Legacies of Fukushima: 3.11 in context

It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Cleveland, Kyle (HerausgeberIn), Knowles, Scott G. (HerausgeberIn), Shineha, Ryuma (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Critical studies in risk and disaster
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Links:https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298000
Zusammenfassung:It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth largest recorded in world history; a tsunami that peaked at forty meters, devastating the seaboard of northeastern Japan; three reactors in meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima; experts in disarray and suffering victims young and old. It was, as well, an unlikely convergence of legacies. Submerged traumas resurfaced and communities long accustomed to living quietly with hazards suddenly were heard. New legacies of disaster were handed down, unfolding slowly for generations to come.The defining disaster of contemporary Japanese history still goes by many different names: The Great East Japan Earthquake; the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami; the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster; the 3.11 Triple Disaster. Each name represents a struggle to place the disaster on a map and fix a date to a timeline.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 324 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780812298000
DOI:10.9783/9780812298000