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Henrik Hassel

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A study of the performance of risk and vulnerability assessments by Swedish Public Agencies

Författare

  • Marcus Abrahamsson
  • Kerstin Eriksson
  • Henrik Hassel
  • Kurt Petersen
  • Henrik Tehler

Summary, in English

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.

Avdelning/ar

  • Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM)

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

15-18

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Proceedings of the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World - Pathways to a Resilient Society, IDRC Davos 2012

Dokumenttyp

Konferensbidrag

Förlag

Global Risk Forum (GRF)

Ämne

  • Public Administration Studies

Nyckelord

  • Capability assessments
  • Critical dependencies
  • Risk and vulnerability analysis
  • Vital societal functions

Conference name

4th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World - Pathways to a Resilient Society, IDRC Davos 2012

Conference date

2012-08-26 - 2012-08-30

Conference place

Davos, Switzerland

Status

Published