Annual Report 2006
Geographic Environmental Sciences

Department of Geography
Graduate School and Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences
Tokyo Metropolitan University

Contents
1

Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

11) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in 2006

2

Laboratory of Climatology

51) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in 2006

3

Laboratory of Environmental Geography

101) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in 2006

4

Laboratory of Global Environmental Changes

161) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in 2006

5

Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

191) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in 2006

6

Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in 2006

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Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

1) Staff
Haruo YAMAZAKI

Professor / Dr.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Seismotectonics

Takehiko SUZUKI

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Geomorphology, Quaternary science, Volcanology2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory aims to study the various earth scientific phenomena and processes on the solid
earth surface. Especially, main object of our research is to prospect the futuristic view of ourenvironment changes through the understanding of the history and process of landform development
during the Quaternary period. The followings are some examples of our studies.
Tephra study: Tephra means a generic term on the volcanic ejecta excluding lava-flow andrelated explosive deposits. We are trying to identify the source volcano, age of the eruption and the
distribution of widespread tephras that have covered the Japanese Islands through the Pliocene,
Pleistocene and Holocene.
Reconstruction of paleo-environment and land forming process: Using tephra deposits as key
time markers, we are reconstructing the paleo-environment and land forming process since the late
Pliocene in Japan.
Paleo-sea-level change: We are trying to reconstruct the universal Quaternary sea-level changes
through the modeling of crustal deformation based on the geological and geomorphological data
along the coastal region.
Plate tectonics: The Quaternary tectonics including the historical process of seismic andvolcanic activity are our special interest along the plate collision zone in central Japan.
Natural hazards: We study the historical process of topographic changes caused by mass
movement, volcanic eruption and fault activity to prevent and mitigate the future natural hazards.

3) List of Research Activities in 2006

Peer-reviewed Articles
Suzuki, T. 2006．
Analysis of titanomagnetite within weathered middle Pleistocene KMT tephra andits application for fluvial terrace chronology, Kanto Plain, central Japan. QuaternaryInternational, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.039
Suzuki, T. and Nakayama, T. 2007．A 2.0 Ma widespread tephra associated with a large-scalepyroclastic flow from the Sengan geothermal area, northeast Japan arc. 52：23-38．Bulletin of
the Volcanological Society of Japan. (in Japanese)

Other Articles
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Tectonic movement, igneous activity, uplift and erosion: Issues and challenges
on the geological disposal for the radioactive waste. Civil Engineering, 91: No.11, 21-22, (inJapanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Lowland and Hills in the downstream region if River Fuji. In Regional
geomorphology of the Japanese Islands. Geomorphology of Chubu. vol. 5. ed. H. Machida, T.
Matsuda, M. Umitsu and T. Koizumi, 70-77. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Hida Plateau and Takayama Basin. In Regional geomorphology of the JapaneseIslands. Geomorphology of Chubu. vol. 5. ed. H. Machida, T. Matsuda, M. Umitsu and T.
Koizumi, 182-187. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T.

2006．Mountains and volcanoes in Izu peninsula. In Regional geomorphology of theJapanese Islands. Geomorphology of Chubu. vol. 5. ed. H. Machida, T. Matsuda, M. Umitsu
and T. Koizumi, 82-88. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (in Japanese)

Reports
Yamazaki, H. (ed.) 2007. Reconstruction of high-resolution paleogeography in the Plio-Pleistocene.
Report for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B) 2004-2006, 191p. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2006. On the small active faults cutting terrace surfaces far off the topographic
boundary. In Prediction of destructive shallow earthquakes in Japan. Report for the cooperative
Research (A), Earthquake Research Institute, Univ. Tokyo. ed. Tsukuda, T. 23-27. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I．Takagi，H．and Yamazaki, H. 2007. Garnet-bearing tephra layer Na-G in the Inubo
Group, Chyoshi area, Chiba prefecture, central Japan ―Correlation with Mk19 tephra in the
Nakatsu Group, Kanagawa Prefecture―.

Report for Grant-Aid for Scientific research (B)2004-2006, 14-20. (in Japanese)Book reviews
Suzuki, T. 2006．Book review of Volcanism by Hans-Ulrich Schmincke. Journal of

Geography, 115: 243-244. (in Japanese)
Miscellaneous articles
Machida, M., Suzuki, T., Matsushima, Y., Kubo, S. and Mizuno, K. 2006. Excursion of siginificant
Quarternary outcrops. Guidebook for the 2006 JAQUA meetings excursion. 60p.

