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This study examines the association between SES and citizens’ risk attitudes to a radiological emergency scenario and demonstrates instead that high SES implies a greater likeliness to move away from the accident-affected area.
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This study examined 3113 damage claim cases over 30 years (1992–2019) for the city of Malmö, Sweden. We quantified the distribution and frequency of both major and minor flood damages over this period.
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This study develops a novel approach for prioritizing hazards for the risk assessment of infrastructure. It is applied to hazard scenarios that could cause serious disruption to the infrastructure in the Øresund region over a period of 5 years.
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In this article, the researchers explore how emergency management institutions understand the effects of false information and what approaches are used to manage false information during actual crises.

In this study, the authors investigate the non-hazard variables and sewer system types in relation to damage costs in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Pluvial flood damage to residential buildings causes a significant part of direct tangible flood losses. A

This study was commissioned by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) for the purpose of using the results to develop a national action plan for DRR. The primary purpose of the study is to analyse the extent to which Sweden has implemented the

This paper explores these issues through a critical assessment of the quality of knowledge for adaptation generated from a climate services co-design process in two case studies in Sweden. Despite a strong increase in climate change impact and adaptation

In Sweden, practitioners increasingly adopt approaches that are based on Business Continuity Management (BCM), where Business Impact Assessments (BIA) are used to gain organizational understanding, in favour of more traditional risk assessments. Both

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