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The spatial dimension of risk : how geography shapes the emergence of riskscapes / edited by Detlef Muller-Mahn.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Earthscan risk in society series.
- The earthscan risk in society series ; 27.
- Earthscan risk in society series ; 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human geography.
- Spatial behavior.
- Risk--Sociological aspects.
- Risk.
- Risk perception.
- Risk management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; The Spatial Dimension of Risk; Copyright Page; Contents; List offigures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Space matters! Impacts for risk governance: Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke; 2. Riskscapes: the spatial dimensions of risk: Detlef Müller-Mahn and Jonathan Everts; 3. A place for space in risk research: the example of discourse analysis approaches: Peter Weichhart and Karl-Michael Höferl; 4. Risk, space and system theory: communication and management of natural hazards: Jürgen Pohl, Swen Zehetmair and Julia Mayer
- 5. The certainty of uncertainty: topographies of risk and landscapes of fear in Sri Lanka's civil war: Benedikt Korf6. Anxiety and risk: pandemics in the twenty-first century: JonathanEverts; 7. Ungoverned territories: the construction of spaces of risk in the 'war on terrorism': Conrad Schetter; 8. Spaces of risk and cultures of resilience: HIV/AIDS and adherence in Botswana: Fred Krüger; 9. Risk as a technology of power: FRONTEX as an example of the de-politicization of EU migration regimes: Bernd Belina and JudithMiggelbrink
- 10. An impossible site? Understanding risk and its geographies in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: Martin Doevenspeck11. Boundary-making as a strategy for risk reduction in conflict-prone spaces: Hermann Kreutzmann; 12. Bethinking oneself of the risk of (physical) geography: Barbara Zahnen; 13. Space and time: coupling dimensions in natural hazard risk management?: Sven Fuchs and Margreth Keiler; 14. Making sense of the spatial dimensions of risk: Detlef Müller-Mahn, Jonathan Everts and Martin Doevenspeck; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-27129-5
- 0-203-10959-7
- 1-283-86202-6
- 1-136-27130-9
- 9780203109595
- OCLC:
- 820787716
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