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.

Table of Contents:
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 Cahueñas Muñoz; 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 Eloísa Dutari and Cássius 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 Daphné Richemond-Barak.

About the Author :
Katja Samuel is the founding director of Global Security and Disaster Management Limited (GSDM), an innovative consultancy company specialising in the provision of legal and interdisciplinary expertise across the spectrum of security and disaster issues, including their growing inter-connectedness. Currently, she is on organising teams for the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction (2018), UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2019), and a co-chair of the American Society of International Law's Disaster Law Interest Group. An award-winning author and researcher, much of her current research focus is on how to better integrate law, as a dynamic tool of disaster risk mitigation, cross-sectorially, especially with science and technology. Marie Aronsson-Storrier is a lecturer in Global Law and Disasters, and the Programme Director for the LLM/MSc Global Crisis, Conflict, and Disaster Management, at the University of Reading. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law (University of Melbourne, 2017) and a Master of Laws (University of Gothenburg, 2011). With award-winning publications in disaster prevention and management, and international law-making, Marie's current research explores conceptual questions around the development of 'international disaster law', and how this emerging area of study relates to other areas of international law and governance, such as human rights, environmental law, climate change, and sustainable development. Kirsten Nakjavani Bookmiller is a Professor of Government and Political Affairs and a faculty associate with the Center for Disaster Research and Education at Millersville University. She has extensively published on International Disaster Law and its implementation, and was a founding co-chair of the American Society of International Law's Disaster Law Interest Group. Dr Nakjavani Bookmiller currently serves as a Senior Policy Advisor Volunteer to the American Red Cross' (ARC) International Services Department and is project lead for the North American Humanitarian Response Initiative, convened by the ARC. She is also a founding member of the consulting firm Preparedness Global.