Sökning: "crisis preparedness and resilience"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 uppsatser innehållade orden crisis preparedness and resilience.
1. ”NÄRHET, GEMENSKAP OCH VILJA” : Ett landsbygdsperspektiv på svensk krisberedskap
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This study aims to apply a rural perspective in an area where the politics assume an urban norm. Considering the special circumstances in the rural areas of Sweden in terms of geographics and access to services it is substantial to map in what ways these areas differ from the urban life. LÄS MER
2. Effects of Prolonged Electricity Supply Disruptions on Critical Entities
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetSammanfattning : This study investigates Swedish critical entities (CEs) ability to maintain function during up to three months of electricity supply disruptions. It also examines possible improvement measures, and how contextual cases (grey zone, heightened state of alert, war) influence CEs’ ability to maintain function during electricity supply disruptions. LÄS MER
3. Community Continuity Management : An Exploration of the Energy Production and Use of a Fictional Stockholm Neighbourhood in a Crisis
Master-uppsats, KTH/Urbana och regionala studierSammanfattning : In an increasingly interconnected, and electricity-reliant world, households are asked to build up their resilience to crises. Local, distributed electricity production within a microgrid with capability to operate disconnected from the larger grid has been shown to be an effective tool for increasing power system resilience in the past. LÄS MER
4. Vulnerability & Resilience in an Ageing Population : A Case Study on Individual Self-Reliance & Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Japan
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : Natural disasters and hazards pose significant risks and challenges for people and communities all around the world, among the groups most vulnerable to these events are elderly populations who face physical, social, and psychological hardships in the face of disasters. The vulnerability and lacking resilience of elderly are a growing global concern as their proportion of the world's population is steadily increasing with an estimated 1 in 6 people being aged 65 and over by 2050, doubling the current number. LÄS MER
5. Meeting electricity demand during a crisis : Assessing the feasibility of battery storage as a path for municipalities to increase electricity resilience
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikSammanfattning : This bachelor thesis aims to investigate household electricity supply and demand during a crisis. Both quantitative and qualitative aspects of crisis preparedness and household electricity demand are considered. LÄS MER