Presenations
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Natural history in Musashino: quest for landform and geology in neighborhood.
Science Partnership Program at Tokorozawa High School, Saitama.
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Natural feature and Disaster Prevention for Kanagawa. “Disaster Prevention”
2006 Super Science High School Program at Seisho High School. Odawara.
Yamazaki, H. 2006. The role of the Quaternary studies to solve the environmental issues: as an
instance for the geological disposal of the high level radioactive waste. 2006 JA QUA meetingand Symposia, Hachioji Tokyo.
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Natural environment in Tama area, Tokyo. Science Partnership Program at
Wakaba High School, Inagi Tokyo..
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Natural history and disaster in Tama area, Hachioji. Hachioji City Academe,
Hachioji Tokyo.
Yamazaki, H. 2006. Active faults and earthquake disaster prevention. Lecture for the local leadersof Disaster and Crime Preventions in Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo. Shinjuku.
Suzuki, T. and Nakayama, T.

2006．A 2 Ma widespread tephra associated with a large scale

pyroclastic flow, Sengan geothermal area, northeast Japan. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2006, Chiba.
Suzuki, T. 2006. Landform in Tokyo and its development: the history during the last 2 million years.
Tokyo Metropolitan University Open University, Tokyo.
Suzuki, T. 2006. Natural history in Musashino: quest for landform and geology in neighborhood(field exercise). Science Partnership Program at Tokorozawa High School, Saitama.
Suzuki, T. 2006. How to read nature: part 1. Training Lecture for Support Ranger, Tokyo
Metropolitan University Open University, Tokyo.
Suzuki, T. 2006. Tephrochronological study on frequency and magnitude of explosive eruptions inJapan. 2006 JAQUA meetings and symposia, Tokyo.
Suzuki, T., Murata, M., Oishi, M., Yamazaki, H., Nakayama, T., Kawashima, S. and Kawai, M. 2006.
Tephrochronological study on the long term activity of Tachikawa Fault, Tokyo Metropolitan
Area, central Japan. 2006 JAQUA meetings and symposia, Tokyo.
Suzuki, T., Murata, M., Oishi, M., Yamazaki, H., Nakayama, T., Kawashima, S. and Kawai, M. 2006.
Tephrochronological study on the activity of Tachikawa Fault during Quaternary, Tokyo
Metropolitan area, central Japan. The Study Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers Autumn 2006, Hamamatsu.
Suzuki, T., Kurokawa, S. and Yasugi, S. 2006. Field lecture on natural history in Izu-Oshima:
volcano, sea and life. Tokyo Metropolitan University Open University, Izu-Oshima.
Suzuki, T. 2006. Tephrochronological study on age and environment of archeological site. Yaita City
Historical Lecture. Tochigi.

Suzuki, T. 2007. Field observation and geological excursion on Hachioji City. Training Lecture for
Leader of Hachioji City Enivironmental Learning, Tokyo.
Akihiko, N., Maeda, T., Suzuki, M., Naka, T., Kacho, K., Koyama, M., Miiyaji, N., Kawajiri, K.,
Suzuki, T., Yamazaki, H. and Ueki, T. (2006) Results and problems of SPP, Volcano Fuji;
Volcanic activity and Disaster Prevention. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006, Chiba.
Akihiko, N., Maeda, T., Suzuki, M., Naka, T., Kacho, K., Koyama, M., Miiyaji, N., Kawajiri, K.,
Suzuki, T., Yamazaki, H. and Ueki, T. (2006) Volcano Fuji; Volcanic activity and disasterprevention. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2006, Chiba.
Ueki, T., Suzuki, T. and Mizuno, K (2006) Magnetostratigraphy and tephrochronology of the
Plio-Pleistocene in the Kaji (Azuyama) hills, western Kanto Plain, central Japan. 2006 JAQUA
meetings and symposia, Tokyo.
Oishi, M. and Suzuki, T. 2006. Estimation of source craters of the Yatsugatake Younger Tephra Beds
based on the refractive indices and chemistry of phenocrysts, and volcanic history of North
Yatsugatake, central Japan. 2006 JAQUA meetings and symposia, Tokyo.
Tamura, I, Yamazaki, H. and Mizuno, K. 2006. Late Pliocene widespread tephras of the InubouGroup in the Choshi district:Detection of the Mitsumatsu, Tng and Hap2 tephras. Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2006, Makuhari.
Tamura, I,, Yamazaki, H., Mizuno, K. and Shimogama, K. 2006. Reconsideration oftephrostratigraphy at Tama Hills and the Boso Peninsula based on the correlation of Zushi2
tephra and Kd24 tephra, Noborito tephra and Kd11 tephra. JAQUA meeting, Tokyo.
Tamura, I, Yamazaki, H. and Mizuno, K. 2006. The age of Inubou Group based on tephra
correlations．The 113th Annual meeting of the Geological Society of Japan(Kochi)

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Laboratory of Climatology

1) Staff
Takehiko MIKAMI

Professor / PhD(D.Sc.)

