Risk, Disaster and crisis reduction: mobilizing , collecting and sharing information /
Valeria November and Yvan Leanza
- New York Springer 2015
- xi,184p.: ill.; 23cm
Includes bibliographical reference and index
This book provides valuable guidance to health and environmental experts on how to deal with and respond to situations of risk and crises, taking into account how information can be transmitted and gathered in a way that can be understood by the actors involved' It analyses the way in which information circulates in situations of risk and crisis The authors take on a new theoretical model based on a wider understanding of risks and their territorial social consequences, instead of focusing mainly on technical aspects and probability Examination of different case studies