The Spatial Dimension of Risk

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Earthscan Risk in Society

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Through its exploration of the spatial dimensions of risk, this book offers a brand new approach to theorizing risk, and significant improvements in how to manage, tolerate and take risks. A broad range of risks are examined, including natural hazards, climate change, political violence, and state failure. Case studies range from the Congo to Central Asia, from tsunami and civil war affected areas in Sri Lanka to avalanche hazards in Austria. In each of these cases, the authors examine the importance and role of space in the causes and differentiation of risk, in how we can conceptualize risk from a spatial perspective and in the relevance of space and locality for risk governance. This new approach - endorsed by Ragnar Lofsted and Ortwin Renn, two of the worlds leading and most prolific risk analysts - is essential reading for those charged with studying, anticipating and managing risks.

Author Biography:

Detlef Mi? ller-Mahn is Professor of social geography and director of ZENEB (Center for Natural Risks and Development Bayreuth) at the University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Release date Australia

November 6th, 2012

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Edited by Detlef Muller-Mahn

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4 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

262

Series

Earthscan Risk in Society

Dimensions

156x234x16

ISBN-13

9781849710855

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10398441

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