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More Than a Potential Hazard—Approaching Risks from a Social-Ecological Perspective

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  • Carolin Völker

    (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
    Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Johanna Kramm

    (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Heide Kerber

    (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Engelbert Schramm

    (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
    Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Martina Winker

    (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Martin Zimmermann

    (ISOE—Institute for Social-Ecological Research, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

Abstract

Risks have been classically understood as a probability of damage or a potential hazard resulting in appropriate management strategies. However, research on environmental issues such as pollutants in the aquatic environment or the impacts of climate change have shown that classical management approaches do not sufficiently cover these interactions between society and nature. There have been several attempts to develop interdisciplinary approaches to risk that include natural as well as social science contributions. In this paper, the authors aim at developing a social-ecological perspective on risk by drawing on the concept of societal relations to nature and the model of provisioning systems. This perspective is used to analyze four cases, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, semicentralized water infrastructures and forest management, with regard to risk identification, assessment and management. Finally, the paper aims at developing a perspective on risks which takes into account non-intended side-effects, system interdependencies and uncertainty.

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  • Carolin Völker & Johanna Kramm & Heide Kerber & Engelbert Schramm & Martina Winker & Martin Zimmermann, 2017. "More Than a Potential Hazard—Approaching Risks from a Social-Ecological Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-16, June.
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    2. Zimmermann, Martin & Winker, Martina & Schramm, Engelbert, 2018. "Vulnerability analysis of critical infrastructures in the case of a semi-centralised water reuse system in Qingdao, China," International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 4-15.

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