DEMS 3701 Study Guide - Final Guide: Land Values, Risk Society, Internal Control
21 Dec 2018
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31-49: in discussing a critique to becks" risk society, the point is made that 230,000 persons died as a result of the 2004 indian ocean earthquake/tsunami. When organizational disregard for risk is accompanied by lax external controls on risky activities, disaster can result: 2 questions not specified. 125-159: in discussing risk at the community level, a useful starting point to think about is land. To gain insight into the production of risk at the community level, a useful starting point is to think about land that is, land that can be turned into real estate, developed, and redeveloped. Levee effect the idea that levees actually increase flood losses rather than decrease them, because the presence of levees encourages development in floodplains.
