Search for dissertations about: "Disaster risk management DRM"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Disaster risk management DRM.
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1. Risk communication in multi-stakeholder disaster risk management systems : Insights and recommendations from the Swedish system
Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to improve our understanding of how disaster risk management (DRM) systems function. Specifically, it aims to increase our knowledge about effective communication in a multi-stakeholder, multi-level DRM system, with a particular focus on the exchange of risk-related information for risk assessment. READ MORE
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2. Disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in urban contexts: Integration and challenges
Abstract : An increasing number of disasters continue to affect urban populations and housing infrastructure. The overwhelming majority of them have been caused by climate-related events. This situation has made the creation of synergies between climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) urgent. READ MORE
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3. Improving capability assessments for disaster risk management
Abstract : There is an urgent need for society to find more effective ways to reduce the impact of disastrous events. One way is to proactively increase actors’ response capability. Capability assessments play an essential role in these disaster risk management efforts. READ MORE
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4. Improving disaster response evaluations : Supporting advances in disaster risk management through the enhancement of response evaluation usefulness
Abstract : Future disasters or crises are difficult to predict and therefore hard to prepare for. However, while a specific event might not have happened, it can be simulated in an exercise. READ MORE
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5. Indivisible Wholes & Fragmented Realities : On the Aggregation of Disaster Risk Information
Abstract : Division of labor and trade have been prerequisites for the development of welfare societies. Ironically, this specialization has caused a fragmentation of the knowledge necessary to understand risks that may undermine societal safety. READ MORE