Risk Management in a Hazardous Environment A Comparative Study of Two Pastoral Societies /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bollig, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Σειρά: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, 2
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.; Community & Population Ecology.

A research focus on hazards, risk perception and risk minimizing strategies is relatively new in the social and environmental sciences. This volume by a prominent scholar of East African societies is a powerful example of this growing interest. Earlier theory and research tended to describe social a...