Sökning: "Haiti earthquake"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 uppsatser innehållade orden Haiti earthquake.

  1. 1. Hur lär sig människor av extrema händelser? : en fallstudie om Haiti och katastrofhantering efter jordbävningen 2010

    Kandidat-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

    Författare :Daniel Dixon; [2022]
    Nyckelord :learning; policy change; disaster risk management; disaster risk reduction; natural disasters; Haiti;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to explore if learning through policy change is possible after natural disastersoccur. Previous studies are divided concerning if natural disasters in fact lead to learning or policy change taking place. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Approaches to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Misconduct in the Aid Sector : A case study of what Oxfam can learn from the Haiti incident 2011

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Sana Pirot; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Sexual misconduct; Sexual Exploitation; Abuse and Harassment; Oxfam GB; #AidToo; accountability;

    Sammanfattning : The topic of sexual misconduct in the aid sector is not new. However, since it was revealed that Oxfam GB had staff who committed sexual misconduct in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and women spoke about the issue of SEAH under the #AidToo, the topic has been brought to life again. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Where’s Waddan? Missing Maps and cross-cultural voluntary engagement in ICT4D initiatives

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Joanna Keenan; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Communications; Development; ICT4D; Volunteering; Slacktivism; crowdsourcing; data; humanitarian; mapping;

    Sammanfattning : In the wake of the Haiti earthquake response in 2010, crowdsourced humanitarian mapping has taken off, and today is considered an essential tool by many humanitarian agencies providing assistance in disaster-affected and under-resourced countries and contexts. But what happens when there is no information on a map to help agencies decide how to respond? If they cannot find roads to take to get there? If they do not know how many houses are in a village? What if the map is – missing?In response to this all-too-common problem, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), American Red Cross, British Red Cross and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) created and launched Missing Maps in 2014. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Benefits and challenges of implementing emerging technologies in a humanitarian supply chain

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

    Författare :Kajsa Salomonsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Humanitarian logistics; humanitarian supply chain; emerging technologies; challenges; benefits; three-dimensional printing; unmanned aerial vehicles; internet of things; virtual reality; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : Technology utilisation and implementation of new technologies are critical success factors for humanitarian supply chains and the possibility to improve humanitarian operations by the use of technology has been gaining increasing attention, especially since the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Despite this increase, the theory on emerging technologies within the humanitarian supply chain is still very limited, in particular there is a lack of studies providing a holistic perspective of technology development within the sector. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Post-Disaster Gender Based Violence : An Abductive Case Study of Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Villemo Tomasdotter; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Gender based violence; Natural Disaster; Hurricane Katrina; Haiti Earthquake; Eco-Feminism; Hyper-masculinity Theory; Situational Theory;

    Sammanfattning : Previous research has shown a post-disaster increase of Gender Based Violence [GBV], suggesting a need for further investigation of the phenomena and its causes. This research draws together a wide-ranging collection of secondary data sets concerning disasters and gender based violence. LÄS MER