Urban climatology, Climatic variation

Jun MATSUMOTO

Professor / D. Sc

monsoon climatology

Tomoko NAKANOAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Land-atmosphere interaction, Carbon cycle, Biogeoscience2) Overview of Research Activities
Our studies cover various scales of climate from urban to global phenomena, aiming at
understanding their climatic processes and mechanisms. We use a wide variety of techniques such as
field observation, data collection in historical climate, and statistical analysis of global scale dataset.
Our research topics are as follows:* Urban climate (observation and analysis for heat island and cool island)* Climate change (historical and observational period)* Compiling database for paleoclimatic record measured by meteorological instruments* Seasonal march of Asian Monsoon and its variation* Climatological studies by using remote-sensing data
* Carbon dioxide exchanges between grassland and the atmosphere in a semiarid region* Heat and water budget in a semiarid ecosystem

3) List of Research Activities in 2006
Peer-reviewed Articles
Malmgren, B.A., Hullugalla, R., Lindeberg, G., Inoue,Y., Hayashi, Y. and Mikami, T. 2007.
Oscillatory behavior of monsoon rainfall over Sri Lanka during the late 19th and 20th centuries
and its relationships to SSTs in the Indian Ocean and ENSO. Theoretical and Applied
Climatology, 89, 115-125.
Sugawara,H., Narita, K., Mikami, T., Honjo, T. and Ishii, K. 2006. Cool Island Intensity in a Large
Urban Green：Seasonal Variation and Relationship to Atmospheric Condition. Tenki (Weather),53, 393-404. (in Japanese)Mikami, T. 2006. Recent progress in urban heat island studies: Focusing on the case studies in Tokyo.
E-journal GEO, 1, 79-88. (in Japanese)
Salahuddin, A., Isaac, R.H., Curtis, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2006. Teleconnections between the sea
surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal and monsoon rainfall in Bangladesh. Global andPlanetary Change, 53, 188–197.
Endo, N., Kadota, T., Matsumoto, J., Ailikun, B. and Yasunari, T. 2006. Climatology and trends insummer precipitation characteristics in Mongolia for the period 1960-98. Jour. Met. Soc. Japan,
84, 543-551.
He, J.-H., Sun, C.-H., Liu, Y.-Y., Matsumoto, J. and Li, W.-J. 2007. Seasonal Transition Features ofLarge-Scale Moisture Transport in the Asian-Australian Monsoon Region. Advances in
Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 1-14.
Takeuchi, W., Nakano, T., Ochi, S., and Yasuoka, Y. 2007. Monitoring of re-generation condition for
burnt forested wetland in Western Siberia with sub-pixel land cover characterization. J. Remote
Sensing Society of Japan 27(1), 13-23. (in Japanese)

Other articles
Mikami, T. 2006．A practical use of wind and green effect for city planning: Wind system in Tokyoand its role for mitigating urban heat islands．Environmental Research Quaterly, No.141, 29-34.
(in Japanese)
Mikami, T. 2006． Amelioration of microclimate in urban area with the use of green spaces. Journalof Hydrological System （ Association for Rainfall Water Storage and Infiltration
Technology）,Vol.62, 13-16. (in Japanese)
Mikami, T. 2006. Urban heat island phenomena. Environmental Solution Technology，Vol.5,No.4,
1-4. (in Japanese)
Mikami, T. 2006．Climatic variations based on historical documents and observational data.
Environmental Science (Kokon Shoin Co.), 124-160. (in Japanese)
Mikami, T. 2006．Unusual weather caused by the changes in global circulation patterns. The Issues
for Japan (ed. by Bungei Shunju Co.), 464-467. (in Japanese)
Mikami, T. 2007． Mitigation of urban heat islands using urban greeneries．Construction Finishing
Technology, No.387, 15. (in Japanese)
Inoue, T. and Matsumoto J. 2006. Recent interdecadal changes observed in the summer seasonal
marches over East Asia. Monthly Kaiyo Special Issue, 44, 169-175．(in Japanese)
Nakano, T. 2006. Changes in surface methane flux after a forest fire in West Siberia. In Hatano, R.
and Guggenberger, G. eds., Symptom of Environmental Change in Siberian Permafrost Region,
Hokkaido University Press, 55-63.
Nakano, T., Nemoto, M., and Shinoda, M. 2007. CO2 exchanges between grassland ecosystem andthe atmosphere in Mongolia. Bulletin of the Terrestrial Environment Research Center, theUniversity of Tsukuba 7 supplement 2: 51-53. (in Japanese)

Books
Mikami, T.（ed.）2006．Unusual weather ‒ Mechanisms of global warming and storm. Publihedfrom Midori Shobou Co., 144P. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2006. East Asian monsoon and climate of Yakushima Island. In World Heritage
Yakushima, Asakura-Shoten Publisher, 1-4. (in Japanese)

