Business and environmental risks: Spatial interactions between environmental hazards and social vulnerabilities in Ibero-America

Vazquez-Brust, Diego, Plaza Úbeda, J. A., de Burgos Jiménez, J. and Natenzon, C. E., eds. 2012. Business and environmental risks: Spatial interactions between environmental hazards and social vulnerabilities in Ibero-America. Dordrecht: Springer.

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Abstract

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 as a result of the environmental deterioration caused by co-located industrial activity.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Edited Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Publisher:	Springer
ISBN:	9789400727410
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 23:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/48106

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