Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World

Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World is part of The Earthscan Risk in Society Series of books. Published in 2008 and written by risk theorist and researcher Ortwin Renn, the book brings together and updates Renn's work, integrating concepts of risk in the social, engineering and natural sciences.

Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World
AuthorOrtwin Renn
SeriesThe Earthscan Risk in Society Series
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date
2008
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback), ebook
Pages476 pages
ISBN9781844072927 First edition print

Synopsis

Risk Governance presents the context of risk handling before proceeding through the core topics of assessment, evaluation, perception, management and communication. The main focus is on systemic risks, such as genetically modified organisms, which have a high degree of complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity, and with major repercussions on financial, economic, and social impact areas.[1]

Reception

Reviewing for Natural Hazards, Heriberta Castaños and Cinna Lomnitz praised the book as important and noted that it included coverage of German social science on disaster research as "The coverage of key German references has always been uneven."[2] Rolf Lidskog reviewed for Acta Sociologica, stating that "Because of its broad character, where different thematic issues (perceptions, management, communication, etc.) are discussed, the book has a somewhat eclectic character."[3]

References
  1. Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World
  2. Castaños, Heriberta; Lomnitz, Cinna (February 2009). "Ortwin Renn, Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World: Earthscan, London, 2008, 455 pp. Paperback, ₤29.95; hardcover, ₤85.00. Figs. and tables. Distrib. Macmillan, London". Natural Hazards. 48 (2): 313–314. doi:10.1007/s11069-008-9286-7. ISSN 0921-030X. S2CID 128574029.
  3. Lidskog, Rolf (2009). "Review of Risk Governance. Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World". Acta Sociologica. 52 (2): 181–182. doi:10.1177/00016993090520020604. ISSN 0001-6993. JSTOR 25652116.


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