... design is used to study empirically two countries with very different traditions when it comes to political-administrative institutions: Argentina and Sweden. Findings As expected, the institutional foundations of DRR policy in Sweden are shown to be more consistent and stable than in Argentina...

... Social learning Education Climate change adaptation Risk reduction Risk management Climate change Sweden The concept of social learning is increasingly used in, e.g. environmental or natural resources management. It is regarded as a promising approach for collective decision making...

...Anna Olofsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the Swedish mass media constructed Sweden and Swedes during the first days after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles from four...

... studies have identified a number of different dilemmas that these leaders have to deal with in crisis situations (Enander et al., 2009). However, less is known about how local decision‐makers view such experiences in relation to future preparedness. In recent years the southern part of Sweden...

...=385) from the ambulance service, the police force, and the rescue services in Sweden. A questionnaire was operationalised from the codes and categories of the previously developed model. Findings The study showed that the most important factors in explaining the outcome of complex rescue...

... at the accident scene, but avoid this as it leads to uncertainty and asymmetries and because of a lack of incentives. However, simpler forms of collaboration may be realistic in the organisation of everyday work at accident scenes. Accidents Emergency services Sweden This article deals...

... planning Surveys Sweden The role of the public in community emergency planning and preparation has been brought increasingly into focus during recent decades[ 1 ]. This increase in interest can be attributed to a number of factors: 1 In many countries the development of legislation...