The dynamics of risk : changing technologies and collective action in seismic events /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Comfort, Louise K. (Louise Kloos), 1935- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:	Princeton studies in complexity.
Subjects:	Earthquakes. Earthquake prediction. Earthquake relief. Risk management. Complex organizations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Redefining Risk on a Global Scale; 2 Risk in Complex Systems; 3 Assessing Risk in Complex Systems: Data, Methods, and Measurement; 4 Risk in Practice; 5 Toward an Auto- adaptive System: The 2013 Lushan County, China, Earthquake; 6 Operative Adaptive Systems: 1999 Duzce, Turkey; 2009 Padang, Indonesia; 2011 Tohoku, Japan; and 2015 Nepal Response and Recovery Systems; 7 Emergent Adaptive Systems: 1999 Marmara, Turkey; 1999 Chi Chi, Taiwan; 2005 Pakistan
And 2008 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake Response Systems8 Nonadaptive Systems: 2001 Bhuj, Gujarat, India, Earthquake; 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, Earthquake/Tsunami; and 2010 Haïti Earthquake Response Systems; 9 Evolving Patterns of System Response; 10 The Logic of Resilience; Appendix I: Tables of Transactions by Classes of Adaptation; Appendix II: Sources of Electronic Data, 2013 Lushan Earthquake; Notes; References; Index