The social roots of risk :

Tierney, Kathleen J.,

The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience / Kathleen Tierney. - xiii, 301 pages ; 24 cm - High reliability and crisis management . - High reliability and crisis management. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index.

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?

9780804772631 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804791397 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2014010892


Risk--Social aspects.
Disasters--Social aspects.
Risk management--Social aspects.
Emergency management--Social aspects.

HM1101 / .T54 2014

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