| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Disaster Management: Socio-Legal and Asia-Pacific Perspectives / Luke Nottage, Hitoshi Nasu and Simon Butt -- A Public Health Perspective on Reconstructing Post-Disaster Japan / Michael R. Reich -- Disaster in Japan: A Case Study / Yasuko Claremont -- Government Liability for Regulatory Failure in the Fukushima Disaster: An Australian Comparison / Joel Rheuben -- Liability for Nuclear Damages Under Japanese Law: Key Legal Problems Arising from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident / Julius Weitzdörfer -- Managing Future Disasters: Japan's Energy Security and Nanotechnology Regulation / Hitoshi Nasu -- The March 2011 Tohoku Disaster in Japanese Science Fiction / Rebecca Suter -- BRR Aceh-Nias: Post-Disaster Reconstruction Governance / Tjokorda Nirarta Samadhi -- Disaster Management Law in Indonesia: From Response to Preparedness? / Simon Butt -- The Legal System in China and the Handling of Accidents and Disasters / Vivienne Bath -- The Slow Road to Recovery: A City Rebuilds Under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 / Elizabeth Toomey -- Human Rights and Dignity: Lessons from the Canterbury Rebuild and Recovery Effort / Michael J.V. White and Andrew Grieve -- Tax Policy and Chaos: War, Disaster, and the Role of the Tax System / Micah Burch -- International Nuclear Law: Nuclear Safety, Emergency Response and Nuclear Liability / Helen Cook |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2013) |
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Emergency management -- Law and legislation.
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Natural disasters -- Law and legislation.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Emergency management -- Law and legislation
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Natural disasters -- Law and legislation
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Asia and the Pacific.
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Disasters.
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Natural disasters.
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Nuclear accidents.
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Environmental protection.
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Humanitarian assistance.
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Relief.
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Customary law.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Butt, Simon, editor
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Nasu, Hitoshi, editor
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Nottage, Luke, editor
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| ISBN |
9783642397684 |
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3642397689 |
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3642397670 |
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9783642397677 |
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