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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade ordet UNISDR.

1. 1. From Recognition to Adaptation: How does Forecasting relate to International Aid Funding in Food Security?

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

   Författare :Matthias Grawehr; Þórarinn Gunnarsson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Forecasting; Food Insecurity; Famine; Funding; FEWS NET; Disaster Risk Reduction; Early Warning System; Complexity; Recognition; Adaptation; Technology and Engineering; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The importance of early adaptation to reduce the impact of recognized risks has been underlined in recent years as featured aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Action. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between forecasted food insecurity levels and allocated funding directed at food security. LÄS MER

3. 2. Resiliensbegreppet i svensk kommunal krishantering – Fallstudie av UNISDR:S kampanj Making Cities Resilient

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

   Författare :Håkan Niva; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Resiliens; Making Cities Resilient; UNISDR; krishantering; kommuner; decentralisering; nätverk; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : Global risks from disasters are increasing, and with more urbanization more resources are now spent on planning and preventive actions. This has led to increased interest in working with the concept of resilience. LÄS MER

4. 3. Understanding Resilience and Risks : A Qualitative Case Study of International Disaster Policy and Informal Settlements in Buenos Aires, Argentina

   Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :John Hero; [2015]
   Nyckelord :Resilience; Disaster; Risk; UN; Community; Self-organization; Resiliencia; Desastre; Riesgo; ONU; Comunidad; Auto-organización;

   Sammanfattning : This study is the result of a two-year long minor field study project of informal settlements in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The aim was to analyse the concept of disaster resilience by describing possible contemporary complications in both theory and practice related to resilience and risks of informal settlements in Buenos Aires. LÄS MER

5. 4. An evaluation of city-to-city learning in the campaign Making Cities Resilient - matching criteria and implementation

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

   Författare :Linnea Lundby; Helena Sjöberg; [2013]
   Nyckelord :Making Cities Resilient Campaign; city-to-city learning; rights-based approach; disaster risk reduction; implementation; interviews; matching criteria.; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis evaluates the UNISDR led campaign Making Cities Resilient and specifically investigates how cities are matched within the campaign’s initiative city-to-city learning, which factors that may be conducive for successful partnerships as well as whether the participating cities implements activities in accordance with the rights-based approach. The evaluation is partly based on a literature review as well as primary data stemming from qualitative, semi-structured interviews with representative from UNISDR as well as cities participating in the Campaign. LÄS MER

7. 5. Analysing citizen’s adaptive capacity: – Individual adaptation strategies in Helsingborg, Sweden before, during and after the Advent Storm in 2011

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Författare :Joakim Lindblad; [2012]
   Nyckelord :Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Climate change is predicted to lead to an increase in the frequency and severity of climate extremes and variability (IPCC 2007). The result is an increase in climate-related disasters in a world where, even without climate change, the number of disasters is already on the rise (UNISDR 2010). LÄS MER