Indicative List of Dissertations for the MSc Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Taught Programme

Author Year Title of Exam Abdula, Angela 2003 How does the local level health service in Mozambique cope with disaster situations? Abdula-Knight, Aida 2004 Sustainability of development: A case study of a Mozambican NGO Abebe, Moges Tefera 2004 Risk management orientated food security information systems Abudena, Hana 2010 Investigation of road traffic accidents in Libya Acheamfour, Kofi Baah 2003 Assessing the impact of food aid on education development: A case study of the WFP's school feeding programme in Malawi Ahmad, Mumtaz 2003 Recreating livelihood security in Afghanistan Alam, Edris 2007 Understanding vulnerability and local responses to cyclone disasters: Experiences from the Bangladesh coast Almazrooie, Yaser 2014 An evaluation of disaster risk reduction - a focus on flood early warning system in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Amadi, Richard Okenna 2012 Petroleum products spill impacts, emergency responses and the development of the Niger Delta, Nigeria Anu, Mbakem Evarist 2003 Post-conflict livelihood security in the Congo - Brazzaville Archbold, Kevin 2011 With consideration to current planning, resources and capacities, is a mass evacuation possible in the United Kingdom? Aryal, Komal Raj 2002 Disaster management system in Nepal: a study of the perceptions of marginalised groups in relation to disasters and a disaster management project in Nepal Aryal, Rebecca 2010 Nepali body weight, diet and lifestyle: attitudes, perceptions and resilience in Kathmandu Ashraf, Mirza Ali 2014 Adaptation and coping mechanisms of coastal community for livelihood security in response to cyclone hazard: a bangladesh perspective Atkins, James 2012 Older people's resilience to heat waves in northern Hertfordshire, exploring risk perception and social capital Avraam, Dimitrios 2012 The Significance of Physical and Social Vulnerability in the Almopia Basin, Northern Greece; Examining the 2009 Floods and a series of Earthquakes Baig Mirza Yasir 2008 Disaster risk reduction and British Muslims Balmer, Jeremy 2013 A community-based organisational perspective of outsider collaboration Bamborough, Joesph W. 2014 Risk and resilience in Rothbury: community reslilience in rural Northumberland H. Barron, Valerie 2012 Flourishing Lives? The impact of the recession upon women's capabilities in Bensham, Gateshead Bell, Robert Hugh 2002 Flooding in a Bangladeshi Village - It's perceived importance to the local population Bergbye, Tor 2011 The right to a basic income: a study of basic income programmes and their potential impact on poverty with evidence from developed and developing world contexts Bernstein, Khan Hierons 2014 Perspectives of modern western militarised humanitarian assistance in complex emergencies Bloomfield, Nicolas 2012 Politics and Climate Change: Star -Crossed Lovers? Breshnahan, Ryann 2012 Decentralisation of disaster services in Grenada Bridge, Edward 2012 An assessment of resilience in the communities of the Lower Lockyer Valley, Queensland, following the floods of December 2010/January 2011 Brooks, Caleb 2012 The Love of Liberty brought us here?: Oppression and the Re-making of Modern Liberia Brown Shaun Anthony 2011 Conceptual links between sustainable development and resilience building: a case study of Newcastle- upon-Tyne's adaptation to climate change Brown, Christine 2004 Mass casualties - Is the National Health Service within the North East of England prepared to respond? Brown, Jonathan 2012 The understanding the effectiveness of education in raising awareness of education in raising awareness Matthew of HIV and AIDS in Ghana from the view of teachers Burrows, Jennifer 2012 Community response to evacuations during volcanic events Carr, Rebecca 2011 Examination of possible limitations in the ability of the Red Cross emblem to fulfill its protective status Carroll, Krista 2011 Vulnerable transportation networks and earthquakes: a case study of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Caush, Christopher 2013 Understanding ageing and disaster: a phenomenological approach Chen, Pei-Yu 2006 Psychosocial aspects of disaster and critical incident: a study on firefighters in Taiwan Chikoto, Shallin Razawu 2007 An asset based approach to disaster risk reduction - A case study of food security in Njaminyami district, Zimbabwe Clark, Chester 2011 Effectiveness of current interventions to gender-based violence: as case study of Liberia Colley, Thomas 2009 Perception of social suffering amongst communities in Lincoln Colosi, Rachela 2003 Female asylum seekers: Barriers to their future. A study of integration Cox, Debra 2008 Cultural diversity and disaster preparedness in Gold Coast City Craggs, Adam 2012 Freshwater Sustainability: a conceptual framework for 21st century international water basis management Cromar, Helen 2006 Exploration