Search for dissertations about: "El Salvador"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words El Salvador.

2. 1. From Rebellion to Politics : The Transformation of Rebel Groups to Political Parties in Civil War Peace Processes

   Author : Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs; Thomas Ohlson; Mats Hammarström; Anna Jarstad; Terrence Lyons; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Peace and conflict research; rebel group; political party; transformation; civil war; peace process; conflict resolution; internal conflict; FMLN; Renamo; RUF; Khmer Rouge; El Salvador; Mozambique; Sierra Leone; Cambodia; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Why do some rebel groups in civil war peace processes transform into viable political parties while others do not? The transformation of armed rebels into peaceful politicians has been identified as one of the most critical factors in explaining the successful transition from violence to sustainable peace. Yet few studies have examined under what conditions these transformations are more or less likely to be carried out. READ MORE

4. 2. Managing Urban Disaster Risk: Analysis and Adaptation Frameworks for Integrated Settlement Development Programming for the Urban Poor

   Author : Christine Wamsler; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; poverty reduction; urban planning; vulnerability; adaptation; settlement development planning; development assistance; disaster; social housing; disaster risk management; prevention; mainstreaming; El Salvador; mitigation; risk accumulation; risk reduction;

   Abstract : The damage caused by the dramatic worldwide increase in ‘natural’ disasters is staggering, with the poor in developing countries being most at risk. Disasters make their already precarious living conditions worse, creating a vicious circle of poverty from which they find it hard to escape. READ MORE

5. 3. Statistical Seismology Studies in Central America : b-value, seismic hazard and seismic quiescence

   Author : David Aníbal Monterroso Juárez; Ota Kulhánek; Stefan Wiemer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geophysics; b-value; seismic hazard; Monte Carlo; seismic quiescence; Central America; stress; Geofysik; Geophysics; Geofysik;

   Abstract : The present thesis collects results of research applying theory and methods of statistical seismology to the seismicity of Central America, a region with a complex tectonic setting controlled by the interaction of four major plates, namely the Caribbean, Cocos, Nazca and North American plates.Three different earthquake catalogues were used for studies focused on stress in a tectonic volume, seismic hazard maps and seismicity patterns (precursors), covering the region 94ºW to 81ºW and 5ºN to 20ºN. READ MORE

6. 4. An information system migration framework for the electricity industry control centers

   Author : Leonel Plazaola Prado; KTH; []
   Keywords : electricity industry; electricity industry reforms; electricity industry control centers;

   Abstract : The Electricity Industry Reforms (EIR) is a worldwidephenomenon that is inducing an intensive business orientedcontext in the organization, processes and functions of theElectricity Industry (EI). The electric power grid is nowtreated as the electricity market, the consumer as thecustomer, the power system activities are related to marketactors (i. READ MORE

7. 5. Dismantling the Conflict Trap : Essays on Civil War Resolution and Relapse

   Author : Joakim Kreutz; Magnus Öberg; Mats Hammarström; Halvard Buhaug; Barbara F. Walter; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; conflict resolution; conflict recurrence; diversionary war; ripe moment; natural resources; peace agreement; victory; war termination; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Countries that have experienced civil war suffer a greater risk for new conflict than countries with no prior history of civil war. This empirical finding has been called a conflict trap where the legacy of previous war - unsolved issues, indecisive outcomes, and destruction – leads to renewed fighting. READ MORE