Reports
Matsumoto, J. 2006. Development of rainfall measurement system in Southeast Asia., Project Reportof the Japan EOS Promotion Program for FY 2006, 47pp. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous reports
Mikami,T. 2006．Warming of Tokyo and the unusual weather. National Science Museum News,
No.448, 6-7. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Mikami,T. and Morishima,W. 2006. Climatological studies on the summer intensive heavy rainfall inTokyo and its relation to urban heat island phenomena. International Geographical Union
Conference 2006. Brisbane, Australia.
Mikami,T. 2006. Global cooling in the early 1800s − Links with solar and volcanic forcing −.
International Workshop on Historical Climate Simulations over East Asia, Beijing, China.
Akasaka, I., Morishima, W. and Mikami, T. 2006. Seasonal March of Rainfall and Its Interannual
Variation in the Philippines. 2006 IGU (International Geographical Union) conference, Brisbane,
Australia.
Mikami,T., Tanaka,H. and Kagiya,K. 2006．Observational studies of heat island phenomena incentral Tokyo (No.3). 2006 Annual meeting: Architectural Institute of Japan (Kanagawa). (inJapanese)
Ohkubo,S. and Mikami,T. 2006. Relationship between SPM concentration and meteorologicalelements in terms of spatial patterns and year-to-year variations. 47th Meeting, Japan Society for
Atmospheric Environment, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Nagata,R. and Mikami,T. 2006. Response of East Asian summer circulation fields to the variationsin Tropical Pacific SST. Annual meeting 2006, Meteorological Society of Japan, Tsukuba. (inJapanese)
Hirano,J. and Mikami,T. 2006. Temperature variations in winter during 19th century reconstructedfrom weather patterns. Annual meeting 2006, Meteorological Society of Japan, Tsukuba. (inJapanese)
Hirano,J. and Mikami,T. 2007. Reconstruction of weather types in summer during the 18th and 19th
century. Annual meeting 2007, Association of Japanese Geographers, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Zaiki,M., Tsukahara,T., Können, G.P. and Mikami,T. 2006. Reconstruction of pressure patterns basedon meteorological observational data in Japan during 19th century. Annual meeting 2006,
Meteorological Society of Japan, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2006. MAHASRI - the New International Program on Asian Monsoon. The
Vietnam-Japan Joint Workshop on Asian Monsoon, Ha Long, Vietnam.
Ogino, S.-Y., Nodzu, M. I., Hoang Thuy Ha, Tachibana, Y., Fujiwara, Satomura, T., Matsumoto, J.
and Nguyen Thi Tan Thanh 2006. Temperature inversion layers over the Indochina Peninsula,
Vietnam-Japan Joint Workshop on Asian Monsoon, Ha Long, Vietnam.
Matsumoto, J. 2006. MAHASRI Program, International Workshop for the East Asian Monsoon
Experiment, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
Matsumoto, J. 2006. MAHASRI, International Workshop on Capacity Building in Asia, "Earth
Observations in the Service of Water Management", Bangkok, Thailand.
Sato, S., Kubota, T., Kuraji, K. and Matsumoto, J., 2006. Comparisons between rainfall amountmeasured by rain gauges and satellite estimations. 2006 Fall Meeting of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Ogino, S., Nodzu, M., Tachibana, Y., Fujiwara, M., Satomura, T., Matsumoto, J. and Nguyen Thi Tan
Thanh, 2006. Inversion layer in the lower troposphere at Hanoi, Vietnam. 2006 Fall Meeting of
the Meteorological Society of Japan, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2006. MAHASRI - the new international program on Asian monsoon research. The
3rd Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW) Conference, Bangkok,
Thailand.
Matsumoto, J. and Asada, H. 2006. Impact of recent severe floods on rice production in Bangladesh.
Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), Global Environmental Change Open Science
Conference, Beijing, China.
Matsumoto, J. 2006. MAHASRI - a new international program on Asian monsoon research. Earth
System Science Partnership (ESSP), Global Environmental Change Open Science Conference,
Beijing, China.
Matsumoto, J. 2007. MAHASRI and AMY’08. The 4th EU-Japan Workshop on Climatic Change
Research, Brussels, Belgium.
Asada, H., Matsumoto, J. Lin, Z. and Oguchi, T. 2007. Relationship between residential area andelevation in Nepal Himalayas, Spring General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers，Tokyo. (in Japanese)

Nakano, T. 2006. Measurement of water vapor flux by using a closed-chamber technique. 2006
Spring Meeting of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology in Japan, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Nakano, T., Nemoto, M. and Shinoda, M. 2006. Nighttime water vapor flux in Mongolian semiarid
grassland. 2006 Fall Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Nakano, T., Nemoto, M. and Shinoda, M. 2006. Environmental controls on carbon dioxide flux in asemi-arid grassland of Mongolia. 2006 AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, USA.
Nakano, T., Nemoto, M., and Shinoda, M. 2007. CO2 exchanges between grassland ecosystem andthe atmosphere in Mongolia. Workshop on processes of atmosphere, water, and ecosystem andtheir interaction in northeast Asia, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Nemoto, M., Shinoda, M. and Nakano, T. 2006. Impact of Snow and Vegetation Activity on Surface
Energy Balance in a Mongolian Grassland. 2006 AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
Shinoda, M., Tsunekawa, A., Nemoto, M., Nachinshonhor, G. U., Nakano, T., Tamura, K., Asano, M.
and Erdenetsetseg, D. 2006. Drought Experiment of a Mongolian Grassland Ecosystem. 2006
AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

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Laboratory of Environmental Geography

1) Staff
Nobuyuki HORI

Professor / D.Sci.

Environmental Geomorphology, Landscape Ecology, Study of Environmantal Changes

Shuichi OKA

Associate Professor / D.Sci.

Vegetation Geography, Landscape Ecology

Shuichi OYAMA

Assistant Professor / PhD (D. Human and Environment)

Area Study(Africa, South America), Environmental Geography, Ecological Anthropology2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory focuses on the relations between human and natural environment. Especially weattach great importance on the structure and its changes of the relationships in the local and global
scales. Therefore we are trying to apply inter-disciplinary approach flexibly, with not only physicaland human geography but also other environmental sciences, such as botanical science, forest
ecology, zoology, soil science, landscape design, political ecology, folklore, anthropology and so on.
Research methods are primarily based on fieldwork, including weather observation, land survey,
interview survey and participatory research as well as analysis of aerial photos and satellite images.
Study fields are all over the world, especially Japan, Asia, Africa and America. We are engaged inlong-term fieldwork on (1) environmental changes and human responses in Africa, (2) vegetationand climatic landscape in north and south America and Siberia, (3) karst topography including coral
reef in tropical area and Europe, and (4) cultural ecology of slash-and-burn cultivators in Africa.
Recent themes are as follows;

1) Interrelation between environmental change and human response in savanna area of Africa
2) Process of land degradation in environment (ex. desertification, and savannization )3) Coral reef formation and interrelation between coral and reef topography4) Geo-ecological research on landscape and the change in alpine and sub-alpine
5) Hydro-climatic environment based on the water balance in the Bonin Islands, Japan
6) Climatic landscape in view of vegetation and land use7) Cultural geography of slash-and-burn cultivators and development of cultivation system inmiombo woodland zone of Africa
8) Applied ecological study to combat desertification in Sahel zone, Africa.
9) Domestication of camelid animals and Solanum crops in Andes, South America10) Use of natural resource in the Polish Carpathians11) Genetic distribution of beech tree, Japan
12) Change of environment and community by building dam in Tenryu River area, Japan
13) Vegetation structure and its environmental factors around the timberline of Mt. Fuji, Japan
14) Change of social organization and form of occupation in a fishermen village of Izu Peninsula,Japan15) Spatial structure and ecological environment in Ryukyu Islands, Japan
16) Physical environment and land use in wetland area, Japan17) Interrelation between organization of disaster prevention and community characteristic, Japan

3) List of Research Activities in 2006
Peer-reviewed Articles
Yoshida, K., Iwashita, K., Iijima, Y., and Oka, S. 2006. Long-term changes in the hydroclimatic
environment during the 20th century on Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands.
Geographical Review of Japan, 79-10, 516-526.
Kakeya, M., Sugiyama, Y. and Oyama, S. 2006. The Citemene system, social leveling mechanism,
and agrarian changes in the Bemba villages of northern Zambia- an overview of 23 years of “fixpoint” research. African Study Monographs 27 (1): 27-38.
Oyama, S. and Kondo, F. 2007. Sorghum cultivation and soil fertility preservation under bujimi
slash-and-burn cultivation in northwestern Zambia. African Study Monographs Supplementary
Issue 34: 115-135.
Kobashi, S. 2006. Changes of air and soil temperature within beech (Fagus crenata) forest in
thawing season: comparison between heavy and less snowfall regions in Japan. Quarterly
Journal of Geography, 58, 237-241.

