Laws and Crisis Management

Synonyms

Disaster management cycle; Economic development; Risk management

Definition

Law denotes a regime of agreed-upon rules and regulations that guide personal and societal behavior in specific instances. Laws are passed by legislative bodies at various levels of national and international governance. Crisis management occurs when an unexpected negative event impacts a community, and societal entities such as governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations intervene to save lives, prevent further damage, and initiate recovery actions.

Introduction

Disaster management may be sketched as an emerging body of rules, governmental and intergovernmental institutions, knowledge domains, and expert practices directed at securing society against the risk and occurrence of social disorder not directly associated with armed conflict. For the most part, the process of disaster management unfolds through strategies of technocratic regulation, and the calculations of experts spread across...