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- Abrahamsson, Marcus, et al.
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A study of the performance of risk and vulnerability assessments by Swedish Public Agencies
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In: Proceedings of the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World - Pathways to a Resilient Society, IDRC Davos 2012. ; , s. 15-18
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Risk and vulnerability assessments (RVA) are vital components of the work conducted by public agencies at different levels, as part of the processes for governing and managing risks in the society. In Sweden, public agencies at all levels are required by legislation to perform risk and vulnerability assessments within their respective area of responsibility. The present paper presents a study of how Swedish municipalities, county administrative boards and national authorities work with RVAs, with a special focus on three aspects of such assessments that are highlighted in the legislation: vital societal functions, critical dependencies, and capability assessment. The main data collection technique was semi-structured interviews and a total of 25 actors were included and interviewed. The goal was to achieve a good representation of the different actors that perform RVAs. Thus 5 national authorities, 5 county administrative boards, and 15 municipalities were chosen in order to obtain a representative functional distribution (in terms of national authorities responsible for different sectors), geographic distribution as well as size distribution. The study shows that there is rather large variety of approaches, perspectives and views adopted by different actors, all with different advantages and drawbacks. It is argued that the findings of the study can be used to improve the RVA-practices of public authorities.
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- Abrahamsson, Marcus, et al.
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Towards a systems-oriented framework for analysing and evaluating emergency response
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In: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. - : Wiley. - 1468-5973 .- 0966-0879. ; 18:1, s. 14-25
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Information can be provided by studying and evaluating past emergencies and the response in connection to them. This information would then be useful in efforts directed at preventing, mitigating and/or preparing for future emergencies. However, the analysis and evaluation of emergency response operations is not an easy task, especially when the operation involves several cooperating actors (e.g. the fire and rescue services, the police, the emergency medical services, etc.). Here, we identify and discuss four aspects of this challenge: (1) issues related to the values governing the evaluation, (2) issues related to the complexity of the systems involved, (3) issues related to the validity of the information on which the analysis and evaluation is based and (4) issues related to the limiting conditions under which the emergency response system operated. An outline of a framework for such an analysis and evaluation, influenced by systems theory, accident investigation theories and programme evaluation theories dealing with the above aspects, is introduced, discussed and exemplified using empirical results from a case study.We conclude that the proposed framework may provide a better understanding of how an emergency response system functioned during a specific operation, and help to identify the potential events and/or circumstances that could significantly affect the performance of the emergency response system, either negatively or positively. The insights gained from using the framework may allow the actors involved in the response operation to gain a better understanding of how the emergency response system functioned as a whole, as well as how the actors performed as individual components of the system. Furthermore, the information can also be useful for actors preparing for future emergencies
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- Abrahamsson, Marcus, et al.
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Utveckling av kommunala risk- och sårbarhetsanalyser
- 2012
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Denna rapport utgör redovisning av ett arbete som LUCRAM (Lunds universitets centrum för riskanalys och riskhantering) har genomfört på uppdrag av Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap (MSB). Uppdraget heter ”Studie om föreskrifters inverkan på kommuners risk- och sårbarhetsanalyser avseende jämförbarhet och enhetlighet”. Inom detta uppdrag har LUCRAM genomfört en dokumentstudie av kommunala risk- och sårbarhetsanalyser i Skåne och Örebro län, samt en enkätstudie riktad till kommunerna i ovanstående län. Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka om, och i så fall på vilket sätt, enhetligheten och jämförbarheten mellan olika kommunala risk- och sårbarhetsanalyser har ändrats i samband med införandet av MSB:s föreskrifter MSBFS 2010:6.
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- Johansson, Johas, et al.
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Tekniska Infrastruktures sårbarhet
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In: FRIVA - risk, sårbarhet och förmåga. - 9789163376917 ; , s. 111-128
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Hassel, Henrik, et al.
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A method for identifying cascading effects in past events as an input to a decision support tool
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In: [Host publication title missing].
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Increasing interdependencies between critical infrastructures have made these systems more effective, but also more susceptible to cascading failures. In order to reduce the likelihood and consequences of cascading failures, it is essential to develop tools that support incident commander decisions so that an initial failure does not spread to other infrastructures. Here, a framework for generating knowledge from previous events that can feed in to such a tool is outlined. Design science is used to this end which provides a transparent and systematic approach. Moreover, the paper presents an analysis of existing empirical approaches focusing on identifying methodological aspects that can influence the framework. Although further work is needed, the work presented in this paper shows a promising first step to accomplish such a framework.
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- Hassel, Henrik, et al.
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Mapping societal functions, flows and dependencies to strengthen community resilience – results from an initial study
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Communities are becoming increasingly dependent on critical societal functions and flows, such as energy supply, transportation of goods and people, school and health care. Dependencies between these functions and flows are also increasing. These trends imply that disruptions in the functions and flows may quickly lead to large societal consequences through domino effects which may be very difficult to understand and foresee. Understanding the functions, flows and their dependencies is key in order to increase the resilience of the communities. Gaining such an understanding requires systematic mapping of relevant information and methods for analysis. This paper presents a new method for mapping societal functions, flows, and their dependencies. Such a method is very useful as part of a comprehensive community-level risk and vulnerability assessments. The mapping is conducted by eliciting information from actors, both public and private, that represent critical societal functions. The mapping method is divided into three main parts: 1) System-level mapping, including e.g. mapping values/objectives for the system and what societal functions are contributing to their achievement. 2) Function-specific mapping, including e.g. mapping values/objectives for a specific function and what activities that must be performed to achieve them, as well as what flows are dependent on the activities and what the actor is dependent on to be able to perform the activities), 3) System-level aggregation, i.e. aggregating and synthesizing the information from step 2 into a holistic picture of a community or a region. The mapping method has been applied in an initial study of public and private actors in a specific geographic region (two different municipalities) in Sweden. From the initial results a complex picture of functions, flows and dependencies emerge which stresses the importance of these types of methods to guide public and private policy makers in governing risk and vulnerability.
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