Law and Recovery From Disaster
In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, directly affecting 1.5 million people. Only one year earlier, an Indian Ocean tsunami struck Indonesia, destroying or damaging more than 370,000 homes. As forces of nature, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and floods are not limited to occurrences in any one community or any one country. In Law and Recovery from Disaster: Hurricane Katrina, attention is focused on the ability of law and legal institutions to not...
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In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, directly affecting 1.5 million people. Only one year earlier, an Indian Ocean tsunami struck Indonesia, destroying or damaging more than 370,000 homes. As forces of nature, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and floods are not limited to occurrences in any one community or any one country. In Law and Recovery from Disaster: Hurricane Katrina, attention is focused on the ability of law and legal institutions to not only survive such disasters but to effectively facilitate recovery. Using Hurricane Katrina as a lens, contributors address a wide range of issues of interest to people concerned about property law, disaster preparedness, housing, insurance, small business recovery, land use planning and the needs of people with disabilities. While Hurricane Katrina is the focal point for discussion, the lessons learned are readily applicable to a variety of disaster situations in a wide range of global settings.
1 Law Among the Ruins Jim Chen Chen, Jim 12 Property and Radical Change: Observations on Property Relationships from Post-Katrina New Orleans John A. Lovell Lovell, John A. 73 Land Use Planning by Design and by Disaster Frank S. Alexander Alexander, Frank S. 374 Place, Disasters , and Disability Debra Lyn Bassett Bassett, Debra Lyn 515 Natural Disasters and Persons with Disabilities Janet E. Lord Lord, Janet E. Michael E. Waterstone Waterstone, Michael E. Michael Ashley Stein Stein, Michael Ashley 716 Insurance and the Flood Aviva Abramovsky Abramovsky, Aviva 837 Participation and Disintermediation in a Risk Society Robert J. Rhee Rhee, Robert J. 1038 Small Business Recovery from a Natural Disaster : Lessons from Katrina Rodney C. Runyan Runyan, Rodney C. Patricia Huddleston Huddleston, Patricia 1279 Legislation and Criminalization Impacting Renters Displaced by Katrina Olympia Duhart Duhart, Olympia Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod Rodriguez-Dod, Eloisa C. 14110 Navigating the Topography of Inequality Post-Disaster: A Proposal for Remedying Past Geographic Segregation During Rebuilding Michele Alexandre Alexandre, Michele 15711 How the New Federalism Failed Katrina Victims Erin Ryan Ryan, Erin 173Table of Cases 213Bibliography 215Index 243