Other Articles
Hori, N. 2007. Deserts in the world-their distribution and characteristics. In Hori. N. and Kikuchi, T.
(eds.), Deserts in the World. Series of Meguro City College, 7, 2-17, Ninomiya-shoten. (inJapanese)Hori, N. 2007. Desert in Africa-the desert of Sahara: changing nature and wavered people. In Hori.
N. and Kikuchi, T. (eds.) ,Deserts in the World. Series of Meguro City College, 7, 110-132,
Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese)Hori, N. 2007. Future of desert-conclusion. In Hori. N. and Kikuchi, T. (eds.), Deserts in the World.
Series of Meguro City College, 7, 183-189, Ninomiya-shoten. (in Japanese)
Oka, S. 2006.Understanding the forest of vegetation-the distribution, morphology and function. In

Kikuchi, T. and Inui, T. (eds.), Realizing Forest and Learning from Forest-to enjoy life in forest,
Series of Meguro City College, 6, 54-64, Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese)
Oka, S. 2006. Succession of forest-forest ecology. In Kikuchi, T. and Inui, T. (eds.), Realizing Forest
and Learning from Forest - to enjoy life in forest, Series of Meguro City College, 6, 65-72,
Ninomiya-shoten. (in Japanese)
Oka, S. 2006. (coffee break) Understand the urban forest and its nature. In Kikuchi, T.
and Inui, T. (eds.), Realizing Forest and Learning from Forest-to enjoy life in forest,
Series of Meguro City College, 6,88-91, Ninomiya-shoten. (in Japanese)
Oka, S. 2006. To Understand the natural environments sustaining regional
diversity-case study of Oki-Islands-. In Wada, a., Asano, T., Utsumi, T., Ohno, A.,
Sasagawa K., and Fukuda, Y. (eds.), Research the region, Learn from the Region-aim
for sustainable regional society, Kokon-shoin, 254-263. (in Japanese)
Oka, S. 2007. Desert in South America. In Hori, N. and Kikuchi, T. (eds.), Deserts in theWorld. Series of Meguro City College, 7, 159-181, Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese)
Watanabe, M. and Oka, S. 2007. Geographical distribution and its causal factors of thevegetation in Minuma-tanbo, south-eastern Saitama Prefecture. Research of

Poly-nature, 141, 3-8. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2005. Ecological knowledge of land degradation and soil improvement of
Hausa cultivators in Sahel, West Africa. Annual Reports of Interdisciplinary ResearchInstitute of Environmental Sciences 24: 51-64. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Oyama, S. 2006. The nature in Andean mountain and the cradle of wild potato. Ecosophia 17: 81-87．
(in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2006. Ecology and wildlife conservation of vicuña in Peruvian Andes.

Geographical repots of Tokyo Metropolitan University 41: 27-44．
Oyama, S. 2006. The diversity of slash-and-burn cultivations in miombo woodland of
Africa. In Kikuchi, T. and Inui, T. (eds.), Realizing Forest and Learning from Forest-to
enjoy life in forest, Series of Meguro City College, 6. 35-43.Ninomiya-shoten. (inJapanese)
Oyama, S. 2006. Desertification, forest degradation and organic circulation between rural and urban
areas. In Kikuchi, T. and Inui, T. eds. Understanding and learning forest ecology- For getting
close to the forest In Kikuchi, T. and Inui, T. (eds.), Realizing Forest and Learning from Forest-to
enjoy life in forest, Series of Meguro City College, 6. 101-111. Ninomiya-shoten. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2007. Ecological knowledge of site selection and cultivating methods of Kaonde shifting
cultivators in northwestern Zambia. Geographical repots of Tokyo Metropolitan University 42:
15-20.
Oyama, S. 2007. Desertification and daily life of cultivators in Sahel area of West Africa. In Ikeya,

K., Sato, R. and Takeuchi, S. eds. World Geography Series: Africa I General description, Islam
Africa and Ethiopia. 221-233. Asakura-shoten. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2007. Strange relationship between animal dung and potato. In Yamamoto, N ed. Andean
Highlands. Kyoto 135-154. University Press. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2007. The ecology and wildlife conservation of vicuña in Peruvian Andes. In Yamamoto,
N ed. Andean Highlands. 335-359. Kyoto University Press. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, N. and Oyama, S. 2007. From removing poison to food stock: indigenous foodprocessing in central Andes. In Yamamoto, N ed. Andean Highlands. 117-134. Kyoto University
Press. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S., Kondo, F. and Yamamoto, N. 2007. Where is the original place of potato (Solanum sp.)in Andean Mountains ? Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 51 (extra issue 1): 103-104. (inJapanese)
Fall, O., Hori, N. & Diaw A.T. 2007. Using the nexus between regional cooperation and public
participation and issues associated with laws, power, equity, and indigenous knowledge to prevent
conflicts in the Senegal River Basin. Geographical repots of Tokyo Metropolitan University 42:
55-62.

