Risk Management and Society (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Volume 16) (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research)
Contributors: Eve Coles (Editor); Denis Smith (Editor); Steve Tombs (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780792368991
Subjects: Budgeting & financial management; Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena; Research methods: general; Risk And Insurance Administration; Entrepreneurship; Science/Mathematics; Natural Disasters; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Management - General; General; Corporate Finance; Business & Economics / Corporate Finance; Business & Economics : Entrepreneurship; Medical : General; Science / Earth Sciences / Hydrology; Risk management; Earth Sciences - Geography; Industrial Health & Safety
First sentence: One might be forgiven for thinking that notions of risk appeared to adopt a higher media perspective during the latter part of the 20th Century than in previous periods of our history.