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  1. 1. Impact of newspaper coverage on risk perception of hydrological natural hazards in Sweden

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

    Författare :Jakob Olofsson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Floods; Droughts; Wildfires; Epidemics; Climate change; Media; Sociohydrology;

    Sammanfattning : An accurate understanding of a population’s risk perception is important, as risk perception can influence attitudes to new policies and recommended health behaviours. There is a lack of research on the possible impact that Swedish news media could have on the Swedish population’s risk perception of natural hazards. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Modeling the Interactions between Hydrological Extremes, Water Management and Society

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Författare :Fabián Martínez; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Hydrology; Socio-Hydrology; Floods; Droughts; Modeling; Brisbane; Hydrologi; Sociohydrologi; Översvämning; Torka; Modellering; Brisbane;

    Sammanfattning : Throughout history there has been a close relationship between hydrological and social processes. Most of early civilizations around the world developed thanks to the accessibility to rivers and their water resources. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A hydrochemical investigation and socioeconomic assessment in Rio Zapomeca river basin focusing on arsenic contamination

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

    Författare :Axel Hagström; Anton Rydstedt; [2015]
    Nyckelord :geology; groundwater; drinking water; water contamination; water treatment; value of statistical life; cost-benefit-analysis; Resistivity; Arsenic; Risk; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : The awareness of problems concerning arsenic contaminated drinking water sources has during recent years increased. WHO (World Health Organization) decided in 1993 to lower the recommended limit of arsenic in drinking water from 50 μg/l to 10 μg/l, mainly due to observations of its carcinogenicity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The water crisis in Gaborone : investigating the underlying factors resulting in the ‘failure’ of the Gaborone Dam, Botswana

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

    Författare :Elisabeth Farrington; [2015]
    Nyckelord :consumption; climate change; catchment area; drought; Gaborone Reservoir; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Botswana is an arid country endemic to drought. The major water supply in the capital Gaborone, the Gaborone Reservoir, has received a failed status early this year due to diminishing water levels which have fallen below six percent of the total potential volume in 2014. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Hydrochemical investigation and socioeconomic assessment in Rio Zapomeca river basin focusing on arsenic contamination

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi; Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI)

    Författare :Anton Rydstedt; Axel Hagström; [2015]
    Nyckelord :water pollution; Kanchan filter; value of statistical life; cost-benefit-analysis; socioeconomic; premature mortality; resistivity; risk; groundwater; Nicaragua; geology; Arsenic; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : The awareness of problems concerning arsenic contaminated drinking water sources has during recent years increased. WHO (World Health Organization) decided in 1993 to lower the recommended limit of arsenic in drinking water from 50 μg/l to 10 μg/l, mainly due to observations of its carcinogenicity. LÄS MER