The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience

Kathleen Tierney

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?

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Year of publication:	c 2014
Authors:	Tierney, Kathleen J.
Publisher:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books
Subject:	Katastrophe \| Disaster \| Risiko \| Risk \| Risikomanagement \| Risk management \| Soziologie \| Sociology \| Gesellschaftsordnung \| Social order \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Resilienz
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	XIII, 301 S. 24 cm
Series:	High reliability and crisis management
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index Risking more, losing more : thinking about risk and resilienceLooking 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?
ISBN:	978-0-8047-9139-7 ; 978-0-8047-7263-1 ; 0-8047-7263-0 ; 0-8047-9139-2 ; 978-0-8047-9140-3
Classification:	Kultursoziologie: Allgemeines
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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