Democracies in the face of disasters: prevention and accountability Approaches to legal certainty. A reconstruction proposal

Abstract

The greatest natural disaster to have occurred in Spain in the last hundred years, the Dana of October 2024, which caused an enormous flood in part of the province of Valencia, forces us to reflect on our response to disasters. Beyond the classic view of an unfortunate, unpredictable coincidence that has nothing to do with human intervention, it is worth considering the relationship between science and political management, the response of solidarity and the debate on the definition of moral, political and legal responsibility.