of emerging needs and priorities upon relocation for an affected Sri Lankan community following the tsunami Dalton, Cristina 2007 Business recycling in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Devi, Tayenjam Sarju 2013 Women's perspective on violence: victims, perpetrators and instigators in case of Manipur, India Dike, Ifeanyis 2009 Rights based approach to poverty eradication in Niger Delta: Millennium Development Goals 1 and 7 in focus Dimaki, Chrysi 2010 Applying the human rights based approach to CAMPFIRE: a preliminary assessment of the Zambezi Valley Advocacy Project, Zimbabwe Diran, Eva 2011 Flooding and woodland in the Coquet catchment: a case study Dobson, Olivia 2011 Evaluating the Republic of Korea's Pre-Disaster Impact Assessment System as an Example of an Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction Measure Edgeworth, Ross 2005 (How) are the poor coping with ill health? The adoption of self-care to treat diarrhoeal disease in rural Bangladesh Egbebi, Mutiu Kehinde 2011 Nigeria Emergency Management: a risk management analysis Elliott, James 2004 Mobile data systems, decision support systems and their application in the fire& rescue service as a method of risk reduction Fei, Zov 2005 Migrant worker's rights and access to health care in China Ferguson, Kerrie-Marie 2007 The influence of tourism orientated terrorism on the livelihoods of the Bedouin people who inhabit the Southern Sinai region of Egypt Ferloni, Marco 2011 Sustainable pastoral livelihoods: a case study of Karamoja, Uganda Figueras, Kathleen 2005 What are the potential roles of local knowledge and resources to reduce the vulnerability of communities at risk against hurricanes in Jamaica? Filaferro, Alberta 2013 Smallholder agroforestry in Honduras for food security and wellbeing: impacts, incentives and constraints - a mixed methods approach Firth, Sandra 2005 The Changing nature of humanitarian assistance in complex emergencies: The Somalia example Frampton, Benjamin 2008 Increasing agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa with sustainable agriculture: An evaluation of a project strategy in Zimbabwe France, Claire 2011 A study of how resilience to flooding has been developed since 2007: the case of Shefield Girard, Trevor 2011 First nations housing in Canada: enhancing local decision making to affect local change Glavanis, Michael 2004 Governance in Egypt: The sustainable development paradigm Glendenning, David 2003 Determining the needs of displaced communities: A case study in post-conflict Sri Lanka Goolcharan, Ranie 2011 Coping mechanisms of city residents in a sudden onset technological disaster i.e. water supply breakdown Gormally, Anne 2009 Relevance of housing microfinance to promote sustainability in a disaster risk reduction and poverty alleviation programme Gour, Aradhana Shireen 2012 Do women receive adequate skills to support themselves through empowerment? To understand the role of NGOs and the government in empowering women in South India Graham, Dominic 2003 Theoretical issues in humanitarian assistance management Green, Antoinette 2014 Vulnerability of coastal developments to environmental change and impacts on community wellbeing, case study: Falmouth, Jamaica Guppy, Lisa 2008 Militia, peacekeepers and humanitarians in Darfur: Is there potential for valuable co-ordination? Hamilton, Carol. A 2011 Women, volunteering and well-being: a rural village case study Hampton, Alexander 2013 Combining the "Bayahin" approach with modern social media to improve Disaster Risk Reduction in Bale, Philipines Hardy, Ashley 2003 An examination of poverty levels among the Bhutanese refugees and the local population in Nepal Hariss, Farah 2011 Abusing the weak: the silence behind child sexual abuse in Lebanon (Beirut) Harrison, Judith 2013 Understanding factors related to barriers to employment for graduates of the Master's in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Harrison, Judith 2013 Understanding factors related to barriers to employment for graduates of the master's in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Hassanzai, Sanaullah Khan 2011 Policy makers' perceptions on climate change in district Abbottabad, Pakistan Henderson, Mark 2007 An analysis of the vulnerability& resilience of IDP's in Indonesia & subsequent response following the Asian tsunami of 2004 Hill, Carrie 2008 Infrastructure interdependency risk assessment for flooding: A North East case study Hill, Stephanie 2010 Tole Lane organisations and the road to resilience Hofbauer, Margarete 2010 What it means to be an immigrant Hofmann, Sonja D 2007 Awareness of and preparedness for storm surges in a coastal community on the North Sea Hood, Kathryn 2014 Can disaster education be a driver for resilience building? The case of first aid training Hudson, Sean 2010 Foot & Mouth 2001: the recovery and adaptation of sole trade accommodation Hughes, Francesca Nan 2012 Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: A Review of Policy and Practice in the UK and North Wales Region Innocenti, Luca 2014 Smart cities as an answer to climate change Irwin, Philip 2013 Sun, sea and volcanoes: when worlds collide Jackson, Andrew 2012 A phenomenological study into the perspectives of refugees on their contribution to country of origin development: a case study of two refugee communities in North East England Jamison, Aaron 2011 Community based response to the Northern Ireland water crisis Jolly, Alan 2006 An evaluation of the capacity of local authorities to respond to radiological incidents; A case study of the Tyne and Wear area Jonquet, Celia 2003 An investigation of community resilience in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Kahsu, Misgun 2010 Awareness of developing world labour exploitation and ethical issues in a medium sized western city: the case of Newcastle upon Tyne Kangwa, Patrick Kaluba * 2008 Disaster risk reduction in Zambia: Is decentralisation the key? Kendal, Peter 2005 The Ambulance Service in the UK and the psychological effects of major incidents/disasters Kergon, Charlotte Ruth * 2003 The changing face of the Greek fishing industry: Are local fishermen's livelihoods at risk?` Kern, Julia 2012 The Tale of Two Cities: The Sri-Lankan Case Study of Making Cities Resilient Kitajima, Keiko 2013 Community resilience of people in Aceh from a public health perspective Koluzs, Magdalena 2004 An investigation into the relationships between the print media and responding agencies during the Victorian bushfire season of 2002/03 Lacey, Nicholas 2013 GBV in Liberia: a policy review and KAP survey across host communities Lamberth, Jonathan 2010 Resilience and community safety in Northumberland Fire and Rescue service Le Dune, Bethany 2012 What is the malaria-related knowledge, attitudes and practice of women in four rural communities in the Bobo-Dioulasso region, Burkina Faso? le Masson, Virginie 2009 Islands, vulnerability and humanitarian issues: insights of disaster risk reduction policies and projects applied to communities from the French overseas ... In the Indian Ocean Lee, Stuart 2010 Issues in refugee reintegration in post conflict south Sudan: a sustainable livelihood analysis Legum, Elizabeth 2011 Holding us together: community cohesion, superdiversity and primary schools Leipold, Tanja 2012 The effectiveness of community-based disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka Lilley, George 2014 Public communication during a sudden severe weather event: has the civil contingencies act 2004 improved resilience? An analysis of thunder Thursday Livingstone, Georgina 2012 "Cereal Killer" - Assessing awareness of coeliac disease of disaster risk reduction Lowery, David 2006 A study of forest cover change in the Mau Forest Complex, Kenya, 1973-2005 using satellite image data Lynch, Joella 2012 Exploring the resilience of the public health sector in Grenada: a qualitative study Magee, Andrew 2005 What is the perception of risk from terrorism in Northern Ireland? Maltman, Aidan 2010 How permeable is the membrane between community and institutional resilience Mandal, Subhrakali 2007 Would institutionalising vulnerability and capacity analysis facilitate good practice in disaster risk management: A study in Orissa, India Manyena, Egnes 2007 Involving women in food and distribution in Zimbabwe: The case study of Binga district, Siachilaba ward Manyena, Siambabala 2001 Involving children in emergency preparedness & response in food insecurity related disasters in Binga Bernard District, Zimbabwe Mattock, Jo (file) 2005 An application of the conservation of resources (COR) model to the 2004 Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka Maxwell, Mark Stewart 2014 Capital and community: a capital based approach to assessing the role of community resilience Mayhew, Laura 2009 Identifying the gaps between emergency planning practitioners and the community in understanding and implementing community resilience in the UK McAleavy, Antony 2006 The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK) Major Incident EP: Increasing operational resilience to catastrophic events McBriarty, Kevin 2011 Factors contributing toward chronic food insecurity among women in rural Ethiopia McCrea, Sarah 2004 Disaster management as a process not an event. An exploration of disaster cycles in relation to the Sri Lankan 2003 flooding McGrath, Jenna 2012 How has the oil industry affected the livelihoods of aboriginal Canadians? Meghdadpour, Aidin 2013 Humanitarian assistance and humanitarian principles: are they two sides of the same coin? Melton, Emma Christine 2014 To what extent are residents reliant on the insurance industry to recover from flooding in Morpeth? Mendy, Solomon 2014 Asylum welfare experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in Newcastle upon Tyne Mohammed, Shaikh 2009 People's vulnerability and adaptations