Sökning: "urban disasters"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 67 uppsatser innehållade orden urban disasters.

  1. 16. Flood Management in the Kamrangirchar Slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Olivia Emelie Kjellgren; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Flooding; flood management; disaster management; disaster risk reduction; disaster recovery; disaster resilience; disaster preparedness; climate change; livelihood; vulnerability; adaptation; assets; economic insecurity; infrastructure; slum; sewerage networks; sanitation; housing; sustainable development; onion-peel approach; mixed method design; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : A study on the Kamrangirchar slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh has been completed by analyzing literature involving qualitative data, as well as quantitative data using a mixed method research design. The quantitative data from the World Bank (2020) and the UNDP (2020) is provided as background for the research. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Upscaling collaborative food allocation : The cases of Olio, Foodsharing, and Reko in Stockholm

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Författare :Federico Gonzalez Raya; [2021]
    Nyckelord :collaborative consumption; sharing economy; alternative food systems; food sharing; urban planning;

    Sammanfattning : Food has a crucial role in our lives as a way of shaping identities, societies, and because it enables possibilities of bringing people together. Access to food has complex social, ecological, and economic implications that deserve to be examined through a new approach. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Guidelines for Integrated Flood Control Design in the Informal Settlements of Cape Town Municipality : A case study of Kosovo Informal Settlement in Philippi District

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Författare :Erasmus Mseleku; [2021]
    Nyckelord :climate change; community participation; flooding; informal settlements; integrated water management systems; nature-based solutions; spatial inequality; sustainability; urban flooding;

    Sammanfattning : Flooding over the last few years has become the most frequent and devastating of the natural disasters. This has accounted for approximately half of the death-rate and a third of economic losses as a result of weather-related events. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Dagvattenhantering som katalysator för urbana ekosystemtjänster : ett gestaltningsförslag för Timboholmsparken i Skövde

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Erik Borén; Olle Gillsjö; [2021]
    Nyckelord :dagvattenhantering; ekosystemtjänster; klimatanpassning; hållbar stadsutveckling; klimatförändringar;

    Sammanfattning : De pågående klimatförändringarna är vår tids största globala utmaning. Global uppvärmning ökar risken för extremväder och redan nu kan vi bland annat se en ökande översvämningsproblematik runtom i världen. Översvämningsproblematiken blir särskilt påtaglig i de urbana områdena som sam-tidigt kan se en starkt ökande inflyttning. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction - Assessing barriers and opportunities to integrate risk information into communal development planning in Burundi

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

    Författare :Katharina Oschmann; Marie Lachenmann; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Central East Africa; Build Back Better; Bujumbura; Burundi; CCA; Climate Change Adaptation; Integration; Development Gains; Development and Spatial Planning; Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Great Lakes Region; Institutional Barriers; Lake Tanganyika; Land-use planning; LDC; LUP; Mainstreaming; Mitigation; PPP; Preparedness; Prevention; Recovery; Resilience; Risk Governance; Risk Information; Risk-Based; Risk-Informed; Risk-Sensitive; Sendai Framework; Sustainable Development; Urban planning; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Natural hazards cannot be avoided, but their damage to what human beings value, such as life, health, and property, can be limited. Climate change will increase extreme weather events and overall disaster risk, which will particularly affect Least Developed Countries. LÄS MER