The social roots of risk producing disasters, promoting resilience / Kathleen Tierney.

Author/creator Tierney, Kathleen J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxiii, 301 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects

SeriesHigh 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014010892
ISBN9780804772631 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804791397 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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