ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes the different theories on economic opportunism after disasters and their implications for governance response systems. Violations to land, housing and property (LHP) rights have repercussions on other rights, e.g. the right to water, sanitation, energy, waste management, drainage and emergency services, as well as rights to life and health. Human rights violations are among the potential consequences of disasters. Such violations are strongly linked to marginalisation and social vulnerability. In natural disasters, one of the main challenges of governance system is protecting human rights. Accordingly, the central concepts in political ecology include marginalisation and social vulnerability. According to S. Leckie, LHP rights are of greatest concern after a disaster. G. Bristol set out to systematise the different studies on LHP rights violations in disasters. The chapter presents the different governance actions put in place in post-disaster and their impact on LHP rights.
