Går sociala risker att visa på en karta? Social rumslig riskanalys för Göteborgs stad
This essay deals with risk management and social risks, which have received increased attentionin recent years. Methods for dealing with social risks, for example within local Risk andvulnerability assessment (RSA), are currently under development. The purpose of this paper is toexamine if and how social risk can be quantitatively assessed and mapped using GeographicInformation Systems (GIS). The definition of social risk that the essay is based on states: "Theprobability of unwanted events, behaviors or conditions originating in the social conditions thathave a negative impact on the objects that are worth to preserve.? A number of social riskindicators that can be used for a spatial analysis have been operationalized based on thisdefinition. The risk indicators that we identify and use are: unhealthiness, post-secondaryeducation, economic support, average income, unemployment, and planted fires. An aggregatedrisk map of social risk indicators within the defined study area of Gothenburg city and its districtconstituents has been developed within this essay. A map of the districts of Östra Göteborg andAngered, which proved to be the two districts most exposed to social risks, illustrates how thesocial risk indicators are related at this geographical level. In the second mapping, an analysis ofthe socio-economic indicators' correlation with planted fires is also conductedThe results show that a spatial analysis can successfully be used to analyze how the social risksare related within an area. This can be used to determine which areas are in most need of areabasedinterventions to reduce the social risks.