The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law

The number, intensity, and impact of diverse forms of 'natural' and 'human-made' disasters are increasing. In response, the international community has shifted its primary focus away from disaster response to prevention and improved preparedness. The current globally agreed upon roadmap is the ambitious Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, central to which is the better understanding of disaster risk management and mitigation. Sendai also urges innovative implementation, especially multi-sectoral and multi-hazard coherence. Yet the law sector itself remains relatively under-developed, including a paucity of supporting 'DRR law' scholarship and minimal cross-sectoral engagement. Commonly, this is attributable to limited understanding by other sectors about law's dynamic potential as a tool of disaster risk mitigation, despite the availability of many risk-related norms across a broad spectrum of legal regimes. This unique, timely Handbook brings together global and multi-sector perspectives on one of the most pressing policy issues of our time.

1. Introduction Katja L. H. Samuel, Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Kirsten Nakjavani Bookmiller; Part I. International Law Framework and DRR: 2. Seven dimensions of disaster: the Sendai Framework and the social construction of catastrophe Michael D. Cooper; 3. Exploring the foundations: the principles of prevention, mitigation, and preparedness in international law Marie Aronsson-Storrier; 4. The ILC's articles on the protection of persons in the event of disasters and disaster risk reduction - a legislative history Arnold N. Pronto; 5. Disaster risk reduction cooperation for the protection of persons in the event of disasters Hugo Cahuenas Munoz; 6. Recognising limits of international law in disaster risk reduction as problem and solution Michael Eburn, Andrew Collins and Karen da Costa; Part II. Communication, Early Warning Systems and DRR: 7. The 'protection of knowing': the evolving concept of early warning and states' obligations to inform of disaster risk and warn of disaster Simon Whitbourn; 8. Speaking with one or multiple voices in multi-hazard early warning systems? A survey of international and national legal and policy frameworks Silvia Venier and Francesca Capone; 9. The development of the 'single official voice principle' in national legal frameworks and at the EU level Stefano Silingardi; 10. Access to disaster risk information, early warning and education: implementing the Sendai framework through human rights law Marlies Hesselman; Part III. Regional and National Approaches: 11. Soft obligations and hard realities: regional disaster risk reduction in Europe and Asia W. John Hopkins; 12. Embracing regionalism: lessons from the UN Regional Seas Programme for UNISDR and the Sendai Framework Dug Cubie; 13. Disaster risk reduction through risk pooling - the case of hazard risk pooling schemes Morten Broberg and Erica Hovani; 14. Disaster risk governance and coherence: the case of incentives for private business to foster disaster resilience and sustainability Eloisa Dutari and Cassius G. Chai; 15. Disaster risk reduction and the state: the failure of no-build zones after Typhoon Haiyan Daniel Fitzpatrick and Caroline Compton; Part IV. Air, Sea and DRR: 16. Risk reduction and response mechanisms in aviation Wanlu Zhang; 17. Disaster risk reduction in cruise shipping, capacity building for crew members and the polar code Stefan Kirchner; 18. Regional legal frameworks for search and rescue: the Arctic experience of regulating early warning systems Simon Marsden; Part V. Health, Cultural Property/Natural Heritage and DRR: 19. Disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, and global health: critiquing the current system-based approach Katja L. H. Samuel and Rosalind J. Cornforth; 20. Disaster risk reduction, the International Federation of Red Cross, and emergency health for women in Nepal 2015 Christy Shucksmith-Wesley; 21. Cultural heritage and disaster risk reduction Giulio Bartolini; Part VI. Catastrophic Events and DRR: 22. The right to evacuation of nuclear disaster victims and disaster risk reduction in the event of radiation emergencies: the Fukushima nuclear disaster Emika Tokunaga; 23. Improving disaster risk mitigation: towards a 'multi-hazard' approach to terrorism Katja L. H. Samuel, William C. Banks and Daphne Richemond-Barak.