Governing Disasters: Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief - Softcover

Ali, Shahla F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107514223 ISBN 13: 9781107514225

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

With growing awareness of the devastation caused by major natural disasters, alongside integration of governance and technology networks, the parameters of humanitarian aid are becoming more global. At the same time, humanitarian instruments are increasingly recognizing the centrality of local participation. Drawing on six case studies and a survey of sixty-nine members of the relief sector, this book suggests that the key to the efficacy of post-disaster recovery is the primacy given to local actors in the management, direction and design of relief programs. Where local partnership and knowledge generation and application is ongoing, cohesive, meaningful and inclusive, disaster relief efforts are more targeted, cost-effective, efficient and timely. Governing Disasters: Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief examines the interplay between law, governance and collaborative decision making with international, state, private sector and community actors in order to understand the dynamics of a global decentralized yet coordinated process of post-disaster humanitarian assistance.

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About the Author

Shahla F. Ali is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Law and Deputy Director of the LL.M. in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107514223
• ISBN 13: 9781107514225
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346