Thenumberofsevereandsometimescatastrophicdisruptiveeventshasbeenrapidlyincreasing.Extremeweathereventsincludingfloods,wildfires,hurricanes,andothernaturaldisastershavebecomebothmorefrequentandmoresevere,whilsteventssuchastheCOVID-19pandemicrepresentaglobalthreattopublichealthwithhugeeconomiceffectsthatrecoverypackagestriedtoaddress.Thesedisruptiveevents,aloneandincombination,havedramaticconsequencesonnature,humanlife,andtheeconomy,callingforurgentactiontomitigatetheircausesandadapttotheirimpacts.Inresponsetodiscoursesofcollapsologyandend-of-growththeories,thismonographoffersananalyticalapproachtodevelopinglegalresponsesthatcanhelpensuretheneedsofpresentandfuturegenerationscanbemetthroughenergysystems,infrastructuredevelopment,andnaturalresourcesmanagementinthesetimesofdisruption.’Resilience’is,therefore,seenasacommonframeworkfortheinterpretationanddevelopmentofenergy,infrastructure,andnaturalresourceslaw.Withamixofthematicchaptersandcasestudiesfrommultiplejurisdictions,ResilienceinEnergy,Infrastructure,andNaturalResourcesLawmapsandassesseslegalresponsestodisruptivenature-basedevents,andexaminespossiblelegalpathwaysformoresustainableoutcomes,basedonitsengagementwiththisconceptof’resilience’andsocial-ecologicalthinking.
