TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating the source of the risks associated with natural events
AU - Gardoni, P.
AU - Murphy, C.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, and earthquakes are example of natural events that pose risks to society. The first objective of this paper is to demonstrate why we cannot simply apply to risks associated with natural events insights and frameworks for moral evaluation developed in the literature by considering ordinary risks, technological risks and the risks posed by anthropogenic climate change. The second objective is to develop a framework for the moral evaluation of the source of the risks associated with natural events. Our discussion concentrates on the way the construction and modification of the built and natural environments can alter the probability of occurrence of natural events and the character and magnitude of the impact that such events have. We propose a standard of reasonable care for decisions about the built and modified natural environment, which accounts for technical and resource constraints and the place of natural hazard mitigation in public policy.
AB - Tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, and earthquakes are example of natural events that pose risks to society. The first objective of this paper is to demonstrate why we cannot simply apply to risks associated with natural events insights and frameworks for moral evaluation developed in the literature by considering ordinary risks, technological risks and the risks posed by anthropogenic climate change. The second objective is to develop a framework for the moral evaluation of the source of the risks associated with natural events. Our discussion concentrates on the way the construction and modification of the built and natural environments can alter the probability of occurrence of natural events and the character and magnitude of the impact that such events have. We propose a standard of reasonable care for decisions about the built and modified natural environment, which accounts for technical and resource constraints and the place of natural hazard mitigation in public policy.
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U2 - 10.1061/41170(400)42
DO - 10.1061/41170(400)42
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79958165494
SN - 9780784411704
T3 - Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Analysis, Modeling, and Management - Proceedings of the ICVRAM 2011 and ISUMA 2011 Conferences
SP - 342
EP - 351
BT - Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk
T2 - International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management, ICVRAM 2011 and the International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, ISUMA 2011
Y2 - 11 April 2011 through 13 April 2011
ER -