Search for dissertations about: "natural disaster thesis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words natural disaster thesis.

  2. 11. Changes in Hydrological Risk Perception and Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction

    Author : Elena Mondino; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Johanna Mård; Teun Terpstra; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : 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;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

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

    Author : Colin Walch; Cecilia Albin; Ashok Swain; Richard Matthew; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : 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;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  5. 13. Disaster and recovery

    Author : Lars Wahlström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Natural disaster; tsunami; mental health; psychological distress; posttraumatic stress; life threat; life change events; social support; crisis intervention; recovery;

    Abstract : Background: Most people who survive a disaster respond with psychological reactions, but only a minority suffer from lasting psychological problems. Despite evidence of the significance of specific exposures for impaired psychological health after disaster, the relative importance of single exposures remains unclarified. READ MORE

  6. 14. A rational response to natural disasters? : Explaining the global rise of regional disaster risk management

    Author : Simon Hollis; Hertie School of Governance; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; World Society Theory; Comparative Regionalism; Disaster Risk Reduction; Neoliberal Institutionalism; Analytical Eclecticism;

    Abstract : Natural disasters pervade the certainty of social life. In a globalized world this truism increasingly calls for transnational solutions to prevent, prepare, and respond to these deadly disruptions. Regional Disaster Risk Management (DRM) has recently emerged to meet this concern. READ MORE

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

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

    Abstract : 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). READ MORE