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Tsunami and disaster management : law and governance / general editors, C. Raj Kumar & D.K. Srivastava.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore : Sweet & Maxwell (UK), 2006.Description: xvii, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9626613068
  • 9789626613061
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.348 22
Incomplete contents:
Ch. 1: Introduction - responding to tsunami and disasters: law, policy and governance perspectives on disaster management / C. Raj Kumar and D.K. Srivastava<BR> Pt. One: Governance perspectives on disaster management: law, theory and practice<BR> Ch. 2: Strengthening international disaster response laws, rules and principles: overview of the current system and a new way forward / Victoria Bannon<BR> Ch. 3: Theorising disaster and emergency management / Ali Asgary<BR> Ch. 4: Building disaster risk reduction in Asia: a way forward / Earl Kessler<BR> Ch. 5: How do governance capacities affect patterns of crisis management? Towards an analytical framework / Scott Fritzen<BR> Ch. 6: The evolving role of information and communication technologies in disaster relief and sustainable development / Bruce P. Chadwick<BR> Pt. Two: Disaster management and victims' rights: remedies and community-based initiatives<BR> Ch. 7: Human rights and governance perspectives on disaster management / C. Raj Kumar<BR> Ch. 8: Tort law perspectives on disaster management / D.K. Srivastava<BR> Ch. 9: Codification changes as a response to disasters / Ala P. Jeary<BR> Ch. 10: Institutionalising disaster mitigation throug community-based initiatives / Mihir R. Bhatt<BR> Ch. 11: Critical gaps in disaster governance / P. Michael Vetha<BR> Ch. 12: Disaster relief and child protection / Xiaoyuan Shang<BR> Pt. Three: Disaster management, humanitarian relief and rehabilitation: regional perspectives<BR> Ch. 13: Natural disaster emergency relief and recovery policy: the experiences in China / Yuanchang Zheng<BR> Ch. 14: Legal and governance issues of the tsunami disaster: the Sri Lankan experience / Shamalie Gunawardana<BR> Ch. 15: Legal aspects of disaster management and rehabilitation: the recent indian experience of the tsunami disaster.
Review: Developed after the International Conference on Disaster Management: Challenges for Governance Reforms in Asia in March 2005, this volume contains papers that cover the themes of: governance perspectives on disaster management; disaster management and victims' rights; and disaster management, humanitarian relief and rhabilitation from a regional perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1: Introduction - responding to tsunami and disasters: law, policy and governance perspectives on disaster management / C. Raj Kumar and D.K. Srivastava<BR> Pt. One: Governance perspectives on disaster management: law, theory and practice<BR> Ch. 2: Strengthening international disaster response laws, rules and principles: overview of the current system and a new way forward / Victoria Bannon<BR> Ch. 3: Theorising disaster and emergency management / Ali Asgary<BR> Ch. 4: Building disaster risk reduction in Asia: a way forward / Earl Kessler<BR> Ch. 5: How do governance capacities affect patterns of crisis management? Towards an analytical framework / Scott Fritzen<BR> Ch. 6: The evolving role of information and communication technologies in disaster relief and sustainable development / Bruce P. Chadwick<BR> Pt. Two: Disaster management and victims' rights: remedies and community-based initiatives<BR> Ch. 7: Human rights and governance perspectives on disaster management / C. Raj Kumar<BR> Ch. 8: Tort law perspectives on disaster management / D.K. Srivastava<BR> Ch. 9: Codification changes as a response to disasters / Ala P. Jeary<BR> Ch. 10: Institutionalising disaster mitigation throug community-based initiatives / Mihir R. Bhatt<BR> Ch. 11: Critical gaps in disaster governance / P. Michael Vetha<BR> Ch. 12: Disaster relief and child protection / Xiaoyuan Shang<BR> Pt. Three: Disaster management, humanitarian relief and rehabilitation: regional perspectives<BR> Ch. 13: Natural disaster emergency relief and recovery policy: the experiences in China / Yuanchang Zheng<BR> Ch. 14: Legal and governance issues of the tsunami disaster: the Sri Lankan experience / Shamalie Gunawardana<BR> Ch. 15: Legal aspects of disaster management and rehabilitation: the recent indian experience of the tsunami disaster.

Developed after the International Conference on Disaster Management: Challenges for Governance Reforms in Asia in March 2005, this volume contains papers that cover the themes of: governance perspectives on disaster management; disaster management and victims' rights; and disaster management, humanitarian relief and rhabilitation from a regional perspective.

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