Cooperation and resilience in remote communities. A case study of cooperation and resilience for emergency preparedness organizations on Svalbard

• Main Author: Svane, Peder
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: samfunnssikkerhet; resilience; high reliability organizations; HRO; civil protection; cooperation; collaboration; developing cooperation; samvirke; resiliens; VDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240; SVF-3920; Getz; Longyearbyen; Sutcliffe; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16017

This study seeks to look at how cooperation can facilitate resilience for emergency preparedness organization in remote communities, illustrated through the emergency preparedness actors in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Advocates of resilience argue that in a high risk environment, resilience is necessary...