The Relationship between Environmental Law and the Flood Crisis: A Case Study of the Environmental Legislative Approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Subject Areas : environmental low

Ali mashhadi ¹ , Ali Bayati ²

1 - Associate Professor of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom. * (Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor of Law at Amin University.

Received: 2020-03-15 Accepted : 2020-05-06 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: prevention, Legislative Approach, Flood Crisis, Environmental Law,

Abstract :

After the flood, especially in recent years, the key question is what the relationship between environmental law system and the flood crisis?. In this regard, environmental law has been enshrined in the pre, before and after the flood, with numerous rules, laws and regulations. The importance of analyzing the relationship between floods and environmental rights goes back to the impact that environmental laws and regulations and natural resources have on each other. On the one hand, ignoring and violating preventive laws and regulations of the environment and natural resources can lead to the occurrence of this crisis. On the other hand, flooding can have a adverse effect on the environment.In Iranian environmental law, despite the adoption of numerous laws and regulations to prevent flooding, numerous deficiencies can be investigated. These deficiencies can be classified into three categories: normative, institutional, and behavioral. In this paper, the author use an analytical-descriptive approach, library resources, laws and regulations and procedures. While presenting the existing environmental law system, the environmental legal approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the three periods before, during and after the flood to be examined.The basic presumption of this article in response to the main question is that in order to prevent and deal with the flood crisis, there are three categories of legal deficiencies mentioned, especially in the field of laws and regulations, and environmental laws and regulations related to floods need to be amended.

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