Essays about: "socio-economic assessment method"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words socio-economic assessment method.

  1. 1. Transmission expansion planning considering Probabilistic Risk Assessment : Implemented at Swedish National Grid

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Jakob Björns; [2023]
    Keywords : Probabilistic risk assessment; PSS E; Transmission expansion planning; National grid; Probabilistisk riskbedömning; PSS E; Transmissionsnätsutveckling; Stamnät;

    Abstract : Svenska kraftnät (Swedish National Grid) is the transmission system operator in Sweden and is responsible for maintaining and developing the Swedish transmission grid. One of the tasks included in this responsibility is transmission expansion planning, which means analyzing and planning the capacity in the future transmission grid for the requested load and generation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Including a Vulnerability Centred Adaptation Perspective in Urban Climate Assessment : The Case of International Women in the Malmö Lund Region

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Severine Renard; [2022]
    Keywords : climate; climate adaptation; climate change; climate analysis; hazard; impact assessment; international women; Malmö Lund Region; risk assessment; vulnerability assessment;

    Abstract : The topic of climate adaptation has gained momentum in the last decade as a response to the increasing rate at which global climate is changing. There are two leading discourses to climate adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) perspectives, which focuses on adapting to specific climate hazards and scenarios, and Vulnerability Centred Adaptation (VCA), which focuses on the socio-economic and environmental factors that compound climate impacts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Decision and Policy Making in the European Union : Role of EU Agencies in the decision and policy making in the area of chemicals and food safety

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Besluts-, risk- och policyanalys

    Author : Pia-Johanna Fallström Mujkić; [2019]
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    Abstract : EU regulations, decisions and policy making are matters that concern every resident in the EU and risk and benefit assessment and analysis form part of the EU decision and policy making. This thesis discusses the decision/policy making in the EU and the risk assessment activities of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), as well as ECHA’s socio-economic analysis activities. READ MORE

  5. 4. CBA of environmental projects within hydropower

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Sarah Hagman; Julia Lindberg; [2018]
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    Abstract : Hydropower is a fundamental pillar in the Swedish energy system and accounts for a large part of the Swedish electricity production. The regulation power is also essential for balancing the grid load. READ MORE

  6. 5. Predictive modelling using a nationally representative database to identify the determinants of prediabetes; a machine learning analytic approach on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013-2014

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Kushan Kumara de Silva Ranakombu; [2018]
    Keywords : prediabetes; determinants; machine learning; feature selection; NHANES; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: Prediabetes is a global epidemic with rising prevalence rates, but its diagnosis based on traditional risk factors is challenging. Application of novel machine-intelligence based methods to public health databases could provide valuable insights into the disease process. READ MORE