O risco em perspectiva: tendências e abordagens

Abstract

The study of risk, a term understood in various ways, is carried out on the basis of different ontological assumptions, involving different methodological postures and applications. This heterogeneity, far from inhibiting communication among fields of knowledge, presents opportunities for dialogue and conceptual enrichment. Risks are not circumscribed to one dimension of reality, but express the whole complexity of contemporary society. This text is a first effort at dialogue among these tendencies and approaches. The final objective is to form a conceptual framework to enrich discussion on the risks of modernity and its environmental implications for the quality of urban life.