The social roots of risk producing disasters, promoting resilience / Kathleen Tierney.
| Author/creator | Tierney, Kathleen J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2014. |
| Description | xiii, 301 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | High reliability and crisis management High reliability and crisis management. ^A1107543 |
| 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? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014010892 |
| ISBN | 9780804772631 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804791397 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |