Preface VII
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unclos Marine Pollution Contingency Planning: Can States Move from Disaster Relief to Disaster Risk Reduction? 1
2
Marine Contingency Planning in Australia 13
Warwick Gullett
3
An Overview of Canada’s “On-the-Water” Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime 41
Ted L. McDorman
4
China’s Practice in Marine Environmental Contingency Planning 62
Keyuan Zou and Jiayi Wang
5
Japan’s Legal Regime for Preventing and Controlling Accidental Discharges of Oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances from Ships and Offshore Facilities 83
Chie Kojima
6
Marine Environmental Contingency Planning in Korea 98
Jee Hyun Choi and Seokwoo Lee
7
Contingency Planning for Marine Pollution in Malaysia 111
Mary George
8
The Evolution of Mexico’s Marine National Contingency Plan 126
Alfonso Ascencio-Herrera
9
Marine Contingency Planning in the Republic of the Philippines 162
Jay L. Batongbacal
10
Marine Environmental Contingency Planning in Singapore 179
Denise Cheong
11
The United States National Contingency Plan: Learning from Gaps in the System 201
Anastasia Telesetsky
12
Conclusion: Improving National and Regional Marine Pollution Contingency Planning 223
Index 229