Forced Evacuation and Social Isolation in Fukushima
基于福岛核事故后临时住宅调查，发现约30%疏散者无人交谈、60%无法求助，且隔离者分为持续孤立型与网络缺失型，后者在市中心附近大型住宅中更严重。
This study examines determinants of forced evacuation, and the changes in social isolation in forced evacuees, from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Using a unique survey conducted in temporary housing in Iwaki city, we find that around 30％ of the evacuees did not have conversations with anyone in the housing and 60％ could not call for help when they moved to the housing. Further, 5％ did not have conversations even 2.5 years after the accident. The isolated evacuees can be classified into two types : those who had been persistently isolated since moving, such as young, introverted, and self-interested evacuees, and those who could not form a personal network in the evacuation site, like male and jobless evacuees. The poor network formation of males was aggravated in large-scale housing located near downtown.