Safe place or ‘catastrophic society’? Perspectives on hazards and disasters in Canada

摘要: The essay introduces public risk and destructive events in Canada, their conceptual policy implications. discussion is developed four main steps. First, some widely held, if contradictory, perceptions of security are identified. A relatively high level personal safety for most Canadians attributed to large government private investments. But these have not prevented recurring disasters, nor singular vulnerability certain groups parts the country. Meanwhile, novel dangers modern living compromise all Canadians. second section examines evidence losses from a broad range hazards, related, risk-averting national geography shown been transformed reorganized by post-World War II developments. Losses, even natural identified with common, nationwide behaviours infrastructure, especially motorised mobility consumer products. fourth looks at appropriate frameworks. Charles Perrow's idea ‘organizational society’ considered, Ulrich Beck's ‘risk society’, including his view that late societies shift towards ‘catastrophic’ condition. In general, Canadian scene ideas support human ecological modernity, but challenge an agent-specific extreme event approach had prevailed hazards geography. ‘Manufactured’ neglected decisive element. social space risks be recast around changing priorities for, justice in, emerging crises safety. Risk aversion turns upon questions acceptability risks, acceptance whom, how it achieved. For academic work, this suggests reexamination knowledge its ‘social construction’. La dissertation aborde le sujet des evenements destructifs et du risque au leurs implications conceptuels de principe. La est developpee en quatre etapes principales. Premierement, certaines la securite publique tenues par beaucoup, non sans etre contradictoires, sont identifiees. Un niveau relativement eleve personnelle pour plupart canadiens attribuea un gouvernement grande taille aux investissements prives mais ceux-ci n'ont pas empeche desastres se reproduire, ni une vulnerabilite singuliere certains groupes endroits pays. Entretemps, nouveaux vie moderne compromettent tous les canadiens. deuxieme examine preuve d'une perte partir gamme etendue risques d'investissement apparentes. montre que geographie nationale ete transformee reorganisee developpements l'apres seconde guerre mondiale. Les pertes, meme provenant naturels, identifiees avec comportements infrastructures commun dans tout pays, specialement mobilite motorisee produits consommation. Une quatrieme supports travail appropries. L'idee Perrow ‘societe structurelle’ prise consideration, celle d'Ulrich Beck ‘societea risque’ comprenant sa vue dernieres societes modernes s'accelerent vers condition ‘catastrophique’. En monde canadien ces idees soutiennent humaine ecologique modernite, defie agent specifique approche qui avait prevalu risques. vulnerabilite‘fabriquee’ element neglige decisif. demontre role l'espace redistribue selon priorites changent pour, sociale dans, emergent personnelle. L'aversion revolve autour d'acceptabilite risques, acceptes qui, facon dont cela accompli. ce concerne theorique, suggere connaissance ‘construction sociale’.