“Disaster, Risk and Sustainable Community”

 

Second Announcement

(6^TH May 2015)

 Having made a round since 2007, by taking turns among Associations of Environmental Sociology in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China, a second turn of JAES (Japanese Association of Environmental Sociology) comes up again in November 2015 in Sendai, Japan. Co-hosting with RC24 and Institute for Sustainability Research, Hosei University, JAES holds the 5^TH International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (ISESEA-5) with the theme of “Disaster, Risk and Sustainable Community.” We will address what the disasters and other various risks of our societies question as we attempt to construct sustainable communities.

       This Symposium is held jointly with one of biannual regular conferences of JAES.  Please visit the website of this symposium and update details:

 

       http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/soc/isesea-5/schedule.html

 

On this site, the CALL for PAPERS is now available online UNTIL the 31^ST MAY; Please submit the abstracts via this website of ISESEA-5.  We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Sendai.

 

DATE   30^TH October to 1^ST November, 2015

PLACE       Katahira Sakura Hall, Tohoku University

       Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

       http://www.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/sakura/newpage1.html

DEADLINES    First Call for paper proposals: 15^TH March 2015

       Deadline for Paper Proposals: 31^ST May 2015

       Deadline for Full Papers: 30^TH June 2015

REGISTRATION    Deadline for Registration: 31^ST August 2015

WEBSITE  http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/soc/isesea-5/schedule.html

TIMETABLE    DAY 1: 30^TH October       Keynote by Dr. Riley E Dunlap+Reception

       DAY 2: 31^ST October Panels+Thematic Session+Farewell Reception

       DAY 3: 1^ST November      Excursion to the Tsunami affected coast of Miyagi and                              Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant

PROGRAM       (See below for tentative program)

CONTACT The Organizing Committee for the ISESEA-5

       Attn: Prof. Kyoko Ueda (isesea-5@ml.tohoku.ac.jp)

 

 

The Tentative Program (ISESEA-5 Sendai)

Thematic Session

Disaster, Risk and Sustainable Community: Facing the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (DAY 2: 31^ST October)

 

 

Address & Introduction of the Thematic session:      Dr. Koichi HASEGAWA

 

Presentation 1: “Networking and Citizen Science in Low-Recognized Disaster Affected Areas”

                                          Dr. Yayoi HARAGUCHI

 

Presentation 2: “Coproduction to Overcome the Social Gap after the Radioactive Disaster”

                                          Prof. Yasumasa IGARASHI

 

                                          Coffee/Tea Break

 

Discussant 1:                                   Dr. Dowan KU

Discussant 2:                                   Dr. Shu-Fen KAO

 

Comments from the panelists and attendants