Routledge Handbook of Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Communication

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of core concepts, research, and practice in risk, crisis and disaster communication.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of core concepts, research, and practice in risk, crisis and disaster communication.

With contributions from leading academic experts and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including communication, disaster and health, this Handbook offers a valuable synthesis of current knowledge and future directions for the field. It is divided into four parts. Part One begins with an introduction to foundational theories and pedagogies for risk and crisis communication. Part Two elucidates knowledge and gaps in communicating about climate and weather, focusing on community and corporate positions, and considering text and visual communication with examples from the US and Australia. Part Three provides insights on communicating ongoing and nove