Essays about: "Riskuppfattning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Riskuppfattning.

  1. 1. Swedish Pandemic Preparedness Plans and the Existential Pandemic Threat : A Pandemic Imaginary Perspective

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Viktor Eskilsson; [2024]
    Keywords : risk perception; pandemic imaginary; meta narrative; pandemic preparedness;

    Abstract : Pandemiberedskap är central ur ett säkerhets- och folkhälsoperspektiv. Uppsatsens fokus ligger på existentiell riskuppfattning i Folkhälsomyndighetens pandemiberedskapsplaner från 2019 och 2023. För analysen detta används ett perspektiv som utvecklats av en medicinsk antropolog vid namn Christos Lynteris. READ MORE

  3. 2. Motståndskraftiga lantbrukare i ett sårbart samhälle : en undersökning av riskuppfattning och resiliens på svenska mjölkgårdar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Katarina Hedman; [2023]
    Keywords : lantbrukare; djursjukdomar; mul- och klövsjuka; mjölkproduktion; resiliens; risk; riskuppfattning; risksamhälle;

    Abstract : Strukturrationaliseringen av lantbruket tillsammans med de alltmer globala förbindelserna länder emellan gör att risken för snabb och vidsträckt smittspridning vid ett sjukdomsutbrott ökar. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka lantbrukares inställning till smittsamma djursjukdomar och analysera deras riskuppfattning och resiliens i förhållande till ett allvarligt sjukdomsutbrott. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact of newspaper coverage on risk perception of hydrological natural hazards in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Jakob Olofsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Floods; Droughts; Wildfires; Epidemics; Climate change; Media; Sociohydrology;

    Abstract : An accurate understanding of a population’s risk perception is important, as risk perception can influence attitudes to new policies and recommended health behaviours. There is a lack of research on the possible impact that Swedish news media could have on the Swedish population’s risk perception of natural hazards. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate change consideration in agricultural businesses : a case study of crop farmers’ risk management in the region of Mälardalen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Hanna Engvall; Cornelia Nilsson; [2019]
    Keywords : risk; climate change; risk management; mental models; agriculture; risk preferences; crop farmers;

    Abstract : Farmers are constantly exposed to different types of risks within their business. Agricultural production is typically characterized by uncertain outcomes and serious difficulties to measure and estimate the possibility of unfavourable events. Therefore, agriculture belongs to one of the most vulnerable sectors of the economy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Farmers’ behaviour in risky decision-making : a multiple case study of farmers’ adoption of crop insurance as a risk management tool

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Martin Enström; Johan Eriksson; [2018]
    Keywords : agriculture; crop insurance; decision-making behaviour; production risk; risk management; risk perception; risk propensity; swedish crop farmers;

    Abstract : Risk is highlighted as an increasingly present aspect of the agricultural business, and it is important for agricultural producers to manage risk effectively. The implementation of risk management strategies and the adoption of risk management tools are some of the most complex decisions for farmers to execute. READ MORE