TY - BOOK
T1 - Health, Wellbeing and Community Recovery in Fukushima
A2 - Abeysinghe, Sudeepa
A2 - Leppold, Claire
A2 - Ozaki, Akihiko
A2 - Lloyd Williams, Alison
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 selection and editorial matter, Sudeepa Abeysinghe, Claire Leppold, Akihiko Ozaki and Alison Lloyd Williams; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2022/6/20
Y1 - 2022/6/20
N2 - This book examines the issue of disaster recovery in relation to community wellbeing and resilience, exploring the social, political, demographic and environmental changes in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.The contributors reflect on the Fukushima disaster of earthquake, tsunami and radiation contamination and its impacts on society from an interdisciplinary perspective of the social sciences, critical public health, and the humanities. It focuses on four aspects, which form the sections of the work:- Living with Risk and Uncertainty- Vulnerability and Inequality- Community Action, Engagement and Wellbeing- Notes from the FieldThe first three sections present research on the long-term consequences of the disaster on community health and wellbeing. These findings are enhanced and developed in the ‘Notes from the Field’ section where local practitioners from medicine and community recovery reflect on their experiences in relation to concepts developed in the previous sections.This work significantly extends the literature on long-term wellbeing following disaster. The case study of Fukushima is a multi-faceted process that illuminates wider issues around post-disaster regeneration in Fukushima. This problem takes on new importance in the context of Covid-19, including direct parallels in the issues of risk measurement, social inequality, and wider wellbeing impacts, which public health disciplines can draw from.
AB - This book examines the issue of disaster recovery in relation to community wellbeing and resilience, exploring the social, political, demographic and environmental changes in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.The contributors reflect on the Fukushima disaster of earthquake, tsunami and radiation contamination and its impacts on society from an interdisciplinary perspective of the social sciences, critical public health, and the humanities. It focuses on four aspects, which form the sections of the work:- Living with Risk and Uncertainty- Vulnerability and Inequality- Community Action, Engagement and Wellbeing- Notes from the FieldThe first three sections present research on the long-term consequences of the disaster on community health and wellbeing. These findings are enhanced and developed in the ‘Notes from the Field’ section where local practitioners from medicine and community recovery reflect on their experiences in relation to concepts developed in the previous sections.This work significantly extends the literature on long-term wellbeing following disaster. The case study of Fukushima is a multi-faceted process that illuminates wider issues around post-disaster regeneration in Fukushima. This problem takes on new importance in the context of Covid-19, including direct parallels in the issues of risk measurement, social inequality, and wider wellbeing impacts, which public health disciplines can draw from.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Health-Wellbeing-and-Community-Recovery-in-Fukushima/Abeysinghe-Leppold-Ozaki-Williams/p/book/9781032022734
U2 - 10.4324/9781003182665
DO - 10.4324/9781003182665
M3 - Book
SN - 9781032022734
T3 - Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
BT - Health, Wellbeing and Community Recovery in Fukushima
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -