Synopses & Reviews
The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 left the entire world in a state of shock. The international community was unable to fathom how a major economic power, with one of the most extensive natural disaster preparedness programs in the world, could be laid bare to such destruction. Even other highly developed countries began questioning their own abilities to handle natural disasters. Different nations have faced disasters of varying intensity throughout history, and it is in the best interests of the global community to share experiences and wisdom in order to minimize damage wrought by future catastrophes.
Based on conference proceedings presented at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in November 2012, Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies offers leading insight into and viewpoints on disasters from scholars and journalists working in Japan, China, the United States, and Southeast Asia. Yau Shuk-ting focuses on a broader scope of disasters, such as political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental crises, as well as psychological traumas. This work gathers together international wisdom from a variety of perspectives in the hope that nations will be better able to manage future disasters and their economic and cultural fallout.
Synopsis
Based on conference proceedings presented at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in November 2012, Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies offers leading insight into and viewpoints on disasters from scholars and journalists working in Japan, China, the United States, and Southeast Asia.
About the Author
Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has been a faculty member of the department since 2003. Her research interests include Japanese studies, transnational film and cultural studies in East Asia, and visualizing cultures of WWII. Yau Shuk-ting is the recipient of the Young Researcher Award 2008, CUHK; and was a Harvard-Yenching Institute visiting scholar in 2010-2011. Currently her research focuses on portrayals of WWII on Japanese, American and East Asian screens.
Table of Contents
PART I: FUKUSHIMA
1. The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the People's Tribunal on Nuclear Power; Yuki Tanaka
2. Them versus Us: Japanese and International Reporting of the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis; David McNeill
3. The Evolution of Disaster Volunteering in Japan: From Kobe to Tohoku; Simon Avenell
4. Religious Responses to Natural Disasters: From Hurricane Katrina to the Great East Japan Earthquake; Brian Victoria
5. Chinese Reactions to Disasters in Japan: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Great East Japan Earthquake; Biao Yang
PART II: JAPAN
6. Bombs Bursting in Air: State and Citizen Responses to the US Firebombing and Atomic Bombing of Japan; Mark Selden
7. Searching Reality in Virtuality: Fantasy as a Way out for the 21st-Century Japan; Shuk-ting, Kinnia Yau
PART III: CHINA
8. Contradictory Responses to the 'Same' Piece of Music: The Making of a 'Popular Song' through Different National Crises in China; Siu-wah Yu
9. Sichuan: Reconstruction and Disruption; Yee-chong Lee
PART IV: SOUTHEAST ASIA
10. From Typhoon Ondoy to the Unnamed Monsoon: Policy Reforms and Challenges in the Philippines' Disaster Management System; Benigno Balgos
11. Re-establishing the National Identity through Re-evaluating Nation's Past: A University's Effort of Recovery from the War in Late 1990's Cambodia; Masao Nishimura
12. Who Protects Our Life?: Managing Crisis and Social Security in Socialist Laos and Japan; Rie Odajima