Natural Hazards and Public Management

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Governing Climate Adaptation

Wolfgang Seibel, Andrew Butt, Michael Buxton , Jana Blahak

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
28 December 2025

Public administration; Natural disasters

This open access book examines how policymakers respond to natural hazards in the wake of global climate change. Through a series of five case studies it assesses how changing patterns of natural hazards collide with established patterns of spatial planning, and how alternative strategies could be operationalised in local policy practice. Due to global warming, wildfires and floods are occurring in regions where they had previously been virtually unknown. Yet local public policy for immediate protection against natural hazards has remained at the margins of both public and scholarly attention. The book argues that when it comes to the containment and mitigation of natural hazards as the consequence of climate change, effective prevention requires accurate anticipation of impacts, appropriate policy settings, and the mobilization of administrative skill.

Edited by: Wolfgang Seibel, Andrew Butt, Michael Buxton, Jana Blahak
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783031982569
ISBN 10: 3031982568
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 28 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction: Natural Hazards and Government Response.- 2: Recent Victorian Bushfires and Extreme Events.- 3: The 2018 East Attica Wildfire.- 4: The 2018 California Camp Fire.- 5: The 2013 La Plata Flood.- 6: The 2021 Floods in Western Germany.- 7: Conclusion.

Wolfgang Seibel is Emeritus Professor of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and a Senior Fellow of the Hertie School in Berlin. Andrew Butt is Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning at the Centre for Urban Research (CUR), the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia. Michael Buxton is Emeritus Professor of Environment and Planning at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia. Jana Blahak is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway.