Search for dissertations about: "vulnerability"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 544 swedish dissertations containing the word vulnerability.

2. 11. Vulnerability and inequalities in health and wellbeing : the role of social policy

   Author : Björn Högberg; Anna Baranowska-Rataj; Mattias Strandh; Espen Dahl; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social policy; Welfare state; Vulnerability; Inequality; Social stratification; Health; Wellbeing;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the moderating role of social policies for the association between vulnerable social positions and health and wellbeing. Vulnerable social positions are identified in relation to age-related transition points in to or out of the labour market. READ MORE

4. 12. Assessing groundwater vulnerability

   Author : Lena Maxe; KTH; []
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   Abstract : Groundwater is protected to varying degrees by the overlyinggeological strata. Groundwater vulnerability assessment is anevaluation of how effective the geological material is atreducing pollutants. READ MORE

5. 13. Psychosocial Vulnerability Underlying Unhealthy Behaviours in Swedish Adolescents

   Author : Ulrica Paulsson Do; Ragnar Westerling; Birgitta Edlund; Christina Stenhammar; Urban Janlert; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescents; Health-related behaviours; Social environments; Social relationships; Socio-economic status; Unhealthy behaviours; Vulnerability; Well-being; Social Medicine; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to examine the relationship between Swedish school adolescents´ health-related behaviours and psychosocial and socio-demographic factors, with the purpose of identifying vulnerability factors for unhealthy behaviours and exploring adolescents’ own experiences and thoughts about this.Three studies were quantitative cross-sectional studies and used data from two different questionnaires. READ MORE

6. 14. Estimations of Hydrogeological Properties in Vulnerability and Risk Assessments

   Author : Lars Rosen; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; groundwater; Markov; conceptual model; Bayes; risk; vulnerability;

   Abstract : The main objective of this thesis was to evaluate and develop approaches for hydrogeological vulnerability and risk assessments, starting with scant data and updating the results as new information becomes available. This work was performed within three separate projects between 1989 and 1995. READ MORE

7. 15. TraVIS for Roads - Examples of Road Transport Vulnerability Impact Studies

   Author : Katja Berdica; KTH; []
   Keywords : vulnerability; reliability; road network; transport models; micro simulation; 2 1 roads; accident analysis;

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