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Book SynopsisFor teaching purposes it is ideal for courses on risk regulation, disaster law and policy, and crisis management or as a supplement in courses on environmental law, transport law, space law or land use.
Trade ReviewCatastrophes present us with a paradox. Many people don't think they will happen, so before a catastrophe, regulations are typically viewed as unnecessarily invasive. But in the aftermath of a disaster everybody suddenly blames the government for not having been strict enough. Overregulation often follows. In light of the unprecedented series of catastrophes in recent years, more than ever, top leaders in government and business must understand and overcome this regulatory challenge. Alberto Alemanno's innovative book tells you how. --Erwann Michel-Kerjan, The Wharton School's Center for Risk Management
[I]t is a valuable source of references to the literature for those who wish to learn more about this specific sub-field of risk research. Each of the chapters, from a different disciplinary perspective, ends with a bibliography and identifies a number of themes about the nature of emergency risk regulation. The book should be a valuable source of information and references for regulators, the regulated, and scholars in a wide range of disciplines such as law, economics, risk analysis, management, political science and sociology as it provides an original perspective on emergency risk regulation. --Tatjana Jovanic, European Journal of Risk Regulation
The challenges posed by risky decisions are well documented. These decisions become even more daunting when they must be made in a midst of a crisis. Using the European volcanic risk crisis as the principal case study, Alberto Alemanno and the other contributors to this thought provoking volume derive valuable lessons for how policy makers can cope with the attendant time pressures, uncertainties, coordination issues, and risk communication problems. Once the next emergency risk situation occurs, it may be too late to learn about how to respond. Governing Disasters should be required reading for all policy makers and risk analysts in advance of the next international risk crisis. --W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University and Editor, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction PART I: THE VOLCANIC ASH CRISIS: WHAT HAPPENED AND LESSONS LEARNED 1. What Happened and Lessons Learned: A European and International Perspective Alberto Alemanno 2. Which Risk and Who Decides When There Are So Many Players? Donald Macrae 3. The Financial Impact of the Volcanic Ash Crisis on the European Airline Industry Maddalena Ragona, Francesca Hansstein and Mario Mazzocchi PART II: REVISITING THE VOLCANIC ASH CRISIS: IDEOLOGIES, NARRATIVES AND COMMUNICATION OF EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION 4. Risk and the Role of Scientific Input for Contingency Planning: A Response to the April 2010 Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Eruption Chris Johnson and Alain Jeunemaitre 5. Representing Emergency Risks: Media, Risks and ‘Acts of God’ in the Volcanic Ash Cloud Adam Burgess 6. The Challenge of Emergency Risk Communication: Lessons Learned in Trust and Risk Communication from the Volcanic Ash Crisis Sweta Chakraborty PART III: BEYOND THE ASH CRISIS: THE MANY FACETS OF EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION 7. Paradigms Lost: Emergency Safety Regulation under Scientific and Technical Uncertainty Vincent Brannigan 8. If and When: Towards Standard-based Regulation in the Reduction of Catastrophic Risks Alfredo Fioritto and Marta Simoncini 9. Normative Uncertainty and Ethics in Emergency Risk Regulation A.M. Viens PART IV: THE ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS OF EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION 10. Effective Regulatory Processes for Crisis Management: An Analysis of Codified Crisis Management in Europe Lorenza Jachia and Valentin Nikonov 11. Abrupt Environmental Changes: Scenario Planning for Catastrophic Security Risks Chad Michael Briggs 12. Systemic Risks and the Reformation of the European Union Law Concerning Network Industries Francisco B. López-Jurado PART V: AN EXAMPLE OF CODIFIED EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION: THE EU PASSENGERS’ RIGHTS REGULATION 13. Unexpected Turbulence: On the Application of the Denied Boarding Regulation to Exceptional Situations Morten Broberg 14. The Volcanic Ash Crisis and EU Air Passenger Rights Nick Bernard PART VI: NEW IDEAS FOR EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION 15. The Fallout from the Fallout: Hazards, Risks and Organizational Learning Christopher Lawless 16. Rising from the Ashes: A Governance Perspective on Emerging Systemic Risks Giuliano G. Castellano Epilogue Alberto Alemanno Index
