| Description |
1 online resource (xlv, 540 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge law handbooks |
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Cambridge law handbooks.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Catastrophe is not the end but the beginning / Donovan Finn -- The flood : political economy and disaster / Mari Matsuda -- Governance structures for recovery and resilience / Susan L. Cutter -- Governance strategies for mitigating urban heat island effect / Dawid Sześciło -- Regulatory institutional challenges to prevent mining dam disasters in Brazil / Patricia Sampaio & Rômulo Sampaio -- Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change / Livhuwani David Nemakonde & Dewald van Niekerk -- Climate resilience in the Greater Bay Area of South China / Maria Francesch-Huidobro -- An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area / Ping Yu Fan & Kwok Pan Chun -- Local resilience, land use law, and disaster planning / John R. Nolon -- Financing city resilience / Arthur C. Nelson -- Disaster, land use, and European Union Law / Juli Ponce -- Covid-19 and cooperation in times of disaster / Matiangai Sirlea -- Disaster recovery in rural communities / Ann M. Eisenberg -- Wildfire federalism / Stephen R. Miller -- A comparative review of hazard-prone housing acquisition laws, policies, and programs in the United States and Aotearoa New Zealand / Gavin Smith & Wendy Saunders -- Urban transformation as a resilience strategy / Asli Ceylan Oner & Haluk Özener -- How green cities prevent disasters? / Wellington Migliari -- Constructing a resilient energy supply / Shelley Welton -- Building a resilient power grid / Robert R. M. Verchick -- Weaponizing private property and the chilling affect of regulatory takings jurisprudence in combating global warming / Danaya C. Wright -- Averting disasters through watershed policy advocacy / Chinkie Peliño-Golle & Florence Chio Baula -- Insuring natural catastrophes in America / Christopher French -- Corporate compliance and climate change / Susan S. Kuo & Benjamin Means -- Creating blueprints for law school responses to natural disasters / Jeffrey R. Baker, Christine E. Cerniglia, Davida Finger, Luz Herrera, & JoNel Newman... -- Law and lawyers in disaster response / Clifford J. Villa -- Scheduled monuments and sites at risk of coastal erosion / Pernille Denise Frederiksen & Marianne Lindegaard Rasmussen -- Heritage-related disaster policy in the United States / Sara C. Bronin -- Love for heritage in the time of COVID-19 / Jack Tsen-Ta Lee -- Reflections on urban cultural heritage, public health, and public particpation / Ryan Rowberry -- After the storm / Brie Sherwin -- Social construction of disaster survivors and displaced populations / Alka Sapat, Arjola Belilaq, & Ann-Margaret Esnard -- From COVID-19 to climate change / Cinnamon P. Carlarne -- Disasters and disability / Lance Gable |
| Summary |
"This introduction provides an overview of the disaster law and policy topics explored in the chapters that follow. Before sharing that overview, there are a few threshold questions to consider. What does the word "disaster" mean? What concerns are reasonably encompassed by the field of disaster law and policy? And where might disaster law and policy be headed in its evolution as a field of practice and study? The answer to each of these questions is malleable, and the developing and dynamic nature of disaster law and policy is reflected in the contributions the chapter authors have made to this volume. The Handbook's foreword and thirty-three chapters highlight a range of ongoing efforts to advance international, national, and local responses to disasters as well as plans to prepare for them. We offer here brief initial thoughts on three foundational considerations"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2022) |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- Law and legislation.
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Disaster relief -- Law and legislation.
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Disaster relief -- Law and legislation
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Emergency management -- Law and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marshall, John Travis, editor.
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Rowberry, Ryan, editor.
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Kuo, Susan S., 1969- editor.
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| LC no. |
2021059541 |
| ISBN |
9781108770903 |
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1108770908 |
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