Everyday Life-Environmentalism: Community Sustainability and Resilience in Asia - Hardcover

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Daisaku Yamamoto is Associate Professor of Geography and Asian Studies at Colgate University, U.S.A. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota. His recent published works include: Unravelling the Fukushima Disaster (2016) and Rebuilding Fukushima (2017) (co-edited with Mitsuo Yamakawa); “Nuclear-to-Nature Land Conversion” (Geographical Review, 2020); “Cursed Forever? Exploring Socio-Economic Effects of Nuclear Power Plant Closures Across Nine Communities in the United States” (Geoforum, 2022).

Hiroyuki Torigoe is Professor at Otemae University, Japan, specialized in environmental sociology and folk cultural studies. He holds a PhD from the Tokyo University of Education, and has taught at Kwansei Gakuin University, the University of Tsukuba, and Waseda University. He was the President of the Japan Sociology Society and the President of Otemae University. He is best known for his pioneering work on life-environmentalism based on his extensive fieldwork in Japan and overseas. He has published over 20 single-authored books, 17 co-authored or edited books, and numerous articles.