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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 101 avhandlingar innehållade ordet disasters.

  1. 11. Preparedness and safe hospital : medical response to disasters

    Författare :Ahmad Reza Djalali; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Disaster;

    Sammanfattning : Background: A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community. The number of disasters and affected people has increased during the past decades. “Hospitals safe from disasters” is emphasized by the Hyogo Framework Actions for 2005-2015. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Impacts of Climate Policy and Natural Disasters: Evidence from China

    Författare :Ruijie Tian; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; carbon pricing; directed technological change; innovation; heterogeneous firms; independence property; transaction costs; emissions reduction; allowances; production networks; resilience; diversification; shock transmission; supply chains; natural disasters;

    Sammanfattning : The last decade has seen heightened interest in carbon pricing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions responsible for anthropogenic climate change. Over the past decade, China–responsible for over a quarter of global carbon emissions–has aimed to reduce its emissions through an ambitious Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which charges certain firms for the greenhouse gases they emit. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Conflict in the Eye of the Storm : Micro-dynamics of Natural Disasters, Cooperation and Armed Conflict

    Författare :Colin Walch; Cecilia Albin; Ashok Swain; Richard Matthew; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :armed conflict; natural disaster; rebel group; micro-dynamics of civil war; resilience; disaster risk reduction and management; rebel group recruitment; conflict analysis; climate change; cooperation; conflict resolution; negotiation; ripeness; the Philippines; India; Colombia.; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Many of the most destructive natural disasters have taken place in situations characterized by armed conflict and insecurity: the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia in 2004, the floods in Pakistan in 2011, the drought in Somalia in 2011 and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. Surprisingly little research has systematically explored how armed conflict affects natural disaster management, and how shocks from natural disaster influence conflict dynamics. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Needs assessments for international humanitarian health assistance in disasters

    Författare :Johan von Schreeb; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Needs Assessment; Disaster; Relief; Humanitarian Assistance; Donor Allocations; Foreign Field Hospitals;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Natural and man-made disasters overwhelmingly affect people in low and middle-income countries. In that socio-economic context both the immediate and long-term needs of those affected often exceed national resources. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Population Displacement Estimation During Disasters Using Mobile Phone Data

    Författare :Silvino Pedro Cumbane; Yifang Ban; Gyözö Gidofalvi; Zeferino Saugene; John Östh; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geoinformatics; Geoinformatik;

    Sammanfattning : Natural disasters result in devastating losses in human life, environmental assets, and personal-, regional-, and national economies. The availability of different big data such as satellite images, Global Positioning System (GPS)traces, mobile Call Detail Records (CDR), social media posts, etc. LÄS MER