Governing Disasters - Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief

Drawing on international, state and private sector case studies and a global survey, this book examines local engagement in disaster relief.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction: 1. New governance and humanitarian aid; 2. Legal background: post-disaster humanitarian aid law and policy; Part II. International-Led Response: 3. Theory and practice of international response; 4. Indonesia's tsunami of 2004; 5. The Haitian earthquake of 2010; Part III. State-Led Response: 6. Theory and practice of state-led response; 7. The Thai flood of 2011; 8. Japan's Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011; 9. Hurricane Katrina; Part IV. Examining Public-Private Partnerships: 10. Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis of 2008; 11. Public-private partnerships through crowd-sourced; 12. Governance and humanitarian aid survey data; 13. Conclusions: lessons learned/policy suggestions.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Shahla F. Ali is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Law and Deputy Director of the LL.M. in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong.

Zusammenfassung

Drawing on international, state and private sector case studies and a survey of sixty-nine members of the post-disaster relief sector, this book examines the interplay between law, governance and community-based collaborative decision making. It suggests the key to effective recovery is the primacy of local actors in relief program design.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Shahla F. Ali, Shahla F. (The University of Hong Kong) Ali, Ali Shahla F.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781107514225
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51422-5
• Seiten: 345
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, NATURE / Natural Disasters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, Aid & relief programmes, Natural disasters, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Aid and relief programmes