Business and Environmental Risks: Spatial Interactions Between Environmental Hazards and Social Vulnerabilities in Ibero-America
. Ed(S): Vazquez Brust, Diego A.; Plaza Ubeda, Jose A.; Burgos Jimenez, Jeronimo De; Natenzon, Claudia E.
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paperback. This book offers a framework to understanding sustainability challenges related to growth in developing countries. It offers solutions using a holistic approach to understanding the connection between environmental threats, industrial activity and risk. Editor(s): Vazquez Brust, Diego A.; Plaza Ubeda, Jose A.; Burgos Jimenez, Jeronimo De; Natenzon, Claudia E. Num Pages: 180 pages, 28 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: LNKJ; RGC; RGW; TQK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401782111
SKU
V9789401782111
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