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- Fredriksson, Anna, 1979-, et al.
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Circular soil and rock masses – a public-private relational mess
- 2023
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Sweden is at EU bottom of circular soil and rock masses. The purpose of this study is to capture the relationship between the overall system and subsystems of circular soil and rock masses to identify barriers to establishing efficient circular soil and rock material flows. The main hinders are lateness of action, legislation, and lack of information sharing. This together creates a relational mess between the subsystems, leading to a lack of understanding of how to act. The relations must be clarified before public procurement will have its intended impact to increase circularity and decrease transport emissions.
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- Abshirini, Ehsan, 1979-, et al.
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Visibility Analysis, Similarity and Dissimilarity in General Trends of Building Layouts and their Functions
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In: Proceedings of Ninth International Space Syntax Symposium. - Seoul : Sejong University Press. - 9788986177213 ; , s. 11:1-11:15
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Visibility analysis is one of the key methods in space syntax theory that discusses visual information conveyed to observers from any location in space that is potentially directly visible for the observer without any obstruction. Visibility – simply defined as what we can see – not only affects the spatial function of buildings, but also has visual relation to the perception of buildings by inhabitants and visitors. In this paper we intend to present the result of visibility analysis applied on a sample of building layouts of different sizes and functions from a variety of places of periods. The main aim of this paper is to statistically explore the general trends of building layouts and show if and how visibility properties such as connectivity, clustering coefficient, mean depth, entropy, and integration values can make distinctions among different functions of buildings. Our findings reveal that there are significant correlation coefficients among global properties of visibility in which we consider the mean value of properties, a similarity suggesting that they are not intensively manipulated by architecture. On the other hand, there are correlations although less so than the previous, still significant among local properties of visibility in which we consider the (max-min) value of properties, suggesting that social, cultural or other physical parameters distinguish buildings individually. We also show that functions such as ‘museum’ and ‘veterinary’ are relatively well-clustered, while functions such as ‘ancient’ and ‘shopping’ show high diversity. In addition, using a decision tree model we show that, in our sample, functions such as ‘museum’ and ‘library’ are more predictable rather than functions such as ‘hospital’ and ‘shopping.’ All of these mean that – at least in our sample – the usability and applicability of well-clustered and well-predicted functions have been predominant in shaping their interior spaces; vice versa, in well-diverse and unpredicted functions, the pragmatic solutions of people’s daily life developed in material culture affect the visual properties of their interior spaces.
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- Jonsson, Anna, et al.
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Cities’ capacity to manage climate vulnerability : experiences from participatory vulnerability assessments in the lower Göta Älv Catchment, Sweden
- 2012
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In: Local Environment. - : Routledge. - 1354-9839 .- 1469-6711. ; 17:6-7, s. 735-750
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Within the scope of this project, tools for conducting systematic and integrated climate vulnerability and sustainability assessments have been developed. Two municipalities in the lower Göta Älv catchment were selected as study cases. Together with representatives from key municipal departments and national government agencies, the interdisciplinary research team designed and conducted a co-production process. Results obtained using the developed tools demonstrate that conducting such a systematic assessment of the current situation and potential impacts of climate change adaptation measures would contribute to synergies between adaptation strategies and other policy arenas. Our recommendation for enhancing the capacity of local vulnerability management in Sweden is to shift foci in four fields: from static analysis of climate vulnerability to a dynamic approach to social vulnerability, from a sectorwise fragmented approach to integrated management, from a focus on technical fixes and physical measures to institutional adaptation measures, and, finally, from sustainability-blind adaptation investments to long-term sustainable climate adaptation measures. The processes and mechanisms for succeeding in this requires that knowledge be produced, shared, and managed in partly new ways, allowing stakeholders both inside and outside local government administration to voice and synergise their concerns and solutions.
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- Mårtensson, Stefan, et al.
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Are avalanche courses the new high-risk sport? : Use of Sensation Seeking Scale in Avalanche Education Highlights the Need for Reassessment of Participants’ True Nature and Suggests that the Test Itself Can Serve as a Learning Tool
- 2018
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In a perfect world, the risk of dying in an avalanche should decrease with knowledge. On the contrary, studies have shown that this risk might increase after an avalanche course. Could it be that par- ticipants from the beginning have an appetite for risks? If so, how high is this preference for risk-taking? Can such knowledge of personal risk preference be used to help the participants understand their own risk-taking? A majority of avalanche accidents are caused by the victim itself, but few studies have inves- tigated the personal disposition of risk-taking. This risk preference can be estimated by measuring sensa- tion seeking. Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) is a psychometric tool and has been used in studies of high- risk sports such as skiing, parachuting, diving or climbing. During two winters the SSS test was used on Swedish avalanche courses, a total of 333 participants completed the test. The instructors also used the test results in a risk-taking module where participants reflected on their personal risk preferences. Results show that sensation seeking is relatively high among participants. The total average is 21.9 (SD 5.1), which is in line with high-risk sports. Another result is that both participants and instructors experience the test as an important and appreciated module. The conclusions are partly that avalanche courses should be regarded as a high-risk sport because the participants have high-risk preferences, partly that the SSS test itself serves as a learning tool for self-reflection and increased understanding of the participants’ own risk-taking.
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- Ask, Maria, et al.
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The Innovative Exploration Drilling and Data Acquisition Research School
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In: NSG2021 27th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. - : European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Innovative Exploration Drilling and Data Acquisition Research School (I-EDDA-RS) is aimed at educating emerging scientists and engineers in on-site drilling and geoscientific investigation technology for mining. I-EDDA-RS consists if a consortium of scientists and specialists from six universities and research institutes in Germany and Sweden. A central component of the research school is that the courses have hands-on components at drill sites, boreholes and repositories. In addition, a course on entrepreneurial skills required in the exploration industry is also included in I-EDDA-RS. The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in altered plans. Instead of offering ten courses with strong field work, practical, and entrepreneurial components during 2020, four courses via distant learning were offered. While this was disappointing in many aspects, two of the courses attracted a larger group of students from a wider part of the world than original envisioned. Outreach via on-line and open webinars is also a route to explore, as a complement to meetings and conferences in real life. The I-EDDA-RS courses in 2021 welcomes students at MSc & PhD level, as well as experienced professionals for lifelong learning (c.f. https://www.iedda.eu/rs). The form and type of teaching is to be determined.
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- Carling, Kenneth, et al.
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Out-of-town shopping and its induced CO2-emissions
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In: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. - Borlänge : Elsevier. - 0969-6989 .- 1873-1384. ; 20:4, s. 382-388
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Planning policies in several European countries have aimed at hindering the expansion of out-of-town shopping centers. One argument for this is concern for the increase in transport and a resulting increase in environmental externalities such as CO2-emissions. This concern is weakly founded in science as few studies have attempted to measure CO2-emissions of shopping trips as a function of the location of the shopping centers. In this paper we conduct a counter-factual analysis comparing downtown, edge-of-town and out-of-town shopping. In this comparison we use GPS to track 250 consumers over a time-span of two months in a Swedish region. The GPS-data enters the Oguchi’s formula to obtain shopping trip-specific CO2-emissions. We find that consumers’ out-of-town shopping would generate an excess of 60 per cent CO2-emissions whereas downtown and edge-of-town shopping centers are comparable.
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