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How can we prepare for something we don't want to think about? Disaster readiness and negative capability

In: Dealing with Crisis

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  • Shin Arita

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This chapter is based on survey data collected by the Crisis Response Studies project team in Japan in order to understand awareness of and preparation for natural disasters with a specific aim to understand the psychological factors behind attitudes toward the potential dangers of major earthquakes and the impact psychology has on disaster preparedness, including feeling of helplessness and depression. The concept of negative capability is adopted to consider how we ought to prepare to deal with major disasters by embracing an ability to endure in situations in which there is uncertainty or doubt.

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  • Shin Arita, 2023. "How can we prepare for something we don't want to think about? Disaster readiness and negative capability," Chapters, in: James Babb & Takashi Iida (ed.), Dealing with Crisis, chapter 2, pages 10-26, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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