Books
Hori, N. and Kikuchi, T. (eds.), Deserts in the World. Series of Meguro City College, 7,
Ninomiya-shoten, 194p. (in Japanese)

Reports
Oyama, S. 2006. The ecology of vicuña and wild potato species. In Yamamoto, N. ed. The
characteristics of environmental use in Andean mountains: comparison with Himalaya and Tibet.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) research report, 2-3-1〜2-3-9．(in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2006. The ecology of vicuña and wildlife conservation in Peruvian Andes. In Yamamoto,N. ed. The characteristics of environmental use in Andean mountains: comparison with Himalaya
and Tibet. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) research report, 3-3-1〜3-3-10．(in Japanese)
Yamamoto, N. and Oyama, S. From removing the poison to food processing. In Yamamoto, N. ed.
The characteristics of environmental use in Andean mountains: comparison with Himalaya andTibet. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) research report, 2-2-1〜2-2-7．(in Japanese)

Miscellaneous reports
Hori, N. 2007. The Japanese natural monuments: representing the dynamics of the earth. Monthly
Magazine of Cultural Assets 523: 22-27. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2006．Thrust hoe and blacksmith of Hausa people in Niger: Rethinking human activity

and environmental changes of Sahel zone in West Africa. Tropical Ecology Newsletter 63: 1-5．(inJapanese)
Oyama, S. 2006．Run faster! : The animal chasing hunt method for vicuña in Andean mountains ofSouth America. Biostory 6: 88-89．(in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2006. The environmental recognition and coping techniques of Hausa cultivators todesertification in Sahel area.
Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of
Priority Area “Distribution and Sharing of Resources in Symbolic and Ecological Systems”
Newsletter Data and Report 8: 7．(in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2006. Development and environmental issue in Africa. TICAD (Tokyo International
Conference on African Development) Civil Society Forum. “African Study Class Files: middle
class ”

3-1〜3-15．(in Japanese)

Presentations
Hori, N. 2006. The eternity of the “Mona Lisa” Opening Lecture for Meguro City College, Tokyo.
Hori, N. 2006. The Distribution and utilization of Acacia albida in savanna zone of Africa. The
Japanese society of Geographical Sciences Spring Meeting, Higashi-Hiroshima.
Hori, N. 2006. Floodplain agriculture in the Tokar Delta of the Red Sea coast, Sudan. International
symposium "Future Potentiality of Traditional Knowledge, Water Use and Local Development : To
combat livelihood degradation in dry lands of the Middle East and Africa. Tottori.
Hori, N. 2007. What Japanese people make sense out of the mountains ?: thinking about the spiritual
sense of the Mt. Fuji. National Museum of Japanese History. Inter-University Research Seminar“Development, conservation and cultural resources of landscape ” (Representative R. Aoki),
Sakura.
Hori, N. 2007. Spatial structure of desert and environmental changes. National Museum of
Ethnology

Inter-University Research Seminar “Anthropological Studies on the building of

natural histories” (Representative K. Ikeya), Suita.
Oka, S. 2006. How to understand the nature?-fundamental of understanding the environments:
fundamental of climatology and meteorology concerning vegetation. The training course of
support ranger, Open University of Tokyo Metropolitan University. Tokyo.
Kikuchi, T., Oka, S., Suzuki, T., and Oyama, S. 2006. Observation and consideration of nature ofmountain. Guidance of excursion in the training course of support ranger, Open University ofTokyo Metropolitan University. Tokyo.
Oka, S. 2007. Andean music-folklore-. Meguro City College in 2007, World Mountains-their natureand culture, Tokyo.
Oka, S. 2007. The Maya civilization and the Andean civilization. Meguro City College in 2007,

World Mountains-their nature and culture, Tokyo.
Yoshida, K., Iijima, Y., Oka, S., and Mishio, M. 2007. Adaptation of Distylium lepidotum to seasonaldrought in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. The General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers in 2007 Spring, Tokyo.
Watanabe, M. and Oka, S. 2007. study of vegetation distribution and its driving factors onabandoned cultivated lands in the Minuma Tanbo, Saitama prefecture. The General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers in 2007 Spring, Tokyo.
Kikuchi, T.,

Oka,

S., Yamamoto, M., Obara, N. and Arima, T. 2007. Considering the preservationof Satoyama in the suburbs and the sustainment of rural environments-walking and seeing therurality of Satoyama and Yato (small valley and its surrounding forest) in Jike, Aoba-ku,
Yokohama City. Guidance of the excursion in The General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers in 2007 Spring,
Oka, S. 2007. The stand structure and its dynamics of the tree line on Mount Fuji, The Symposiumof Japanese Study Group for Climate Impact and Application. Tokyo.
Oyama, S. 2006. Contributing to human security based on field research: A trial to combat
desertification by applying urban trash in Niger. 43th annual meeting of Japanese Society of
African Studies, Special Symposium “Human Security and African Studies”, Osaka. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2006. Development and environmental issue in Africa. Open lecture for TICAD (Tokyo
International Conference on African Development) Civil Society Forum. “African Study: middle
class ” Tokyo．(in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2007. Andes mountains and potato. Meguro City College “Mountains of the world: natureand culture”, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2007. Combat to the desertification by applying urban trash: A trial in Sahel zone of Niger.
Africa Japan Forum ”Open Seminar on Food Security ”, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2007. Where is the original place of Potato (Solanum sp.)) in Andean mountains ? The
General meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographer Spring, 2007. Tokyo.
Oyama, S., Kondo, F. and Yamamoto, N. 2007. Where is the original place of potato (Solanum sp.)in Andean Mountains ? 101th meeting of Japanese Society of Tropical Agriculture. Tokyo.

