Grov snak og fysiske overgreb er nogle af de fund, som et forskerhold har afsløret. Norden har ry for at være verdensmestre når det kommer til ligestilling, men vi kan ikke hvile på laurbærrene, påpeger forskere bag undersøgelsen
På de 18 små øer i Nordatlanten er færingerne vant til at tilpasse sig vejr og vind. Men hvordan ruster de sig til, at klimaforandringerne om kort tid vil intensivere stormene? Små samfund i Norden bliver ofte glemt i klimadebatten, advarer forsker.
Societal change is accelerating through continued rapid population growth and significant changes in demographics, technological advances, and increasing interconnectedness between various infrastructures. Together with climate change and a new global security situation these trends will inevitably lead to a change in the risk landscape. One of the key actors that has to deal with such change is the Fire and Rescue Services. These organisations are both governed by, and dependent on, formal and informal networks.
Often there are areas on the outskirts of a country where emergency response is rudimentary, located far from major cities and where critical infrastructure is vulnerable to these types of events. This is first and foremost untenable/indefensible for the citizens; however, authorities with emergency management responsibility need new methods in order to support the communities in their own efforts to build capacity, since the fire and rescue services do not necessarily have the capacity to carry out search and rescue operations as they are expected to in the future. One of the many challenges, besides the violent and devastating events themselves, is that the areas can also be threatened with relocation if the locals are unable to cope with the rising threats of climate change – this is critical for the Nordic societies in general.
Nyere studie fra Island afslører, at mange turister trodser gentagne advarselsskilte, når de besøger seværdigheder. Vi føler os usårlige, når vi er på ferie, og vi vil gerne have den perfekte selfie, lyder en af forklaringerne fra forsker bag undersøgelsen.
Bengt Sundelius är ordförande i kommittén i NordForsks forskningsinitiativ om samhällssäkerhet. Vi har bett honom belysa några av de utmaningar som Norden står inför just nu.
Samfundssikkerhed står højt på den politiske dagsorden i alle de nordiske lande, men det er naivt at tegne et billede af et helt ens Norden, siger forfatterne bag nylig udkommet bog
