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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464312403321

Autore

Tierney Kathleen

Titolo

Social Roots of Risk [[electronic resource] ] : Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2014

ISBN

0-8047-9140-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

High Reliability and Crisis Management

Disciplina

302/.12

Soggetti

Disasters -- Social aspects

Emergency management -- Social aspects

Risk -- Social aspects

Risk management -- Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Risking More, Losing More: Thinking About Risk and Resilience -- Chapter 2. Looking Back: The Evolution of How We Talk About Risk -- Chapter 3. A Different Perspective: The Social Production of Risk -- Chapter 4. Culture and the Production of Risk -- Chapter 5. Organizations, Institutions, and the Production of Risk -- Chapter 6. Communities and Societies at Risk -- Chapter 7. Defining Resilience in Relation to Risk -- Chapter 8. Adaptive Resilience in the Face of Disasters -- Chapter 9. Looking Ahead: A Move Toward Safety, or More of the Same -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable.The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types-be they natural, technological, or economic-are rooted in common social and inst



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144758603321

Titolo

Annual report to Parliament / / National Energy Board

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calgary, Alberta, : The Board, ©2001-2019

ISSN

1498-5055

Classificazione

cci1icc

coll11

coll14

Disciplina

354.4

Soggetti

Energy policy - Canada

Energy industries - Canada

Energy industries

Energy policy

Periodicals.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Distributed by the Government of Canada Publishing and Depository Services Program.

Title from title screen (viewed May 29, 2001).