Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management - 9781409411949

Name: Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management - 9781409411949
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster ManagementAuthor(s): Simon Bennett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781409411949, 978-1409411949\nSynopsis\nRisk 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. \n\nDealing 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.\n\nFeaturing 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 .