ABSTRACT

This chapter explores resilience not only as an instrumental aim of systemic stability but as a regulatory policy outlining preferred approaches for reaching this goal, which exhibit common features across disasters that need to be managed. In ecology, resilience is associated with preventing systemic flip of the system becoming unable to deliver any of its normal functions or of breaking down as a system. The predominant regulatory instruments used to combat climate change are economic in nature and consist of emissions trading, green investments and green subsidies. The overarching goal of the Sendai framework is to reduce disaster risk, reduce vulnerability and build resilience because of the devastating effects disasters produce and their negative impact on sustainable development. The normatively interesting question behind resilience-based disaster prevention is whom the state may call on to collaborate in the disaster protection effort. One possible justification for private involvement could be that of increased effectiveness of the disaster protection effort.