Business and Environmental Risks Spatial Interactions Between Enviro
Based on detailed research funded across two continents and involving universities in Argentina, Spain and the UK, this book sets out an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to assessing both environmental and social risks in a given territorial area. U
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Diego A. Vazquez-Brust · José A. Plaza-Úbeda · Jerónimo de Burgos-Jiménez · Claudia E. Natenzon Editors
Business and Environmental Risks Spatial Interactions Between Environmental Hazards and Social Vulnerabilities in Ibero-America
Foreword by Kjell-Erik Bugge
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Editors Dr. Diego A. Vazquez-Brust The Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) Cardiff University 55, Park Place Cardiff Wales CF10 3AT U.K. [email protected] Dr. Jerónimo de Burgos-Jiménez Department of Business Administration University of Almeria, Spain Ctra. Sacramento s/n La Cañada de S. Urbano 04120 Almería Spain [email protected]
Dr. José A. Plaza-Úbeda Department of Business Administration University of Almeria, Spain Ctra. Sacramento s/n La Cañada de S. Urbano 04120 Almería Spain [email protected]
Prof. Claudia E. Natenzon Institute of Geography “Romualdo Ardissone” Faculty of Philosophy and Letters University of Buenos Aires Puan 480 - 4º piso Buenos Aires 1406 Argentina [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-2741-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2742-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2742-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011941278 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To all those living in ‘hot-spots’ and suffering the consequences of the problems outlined in this book. We wish them a brighter future both socially and environmentally To our families and friends
Foreword
Vulnerability and poverty are real threats to worldwide prosperity, and there is a need to act now. Fortunately this is exactly what this book does: presenting results from real life cases and simultaneously providing a methodology that can help us move forward towards increased awareness, improved understanding of risks, and effective risk management based on well-informed decision-making. And this is why I was both honoured and pleased to accept the opportunity to write this foreword. During the past two decades I have been ‘fighting’ for a more sustainable development, focusing on how the combination of process management and decision-support can help stakeholders creating a better future together. My work has been both in developed and developing countries, and in all cases I have seen one key success factor: human beings. They create most of the problems, and they are the ones that have the ability to solve them too. This brings me to my visit to Buenos Aires last year where not only the beautiful parks and the nicely revitalized harbour area were visited, but also ‘La Villa de Retir
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