Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7472669 | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This paper argues that a lack of standards in emergency management legislation, restrictive access to financial assistance and/or compensation and reduced government exposure to civil liability at common law expose private landowners to greater vulnerability to disasters and the liability attached. It is essential that those responsible for proactive/preventative planning for disasters work from a standard playbook, one which sets minimum safeguards for the public. Absent of clear and fulsome compensation guidelines, private landowners will bear an unfair and disproportionate financial risk.
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Authors
Jonathan Raikes, Gordon McBean,