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ICTs in the Contemporary World seminar
Disasters Evermore? Reducing US Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters Charles Perrow
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale University
Monday 2 October 2006
6.30 - 8.30 p.m.
Discuss this video on the ISIG discussion blog
New Theatre, E171, East Building
The US is facing mounting disasters from natural, industrial, and terrorist sources. Our organizations are not up to the task of protecting us. Improvements should continue but will be marginal. We should also focus upon reducing the size of the targets: deconcentrating populations in risky areas; deconcentrating hazardous materials; and deconcentrating the size and power of organizations in our critical infrastructure, especially electric power, chemical plants, and the Internet. All of these will take stronger regulation, whereas the nation is moving towards deregulation in its legislation and judicial decisions.
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Please note places will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis - registration is not required.
For any further queries regarding this seminar or to request information about future events please contact Maha Shaikh, Research Coordinator. m.i.shaikh@lse.ac.uk
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