Search for dissertations about: "safe cities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words safe cities.

  2. 1. The impact of safe community program on safety promotion among motorcyclists in Iran with focus on helmet usage

    Author : Alireza Moghisi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Safe community;

    Abstract : Background: Injuries to motorcyclists are an important public health problem. Motorcycles' riders and pillions have the highest public health burden in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALY) lost. Many countries are facing the problem of a rapidly growing motorcyclists' death. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Safe and Secure Communication in Process Automation

    Author : Johan Åkerberg; Mats Björkman; Maria Lindén; Mikael Gidlund; Lutz Rauchhaupt; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

    Abstract : In the process industry, network and system security have become important since the introduction of Ethernet-based fieldbus protocols. As an example, a successful attack on a power plant, supporting large cities with energy, could result in a temporal but total power loss. Such attacks could be devastating for the society. READ MORE

  5. 3. Living in the calm and safe part of the city : The socio-spatial reproduction of upper-middle class neighbourhoods in Malmö

    Author : Ann Rodenstedt; Irene Molina; Brett Christophers; Rowland Atkinson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-segregation; gated communities; security; upper-middle class; neoliberalisation; post-industrialism; housing; lifestyle; status; exclusivity; exclusion; community; neighbourhood choice; stigmatisation; spatial representations; socio-spatial reproduction; avoidance behaviours; Malmö; Victoria Park; Bellevue; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : When residential segregation is mentioned in news coverage and when it is talked about in everyday discourse in Sweden, it is very often associated with immigration and minority groups living in the poorer areas of the city. A common assumption is that “immigrants” actively withdraw from society and that they choose to live together rather than integrating with the majority population. READ MORE

  6. 4. Trygg stad : diskurser om kvinnors rädsla i forskning, policyutveckling och lokal praktik

    Author : Carina Listerborn; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; feminist theory; discourse analysis; crime prevention; women s fear public space; safer cities programme; urban planning; local practice;

    Abstract : The city is loaded with mystique, expectations and dreams which are both utopian and dystopian. The city is exciting and scaring at the same time, it can protect us but at the same time contains dangerous places and situations. Fear and unsafety have been heavily discussed during the latter part of 1990s in relation to urban environments. READ MORE

  7. 5. Water for the Many : Health, neighbourhood change and equality of access during the expansion of Swedish urban water networks

    Author : Martin Önnerfors; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public investments; mortality; industrialisation; water networks; neighbourhood change; Sweden; Stockholm;

    Abstract : During the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, conditions for life in the city changed drastically. Investments in infrastructure, health and education coincided with economic growth, urbanisation and mortality decline. READ MORE