Search for dissertations about: "natural disasters"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 66 swedish dissertations containing the words natural disasters.
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21. Wireless Sensor Network Based Flood Prediction Using Belief Rule Based Expert System
Abstract : Flood is one of the most devastating natural disasters. It is estimated that flooding from sea level rise will cause one trillion USD to major coastal cities of the world by the year 2050. Flood not only destroys the economy, but it also creates physical and psychological sufferings for the human and destroys infrastructures. READ MORE
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22. Hydro-Climatic Variability and Change in Central America : Supporting Risk Reduction Through Improved Analyses and Data
Abstract : Floods and droughts are frequent in Central America and cause large social, economic and environmental impacts. A crucial step in disaster risk reduction is to have a good understanding of the causing mechanisms of extreme events and their spatio-temporal characteristics. READ MORE
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23. Selected Functionalities for Autonomous Intelligent Systems in Public Safety Scenarios
Abstract : The public safety and security application domain is an important research area that provides great benefits to society. Within this application domain, governmental and non‐governmental agencies, such as blue light organizations (e.g. READ MORE
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24. The threat from non indigenous species - ecosystem vulnerability, global distribution and co-occurrence with other major threats
Abstract : We live in a globalised world where people and goods travel large distances. Various species are brought along on these journeys, intentionally or as hitchhikers. Some of these species establish populations in regions to which they could not have spread without human assistance, and where they are considered to be non indigenous species (NIS). READ MORE
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25. Robot-aided Gas Sensing for Emergency Responses
Abstract : Emergency response personnel can be exposed to various extreme hazards during the response to natural and human-made disasters. In many of the scenarios, one of the risk factors is the presence of hazardous airborne chemicals. READ MORE