Publisher's Synopsis
<p> <b>Disaster Law and Policy</b> examines the growing field concerned with disaster prevention, emergency response, compensation & insurance, human rights, and community recovery. The first book on disaster law to appear in the wake of Katrina, this fascinating text provides the key building blocks for a thoughtful analysis of the issues that surround disaster-relief policy and procedure. </p> <p> <b>Exploring the legal issues that surround Katrina and other natural disasters in the U.S. and around the world, <i>Disaster Law and Policy</i>, features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>effective tools for legal analysis </b>of issues emerging from disastrous events </li> <li> <b>discussion problems and class exercises</b> </li> <li> <b>an interdisciplinary approach</b> that combines law, public policy, economics, and science </li> <li> <b>broad coverage</b>—from environmental and land use law to insurance, tort law, and civil rights issues </li> <li> <b>discussion of public expectations of government response in crisis</b>, compared to actual government and private sector preparedness and capabilities </li> <li> <b>examination of post disaster issues</b> such as Medicaid, the role of environmental litigation, communications, law enforcement, evacuation, and the work of the Army Corps of Engineers on the levees in New Orleans </li> </ul> <p> <b>Adopting a wider perspective that looks at the legal ramifications of disasters across the United States and around the world, the Second Edition offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>a new chapter on the causes of disasters</b> and their relationship to laws designed to protect health, safety, and the environment </li> <li> <b>a new chapter on risk and uncertainty</b> that examines the latest ideas to come out of economics, complexity theory, and organizational management </li> <li> <b>a new chapter on international disaster law</b> that looks at recent developments in disaster-risk management, the protection of human rights, and the preservation of ecosystem services <ul> <li> Coverage includes discussion of the 2005 Asian Tsunami, China’s Sechuan Earthquake, and Cycloe Nargis in Mynamar/Burma </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>a new chapter on recovery from disaster </b>that features an <b>extended class exercise</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>A unique and timely text in a burgeoning field, <i>Disaster Law and Policy, Second Edition,</i> is ideal for use in a seminar or a course on disaster issues—or as a supplement in courses on environmental law or land use.</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
