Zur Kommunikation von Risiken

Risks and their management represent central challenges of modern society. Risks gain societal relevance only through communication about them. This also applies to natural risks such as flooding. Swen Zehetmair provides a comprehensive insight into the various communication contexts that shape societal engagement with flood risks, using the example of the German Elbe River basin, and examines the social systems involved in flood risk management. Conflicts and cooperations, structural couplings, as well as the issues of political governance in flood risk management are addressed, illustrating the challenges for risk management.