02966nam 2200649 a 450 991046209910332120200520144314.01-317-11629-11-317-11628-31-280-57109-897866136006911-4094-1195-8(CKB)2670000000161690(EBL)879681(OCoLC)781714046(SSID)ssj0000623006(PQKBManifestationID)12249169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000623006(PQKBWorkID)10643043(PQKB)11566621(MiAaPQ)EBC879681(Au-PeEL)EBL879681(CaPaEBR)ebr10541041(CaONFJC)MIL924791(EXLCZ)99267000000016169020110926d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInnovative thinking in risk, crisis, and disaster management[electronic resource] /edited by Simon BennettFarnham [England] ;Burlington, Vt. Gowerc20121 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4094-1194-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Empowering Emergency Responders; 2 Terrorism and the Risk Society; 5 Risk as Workers' Remembered Utility in the Late-Modern Economy; 6 Aviation and Corporate Social Responsibility; 7 Investigating Resilience, Through 'Before and After' Perspectives on Residual Risk; 8 Managing Risks in a Climatically Dynamic Environment; 9 A Future for Late-Modern Social Formations in Detroit?; 10 Conclusion; IndexThe book's chapters provide ideas and action plans for risk, crisis, and disaster management in a risk society, based on late-modern approaches such as technological citizenship; delegated authority; and exploitation of 'lay' knowledge. Written in accessible style, with technical terms defined and explained, this book offers genuinely blue-sky thinking that will be of interest to academics, students, and commentators. Primarily, though, it will be of value to practitioners in the emergency services, industry and commerce, and to planners and policy makers at national and local government levelRiskSociological aspectsRisk assessmentEmergency managementCrisis managementElectronic books.RiskSociological aspects.Risk assessment.Emergency management.Crisis management.363.1Bennett Simon1958-905286MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462099103321Innovative thinking in risk, crisis, and disaster management2024597UNINA