Asia-Pacific disaster management [electronic resource] : comparative and socio-legal perspectives / Simon Butt, Hitoshi Nasu, Luke Nottage, editors.
Butt, Simon, editor of compilation.; Nasu, Hitoshi, editor of compilation.; Nottage, Luke, editor of compilation.
2014
K1980
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Title Asia-Pacific disaster management [electronic resource] : comparative and socio-legal perspectives / Simon Butt, Hitoshi Nasu, Luke Nottage, editors.
ISBN 9783642397684 electronic book
3642397689 electronic book
9783642397677
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39768-4
Published Berlin : Springer, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-642-39768-4 doi
Call Number K1980
Dewey Decimal Classification 344.05/34
Summary The book outlines the regulatory environment for disaster prevention and management in broad social, economic and political context. The first half of the book focuses mainly on Japan, especially the 3/11 events: the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku area on 11 March 2011 and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant radiation leaks. The second half focuses on the USA (the only other Asia-Pacific country to have experienced a serious nuclear emergency), Indonesia, China, New Zealand, Australia and international law.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2013).
Added Author Butt, Simon, editor of compilation.
Nasu, Hitoshi, editor of compilation.
Nottage, Luke, editor of compilation.
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