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Cover Spatial Flood Risk Management
Spatial Flood Risk Management
Implementing Catchment-based Retention and Resilience on Private Land
Edited by Thomas Hartmann, Lenka Slavíková, and Mark E. Wilkinson
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Centralising the role of land and landowners, Spatial Flood Risk Management brings together knowledge from socio-economy, public policy, hydrology, geomorphology, and engineering to establish an interdisciplinary knowledge base on spatial approaches to managing flood risks.
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Monograph Book
Published:
14 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800379534
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Defining Disaster
Defining Disaster
Disciplines and Domains
Edited by Marie Aronsson-Storrier and Rasmus Dahlberg
This timely book unpacks the idea of ‘disaster’ from a variety of approaches, broadening understanding and improving the usability of this complex and often contested concept. Including multidisciplinary perspectives from leading and emerging scholars, it offers reflections on how the concept of disaster has been shaped by and within various fields of research, providing complementary and thought-provoking comparisons across many domains.
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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100307
Collection:
Law 2022
Cover Research Handbook on Climate Disaster Law
Research Handbook on Climate Disaster Law
Barriers and Opportunities
Edited by Rosemary Lyster and Robert R.M. Verchick
Through assessing climate disaster law in relation to international, public, private and environmental law this Research Handbook considers the unique challenges, barriers and opportunities that climate disasters pose for law and policy. Scientific and empirical evidence suggests that the laws addressing natural disasters cannot be adequately applied to disasters that are caused by climate change. Featuring contributions from leading international experts, this Research Handbook will be a useful resource for those with an interest in environmental law and international policymaking.
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Handbook
Published:
29 Jun 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786430038
Collection:
Law 2018
Cover The Economics of Natural Disasters
The Economics of Natural Disasters
Mark Skidmore

This timely research review presents and discusses essential readings for those interested in the economics of natural disasters. It features analysis of influential articles on the macroeconomic and regional impacts of natural disasters, natural disaster vulnerability, resilience, recovery and adaptation. Topics covered include short-run and long-run economic impacts, poverty and vulnerability, emerging life-saving technologies, the role of government in fostering resilience and adaptation in response to disasters. This detailed new review will be an invaluable source of reference for researchers and policymakers alike.
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Research Reviews
Published:
07 Jun 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785365980
Collection:
Economics 2017
Cover Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law
Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law
Edited by Susan C. Breau and Katja L.H. Samuel
International law’s role in governing disasters is undergoing a formative period in its development and reach, in parallel with concerted efforts by the international community to respond more effectively to the increasing number and intensity of disasters across the world. This Research Handbook examines a broad range of legal regimes directly and indirectly relevant to disaster prevention, mitigation and reconstruction across a spectrum of natural and manmade disasters, including armed conflict.
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Handbook
Published:
30 Sep 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717407
Collection:
Law 2016
Cover Economic and Natural Disasters since 1900
Economic and Natural Disasters since 1900
A Comparative History
John Singleton
In the wake of the global financial and Eurozone upheavals this timely book argues that the disaster cycle – a framework normally used in the context of natural disasters – is equally applicable to the analysis of other types of catastrophe. Employing a modified version of the disaster cycle framework to compare and analyse a range of catastrophes in different spheres, the author draws on ideas from a variety of disciplines including economics and economic history, disaster studies, management, and political science. This unique comparative approach presents case studies of several important disasters: Hurricane Katrina, the First World War, the depression of the early 1930s, Welsh coal mining accidents, the deadly effects of smoking tobacco, and the Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone catastrophe of the early twenty first century. The author argues that economists and economic policy makers routinely misuse the term crisis to describe episodes that ought to be called disasters.
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Monograph Book
Published:
25 Mar 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782547358
Collection:
Economics 2016
Cover National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Jiyoung Park, James E. Moore II, and Qisheng Pan
This book develops a national economic impact model to estimate the effects of simulated terrorist attacks and natural disasters on individual US States and economic sectors. The model, called NIEMO (The National Interstate Economic Model) looks at interindustry relationships and interregional trade. It is highly disaggregated making the model very accurate. The authors examine potential attack targets including theme parks, sporting events, bridges and tunnels in the national highway system as well as attempts to shoot down airplanes or spread foot-and-mouth disease. Covered natural disasters are almost all real world: Hurricane Katrina, the Joplin Tornado, the Gulf Oil Spill and Hurricane Sandy. The effects on State economies caused by the closing international borders in response to a global pandemic is also examined.
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Monograph Book
Published:
28 Nov 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783475865
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2014
Cover Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm
Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm
Lessons from the Indonesian Experience
Edited by Michael Faure and Andri Wibisana
This book deals with questions concerning the regulation of disasters, climate change and environmental harm in developing countries, focusing on the particular case of Indonesia and addressing regulatory problems from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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Monograph Book
Published:
30 Aug 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781002490
Collection:
Law 2013
Cover Gender, Development and Disasters
Gender, Development and Disasters
Sarah Bradshaw
Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually and collectively as gendered events. Through consideration of processes to engender development, it problematizes women’s inclusion in disaster response and reconstruction. The study highlights that while women are now central to both disaster response and development, tackling gender inequality is not. By critically reflecting on gendered disaster response and the gendered impact of disasters on processes of development, it exposes some important lessons for future policy.
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Monograph Book
Published:
31 May 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782548232
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2013
Cover Islands at Risk?
Islands at Risk?
Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change
John Connell
This book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of contemporary economic, social, political and environmental change in small islands, island states and territories, through every ocean. It focuses on those island realms conventionally perceived as developing, rather than developed, in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Monograph Book
Published:
31 May 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781003510
Collection:
Social And Political Science 2013