The book outlines the regulatory environment for disaster
prevention and management in broad social, economic and political
context. The first half of the book focuses mainly on Japan,
especially the 3-11 events: the earthquake and tsunami that
devastated the Tohoku area on 11 March 2011 and the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant radiation leaks. The second half
focuses on the USA (the only other Asia-Pacific country to have
experienced a serious nuclear emergency), Indonesia, China, New
Zealand, Australia and international law. One question explored is
whether socio-legal norms play different roles in preventing and
managing responses to natural disasters compared to man-made
disasters. Another is how disaster law interacts with society
across very diverse societies in the disaster-prone Asia-Pacific
region. The book also addresses the increasingly important roles
played by international law and regional regimes for cross-border
cooperation in disaster prevention and relief, including the
functions played by military forces.
Erudite, pragmatic, and charged with detailed, substantive
knowledge of an astonishing range of contexts and research fields,
this timely collection of important essays on the law and society
of disaster management stands as an exemplary international
academic response to the disasters of 11 March 2011.(Annelise
Riles)"
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