Governing Disasters: The Challenges of Emergency Risk Regulation

Synopsis

This Is The First Volume That Addresses The Complexities Of The Volcanic Ash Cloud That Overshadowed Europe In April 2011, But Has Subsequently Struck Again In Australia, Chile And Europe. It Does So From A Multidisciplinary Perspective, Drawing Upon Research From Economics, Law, Sociology And Other Fields, As Well As Volcanology And Leading Expertise In Jet Engineering. Whilst Our Knowledge Base Is Wide-ranging, There Is A Common Focus On The Practical Lessons Of The Ash Cloud Crisis Both For Subsequent Eruptions And For Emergency Risk Regulation More Generally. 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. Edited By Alberto Alemanno. Includes Bibliographic References And Index.