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1. 21. Using a social registry to assess household social vulnerability to natural hazards in Malawi

   Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

   Författare :Petter Sundqvist; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Household Social Vulnerability Index; Principal Component Analysis; Vulnerability Map; Natural Hazards; Disaster Risk Management; Flood Vulnerability; Social Registry; United Beneficiary Registry; Malawi; Nsanje;

   Sammanfattning : Social factors moderate the impacts of natural hazards, which means that households are affected differently when exposed to the same hazard. This differential impact of hazards can be explained by the concept of social vulnerability, which is commonly assessed to inform disaster preparedness and response action. LÄS MER

3. 22. The Impact of Financial Crises and Natural Disasters on the US Catastrophe Bond Market

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Martina Scaroni; Felicitas Gesa Lore Elisabeth Schulze-Steinen; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Catastrophe Bond; Atlantic Hurricanes; Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Catastrophe (CAT) bonds bring the needs of (re)insurance companies and investors together: They insure against natural disasters by transferring risk to the capital market while at the same time promising high returns and a certain detachment from financial markets. Being an alternative investment class that has been on the rise only in recent years, academic research on CAT bonds is comparatively limited. LÄS MER

4. 23. Assessing the Practical Use of an Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Approach: A Case Study on Bangladesh

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Pim Roupé; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Disaster Management; Climate Change; Natural Hazards; Resilience;

   Sammanfattning : The ambition of this thesis is to fulfill two aims. The first aim is theory development, by presenting a theoretical framework where climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are combined. The second aim is empirical, where the theoretical framework is used to analyze an example of DRR with an ambition to include CCA. LÄS MER

5. 24. Controlling the Uncontrollable? : A qualitative content analysis of the United Nations Sendai Framework and its reflection of disaster risk reduction in a risk society.

   Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Ida Lindberg; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Disaster risk reduction; the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030; natural hazards; the United Nations; climate change; control; resilience; uncertainty; humanitarian aid;

   Sammanfattning : Occurrences of extreme weather events are increasing due to the ongoing climate change driven by human actions. In parallel, this triggers a growing need for humanitarian action in the future to help those impacted by disasters. LÄS MER

7. 25. FindMe Tag - Facilitate rescue efforts during disasters through culture-sensitive design

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Innovation

   Författare :Ida Dahl; Linnea Kransén; [2022]
   Nyckelord :human-centered design; culture-sensitive design; wearable; natural hazards; rescue efforts; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : Over the last decade, 1.8 billion people worldwide have been affected by disasters triggered by natural hazards and 740 000 lives have been lost. Due to climate change, these numbers are predicted to rise dramatically in the upcoming years. LÄS MER