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1. 6. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Författare :Grace Muir; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Anticipatory Action; Impact-based Forecasting; Glacier Lake Outburst Flood; Nepal; Risk-informed Early Action; Prediction; Disaster Risk Management; Science General;

   Sammanfattning : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. LÄS MER

3. 7. 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

4. 8. Mine Action and Triple Nexus Implementation: A study case of the Colombian Final Peace Agreement

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Luisa Vargas; [2023]
   Nyckelord :triple nexus; peacebuilding; post-conflict; mine action; humanitarian demining;

   Sammanfattning : The policy debate and definition of the Triple Nexus have been largely led by the United Nations, multilateral organizations, and donors. Since the Triple Nexus concept’s proposal, the international community has struggled with operationalizing this approach. LÄS MER

5. 9. In search of a posture of peace : Exploring the humanitarian response to nuclear weapons

   Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Tijmen Hoekstra; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Humanitarian Action; Nuclear Weapons; Disaster; Prevention; Posture of Peace; War; Security;

   Sammanfattning : Nuclear weapons pose a threat to humanity and a disaster waiting to happen; should tragedy occur the humanitarian sector will undoubtedly be among the first to respond to the needs of the victims. The scale and scope of a nuclear disaster is bound to be far beyond the capability and capacity of states to adequately address, let alone humanitarian organizations. LÄS MER

7. 10. Intersectionality in Humanitarian Response: Just added empty words or the way for an impactful action?

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Julia Regina Mühlhauser; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : We are facing a continuous increase in humanitarian crises. All humanitarian emergencies affect People in Need differently. The wish for a more inclusive picture of the affected people suitable for humanitarian response is becoming more significant. LÄS MER