Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan

Overview

This volume is a critical interrogation of the concept, meaning and experience of disaster in 21st-century Japan.

Central Theme

Throughout the chapters, a central theme and guiding theoretical perspective is the recognition of the human element in disasters.

Disaster Studies in Japan

The evolution of disaster studies in Japan over the past three decades—and the contextual disaster policy changes and societal processes—shows that the empirical terrain for studying disasters is changing, animating the high interest in the sociology of disaster as an interdisciplinary field.