Law and the management of disasters : the challenge of resilience / edited by Alexia Herwig and Marta Simoncini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herwig, Alexia, editor.

Simoncini, Marta, editor.

Series:

Law, science and society

Law, Science and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief--Law and legislation.

Disaster relief.

Disasters--Law and legislation.

Disasters.

Risk management--Law and legislation.

Risk management.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover ; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Table of cases; Underpinning the role of law in disaster resilience. An introduction; PART I Risk assessment in the light of resilience; 1 Multi-risk analysis: A new paradigm for territorial resilience; 2 Resilience in retrospect: Interpreting Fukushima's disappearing consequences; 3 Resilience and international (quasi- )judicial bodies in water cases: An uneasy relationship?; PART II Risk regulation under resilience; 4 Disaster risk regulation in the European Union: The path to resilience;

5 Risk regulation and resilience in offshore oil and gas operation6 Smart cities and the challenge of resilience; PART III Disaster relief and resilience; 7 Resilience and responsibility in international law: The achievements of the Sendai framework through the example of climate change; 8 Governing from a distance: European Union foreign policy and resilience building; 9 Resilience strategy in the United States: Incentivising resilient practices and behaviour; PART IV In the aftermath: Towards resilient recovery; 10 The resilient constitution: Lessons from the financial crisis;

11 Tort law as an instrument for the prevention and remediation of catastrophic harm12 Resilient compensation mechanisms: The role of government intervention in the insurance of catastrophic risks; Conclusions One law to bind them all: International law and disaster resilience; Bibliography of reference; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Law and the management of disasters.

ISBN:

9781315639321

1315639327

9781317273691

1317273699

9781317273684

1317273680

OCLC:

965196030

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