Sökning: "disaster area"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 136 uppsatser innehållade orden disaster area.

  1. 21. An Analysis of Alternative Building Materials in the Coastal Rural Areas of Bangladesh

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Författare :Fuad Alam; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Sustainable Development; Alternative Building Materials; Bangladesh; Coastal Rural Area;

    Sammanfattning : This study will provide background information about the region of Bangladesh, more specifically the coastal rural area of Bangladesh. This region has due to the global warming become a very disaster-prone region where disaster resilience work has become increasingly relevant. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Visualizing the Invisible: An Exploration of the Radioactive Image within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Författare :Fannie Frederikke Baden; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Radioactive Image; Nuclear Disaster; Nuclear power; Chernobyl; Disaster Tourism; Visual tropes; radioactivity; semiotics; visualized natural phenomena; Cultural Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the radioactive image and poses the multi-layered question: ‘(how) can radioactivity exist as an image, when it cannot be seen, heard or felt?’. By having no sensorial qualities, radioactivity is often narrated in popular media by metaphoric association. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Skogen brinner : Ett naturligt experiment på retrospektiv röstning efter skogsbränderna i Värmland 2018

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Max Blomberg; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Wildfires; Värmland; voting behavior; natural experiment; retrospective voting; The Social Democrats; multivariate OLS regression analysis with robust standard errors.;

    Sammanfattning : The wildfires of 2018 became one of the most extensive in Sweden’s modern history. The Värmland region was with its forested landscape and highly important forest industry one of the most affected regions in Mid-Sweden. The burnt area had a total range of over 600 square miles corresponding approximately 850 fully sized football fields. LÄS MER

  5. 24. The urban planning of Istanbul and the provision of green resilient zones in an earthquake-hit metropolitan area -A case study of Istanbul & Avcılar

    Kandidat-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Melissa Högberg Yilmaz; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Earthquake; Turkey; Istanbul; Avcilar; disaster risk reduction; urban disaster resilience; green areas; green infrastructure; regional planning; governance; planning hierarchy;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examines how green areas may be used as strategic recovery zones in the event of an earthquake and how these zones may strengthen the resilience for future quakes in Istanbul. The paper also refers to investigating why the planning system in Turkey can pose a threat for the provision of green areas. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Hydrological modelling and flood risk in a data scarce country: Matola, Mozambique

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Tanja Sellick; [2020]
    Nyckelord :hydrological modelling; flood hazard; TFM-DYN; climate change; Matola; Mozambique; data scarcity; pluvial flooding; flood risk.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Flooding is a frequent natural hazard globally that is capable of major damage to society. The hazard is especially prevalent in Mozambique, in which many flood events with negative effects have occurred. Disaster risk management and research is therefore important in the country. However, as a developing country, it is subject to data scarcity. LÄS MER