The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies and Collective Action in Seismic Events
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The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies and Collective Action in Seismic Events
By (Author) Louise K. Comfort
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
3rd September 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Central / national / federal government policies
Geopolitics
Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
551.22
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
Earthquakes are a huge global threat. In thirty-six countries, severe seismic risks threaten populations and their increasingly interdependent systems of transportation, communication, energy, and finance. In this important book, Louise Comfort provides an unprecedented examination of how twelve communities in nine countries responded to destructiv
Reviews
"Winner of the Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association"
Author Bio
Louise K. Comfort is professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and former director of the Center for Disaster Management at the University of Pittsburgh. Her previous books include Shared Risk: Complex Systems in Seismic Response.