to floods: a study on the char-dwellers of the Jamura River in Mehdee Bangladesh Mohandas, Aadarsh 2012 Targetting Youth: Promoting your participation and success in rural Andhra Pradesh, India Pullanikat Moore, Kathryn 2005 Disaster response to disaster reduction: an emerging paradigm? A study of the implications for international organisations Morkot, Andrew (file) 2006 Pandemic influenza: What are the likely impacts on LA critical service delivery & how can North East Las develop internal resilience to this event? Mun Mun, KC 2009 Assessing needs of displaced communities: communal violence of Kandhamal, Orissa, India Munsaka, Edson 2006 The involvement of people with disabilities in the fight against HIV and AIDS disaster in Binga District, Zimbabwe Mushongah, Josophat 2004 Processes generating vulnerability in Zimbabwe: Perspectives from the Zimbabwean Diaspora Njelekela, Audrey 2005 To what extent does poverty cause child prostitution? Experience from withdrawn children at Kiwdhede Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania Njuguna, Rita 2013 Conflict resolution - the peace and security role of the media in Kenya's post-election violence, 2007- 2008 Noel, Isabel 2003 Communicable diseases in livestock: disaster implications for the UK Norman, Thomas Ely 2009 Experinces of the modern aid worker: who are they, and what can they tell us about the aid sector Nwankwo, Emmanuel 2012 Health Impact of Oil Spill Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Eleme Community of Chie Niger Delata of Nigeria Nwogboduhu, Gilbert 2004 Environmental emergency preparedness and response in Nigeria: A case study in oil spillage in the Niger Delta Obiarah, James Nnamdi 2010 Nigeria's political corruption, the key to poverty and a bane to sustainable development O'Callaghan, Phillippa 2012 The British Red Cross and the provision of health and social care: mission drift of survival strategy? Okoli, Uchenna 2008 MDG3 and the Nigerian Woman: Policies, Strategies and Voices from the field Oldaker, Kathleen 2008 Independent agency to Federal department: How the integration into the Department of Homeland Security affected FEMA Paisley, Suzanne 2011 The current limits of DRR intervention: a case study of the Solomon Islands Palmer, Jack 2012 Community BasedResilience: A study to Investigate Local Capacity Following the 2008 Morpeth Flood response to the Northern Ireland water crisis Parasyraki, Angeliki 2012 "People from new door" - the changing face of homelessness experience in Athens, Greece Paterson, Emily 2004 Measuring the socio-economic impacts of flood vulnerability: a pilot study in rural Cambodia Pearson, Amy 2014 "It's our oxygen for the week…" a co-productive study on community wellbeing within an established asylum seeker and refugee community Pidcock, Laura Barbara 2012 What are the Perceived Opportunities and Barriers to the Process of Institutionalisation of Children's Institutions in Bulgaria? From Policy to Practice: A case study of Russe group home Piggott, Martin 2012 The naratives of climate change: deforestation and the REDD mechanism Puente, Miguel Veiga 2014 Introducing crisis management in a large public transport company Purves, Ruth 2006 A reflexive account of using PRA: A central American case study Rahman, Rayana 2011 The role of 'social edifices' in approaching women towards vulnerability: listening from the women survisors of SIDR Rahman, Sheikh 2014 Effect of cyclone aila on health care system at gabura union, ShyamnagarUpazila, Satkhira, Bangladesh Mohammad Abdur Ridley, Jordan Steven 2008 Are the UK governments SD and CC policies failing individuals who wish to take personal action in the light of climate change? Rodrigo, Roshan K 2010 Human wellbeing in urban development: the missing link to the natural environment Roughley, Anna 2006 Socio-economic impact assessment approaches in mine action in Sri Lanka with reference to Norwegian People's Aid methodology Rowell, Bertrand 2012 Analysing the livelihood impact of injuries in Chakaria, Bangladesh: a pilot study Sagoo,Singh Rajinder 2012 What can we learn and share from UK Planning Obligations to Fund Urban Regeneration, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction? Saito, Yoko 2006 Community integration after the South Asia earthquake: A social network approach using a gender perspective in Azad Jammu & Kashmir Saptoka, Jyoti 2007 Gender mainstreaming in disaster risk management in Nepal Sarkar, Rajeeb Kumar 2013 Case of Cyclone Mahasen: Improvement of disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh Sarkor, Linu Nuentee 2011 What it means to be an urban refugee in developing countries? Sierra Leone as a case study Scholz, Janina Lucia 2013 Resilience in disaster management - the impact of poverty on disaster risk reduction, a case study from Mozambique Shah, Imran Ali 2009 Disaster, vulnerability and livelihood: a case study of Pakistan Sharif, SamSam Zahra 2007 Food