Asian Law In Disasters: Toward A Human-centered Recovery (routledge Studies In Asian Law)

This book is a critical analysis of several of the most disaster-prone regions in Asia. Its unique focus is on the legal issues in the phase of disaster recovery, the most lengthy and difficult stage of disaster response that follows the conclusion of initial emergency stage of humanitarian aid. In the stage of disaster recovery, the law decides the fate of reconstruction for the individual houses and livelihoods of the disaster-affected people and sets the limit of governmental support for them during the lengthy period of suspension of normal living until full recovery is obtained. Researchers who were participant-observers in the difficult recovery phase after the mega-disasters in Asia analyse the reality of the functions of law which often hinder, rather than foster, efforts to restore disaster victims’ lives. The book collects research conducted with an emphasis on empirical approaches to legal sociology, including direct interviews with people affected by the disaster. It offers a holistic approach beyond the traditional sectionalism of legal studies by starting with a historical review and incorporating both spheres of public law and private law, in order to obtain a new perspective that can concurrently achieve disaster risk reductions and human-centered recoveries. With particular emphasis on the unexplored area of law in the post-disaster recovery phase, this book will attract the attention of students and scholars of disaster studies, legal studies, Asian studies, as well as those who work in the practice of disaster management. Lessons From The 2011 East Japan Earthquake : Issues Of Participation And Early Recovery / Yuka Kaneko -- Natural Disaster Relief In China : Experiences And Shortcomings In The 2008 Great Wenchuan Earthquake And Thereafter / Li Weihai -- From Healer State To Protector State : A Critical Evaluation Of Painful Struggles In Legal And Administrative Undertakings In Disaster Management Of Turkey From 1509 To 2010 / Ali Tolga Ozden And Burcak Erkan -- The Legal Framework Of Community-based Land Administration In Tsunami-impacted Areas Of Aceh : A Case Study In Baitussalam Sub-district, Aceh Besar District, Indonesia / Taqwaddin Husin And Teuku Alvisyahrin -- Roles Of Laws Relating To Post-tsunami Management In Thailand / Kanongnij Sribuaiam -- Building Back Better Nation : Disaster Rehabilitation And Recovery In The Philippines / Ebinezer Florano, Joe-mar S. Perez And Abel Pyneiro Legislation To Support To Disaster Victims In Japan / Eichi Yamazaki -- Compensation Or Assistance? Law And Policy For Post-disaster Housing Recovery In The U.s And Japan / Tamiyo Kondo -- Lessons From The Canterbury Earthquakes : Adequacy Of A First Loss Insurance Scheme For Natural Disasters / Michael White -- Divided Fates Of Victims After The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Wakana Takahashi -- The Role Of The Legal Services After The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami / Takayuki Ii -- Lessons Learned From A Comparison Of The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake And The 1995 Great Hanshin-awaji Earthquake / Yuichi Honjyo -- Promptness And Sustainability In Town Reconstruction Following The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake / Katsumi Matsuoka -- The Complexities Of Land Acquisition And Zoning After The Canterbury, New Zealand Earthquake / Elizabeth Toomy -- A Comparative Approach To The Post-2001 Gujarat Earthquake Recovery In India / Akihiko Hokugo -- Post-disaster Reconstruction In Taiwan / Yung-fang Chen -- The Framework Of International Cooperation For Disaster Management And Japan's Contribution / Toshihisa Toyoda. Edited By Yuka Kaneko, Katsumi Matsuoka, And Toshihisa Toyoda. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.