ABSTRACT
Risk has become a defining feature of our modern world. Risks intersect with people and places across temporalities and spatialities, from the global to the local, spanning immediate threats and longer-term intergenerational risks. Their consequences for places are equally diverse, from the incremental stresses associated with a prolonged drought or economic recession, to the more sudden, uncertain and unpredictable impacts of events associated with earthquakes or terrorist attacks. Even where hazards appear relatively localised or geographically contained, the interconnected nature of the contemporary world means that the shockwaves of a particular risk ripple outwards, potentially affecting places and people who initially appear unconnected from the primary hazard. This chapter examines the limitations of contemporary risk management, not least how it so often ignores endemic place-based disadvantage in favor of developing risk coping strategies that ultimately fall short of what is truly required for effective contemporary place-based risk management.
