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Preface; Contents; 1 Risk and Information: For a New Conceptual Framework; 1.1 A Contemporary Look at Risks: Risks Are Plural and Transcalar; 1.2 Information as a Process; 1.3 Definitions, Classifications and Models; 1.3.1 Reviewing Risk Categories; 1.3.2 Integrated Risk Management; 1.3.3 Temporal Risk Models; 1.3.4 Contextualising the Stages of Risk and the Various Types of Expertise; 1.3.5 The Information Flow; 1.4 Proposing a New Conceptual Framework; 1.4.1 The Translation Process; 1.4.2 Grasping the Risks; 1.4.3 The Trajectories; 1.5 The Research; 1.5.1 Case Studies
1.5.1.1 Centralisation of Information1.5.1.2 Dissemination of Information; 1.5.1.3 Use and Transmission of Information; 1.5.2 Methodology; 1.5.3 Field Research; References; 2 Centralising Information: Predicting and Managing the Risk of Pandemics at the WHO; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Institutional Framework and Investigation; 2.2.1 The Risk of Epidemic and the Role of the WHO; 2.2.2 Investigation; 2.3 Managing Epidemic-Type Risks; 2.3.1 What Did SARS Change?; 2.3.2 Verifying the Information; 2.3.3 Setting Up Emergency Responses; 2.4 The Intermediaries in the Circulation of Information
2.4.1 The SHOC Room: A Modular Space2.4.2 The List; 2.4.3 Databases for the Monitoring Process: From Rumour to Event; 2.4.4 Collaboration and Expanding the Sources of the Alert; 2.5 Analysis: From Centralisation to Globalisation; 2.5.1 Nuances in the Centralisation of Information; 2.5.2 `Living' Information; 2.5.3 Transcalar Circulation of Information; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Communicating Information and Risk Management in Madagascar; 3.1 Risk Management in Madagascar; 3.1.1 The Institutional Structures of Crisis Management; 3.1.2 The Focal Point in Madagascar: The BNGRC
3.1.3 The Roles and Responsibilities of the Actors3.1.3.1 `Before': The Early Warning System (SAP); 3.1.3.2 `Before-During': Identification (Meteorology); 3.1.3.3 `During-After': Action (The Madagascar Civil Protection Corps); 3.1.3.4 `After': The Investment Fund for Development (FID); 3.1.4 The Terminology and the Categories of Alert Used; 3.1.4.1 Prevention, Alleviation, Preparation, and Intervention; 3.1.4.2 Vulnerability; 3.1.4.3 The Warning; 3.1.4.4 Permeable Categories; 3.1.5 Definitions of and Approaches to Risks; 3.2 The Circulation of Risk Information in Madagascar
3.2.1 The Information Circulation Profiles3.2.1.1 Vertical Communication; 3.2.1.2 Horizontal Communication; 3.2.2 Actor Profiles; 3.2.2.1 The Coordinator; 3.2.2.2 The Producer; 3.2.2.3 The Transmitter; 3.2.2.4 The Forwarder; 3.2.2.5 The Operator; 3.3 The Socio-technical Intermediaries; 3.3.1 Batteries; 3.3.2 Fuel; 3.3.3 Books, Forms and Reports; 3.3.3.1 Before: Books; 3.3.3.2 During: Forms; 3.3.3.3 After: Reports; 3.3.4 Figures; 3.4 Conclusion; 3.4.1 Continuity Between Categories and Reference Points for Action; 3.4.2 Structure Linking the Levels of Information; 3.4.3 Connexity and Contiguity
1.5.1.1 Centralisation of Information1.5.1.2 Dissemination of Information; 1.5.1.3 Use and Transmission of Information; 1.5.2 Methodology; 1.5.3 Field Research; References; 2 Centralising Information: Predicting and Managing the Risk of Pandemics at the WHO; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Institutional Framework and Investigation; 2.2.1 The Risk of Epidemic and the Role of the WHO; 2.2.2 Investigation; 2.3 Managing Epidemic-Type Risks; 2.3.1 What Did SARS Change?; 2.3.2 Verifying the Information; 2.3.3 Setting Up Emergency Responses; 2.4 The Intermediaries in the Circulation of Information
2.4.1 The SHOC Room: A Modular Space2.4.2 The List; 2.4.3 Databases for the Monitoring Process: From Rumour to Event; 2.4.4 Collaboration and Expanding the Sources of the Alert; 2.5 Analysis: From Centralisation to Globalisation; 2.5.1 Nuances in the Centralisation of Information; 2.5.2 `Living' Information; 2.5.3 Transcalar Circulation of Information; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Communicating Information and Risk Management in Madagascar; 3.1 Risk Management in Madagascar; 3.1.1 The Institutional Structures of Crisis Management; 3.1.2 The Focal Point in Madagascar: The BNGRC
3.1.3 The Roles and Responsibilities of the Actors3.1.3.1 `Before': The Early Warning System (SAP); 3.1.3.2 `Before-During': Identification (Meteorology); 3.1.3.3 `During-After': Action (The Madagascar Civil Protection Corps); 3.1.3.4 `After': The Investment Fund for Development (FID); 3.1.4 The Terminology and the Categories of Alert Used; 3.1.4.1 Prevention, Alleviation, Preparation, and Intervention; 3.1.4.2 Vulnerability; 3.1.4.3 The Warning; 3.1.4.4 Permeable Categories; 3.1.5 Definitions of and Approaches to Risks; 3.2 The Circulation of Risk Information in Madagascar
3.2.1 The Information Circulation Profiles3.2.1.1 Vertical Communication; 3.2.1.2 Horizontal Communication; 3.2.2 Actor Profiles; 3.2.2.1 The Coordinator; 3.2.2.2 The Producer; 3.2.2.3 The Transmitter; 3.2.2.4 The Forwarder; 3.2.2.5 The Operator; 3.3 The Socio-technical Intermediaries; 3.3.1 Batteries; 3.3.2 Fuel; 3.3.3 Books, Forms and Reports; 3.3.3.1 Before: Books; 3.3.3.2 During: Forms; 3.3.3.3 After: Reports; 3.3.4 Figures; 3.4 Conclusion; 3.4.1 Continuity Between Categories and Reference Points for Action; 3.4.2 Structure Linking the Levels of Information; 3.4.3 Connexity and Contiguity