03016nam 22005653u 450 991046431240332120210114110522.00-8047-9140-610.1515/9780804791403(CKB)3710000000167651(EBL)1731657(MiAaPQ)EBC1731657(DE-B1597)563537(DE-B1597)9780804791403(PPN)248789384(OCoLC)1198931421(EXLCZ)99371000000016765120151005d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocial Roots of Risk[electronic resource] Producing Disasters, Promoting ResiliencePalo Alto Stanford University Press20141 online resource (318 p.)High Reliability and Crisis ManagementDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-7263-0 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 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 instHigh Reliability and Crisis ManagementDisasters -- Social aspectsEmergency management -- Social aspectsRisk -- Social aspectsRisk management -- Social aspectsElectronic books.Disasters -- Social aspects.Emergency management -- Social aspects.Risk -- Social aspects.Risk management -- Social aspects.302/.12Tierney Kathleen1038596AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910464312403321Social Roots of Risk2492625UNINA