This thesis treats the area of Business Continuity Planning (BCP), which is one way to decrease the vulnerability in an organization. The main objective was to investigate how the business benefit of BCP could be measured in monetary terms. The aim of this investigation was the development of a general and practically usable framework. The framework was developed in a deductive way by combining th

This graduation project examines to study how analysis of different fire protection attributes shall be carried out using technological trade-offs. The purpose of this report is to develop guidance for engineers to verify technological trade-offs, and therefore make a more reliable verification. The report shows that safety levels of fire protection as multidimensional. Therefore, several system

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the risk attitudes of experts in risk management, i.e. the group of experts participating in the study made by Abrahamsson and Johansson (2006), comply with the preferences of the general public. A major focus of the thesis is the development of the experimental setup, which is based on the trade off method developed by Wakker and Deneffe (1996)

On offshore installations for oil- and gas exploration, fire-water deluge systems are often installed to mitigate the effect in case of fires. Recent research has shown that the deluge can also be used to mitigate explosion consequences by activating deluge on gas detection. The effect of deluge on the explosion risk is however very complex and could in some cases lead to increased explosion risk

Events such as a storm that hit Sweden in 2005 and caused considerable damage led to a number of new additions in the Swedish Electricity Act. Some of these additions were demands on power distribution companies on a risk and vulnerability analysis and an action plan concerning the reliability of delivery in distribution networks, and also on keeping its customers informed about this. The aim of t

The objective of this master’s thesis has been to develop a model for valuation and comparison be- tween SCA plants with reference to fire loss prevention work. The aim of this report has been ful- filled by analysing results from literature studies, interviews and questionnaires answered by per- sons experienced within fire loss prevention work and paper industry. The report resulted in a Loss Pr

The purpose of this report is to investigate the preparedness planning concerning pandemics on different levels of the society but with focus on the municipal level. The study was funded by the city of Malmö and hence the proposal is based on the city ́s organization. The methodology used was interviews, a questionnaire and vulnerability analysis. The analysis resulted in guidelines for the prepar

The purpose of this master thesis was to provide reliable information to improve off-piste skiers’ knowledge, behaviour and risk management. This since research concerning human factors in the field of avalanches traditionally had been paid little attention. A literature review covering avalanche, traffic and risk literature and two surveys which gathered approximately 2000 responses were conducte

Capacity development projects must be based on a thorough understanding of the situation within the subject country. However, the assessment phase is a very complex process and should cover a great number of aspects that both in time and space could affect the outcome of a triggering event. This project tries to identify what general aspects that could affect a country’s Disaster Management Capaci