Law and administration of land use managment for earthquake disaseter mitigation in New Zealand

Analysis on relationship between decentralization of power and transformation from disaster management to resource management

Abstract

New Zealand's land use management for disaster mitigation is based on the idea of the sustainable management of natural and humane resources, and disaster is considered one of the factors of natural environment. The current framework was formulated with the enforcement of restructure of the governments, law reform, and privatization of public service, and decentralization of power provides local governments with the authority to implement land use management for disaster mitigation. In this study, New Zealand's land use management for disaster mitigation is analyzed and issues are discussed from the perspective of legal and administrative framework. The knowledge obtained in this study is considered useful in discussing the Japanese land use management system for disaster mitigation.