Whcn’s early modern capital of edo teach us about risk management?

Jordan Sand

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32939-0_7

Whcn’s early modern capital of edo teach us about risk management?

Jordan Sand^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The city of Edo, early modern capital of Japan, was built of wood and burned with extraordinary frequency. This essay considers the logic of fire prevention and response in Edo in contrast to disaster management in the present day, with particular attention to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The comparison reveals that the emphasis in Edo on strength and continuity of the social order rather than preservation of material property produced a different view of risk and uncertainty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	87-105
Number of pages	19
Edition	9783319329383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32939-0_7
Publication status	Published - 2017 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Number	9783319329383
ISSN (Print)	2191-530X
ISSN (Electronic)	2191-5318

Keywords

Edo-Tokyo
Fukushima nuclear disaster
Japan
Psychology of risk
Urban fire

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering(all)
Mathematics(all)
Materials Science(all)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Engineering(all)

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