Sökning: "vulnerabilities and capacities"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden vulnerabilities and capacities.

  1. 1. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.

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

    Författare :Grace Muir; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Anticipatory Action; Impact-based Forecasting; Glacier Lake Outburst Flood; Nepal; Risk-informed Early Action; Prediction; Disaster Risk Management; Science General;

    Sammanfattning : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gender-responsive peacebuilding in a changing climate : A qualitative content analysis of strengths and weaknesses in National Action Plans.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Amanda Jangbrand; [2022]
    Nyckelord :climate change; gender; WPS Agenda; qualitative content analysis; vulnerabilities and capacities;

    Sammanfattning : Climate change can exacerbate violent conflict, create risks to human security, and prevent conflict recovery and peacebuilding in different contexts. Climate change nor conflict is rarely fair and have been argued to have different impacts on gender. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change – A Scoping Review of Success Factors, Challenges & Lessons Learnt

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

    Författare :Jovana Ostojic; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Community-based adaptation; local adaptation; participatory approaches; climate change; adaptive capacities; resilience; traditional knowledge; Science General;

    Sammanfattning : There has been growing recognition that local communities possess adequate knowledge, skills, experience and understandings of vulnerabilities and risks associated with their lives and livelihoods, and that this should be included in climate change adaptation (CCA). As a result, community-based adaptation (CBA) is being increasingly implemented as means to adapt to climate change (CC). LÄS MER

  5. 4. 'Men-streaming' Disaster Risk Reduction : A qualitative study on male engagement in the context of Disaster Risk Reduction

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Agnes Blomqvist; [2022]
    Nyckelord :gender; gender policy; men; male engagement; men-streaming; disasters; disaster risk reduction; The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency;

    Sammanfattning : Incorporating gender into disasters and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is important given women’s and men’s different needs, vulnerabilities, capacities and roles in the context of disasters. Male engagement or ‘men-streaming’ has gained increased attention in research on gender and development, yet it has been overlooked in the field of DRR. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Vulnerabilities and Capacities in Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) and Menstrual Health: A Gendered Perspective

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

    Författare :Inka Marlene Ovaska; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Menstrual hygiene management; Menstrual health; Vulnerability; Capacity; Gender; Community groups; Disaster response; Humanitarian crises; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is essential for those who menstruate because they have different needs during disasters and crises. Current MHM is focused on immediate needs instead of longer-term vulnerabilities and capacities. LÄS MER