Asia-Pacific Disaster Management Comparative and Socio-legal Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Butt, Simon (Editor), Nasu, Hitoshi (Editor), Nottage, Luke (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Natural disasters.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental economics.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Environmental Economics.

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 F...