Risk Governance The Articulation of Hazard, Politics and Ecology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fra.Paleo, Urbano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental management.; Sociology.; Environmental Management.; Sociology, general.; Natural Hazards.; Earth System Sciences.; Political Science.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book explores the common language of politics, ecology and risk, and crosses their conceptual divides. It seeks to shed light on the underlying structural factors, processes, players and interactions in the risk scenario, all of which influence decision-making that both increases and reduces di...