Sökning: "Risk and vulnerability analysis"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 92 avhandlingar innehållade orden Risk and vulnerability analysis.

  1. 21. Exploring the Railway System from a Risk Governance Perspective

    Författare :Alexander Cedergren; Lunds universitets centrum för riskanalys och riskhantering (LUCRAM); []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; risk governance; railway; framing; accident investigation; implementation; vulnerability; resilience; critical infrastructure;

    Sammanfattning : In recent decades, the Swedish railway system has faced substantial deregulations. As a result, management of risk is often carried out in settings involving multiple stakeholders having various roles, mandates, and viewpoints on risk, and where no single stakeholder has the superior authority. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Analytic Input to Societal Emergency Management - On the Design of Methods

    Författare :Marcus Abrahamsson; Lunds universitets centrum för riskanalys och riskhantering (LUCRAM); []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; emergency preparedness; emergency management; emergency response system; design; vulnerability analysis; risk analysis; preferences; values; evaluation.;

    Sammanfattning : Information from performed risk and vulnerability analyses, evaluation of responses in relation to actual emergencies etcetera can be very useful in efforts directed at preventing, mitigating and/or preparing for future emergencies. This thesis focuses on the development of methods for such analysis and evaluation. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Skrubbsår : Berättelser om ur hiv föreställs och erfars i samtida Sverige

    Författare :Desireé Ljungcrantz; Nina Lykke; Anna Lundberg; Lena Martinsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HlV; experiences; interviews; popular culture; cultural studies gender; health; intersectionality; vulnerability; queer; phenomenology; liveability; creative writing; auto-fiction; hiv; erfarenheter; intervjuer; populärkultur; kulturstudie; genus; hälsa; normer; intersektionalitet; sårbarhet; queer; fenomenologi; levbarhet; kreativt skrivande; autofiktion;

    Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen är en tvärvetenskaplig kulturstudie som utforskar föreställningar om och erfarenheter av hiv som kronisk sjukdom i Sverige under 2005–2014. Analysen av ett antal hiv-berättelser sker tillsammans med en teoretisk sammanflätning i form av den queera sårbarhetens och sjukdomens fenomenologi, samt genom de feministiska figurationerna hiv-tröskeln, skrubbsår, plåster och gruskorn. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Consequences of Adaptation for Risk : In Nepal and the Maldives

    Författare :Lama Phudoma; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; adaptation; risk; communities; Nepal; Maldives;

    Sammanfattning : Throughout time, communities have adapted to changes in their environment and, in doing so, have addressed risksthat threaten the things they value. The need to adapt is considered more urgent now than ever, notably given thecurrent focus on climate risk. Typically, adaptation is presented as a solution to reduce such risks. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Risk assessment of natural hazards : Data availability and applicability for loss quantification

    Författare :Tonje Grahn; Lars Nyberg; Magnus Johansson; Henrik Jaldell; Giuliano di Baldassarre; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; flood; landslide; damage; damage function; cost-benefit; decision support; causal relationship; Risk- och Miljöstudier; Risk and Environmental Studies;

    Sammanfattning : Quantitative risk assessments are a fundamental part of economic analysis and natural hazard risk management models. It increases the objectivity and the transparency of risk assessments and guides policymakers in making efficient decisions when spending public resources on risk reduction. LÄS MER