Regulatory Environment And Natural Disasters Term Paper by Top Papers

This paper discusses how the regulatory environment and regulatory policies influence the development and impacts of natural disasters within both the developing world and the developed world. As part of its discussion, the paper looks at how certain social groups within society and between societies (the homeless, ethnic minorities, women, and the poor) are vulnerable to disasters because of the political and regulatory environment they find themselves in. Specifically, those who should protect the less-fortunate or vulnerable often fail to do so because of avarice, poor communication, and an organizational unwillingness to share information with other stake-holders