Sökning: "wildfires"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 81 uppsatser innehållade ordet wildfires.

  1. 1. Examining the Impact of Regional Wildfires on Environmental Concern and Support for Carbon Tax- Empirical Findings from Sweden

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Sofie Hedin Stenvall; Clara Lundberg; [2023-06-29]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Climate-driven changes in the severity of wildfires are predicted as greenhouse gas concentrations increase. Exposure to local wildfires may represent a source of information for individuals as they evaluate their environmental concerns and support for carbon taxation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Burning Matters : A comparative case study of how the EU and the OECD frame Portugal’s wildfire crisis management

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Sara Danielsson Rääs; [2023]
    Nyckelord :EU; OECD; Portugal; framing; wildfire;

    Sammanfattning : Wildfires are a part of the growing concern regarding climate issues in our society, and since the 1990s, the intensity of wildfires has grown. As wildfires affect our societies, countries have adapted crisis management strategies to tackle the issue of wildfires with help from international organisations. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Where there is road, there is fire (influence): An exploratory study on the influence of roads in the spatial patterns of Swedish wildfires of 2018

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

    Författare :Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Geography; GIS; Wildfire; Fire Spatial Patterns; Road; Conformity; FWI; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the Swedish wildfire season of 2018, when the country incurred ten times more than the average burnt area that occurred in previous years. The study aims to address a broad research question: Do roads influence the size of the burned area? This study fills the gap in research on the effects of roads in the spatial patterns of wildfires. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Near-Real Time Forest Fire Monitoring System From an UAV

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Författare :August Näsman; Daniel Nedlich; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to implement a payload system on a drone to help fire towers in near-realtime survey forests for wildfires. The payload system should be able to communicate with a groundstation through a mobile network and the survey should be tagged with relevant metadata. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Metaforer och skogsbränder - En studie om hur metaforer i nyhetsmedia påverkar läsarens uppfattning om skogsbränder

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

    Författare :Hanna Dagsgård; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Risk Perception; disaster response; crisis communication; framing effects; forest fires; wildfires; metaphors; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : Wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity, and the media often uses metaphors to describe and dramatize these events. Metaphors are a key part of how society communicates and can strongly influence perception. LÄS MER