The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience - Tierney, Kathleen J. (Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2014)
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?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index.
Keywords: Risk -- Social aspects; Disasters -- Social aspects; Risk management -- Social aspects; Emergency management -- Social aspects