Politics of space by place names in an uncertain world : Scales of geography and situation after "Fukushima"

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This paper examines politics of space by the place name Fukushima after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. The author proposes a situation name that is distinct from a place name, and applies a scale viewpoint to the geography of radioactivity. The situation concept means an invisible, uncertain and ongoing crisis. Proper names including place names serve to fix a reference to a specific object or event, according to analytical philosophy. Japanese mass media and government offices have specifically stressed the scale of the Fukushima prefecture. However that scale contradicts the physical geography caused by the nuclear disaster and the diverse ways of life and behavior in the Fukushima situation. Other geographical scales, such as global, national, city, and town, also work in the Fukushima situation. Both geographical and situational scales are expected to separate the people even in the same community of Fukushima. To live Fukushima is not always the same as to live in the Fukushima Prefecture. Understanding several geographical senses of home matters.

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