Screen Library3.11 : disaster and change in Japan /
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet th...
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Cornell University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Ithaca : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet that in turn caused an unprecedented multireactor meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives, destroyed whole towns, and will ultimately cost hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction. In 3.11, Richard Samuels offers the first broa |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780801452000 : 0801452007 |
| Index Number: | HV555 |
| CLC: | D731.37 |
| Call Number: | D731.37/S193 |
| Contents: | The status quo ante and 3.11 -- Never waste a good crisis -- Historical and comparative guidance -- Dueling security narratives -- Debating energy policy -- Repurposing local government. |