Sökning: "Natural hazards"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 108 uppsatser innehållade orden Natural hazards.

  1. 1. Holistic Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Resilience during Disasters (HACIRD) - A case study of the 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :Erik Kimblad; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Critical infrastructure; Lifeline; Resilience; Interdependencies; Earthquake; Natural hazards; Turkey; Holistic; Disaster; Framework; Assessment; Empirical; Case study; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes (7.8MW and 7.7MW) struck Turkey within nine hours, resulting in over 50,000 fatalities and significant damage to critical infrastructures (CI) which provide services essential for the functioning of society. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Land Use Changes After Drought Periods in California, USA

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

    Författare :Mak Uscuplic Saravanja; [2023]
    Nyckelord :droughts; land use; severe; devastating; natural hazards; torka; markanvändning; allvarlig; förödande; naturfaror;

    Sammanfattning : Since ancient times, mankind has faced a constant battle against natural hazards. From the earlieststages of human communication, when human beings communicate by some sort of harsh gruntsand unintelligible words, people were struck by the awe-inspiring power of nature as floods, storms,earthquakes, and other events which reshaped their environment and way of living. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Är Intersektionalitet Vägen Framåt? : En textanalys av utvecklingsstrategier i Myanmar

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Siri Eneris; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Intersectionality; Development aid; Intersektionalitet; Bistånd; Sårbarhet; Kvalitativ textanalys; Myanmar;

    Sammanfattning : Is intersectionality the way forward: A textual analysis of development strategies in Myanmar Development strategies need new perspectives to effectively allocate resources to those most affected by natural hazards, conflicts, economic insecurities, and many more. This qualitative thesis suggests intersectionality in the form of an analysis to uncover hidden passages in and core values of development strategies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Kl-trä i Byggnader : Utmaningar att bygga hus i KL-trä med fokus till fukt, brand och förband aspekter.

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Författare :Mumin Mohamed; Mohamed Osman; Malik Tan; [2023]
    Nyckelord :KL-trä; Fukt; Brand; Förband; Utmaningar; Lösningar; Hygroskopiska egenskaper; Förkollningsprocessen;

    Sammanfattning : Purpose: Sustainability and reduced environmental impact are increasingly pressing challenges within the construction sector. Wood has become a sought-after building material due to its renewability and lower energy intensity during manufacturing. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Evaluating reliability and limitations of disaster loss accounting databases

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

    Författare :Rebecca Crisanti; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Database; loss data; extreme event; natural hazards; measuring losses; Latin America; EM‐DAT; DesInventar.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Disaster loss accounting is an essential tool for assessing the effects of disasters and creating policies for disaster risk reduction that are supported by data. This study compares disaster data for two of the most used disaster loss accounting databases, EM-DAT and DesInventar in the context of six Latin American countries, namely, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Venezuela. LÄS MER