The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Local Communities (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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One nuclear disaster. Fifteen very different years.
Why has "recovery" in the eight towns and villages of Futaba District been so uneven?

The March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station placed the eight municipalities of Futaba District-Hirono, Naraha, Tomioka, Kawauchi, Okuma, Futaba, Namie, and Katsurao-under the most extensive and longest-lasting evacuation orders in Japan's history. Fifteen years later, evacuation orders have been lifted step by step and the word "recovery" appears ever more often in the news. Yet that recovery has not come equally to all eight.

This book examines the region through five dimensions-population, radiation and decontamination, industry and land use, infrastructure, and residents' attitudes-and maps them onto a single GIS framework, comparing all eight municipalities side by side in an identical format. A village that was quick to declare its return. A town whose census recorded a population of zero. Towns that still contain zones where residents cannot go home. Drawing on the national census, the Economic Census, radiation monitoring records, and individual responses from more than 13,000 resident surveys, it offers an empirical account of the diverging paths these communities have taken.

The book goes further: it integrates the five dimensions into municipal profiles verified by principal component analysis, traces the ripple effects across Fukushima Prefecture, examines through the records of regulation, politics, and labor why the accident could not be prevented, and considers the present and future of decommissioning. The result is a portrait of local communities that moves beyond the simple question of whether recovery is or is not progressing.

Written by a Japanese scholar who has spent decades researching nuclear policy and regional society, this English edition makes a body of Japanese-language data and research accessible to international readers for the first time.

Behind the numbers, the lives of local communities.

CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction: Why Examine the Eight Municipalities of Futaba District Through "Five Dimensions × GIS"?
Chapter 1: A Short History of Futaba District's Eight Municipalities and the Course of the Nuclear Accident
Chapter 2: Dimension 1: Population and Evacuation Dynamics
Chapter 3: Dimension 2: Radiation and Decontamination
Chapter 4: Dimension 3: Industry and Land Use
Chapter 5: Dimension 4: Infrastructure and Daily-Life Foundations
Chapter 6: Dimension 5: Residents' Attitudes and Intention Surveys
Chapter 7: Integration: Municipal Profiles Revealed by Overlaying the Five Dimensions
Chapter 8: Ripple Effects Across Fukushima Prefecture: What Happened Outside Futaba District
Chapter 9: Why Could the Nuclear Accident Not Be Prevented? A Record of Regulation, Politics, and Labor
Chapter 10: Decommissioning: The Present and the Future
Conclusion: The Future of Futaba District and the Limitations of This Book
Afterword
Appendix: Data Sources and References