Search for dissertations about: "CATEGORIES OF DISASTERS"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words CATEGORIES OF DISASTERS.

2. 1. Urban Disaster Governance : Resilience and Rights in the Unequal City

   Author : Eija Meriläinen; Anja Nygren; Finland Helsinki Hanken School of Economics; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; disaster governance; urban disasters; resilience; right to the city; marginalisation; community;

   Abstract : While a hazard, such as an earthquake, may result from natural processes, the unequal ways in which it impacts people’s lives are not an outcome dictated by forces of nature. Indeed, the disaster unfolding from a hazard has much to do with how human societies are governed. READ MORE

4. 2. Preparedness and safe hospital : medical response to disasters

   Author : Ahmad Reza Djalali; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Disaster;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

5. 3. Disaster response and preparedness : Focus on hospital incident command groups and emergency department registered nurses

   Author : Jason Murphy; Anders Rüter; Lisa Kurland; Monica Rådestad; Ahmadreza Djalali; Birgitta Wireklint Sundström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sophiahemmet Högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Background: While disasters per definition are rare, incidents that cause mass casualties that threaten to overwhelm its limited resources are an ever-present risk. Disaster medicine is a specific discipline of medicine dedicated to providing adequate health care to patients of major incidents through the development of preventive-, preparedness-, response and recovery interventions. READ MORE