security in the Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania Shipley, Helen 2002 Disaster preparedness in the health sector in Nepal Shrestha, Kiran 2008 Livelihood turmoil: develop a resilience and adaptation technique to cope with the climate change of mountain inhabitants in Nepal Shrestha, Suman Dhun 2013 Econsystem services based water flow regulation model for flood risk management Siddique, Mohammad 2013 Gender in community based disaster management: perspective Bangladesh Razib Sinclair, Nicholas 2009 Asylum seeking in the UK: from a disaster of politics to a disaster of policy Sirrell, Rebecca 2012 "That's what kep us going": a case study of community well-being in Sierra Leone Skelding, Anthony James 2006 Identification of vulnerable groups in relation to hazards with GIS Sprayson, Tess 2011 Animals in disasters: an exploratory study Steele, Simon 2012 How effective is Scotland's approach to Integrated Emergency Management? Stephenson, Graeme 2004 From paternalism to responsibility: can communities in Gateshead make the change? Stephenson, Michael 2007 Climate variability and livelihood variability in Tanzania Stretton-Downes, Alison 2014 Exploring HIV stigma in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom and Maputo, Mozambique: implications for action Summers, Claire 2008 The influences of internal agency and external structural factors on the wellbeing of refugees living in Newcastle upon Tyne Taela, Katia Pereira 2004 Disaster management in North East Brazil: the irrigated perimeter of Sao Goncalo (PISG) Talukder, Md 2013 Post cyclone SIDR livelihood recovery in coastal Bangladesh: an empirical study Moniruzzaman Taylor, Simon P 2012 Flood Warnings for Health Infrastructure in England. Are Improvements Implemented Since the 2008 Pitt Review Proving Beneficial? Terradillos, Ainara 2012 Spatial and temporal study of forest fires and their relation to socioeconomic factors in the province of Cadiz, Spain Tesfaye, Tilahun 2011 A descriptive study of disaster education in Ethiopia Timpson, Katherine 2012 Defining wellbeing and measuring its advancement Tolliday, Matthew 2007 The government emergency response to hunger in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania Tomkinson, Caroline 2012 What value can be gained by Including Children and Young People in the Practice of Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Kingdom? A Participatory Analysis from the North East of England Trousseau, Vincent 2012 Effect of the Sequence and Combination of Interventions on the Impact of a Value Chain Development targetting Poor Rural Households: the Case of PSNP Plus Programme in Ethiopia Tsai, Te-Hsin 2013 The challenges between international volunteers and service-receiving communities and suggestions for better cooperation Turnock, Madeline 2008 An evaluation of the water & sanitation initiatives of an NGO Ghana, using the OECD-DAAC criteria & the DFID SL framework Tyrie, Annalise 2008 Romanian Romas susceptibility to socio-economic vulnerability pre and post EU accession Villaiescusa, Laura Barba 2008 Understanding interactions between household food security and wellbeing in a semi urban area in eastern hills of Nepal Vossen, Marenka 2012 An Investigation ito Refugee, Asylum Seeker and EU Migrant Healthcare Access in Manchester Waller, Rosie 2012 Building a Culture of Safety and Resilience through Pupperty. An Evaluation Walsh, Daniel 2013 Natural disasters do not exist: understanding the human attitude towards disasters and reiterating human accountability Walsh, Sarah 2013 Indicators of progress: an assessment of disaster risk reduction mainstreaming indicators in Southern Africa national policies and legislation Wheelwrught, Tim 2014 an evaluation in order to determine to what extent the work of the United Nations Development Programme and other organisations working in disaster risk reduction, operating in the Asia-Pacific region is gender responsive, and if evidence exists of any transformative results Wilkin, Katharine 2009 Linking spatial planning and civil protection to create resilient cities tracing climate change Wilkinson, Dominic 2009 An evaluation of business continuity planning within the Mitchells & Butler group Windle, Andrew 2010 Black Saturday bushfires: the role of government in managing the socioeconomic impacts on small businesses Wirsiy Veryee, Charlotte 2009 Integrated emergency management: interface between government and NGO volunteers Wright, Paul Thomas 2010 Policy in practice: a pilot study of disaster management governance in Nepal Zahur, Maira 2007 Livelihood enhancement: A tool to build disaster resilience Zhang, Zhenle 2013 Discuss the impacts of National Counterpart Aid (NCA) on the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction: a study of Wenchuan earthquake Zuch, Martin 2011 The impact of large-scale beekeeping and honey production in local communities: and evaluation of a project in Zambia