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How can large‐scale disasters prompt policy change beyond the local environment in which they occurred? Working at the intersection of political sociology, disaster studies, and cultural sociology, we introduce the concept of the shelf life of a disaster to analyze the short and limited impact of Fukushima Daiichi on U.S. nuclear energy policy and its vitality within Germany. American media, nuclear...
Currently, urban safety problem attracts much attention. The paper provides a conceptual framework for planning safer cities. The safer city has not only less crime and terrorism attack but also more resilience to all kinds of disaster. The paper reviews the existing physical planning and brings forward a urban spatial structure that attach importance to urban safety. The framework also includes the...
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