Disaster, Society and Modernization

Author: Wang Hanzhong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The relationship between disasters and society; Geographical and human factors of disasters in northern Jiangsu; An overview of disasters in northern Jiangsu during the Republican era; The harm disasters caused to northern Jiangsu society during the Republican era; Disaster relief and governance in northern Jiangsu during the Republican era; The impact of disasters on the delay of modernization in northern Jiangsu. This is a monograph that takes northern Jiangsu as a case study, exploring the interactions among disasters, society, and the modernization process during China's transition period. Based on summarizing a century of academic research on disasters, the author focuses on the interaction between disasters and northern Jiangsu society, with the Republican era as the center, conducting a systematic study of the relationships among disasters, society, and modernization. The discussion of the relationship between disasters and society is elevated to a philosophical level, giving the book a strong theoretical flavor. It proposes new insights on the role of the geographical environment, the "natural economy" model of northern Jiangsu, the causes of the refugee problem, the impact of disasters on regional social psychology, and the effects of disasters during the transition period on regional modernization, offering numerous academic innovations. It provides a historically accurate evaluation of the Nanjing National Government's "Guiding the Huai River" project and offers a unique analysis of the special interest conflict of water disputes, filling academic gaps in these areas.