Sökning: "disaster response"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden disaster response.

  1. 16. The 2005 Hurricane Katrina response failure : Seeing preparedness for foreseeable complex problems through a neo-institutional lens

    Författare :Christer Brown; Bertjan Verbeek; Fredrik Bynander; Ira Helsloot; Bengt Sundelius; Kerstin Eriksson; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

    Sammanfattning : Governmental organisations often fail to prepare themselves adequately for complex problems such as natural disasters. This is remarkable because these threats are usually studied intensively and governments do develop plans for such situations. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Natural Disasters and National Election : On the 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, the 2005 Storm Gudrun and the 2006 Historic Regime Shift

    Författare :Lina M. Eriksson; Kåre Vernby; Charles Parker; Henning Finseraas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; retrospective voting; party support; regime shift; natural disasters; crisis response; international crisis response; international law; effective representation; multiparty systems;

    Sammanfattning : The 2006 Swedish parliamentary election was a historic election with the largest bloc transfer of voters in Swedish history. The 2002-2006 incumbent Social Democratic Party (S) received its lowest voter support since 1914 as roughly 150,000, or 8%, of the 2002 S voters went to the main opposition, the conservative Moderate Party (M). LÄS MER

  4. 18. Changes in Hydrological Risk Perception and Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction

    Författare :Elena Mondino; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Johanna Mård; Teun Terpstra; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; risk perception; floods; droughts; disaster risk reduction; sociohydrology; Geovetenskap med inriktning mot miljöanalys; Earth Science with specialization in Environmental Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Economic losses caused by hydrological extremes, such as floods and droughts, are exacerbating because of increased anthropogenic activities and global environmental changes. Understanding how individuals and communities interact with hydrological extremes thus becomes fundamental to develop effective strategies for disaster risk reduction. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Evaluation of medical response in disaster preparedness : with special reference to full-scale exercises

    Författare :Monica Rådestad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Air crash;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Disaster exercises and simulations serves as teaching and training tool for improving medical response in disaster preparedness. Rapid and effective medical response in major incidents is known as a “key phase” to optimise resources, and this requires that management systems have an “all hazards” approach. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Exploring Disaster Recovery: Stakeholder Interfaces, Goals and Interdependencies

    Författare :Emmanuel Raju; Lunds universitets centrum för riskanalys och riskhantering (LUCRAM); []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Disaster risk management has seen the importance of coordination at various levels of planning and implementation, ranging from preparedness to disaster response, and in planning for long term recovery and sustainable development. This thesis aims to develop a deeper and analytical understanding of stakeholder coordination for disaster recovery. LÄS MER