Governing Disasters

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-10639-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

With growing awareness of the devastation caused by major natural disasters, alongside integration of governance and technology networks, the parameters of humanitarian aid are becoming more global. At the same time, humanitarian instruments are increasingly recognizing the centrality of local participation. Drawing on six case studies and a survey of 69 members of the relief sector, this book suggests that the key to the efficacy of post-disaster recovery is the primacy given to local actors in the management, direction and design of relief programs. Where local partnership and knowledge generation and application is ongoing, cohesive, meaningful and inclusive, disaster relief efforts are more targeted, cost-effective, efficient and timely. Governing Disasters: Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief examines the interplay between law, governance and collaborative decision making with international, state, private sector and community actors in order to understand the dynamics of a global decentralized yet coordinated process of post-disaster humanitarian assistance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ali, Shahla F.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Zivilprozess- und Schiedsverfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Zivilprozessrecht Streitschlichtung, Mediation
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction: 1. New governance and humanitarian aid; 2. Legal background: post-disaster humanitarian aid law and policy; Part II. International-Led Response: 3. Theory and practice of international response; 4. Indonesia's tsunami of 2004; 5. The Haitian earthquake of 2010; Part III. State-Led Response: 6. Theory and practice of state-led response; 7. The Thai flood of 2011; 8. Japan's Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011; 9. Hurricane Katrina; Part IV. Examining Public-Private Partnerships; 10. Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis of 2008; 11. Public-private partnerships through crowd-sourced; 12. Governance and humanitarian aid survey data; 13. Conclusions: lessons learned/policy suggestions.

Über Autor(innen)

Ali, Shahla F.
Shahla Ali is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Law and Deputy Director of the LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong.