{"product_id":"the-dynamics-of-risk-changing-technologies-and-collective-action-in-seismic-events-9780691165370","title":"The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies and Collective Action in Seismic Events","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarthquakes are a huge global threat. In thirty-six countries, severe seismic risks threaten populations and their increasingly interdependent systems of transportation, communication, energy, and finance. In this important book, Louise Comfort provides an unprecedented examination of how twelve communities in nine countries responded to destructive earthquakes between 1999 and 2015. And many of the book's lessons can also be applied to other large-scale risks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dynamics of Risk \u003c\/i\u003esets the global problem of seismic risk in the framework of complex adaptive systems to explore how the consequences of such events ripple across jurisdictions, communities, and organizations in complex societies, triggering unexpected alliances but also exposing social, economic, and legal gaps. The book assesses how the networks of organizations involved in response and recovery adapted and acted collectively after the twelve earthquakes it examines. It describes how advances in information technology enabled some communities to anticipate seismic risk better and to manage response and recovery operations more effectively, decreasing losses. Finally, the book shows why investing substantively in global information infrastructure would create shared awareness of seismic risk and make postdisaster relief more effective and less expensive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a landmark study of how to improve the way we prepare for and respond to earthquakes and other disasters in our ever-more-complex world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise K. Comfort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691165370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise K. Comfort\u003c\/b\u003e is professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and former director of the Center for Disaster Management at the University of Pittsburgh. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eShared Risk: Complex Systems in Seismic Response\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40696603377779,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":50.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f86651b1-6d35-4318-bc77-121665f3a656.jpg?v=1675781220","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-dynamics-of-risk-changing-technologies-and-collective-action-in-seismic-events-9780691165370","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}