Sökning: "damage mitigation"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 45 uppsatser innehållade orden damage mitigation.

  1. 21. Climate Change Adaptation as Disaster Risk Reduction : A global study of the relationship between exposure to natural hazards and climate change adaptation

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Moa Christoffersson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Climate Change Adaptation; Disaster Risk Reduction; natural hazards; disasters;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I conduct a global event-data study investigating the relationship between exposure to natural hazards and climate change adaptation. Exposure to natural hazards has previously been linked to actions aimed at reducing risks related to future natural hazards. LÄS MER

  3. 22. En defekt lagstiftning? - Om föräldrars skadeståndsansvar i 3 kap. 5 § SkL

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Författare :Evelina Rogowska; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Skadeståndsrätt; förmögenhetsrätt; civilrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : In September 2010, a new basis for liability for someone else's negligence was introduced in Swedish tort law. Since then, parents are held strictly liable for damages that arise from a child's criminal offence. The purpose of the rule was to emphasize the parents' responsibility for their children and, by extension, to reduce juvenile crime. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Evaluation of Epistemic Uncertainties in Probabilistic Risk Assessments : Philosophical Review of Epistemic Uncertainties in Probabilistic Risk Assessment Models Applied to Nuclear Power Plants - Fukushima Daiichi Accident as a Case Study

    Magister-uppsats, KTH/Filosofi

    Författare :Omed A. Rawandi; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Probabilistic Risk Assessment; PRA; Probabilistic Safety Assessment; PSA; Uncertainty; Epistemic Uncertainty;

    Sammanfattning : Safety and risk assessment are key priorities for nuclear power plants. Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is a method for quantitative evaluation of accident risk, in particular severe nuclear core damage and the associated release of radioactive materials into the environment. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Evaluating effects of preventive actions to reduce wild boar damage in the agricultural landscape

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Författare :Matilda Söderqvist; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Sus scrofa; wild boar; wildlife damage; agricultural damage; crop damage; preventive actions; fencing; protective hunting; directed feeding;

    Sammanfattning : The population of wild boar (Sus scrofa) is increasing dramatically in Sweden and all over Europe and cause an extensive amount of damage in agricultural landscapes. The economic losses for farmers due to damages are leading to intense conflicts between different stakeholders, particularly hunters and farmers. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Carbon tax for emission targets - An alternative application of the DSGE model for optimal fossil fuel taxation by Golosov, Hassler, Krusell and Tsyvinski 2014

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Anita Hafner; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Carbon tax; Integrated Assessment Model; Damage function; Emission targets;

    Sammanfattning : Economists widely agree that a Pigouvian fee on emissions is the first best option to correct for the un-priced externality of climate change. However, scientific estimates of future global costs of climate change are varying. LÄS MER