ISBN:
9780804772631
,
0804772630
,
9780804791397
,
0804791392
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 301 S.
Series Statement:
High reliability and crisis management
Series Statement:
Stanford business books
DDC:
302.12
Keywords:
Gesellschaft
;
Risk / Social aspects
;
Disasters / Social aspects
;
Risk management / Social aspects
;
Emergency management / Social aspects
;
Risikomanagement
;
Risiko
;
Katastrophe
;
Resilienz
;
Risiko
;
Katastrophe
;
Risikomanagement
;
Resilienz
Abstract:
Risking more, losing more : thinking about risk and resilience -- Looking back : the evolution of how we talk about risk -- A different perspective : the social production of risk -- Culture and the production of risk -- Organizations, institutions, and the production of risk -- Communities and societies at risk -- Defining resilience in relation to risk -- Adaptive resilience in the face of disasters -- Looking ahead : a move toward safety, or more of the same?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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