Statistical analysis of extreme sea water levels at the Falsterbo Peninsula, South Sweden / Statistisk analys av extrema vattenstånd vid Falsterbohalvön
Falsterbo Peninsula on the south coast of Sweden is low-lying and exposed to flooding. In 1872 the extreme storm surge Backafloden caused large devastation on the Swedish, Danish, and German coasts in the South Baltic Sea. For the Falsterbo Peninsula, the peak storm surge level is estimated to have been 240 cm above normal. If […]
Changing wind properties in south Sweden since the days of Tycho Brahe / Ändrade vindförhållande i södra Sverige sedan Tycho Brahes dagar
The famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe initiated meteorological observations on the Island of Ven that were recorded in a diary, starting in October 1582 and lasting almost uninterruptedly until April 1597. Although the observations were mainly qualitative due to the lack of proper instruments and procedures in those days, a lot of useful information can […]
Coastal erosion and beach nourishment in Scania as issues in Swedish coastal policy / Skånes kusterosion och strandfodringars roll i svensk kustpolicy
This paper discusses the dynamics of coastal policy change in Sweden, using erosion and beach nourishments as an example. The Multiple Stream Model is a theoretical model on agenda setting and policy change developed by the political scientist John Kingdon (1984, 2003). This paper applies Kingdon’s model in describing and explaining coastal policy dynamics regarding […]
Konstnärliga metoder kommunicerar Kustlandskapets dynamik / Artistic methods communicates the dynamics of the coastal landscape
Due to climate changes and global warming, sea level rises. In Sweden, this affects primarily the coast of Skåne where land uplift is minimal. The understanding and commitment to coastal planning seems limited, and the reasons can be several; the question of responsibility is unclear, there is uncertainty about which measures are the best, the […]
Kustordlistan.se – en Eng-Swe-Eng kustordlista för ingenjörer och planerare / Kustordlistan.se – An Eng-Swe-Eng Coastal Dictionary for engineers and planners
According to the authors’ many years of experience in coastal projects around Sweden, there is a great need for an improved Swedish terminology for engineering issues and planning of coastal areas. This article presents, thus, an English-Swedish dictionary, including explanatory comments, with an ambition to clarifying a wide range of words and expressions. This dictionary […]
Tidig regional vattensamverkan i Skåne –Ringsjöverkets förhistoria / Early regional water cooperation in Scania – The history of Ringsjöverket
The waterworks Ringsjöverket in Stehag in Skåne has a long prehistory prior its inauguration in 1963. In this paper, the background to how the waterworks developed from an idea to a full-scale regional drinking water treatment plant for the cities of Eslöv, Helsingborg and Landskrona is described for the period from 1947 to 1963. During […]
Desalination and brine discharge case study for paew in Oman / En fallstudie om avsaltning och utsläpp av retentat för PAEW i Oman
Desalination is an important method for producing drinking water and it has been a freshwater supply alternative for a long time. The water resources in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, are mostly depending on desalination as a major source of (>80 %) drinking water, while the rest comes from groundwater. The largest number of […]
Comparing the phosphorus regimes in soft sediments from two sub-systems of the Baltic sea with different redox conditions / En jämförelse mellan fosforbindningen i sediment från Bottenhavet och egentliga Östersjön och syrehaltens betydelse
The role of sediments in the phosphorus (P) dynamics of the Baltic Sea is often highlighted. The impact of the sediments on the water column is strictly limited by the amount of potentially mobile P available in the sediments. We present total P measurements for ten sediment cores from the Bothnian Sea and the Baltic […]
Global Water Stress Indices: An example of their industrial usage / Globala vattenstressindex: Ett exempel på industriell tillämpning
The article presents a study assigned by SCA about water stress assessments on basin level for sites where SCA have pulp- and paper mills, paper mills or factories. Four tools were evaluated with the aim to find indices that measure water stress, i.e. lack of water of good enough quality for humans and the ecosystem. […]