Hazardous Future

Disaster, Representation and the Assessment of Risk
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-11-040652-8
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 607 g

Since culture, the media and the arts deal with the perception and the processing of catastrophe, what kind of social knowledge does this process produce and how does it contribute to the sustainable development of societies?The book seeks to understand how societies and cultures deal with disaster and the rhetorical means they resort to in order to represent it. It is situated on the cusp between the response to natural catastrophe, the renewed awareness of human vulnerability in the face of environmental hazard and irresponsible policies and the social role of traditional knowledge and humanistic ideas for the preservation of human communities. It aims to be diverse, in disciplinary allegiance and cultural situation, and relevant, by bringing together articles by well-known scholars and policy makers to jointly discuss the possibilities of reframing hazard for the future, so that one may learn from restored behavior instead of repeating the mistakes of the past.

Zielgruppe

Readers interested in the humanities and social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wulf, Christoph

Capeloa Gil, Isabel

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienst, Katastrophen- und Zivilschutz

Über Autor(innen)

Isabel Capeloa Gil, UCP - CECC, Lisbon, Portugal; Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.