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Innovative thinking in risk, crisis, and disaster management

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Risk is an enduring theme of modern life. It permeates the 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 risk, crisis, and disaster management in a risk society, based on late-modern approaches such as technological citizenship; delegated authority; and, exploitation of 'lay' knowledge. Written in an accessible style, with technical terms defined and explained, it offers genuinely original thinking that will be of interest to academics, students, and commentators. Primarily, though, it will be of value to practitioners in the emergency services, industry and commerce, and to planners and policy makers at national and local government level. The book deals with issues of civil safety and security. It covers management of socio-technical risks and hazards; environmental risk; social and economic impacts of ICT; and, risk perception. In addition it touches upon terrorism; public order; emergency responding; high risk technologies; energy supply; climate change; natural disasters; and, employment-related issues - all within a social context that prioritises risk reduction. The problems we face in the 21st Century are not intractable. All we need is a little less dogma and a little more imagination

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[TLK-LIB-142]

Publisher

enk : Gower., c2012

Collation

vi, 277 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781409411949

Classification

HM1101 .I56 2012

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Subject(s)

Crisis management
Risk assessment
Emergency management
Risk

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