Introduction: Disasters, housing, actuarialism and the securitisation of risk

Housing Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-195

  Williams, Stewart ^a   Jacobs, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuarialism; Beck; Catastrophe; Disaster; Foucault; Housing; Insurance; Risk; Social theory

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 79951900526     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2011.557587     Document Type: Article

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