The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience

Publication Data

• Title The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience
• Author Kathleen J. Tierney
• Publisher Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Stanford, California
• Language English

Contents

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?

Topics

• Risk :: Social aspects
• Disasters :: Social aspects
• Risk management :: Social aspects
• Emergency management :: Social aspects

The social roots of risk : producing disasters, promoting resilience by Kathleen J. Tierney. ISBN 9780804772631. Published by Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.