Sneak Peek at Section Book Making the Case for Community Resilience (Coming in 2020)

Community resilience affects all elements of the community, and ideally all sectors will be involved in its planning and execution. Many experts believe that private sector businesses at the heart of a community’s economic base also are at the heart of its resilience. Because community resilience is a risk-based, analytical planning activity that addresses the community’s industries, organizations and built environments, the identification and selection of cost-effective strategies, leading to short-term and long-term solutions, must involve a multi-disciplinary approach.

In February 2017, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates unanimously voted to adopt Resolution 108 and its Report in support of community resilience initiatives as the ABA’s official policy. This policy resolution is a call to action to lawyers, law firms and bar associations to create greater awareness of community resilience initiatives, and engage the members of the legal profession as civic leaders, key stakeholders, and representatives of the community’s social and economic institutions.

This handbook draws together the contributions of acknowledged experts from the legal community and from across the spectrum of professional disciplines, including architecture, agriculture, disaster risk reduction, engineering, social science, insurance, finance and economics, building sciences, and facility management. ABA Senior Editor Sarah Craig is the primary point of contact and responsible for the administration of the book project. The handbook’s co-editors are George B. Huff Jr., Esquire, Nancy McNabb, AIA, and Edward A. Thomas, Esquire.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Purpose of the Book (George B. Huff Jr., Esquire, Nancy McNabb, AIA; and Edward A. Thomas, Esquire).
• Chapter 2. Understanding What It Means to be Resilient (Rachel Minnery, AIA).
• Chapter 3. The Basics of Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response and Recovery (Eugene and Charles with input from Rebecca Joyce and Barbara Miller
• Chapter 4. Understanding Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment. (Nancy McNabb)
• Chapter 5. Collaborative Community Planning for Resilience: Lawyers’ Role (Tony Barash, Esquire & John Eidleman, Esquire).
• Chapter 6. Standard of Care: Lawyers’ Legal and Ethical Obligations to Clients and Community. (Elle Kelin)
• Chapter 7. Linking the Social and Built Environments to Determine Goals and Objectives (Alessandra Jerolleman)
• Chapter 8. The Role of Business Continuity Management (George B. Huff Jr.)
• Chapter 9. The Role of Government Continuity Preparedness, Response and Validation (Eric B. Kretz)
• Chapter 10. Affordability, and Economic Considerations for Decision Making. (Joe Rossi)
• Chapter 11. Incentives for Resilience: Insurance, Real Estate and Financial Inducements (Phil Schneider and Keith Porter)
• Chapter 12. Risk Mitigation: Constitutional Property Rights and Taxpayer Interests. (Ed Thomas)
• Chapter 13. Climate/Community Impacts and Environmental Protection. (Dr. Jessica Grannis)
• Chapter 14. Administrative or Construction Solutions: Finding the Right Resources (Charlie Wildman)
• Chapter 15. Driving Decision Making for Short or Long Term Solutions (Edward Hecker ) lead;
• Chapter 16 Special Considerations for Resilient Agriculture Dr. John Wiener JD, PhD & Dr. Gretchen Sassenrath
• Chapter 17. Designing and Supporting Local Initiatives to Promote Resilient Recovery from Disaster Professor John Marshall
• Chapter 18. Adoption of Resilience Measurements, Competence, and Certification of Management Systems (Lynnda Nelson, President, ICOR and Deborah Higgins, BCI)
• Chapter 19. Education, Training and Practice Scenarios (Maureen Roskoski)
• Chapter 20. Preparedness Resources (John DiMaria)
• Chapter 21. International Standards, Frameworks and Guidance Documents. (Duncan Shaw, PhD., Professor of Operations and Critical Systems, The University of Manchester, UK).

Related ABA Books

Building Community Resilience Post-Disaster. This book, developed by the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, published in 2013, does an admirable job of advocating for an equitable and inclusionary approach for post disaster recovery, sets out the legal and regulatory basis for disaster recovery, contains a number of excellent case studies of disaster recovery and includes a wealth of reference material.

Homeland Security and Emergency Management: A Legal Guide for State and Local Governments, Third Edition. This book indicates it “. . . provides practical insight and guidance to help legal counsel for state, tribal, and local governments.

The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: U.S. and International Aspects. This book is described as: “(a) comprehensive resource of laws aimed at increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, this state-of-the-art compendium examines how laws are being modified, finessed, or imagined to deal with the impacts of climate change.”

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