Law and the Management of Disasters

Name: Law and the Management of Disasters
Author: Alexia Herwig

The Challenge of Resilience

Specificaties

Gebonden, 280 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2016

ISBN13: 9781138193529

Rubricering

Juridisch :

Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 2016 9781138193529

Onderdeel van serie Law, Science and Society

187,58

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Samenvatting

Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functioning of state authority and society. When dealing with disasters, law has traditionally focused on contingency planning and recovery. More recently, however, ‘resilience’ has emerged as a key concept in effective disaster management policies and strategies, aiming at minimising the impact of events, so that the normal functioning of society and the state can be preserved. This book analyses the contribution of law to resilience building by looking at law’s role in the different phases of the disaster regulatory process: risk assessment, risk management, emergency intervention, and recovery. More specifically, it addresses how law can effectively contribute to resilience-oriented distaster management policies, and what legal instruments can support effective resilience-building.