Law and the Management of Disasters

Alexia Herwig & Marta Simoncini are both based at the Centre for Law and Cosmopolitan Values, at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Underpinning the Role of Law in Disaster Resilience, Marta Simoncini and Alexia Herwig Part I Risk Assessment in the Light of Resilience 1. Multi-Risk Analysis: A New Paradigm for Territorial Resilience, Sara Bouchon and Carmelo Dimauro 2. Resilience in Retrospect: Interpreting Fukushima’s Disappearing Consequences, John Downer 3. Resilience and International (Quasi-)Judicial Bodies in Water Cases: An Uneasy Relationship?, Mónika Ambrus Part II Risk Regulation under Resilience 4. Disaster Risk Regulation in the European Union. The Path to Resilience, Marta Simoncini 5. Risk Regulation and Resilience in Offshore Oil and Gas Operation, Preben H Lindøe 6. Smart cities and the challenge of resilience, Carmelo Dimauro Part III Disaster Relief and Resilience 7. Resilience and Responsibility in International Law: The Achievements of the Sendai Framework through the Example of Climate Change, Alexia Herwig 8. Governing from a Distance: European Union Foreign Policy and Resilience Building, Jonathan Joseph 9. Resilience Strategy in the United States. Incentivizing Resilient Practices and Behaviour, David A Trissell Part IV In the aftermath. Towards resilient recovery 10. The Resilient Constitution: Lessons from the Financial Crisis, Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou 11. Tort law as an Instrument for the Prevention and Remediation of Catastrophic Harm, Monika Hinteregger 12. Resilient Compensation Mechanisms. The Role of Government Intervention in the Insurance of Catastrophic Risks, Michael Faure and Tobias Heldt Conclusions - One Law to Bind them All: International Law and Disaster Resilience, Emanuele Sommario