TY - BOOK AU - O'Hair,Dan AU - O'Hair,Mary John TI - Communication and catastrophic events: strategic risk and crisis management T2 - Communicating science in times of crisis SN - 9781119751823 AV - HD49 .C658 2023 U1 - 363.34 23/eng/20220812 PY - 2023/// CY - Hoboken, New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - Crisis management KW - Disasters KW - Communication in science KW - Gestion de crise KW - Catastrophes KW - Information scientifique KW - disasters KW - aat KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "As one of the volumes in the Wiley Blackwell series entitled, Communicating Science in Times of Crises, this and the following fourteen chapters take up the issue of Catastrophes and how these events are manifested and eventually managed through strategic risk and crisis management. In Chapter One, the conceptual groundwork is laid for understanding the semantical properties and implications of the term, Catastrophes. An associated field of study is risk and crisis management and is discussed from a theoretical perspective with some practical observations thrown in from time to time. In the last section of the chapter, a brief synopsis is offered for the remaining fourteen chapters of the book. Catastrophic conditions explored in the book are varied but represent a nice sampling of these events as they have unfolded quite recently"-- UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119751847 ER -