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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Forward-looking and innovative, Elgar Research Agendas are an essential resource for PhD students, scholars and anybody who wants to be at the forefront of research.
This timely Research Agenda provides both an introduction to the field of disaster law and a detailed critique of current debates in law and practice. It analyses legal rights and obligations against the background of devastating impacts of natural and human-made hazards, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and pandemics.
International experts delineate the boundaries of disaster law, exploring its intersections with international law and politics while fostering an improved understanding to help minimise risks. They identify key priorities and knowledge gaps covering topics such as disaster ethics, the use of technology, human rights, and regional legal frameworks. This Research Agenda maps the terrain of environmental destruction, assesses the root causes of disasters, and identifies those most vulnerable in crises. It also addresses how climate change exacerbates extreme weather events, examining the aftermath and legal implications of these in a way that sheds light on the most resilient path forward.
Indicating avenues for future academic enquiry, this Research Agenda is a crucial resource for scholars and students of law and development, international law, and environmental law, governance and regulation. It also provides actionable insights for disaster and humanitarian practitioners and policymakers.
Contents
Contents
Foreword xi
1 Introduction: A research agenda for an evolving branch of
law 1
Dr Dug Cubie
PART I EXPLORING THE FOUNDATIONS OF DISASTER LAW
2 Defining a discipline: What is disaster law? 13
Professor W. John Hopkins
3 An analysis of the codification of disaster law 26
Professor Susan C. Breau
4 Mapping the terrain 43
Dr Işıl Aral
5 Ethics leads 57
Dr Lauren Traczykowski
PART II DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF DISASTER LAW
6 Volcanoes and the law 76
Dr Holly Faulkner
7 Who is vulnerable in disasters? 96
Dr Karen da Costa
8 Disaster risk governance and institutions in neo-normal risk
paradigms 113
Dr Gatkuoth Kai
9 Climate change and disaster law 128
Chhaya Bhardwaj
10 Environmental destruction and the root causes of disaster
risk 143
Dr Marie Aronsson-Storrier
11 The nexus of law, climate displacement, and disaster
recovery 156
Stella Ngugi
12 Intersectional approaches to disasters 173
Dr Gabrielle Simm
13 Space law, remote sensing and disaster law 189
Dr Anna Marie Brennan and Alex Davis
