Hazards, risks, and disasters in society / [electronic resource] volume editors, Andrew E. Collins [and four others] ; contributors, Supriya Akerkar [and thirty-six others]. Collins, Andrew E., editor. Akerkar, Supriya, contributor. Natural disasters Economic aspects. Natural disasters Planning. Emergency management. HC79.D45 .H393 2015eb 363.34 23 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 10, 2014). Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society provides analyses of environmentally related catastrophes within society in historical, political and economic contexts. Personal and corporate culture mediates how people may become more vulnerable or resilient to hazard exposure. Societies that strengthen themselves, or are strengthened, mitigate decline and resultant further exposure to what are largely human induced risks of environmental, social and economic degradation. This book outlines why it is important to explore in more depth the relationships between environmental hazards, risk and disast. 2015 Text 1 online resource (425 pages) : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123964519 eng Hazards and Disasters Series Hazards, risks, and disasters in society. Hazards, risks, and disasters in society.