Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

10-22-2008

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; SRPN Subject Matter eJournals; AARN Subject Matter eJournals; Law School Research Papers - Public Law & Legal Theory; Sustainability Research & Policy Network; Anthropology & Archaeology Research Network

Abstract

This chapter in the forthcoming book Law and Recovery from Disaster Hurricane Katrina Robin Paul Malloy ed forthcoming 2009 addresses the unique considerations at the intersection of place disasters and disability Despite the desire for laws and policies with broad societal applicability the failure to account for place can create false generalities Urban assumptions regarding technology communication and transportation as well as urban assumptions regarding accessibility availability and options more generally are largely untrue for rural areas especially remote rural areas In particular place puts rural dwellers and especially disabled rural dwellers at higher risks during natural disasters and hinders their recovery As was seen during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita the failure to include the special considerations of the rural and the disabled in disaster planning has the potential for lifethreatening consequences

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