Black wave : how networks and governance shaped Japan's 3/11 disasters /

Black wave : how networks and governance shaped Japan's 3/11 disasters /

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Author / Creator:	Aldrich, Daniel P., author.
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Japan : 2011) Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Japan : 2011) Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. Disaster relief -- Japan -- Tōhoku Region -- Citizen participation. Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Japan. Disaster victims -- Social networks -- Japan -- Tōhoku Region. Social capital (Sociology) -- Japan -- Tōhoku Region. Disaster relief -- Citizen participation. Disaster relief -- Government policy. Social capital (Sociology) Japan. Japan -- Tōhoku Region.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11937641

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ISBN:	9780226638263 022663826X 9780226638430 022663843X 9780226638577
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 60-foot tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, some 96% of those living and working in the most disaster-stricken region of Tōhoku made it through. Smaller earthquakes and tsunamis have killed far more people in nearby China and India. What accounts for the exceptionally high survival rate? And why is it that some towns and cities in the Tōhoku region have built back more quickly than others? Black Wave illuminates two critical factors that had a direct influence on why survival rates varied so much across the Tōhoku region following the 3/11 disasters and why the rebuilding process has also not moved in lockstep across the region. Individuals and communities with stronger networks and better governance, Daniel P. Aldrich shows, had higher survival rates and accelerated recoveries. Less-connected communities with fewer such ties faced harder recovery processes and lower survival rates. Beyond the individual and neighborhood levels of survival and recovery, the rebuilding process has varied greatly, as some towns and cities have sought to work independently on rebuilding plans, ignoring recommendations from the national government and moving quickly to institute their own visions, while others have followed the guidelines offered by Tokyo-based bureaucrats for economic development and rebuilding.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The story of three disasters
Individual level. Neighbors saving lives
Village, town, and city level. Vertical ties bringing resources
Prefectural level. Networks making a difference
National level. Governance challenged
International level. How institutions save lives
Conclusions and recommendations
Building trust and tying us together.