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The purpose of this master thesis was to provide reliable information to improve off-piste skiers’ knowledge, behaviour and risk management. This since research concerning human factors in the field of avalanches traditionally had been paid little attention. A literature review covering avalanche, traffic and risk literature and two surveys which gathered approximately 2000 responses were conducte
Capacity development projects must be based on a thorough understanding of the situation within the subject country. However, the assessment phase is a very complex process and should cover a great number of aspects that both in time and space could affect the outcome of a triggering event. This project tries to identify what general aspects that could affect a country’s Disaster Management Capaci
The aim of this master thesis is both to investigate how risk analyses in the layout design phase of railway tunnel projects today are done and to advise how the safety thinking of complex infrastructures could be improved in the future. The thesis is based on case studies of three Swedish railway tunnel projects in Göteborg, Malmö and Stockholm. The thesis is limited to examine sudden risk scenar
The aim of this master thesis is to coordinate risk management for process facilities. This has been done through several inventories concerning process facilities and their ability to coordinate risk management regarding Safety, Health and Environment. The inventories along with literature studies have resulted in a framework for coordination of SHE for risk management in process facilities. An e
The purpose of this thesis is to create a framework for risk and vulnerability analysis on a societal level, meant to be used by Swedish municipalities to produce decision basis in risk- oriented issues. The framework is based on three major principles; a systems approach to risk and vulnerability management, regulation analysis according to Swedish legislation and evaluation principles for risk m
The report aims at quantifying vulnerability of lakes by multiple linear regression, in which transparency of the water is used as a proxy for vulnerability and parameters such as area and depth of the lake as independent descriptors. Data was acquired from Swedish environmental monitoring programs. The analysis results in a model that can be used to predict this trend and thus predict the vulnera
This master thesis shows how microbial concentrations in raw water can be assessed by scenario modelling of microbial releases from known microbial sources. In this thesis an inventory of potential microbial sources in eastern Mälaren has been performed and 7 major sources of microbial pollution have been identified. The distribution modelling program SeaTrack Östra Mälaren has been used to model
The performance-based codes currently used for design of fire resistance of structural members are, implicitly or explicitly, based on maintaining a certain risk level. The risk level takes into account the potential injuries and casualties if structural collapse should occur in case of fire. Once the design is made, the risk level is not stated explicitly. A risk based design method is presented
Today several Swedish house-building companies are developing concepts based on industrialised house-building principles, due to problems with quality and delays. Skanska has a concept called ModernaHus that is using industrialised principles. In this report, the main purpose was to identify and analyse risks in the part of ModernaHus where concept documents are created and examined. This part is
This master ́s thesis investigates how the seasonal varying number of temporary visitors affects the number of emergency rescue efforts in a municipality. According to the Civil Protection Act municipalities should take varying risks into account. Also the result presented in this report indicates that all municipalities, and therefore BeRädd, should take this issue into account. A flow chart is p
This master thesis presents a qualitative model for performing a due diligence analysis of non- financial risks and their management, the DANFiRM model. The model includes a thinking process and a working procedure for identifying and evaluating the current non-financial risk exposure at the target enterprise and further required measures for altering risk exposure and risk management activities t
The aim of this master thesis is to present a risk assessment method to evaluate fire safety in high rise buildings. The method is essentially based on international building regulations and handbooks, interviews with Boverket (the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning) and interviews with the fire and rescue service. Two case studies have been carried out to investigate how ris
The purpose with this master thesis was to identify which problems that were related to the implementation of AFS 2001:1, examine what they were caused by and to some extent come up with solutions to the problems. In order to do this a feasibility study, a literature study and five interviews with people working with AFS 2001:1 were done. The people who got interviewed work in one large and one li
The aim of the thesis is to bring clarity to what extent the routines for risk management in different divisions comply with the ones used at OKG AB as a whole. A mapping of the risk management was made through interviews with members of staff. It was observed that a common risk identification method at OKG would serve many purposes. Literature on COSO’s framework for Enterprise Risk Management an
Today hazard studies are a self evident part of a project plan while creating a new process or making changes in an existing one in the chemical industry. Therefore it is important to make the hazard studies as efficient as possible. The objective for this thesis was to optimise the hazard study processes based on the main methods presently used at Neste Oil Oyj, Neste Jacobs Oy and Borealis Polym
This essay describes a comparison method that SÄRF can use to work in a simpler way to describe how the protection against accidents is within its area of activity. The method assume from the IDA-tool which is a tool The Swedish Rescue Services Agency has developed so the Swedish municipalities should be able to compare their own protection against accidents.
This report describes the differences between a risk analysis and a vulnerability analysis, when applied to a Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) facility. A Preliminary risk analysis complemented by an Event Tree analysis is compared with An App-roach to Vulnerability Analysis of Complex Industrial Systems by Einarsson and Rausand (1998). The focus of this report is to demonstrate the different steps
In November 2004, Valdivia Cellulose Pulp Plant started operating in San Pedro de la Mariquina, 56 kilometers north-west of Valdivia in southern Chile. A few months later a decrease in the population of the Black Necked Swans (Cygnus melancoryphus) in the Carlos Anwandter Sanctuary, near the discharging point of the mill, was discovered. The aim of the thesis was to evaluate three alternative disc
According to the legislation for accident prevention and protection, which took affect January 1st 2004, all Swedish municipalities have to establish plans of actions for accident prevention and the fire service. Municipal risk analyses should constitute the foundations for these plans of actions. The purpose of this report is to describe and meet the requirements on municipal risk and vulnerabili
