Search for dissertations about: "societal risk and safety management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words societal risk and safety management.

2. 1. Societal risk and safety management : Policy diffusion, management structures and perspectives at the municipal level in Sweden

   Author : Anna Johansson; Inge Svedung; Ragnar Andersson; Diana Stark-Ekman; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; societal risk and safety management; risk management; safety management; safety work; risk governance; policy implementation; planning; injury; accident; risk; safety; security; health; public health; prevention; promotion.; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis investigates risk and safety management at the Swedish local governmentallevel. It sets special focus on municipal implementation of overall international and nationalstrategies and objectives regarding holistic, cross-sectorial and multi-strategic risk and safetywork, and the prevention of accidents and injuries. READ MORE

4. 2. Safety and decision-making

   Author : Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Nils-Eric Sahlin; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptual analysis; safety; risk; epstemic uncertainty; epstemic values; values in risk assessment; risk analysis; risk management; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : Safety is an important topic for a wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, economics, sociology, psychology, political science and philosophy, and plays a central role in risk analysis and risk management. The aim of this thesis is to develop a concept of safety that is relevant for decision-making, and to elucidate its consequences for risk and safety research and practices. READ MORE

5. 3. Thick Concepts in Practice : Normative Aspects of Risk and Safety

   Author : Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Tim Lewens; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; thick concepts; non-naturalism; open question argument; risk analysis; safety; epistemic uncertainty; values in risk assessment; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at analyzing the concepts of risk and safety as well as the class of concepts to which they belong, thick concepts, focusing in particular on the normative aspects involved. Essay I analyzes thick concepts, i.e. concepts such as cruelty and kindness that seem to combine descriptive and evaluative features. READ MORE

6. 4. Learning for safety: Improvements of Swedish authorities’ toolkits for societal resilience

   Author : Jonas Borell; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Societal safety; Crisis management; Emergency management; Learning; Evaluation; Exercise; Risk assessment; Safety culture;

   Abstract : This thesis suggests improvements of selected parts of the Swedish authorities’ toolkits for societal safety and crisis management; crisis response evaluations, crisis management exercises and organizational risk assessments. The thesis also explores how visualizations of safety culture data can be used to support safety culture development. READ MORE

7. 5. Indivisible Wholes & Fragmented Realities : On the Aggregation of Disaster Risk Information

   Author : Peter Månsson; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Societal Safety; Disaster risk management DRM ; Risk Governance; Multi-stakeholder; Risk and vulnerability assessment RVA ; Information management; Aggregation; Holistic; Societal Safety; Disaster risk management DRM ; Risk Governance; Multi-stakeholder; Risk and vulnerability assessment RVA ; Information management; Aggregation; Holistic;

   Abstract : Division of labor and trade have been prerequisites for the development of welfare societies. Ironically, this specialization has caused a fragmentation of the knowledge necessary to understand risks that may undermine societal safety. READ MORE