The
Social Roots of Risk
Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience
Tierney, Kathleen J.
creator
author.
text
bibliography
cau
2014
monographic
eng
xiii, 301 pages ; 24 cm
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?
Kathleen Tierney.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index.
Risk
Social aspects
Disasters
Social aspects
Risk management
Social aspects
Emergency management
Social aspects
HM1101 .T54 2014
302/.12
High reliability and crisis management
9780804772631 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804791397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014010892
CSt/DLC
140318
20220927155523.0
18071685
eng