disaster management dissertations

of Sociology, Colorado State University. (Thesis Chair: Lori Peek) This thesis explores how different community institutions -- government, education, healthcare, business, and grassroots organizations -- in Turkey engage in disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies and how each institution fosters a culture of resilience. The framework used to assess DRR engagement is the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), which is the structure of resilience and preparedness created by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The goal of the research is to understand the ways that DRR is integrated into social institutions in Turkey, using the cities of Istanbul and Antakya as the primary case study communities. The analyses of 21 interviews, as well as supplemental respondent surveys, highlight primary themes informing how the five community institutions address seismic risk in Turkey. The current social organization of Turkey has key characteristics found in 'fatalistic' societies, or societies that are characteristically reactive. However, the ways community institutions engage in DRR illustrates that Turkey is determined to shift its DRR strategies from reactive to proactive. A current state of unpreparedness is how a respondent described the risk culture in Turkey today. Still, an examination of the data verifies that, despite the barriers, Turkey is beginning to develop a strong culture of resilience and gradually shifting toward a more 'self-reliant', proactive society. John Stzukowski. 2010. “A STIRPAT Model of Sectoral CO2 Emissions at the County Scale. Master's Thesis, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University.(Thesis Chair: Professor Sammy Zahran) The scientific community agrees that the principal cause of increased surface temperature globally is the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, with carbon dioxide.
LETANG Gardy, Session 2011-2012 ABSTRACT: Haiti is generally identified as a land highly at risks of natural disasters. In a context marked by the scars of social, economic, environmental and political crisis, the earthquake of January 12, 2010 wiped out its economic and political capital. The disaster, produced by the huge weight of structural vulnerabilities, caused new forms of vulnerability especially among hundreds of thousands IDPs. The lack of local capacities for response and the valorization of local assets by aid actors have constituted real challenges to build individual and community resilience through the humanitarian response in favor of the affected population coming essentially from slums. Thus, through the humanitarian action in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince, it is imperative to develop synergic actions between the various aid actors (government, NGOs, Agencies.) in order to apprehend the vulnerabilities before and after disaster and promote community resilience. ❯ Read an interview with Gardy Letang❯ Read the dissertation Intervention humanitaire en milieu urbain après une catastrophe d'origine naturelle :ses spécificités et ses défis MACHADO Paul, Session 2010-2011 ABSTRACT: Recent natural catastrophes have mostly struck urban environments (Bam, Aceh, New-Orleans, Port-au-Prince and Sendai). This situation can be explained by constantly increasing urbanization across the globe. This leads us to believe that natural disasters in urban environments will continue to increase. Therefore, this mémoire aims to discover the specificities and challenges of humanitarian action in urban areas, following a catastrophe caused by a violent natural phenomenon. Indeed, current humanitarian intervention plans do not seem to be well-adapted to the urban areas' features. Humanitarian knowledge and lessons-learned has mostly focused on rural areas; it.
Emmanuel Nojang, Ph.D., forthcoming, Conceptualizing Individual and Household Preparedness: The Case of Cameroon, Adv: Jensen Amanda Savitt, M.S., forthcoming, An Evaluation of the Protective Action Decision Model Using Data from a Train Derailment in Casselton, North Dakota, Adv: Klenow Kent Theurer, M.S., forthcoming, Perceptions of Emergency Managers on Vulnerability and Institutional Preparedness of Colleges and Universities in the Red River Valley, Adv: Klenow Breanna Koval, M.S., forthcoming, Are We Just Guessing?: An Exploratory Study of Minnesota Emergency Managers’ Perceptions of Citizen Preparedness, Adv: Jensen Florija Naas, M.S., forthcoming, Evaluating Emergency Response Plan Quality: A Case Study, Adv: Jensen Jared Huibregtse, M.S., 2014, Explaining the Risk Perceptions of Emergency Management Professionals, Adv: Jensen Jamie Jorrisen, M.S., 2014, Understanding the Creation and Maintenance of LVOADs, Adv: Jensen Daiko Abe, M.S., 2014, Jurisdictional Leaders’ Perception of Factors that Contribute to Hazard Mitigation Planning, Adv: Klenow Samantha Montano, M.S., 2014, Formation and Lifespans of Emergent Recovery Groups in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Adv: Jensen Laura Gould, M.S., 2014, A Conceptual Model of the Individual and Household Recovery Process: Examining Hurricane Sandy, Adv: Jensen John Carr, M.S., 2014, Pre-Disaster Integration of Community Emergency Response Teams within Local Emergency Management Systems, Adv: Jensen Stanley Carignan, M.S., 2014, Predicting Collaborativeness in Response, Adv: Jensen David Duff, Ph.D., 2014,  A Comparative Study of Nuclear Power Risk Perceptions with Selected Technological Hazards, Adv: Klenow Mariama Yakubu, Ph.D., 2013, Creating Sustainable Higher Education Programs in Emergency Management: Ghana's Experience, Adv: Jensen Sarah Bundy, Ph.D., 2013, Coordination in Disaster Recovery: Implications for Policy and.