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- Title
Reconstruction and resilience after Fukushima: A critical analysis of nuclear risk and disaster.
- Authors
Kojima, Rina
- Abstract
This article revisits the concept of reconstruction in light of the Fukushima nuclear accident on March 11, 2011. It also offers an analysis of the reconstruction policy launched by the Japanese authorities in the context of the risk due to low‐dose radiation. What does reconstruction mean after this nuclear disaster? What kind of reconstruction is considered possible in the contaminated territories by those affected by this disaster and confronted with this long‐term health and environmental risk? To answer these questions, this article first examines the concept of reconstruction—very close to that of resilience in the Japanese context—which has sparked a controversy within the social sciences, at both national and international level. Second, based on more than 100 interviews conducted between 2013 and 2016 across the entire Nippon archipelago, this article analyzes the reconstruction policy's socio‐cultural consequences on the victims of this disaster who leave, stay or return to the contaminated territories. Finally, it proposes a new approach to the reconstruction of Fukushima, one which would support the process of resilience at the individual and collective levels.
- Subjects
FUKUSHIMA-shi (Japan); FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011; NUCLEAR accidents; RISK assessment; CRITICAL analysis; JAPANESE people; DISASTER victims; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Sociology, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
2769-1365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijjs.12146