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Risk and Social Theory in Environmental Management marks a timely contribution, given that environmental management is no longer just about protecting pristine ecosystems and endangered species from anthropogenic harm; it is about calculating and managing the risks to human communities of rapid environmental and technological change. First, the book provides a solid foundation of the social theory underpinning the nature of risk, then presents a re-thinking of key concepts and methods in order to take more seriously the biophysical embeddedness of human society. Second, it presents a rich set of case studies from Australia and overseas, drawing on the latest applied research conducted by leading research institutions. In so doing, the book identifies the tensions that arise from decision making over risk and uncertainty in a contested policy environment, and provides crucial insights for addressing on-ground problems in an integrated way.

Environmental management --- Environmental risk assessment --- Risk --- Sociological aspects. --- Australia.

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Hazardous waste site remediation --- Brownfields --- Environmental risk assessment --- Hazardous waste sites --- Technological innovations. --- Law and legislation

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Disasters --- Crisis management --- Risk management --- Nuclear power plants --- Environmental risk assessment --- Technology --- -Risk assessment --- Risk assessment

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This book presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment, for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities which is intended to assist in decision-making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding and planning for risk from natural disasters and climate change. The target audience for this book includes policy makers, urban practitioners and technical staff, and international organizations. The Urban Risk Assessment is a flexible approach based on three reinforcing pillars that co

City planning -- Environmental aspects. --- Natural disasters -- Social aspects. --- Urban ecology (Sociology). --- Urban policy. --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- City planning --- Urban policy --- Natural disasters --- Climatic changes --- Risk assessment --- Environmental risk assessment --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Environmental aspects --- Social aspects --- Risk assessment. --- Environmental risk assessment. --- Environmental aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Risk --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Natural calamities --- Cities and state --- Urban problems --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Precautionary principle --- Evaluation --- Disasters --- City and town life --- Economic policy --- Social policy --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban renewal --- Social ecology

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Based on detailed research funded across two continents and involving universities in Argentina, Spain and the UK, this book sets out an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to assessing both environmental and social risks in a given territorial area. Using data from a number of Ibero-American nations, the study combines environmental, socio-economic and geographic factors to construct a set of spatial and technical indicators that measure the social vulnerability and industrial hazardousness of a defined area. Aggregating these indicators in a geographic information system (GIS) allows researchers to assess the potential risk to which a certain area and its population are subject as a result of the environmental deterioration caused by co-located industrial activity.   The authors perform this assessment at two levels: a regional one that identifies average risk over large administrative areas such as provinces, and at a more detailed scale they name the ‘census unit’, to determine the distribution in the locality of risk-laden and contaminating industries. The methodology applied allows for greater accuracy and detail in identifying geographical variations in calculating the levels of risk within a single country. It also facilitates more productive comparisons different countries in Ibero-America.

Environmental degradation -- Social aspects -- Latin America. --- Environmental risk assessment. --- Sustainable development -- Latin America. --- Sustainable development --- Environmental degradation --- Environmental risk assessment --- Business & Economics --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Economic History --- Environmental Sciences --- Social aspects --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Natural disasters --- Risk assessment --- Disasters --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Risk --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Natural calamities --- Environments, Hazardous geographic --- Environment. --- Geographical information systems. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Sustainable development. --- Pollution prevention. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Human geography. --- Sustainable Development. --- Industrial Pollution Prevention. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Human Geography. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Evaluation --- Human ecology --- Environmental pollution. --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Law and legislation --- Environmental aspects --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Prevention of pollution --- Government policy --- Control --- Prevention and control