Law and the Management of Disasters: The Challenge of Resilience (Law, Science and Society)

By: Marta Simoncini and Alexia Herwig

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 280 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317273684
Related ISBNs:: 9781138624368, 9781315639321, 9781138193529
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 08/27/23
Copyrighted By:: Alexia Herwig, Marta Simoncini
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Alexia Herwig
Edited by:: Marta Simoncini