Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management Hardback
Edited by Simon Bennett
Hardback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:28/04/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781409411949
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:28/04/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781409411949