Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management
Coordonnateur : Bennett Simon
Risk is an enduring theme of modern life. It permeates political, economic and environmental domains. Some risks are unavoidable. Others are not. Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management provides ideas and action plans for in a risk society.
Dealing with issues of civil safety and security, the book addresses the management of socio-technical risks and hazards, environmental risk, and risk perception. Focusing on risk reduction, chapters cover key themes such as terrorism, public order, emergency responding, energy supply, climate change, and natural disasters.
Featuring contributions from expert scholars, the book is both accessible and original. Practitioners in the emergency services, industry and commerce will find the book to be valuable reading, whilst for policy makers, students and academics with a focus on risk and crisis management, this is an essential reference.
Date de parution : 04-2012
17.4x24.6 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 14 jours).
Prix indicatif 177,01 €
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Thèmes d’Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management :
Mots-clés :
society; late; modern; approach; van; der; duim; safety; culture; iraq; Young Men; UK’s Adoption; Vice Versa; Late Modern Approach; Technological Citizenship; Latent Errors; Late Modern Economy; Risk Society Thesis; Urban Agriculture Movement; Resident Pathogens; Beck’s Risk Society Thesis; Mental Toughness; Colgan Air; Accident Aetiology; Elevated CO2; FRM Approach; UK Government Planning; UK’s Application; C3 Plant; Safety Culture; Complex Socio-technical Systems; UK Conservative Party; High Performance Work Systems; Elevated CO2 Conditions; Late Modern Theory