ABSTRACT
Diversity is one of the many “hot-button” topics discussed in this book. Diversity relates to the interconnectedness of social, cultural, political, and ultimately economic factors within communities of various sizes. Likewise, with the surge of technologies and the advent of mobility and interconnected systems, the world has become a much smaller place with social and economic interactions becoming increasingly diversified. Unfortunately, the intentional and unintentional blending of these components has not always occurred easily. Various forms of dissensionincluding extreme views of politics, religion, and culture-are occurring with increasing frequency and they create increasing community risk with often unpredictable (or not previously occurring) conditions and results.
