness plan; disaster response; social services; covid-19 pandemic; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and variation in disaster preparedness planning, for particularly vulnerable groups, in Swedish social services at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic. The aim was also to investigate whether disaster preparedness planning, as measured in this study, had a bearing on the number of deaths from covid-19 in special accommodation and home care for the elderly and disabled during 2020 and 2021. LÄS MER