4

Laboratory of Global Environmental Changes

1) Staff
Hitoshi FUKUSAWA

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Sedimentology2) Overview of Research Activities
This laboratory is going to study global environmental changes, along with causes to trigger
such changes. The study periods are Tertiary and Quaternary including historical era. Based on theanalyses and dating of glacial landforms, deep-sea and lake sediments, paleosol, microfossil ofplants on the land surface, this laboratory is going to reconstruct the environment from the viewpointof physical geography, sedimentology, and ecology. The main study themes in this laboratory arelisted as follows.

1) Study on the relationship between surface environmental changes and human activities in late
Quaternary
・ The relationship between environmental changes and human activities from the last interglacial tohistoric era is clarified by field surveys. Concretely, data concerning glacial landforms, strata, lake
deposits, loess, paleosol, pollen and coral rings are collected in the mountains, lowlands, lakes in theeast/central Asia and surrounding ocean, then, they are analyzed.
・The relationship between environmental changes and human activities in Holocene is clarified bydetecting sea level changes variation, climate change and earthquakes. Concretely, the analyses ofgrain size distribution, mineral composition, and contents of organic matter in the lake deposits inthe east Asia are carried out.

2) Study on the variability of ice sheets and ocean in the earth system
・Clarification of the relationship between glacial-interglacial cycle and ocean circulation, andprocess and causes of the Cenozoic and Quaternary glaciations, by analyzing marine sediments andlandforms on the continental ice sheets.

3) Dating of Quaternary samples
・ By the optically stimulated luminescence dating method on terrestrial deposits andthethermo-luminescence dating method on tephras, numerical ages as datum planes are added toenvironmental changes obtained by field surveys and by analyses.

In the fiscal year of 2006, Laboratory of Global Environmental Changes conducted researches toaccurately reconstruct paleo-environmental changes globaly and locally. Based on these analyses,
climate changes and man-made environmental changes recorded in the reconstructed data areclarified to propose a paradigm of human activities to sustainable society in the future. The fieldsurveys were conducted not only in Japan but also in Easter island, Guatemala, China and Korea.
The results obtained were presented at symposiums and workshops in Japan and foreign countries.
Especially, the following six study themes were promoted in 2006.

1) Necessity of the study on the past global environmental changes and its method: Roma Club’s
model to predict future and the “problem of the year 2020”
2) Study on the variability of climate and sea level in the past 10,000 years: In relation to the activityof the sun3) Study on the glacial-interglacial cycle and the prediction of the future: In relation to the orbital
elements
4) Study on preventing global temperature rise: Nature-Tech
5) Study on the evaluation of environment: Regeneration, restoration and preservation of nature
6) Study on the utilization history of environment in the city: Edo−A city utilizing the sea levelvariation3) List of Research Activities in 2006
Peer-reviewed Articles
Kitamura, A., Yamamoto, N., Kase, T., Ohashi, S., Hiramotoa, M., Fukusawa, H., Watanabe, T., Irino,T., Kojitani, H., Shimamura, M. and Kawakami, I. 2007. Potential of submarine-cave sediments
and oxygen isotope composition of cavernicolous micro-bivalve as a late Holocene
paleoenvironmental record. Global and Planetary Change 55: 301-316.
Katsuta, N., Takano, M., Kawakami, S., Togami, S., Fukusawa, H., Kumazawa, M. and Yasuda, Y.
2007. Advanced micro-XRF method to separate sedimentary rhythms and event layers in
sediments : Its application to lacustrine sediment from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. Journal of
Paleolimnology 37: 259-271. (doi: 10.1007/s10933-006-9028-3).
Katsuta, N., Takano, M. Kawakami,S., Togami, S., Fukusawa, H., Kumazawa, M. and Yasuda, Y.
2006. Climate system transition from glacial- to interglacial state around the begining of the lasttermination: Evidence from a centemial to millennal scale climate rhythm. Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed) 7(12): 1-9 ZQ12006 (doi: 10.l029/2006GC001310).
Gotanda, K. and Fukusawa, H. 2006. Reconstruction of the biome pattern since 20,000 yr BP using
biomization method −(I) Kyushu island−. Journal of Geography (Japan) 115: 125–135 (inJapanese with English abstract).

Presentations at International Conferences
Fukusawa, H. 2005. Snow accumulation changes and human impacts during last 2,850 years
detected from varved sediments of Lake Mikuri in the Tateyama Volcano, central Japan. 2006
International Sedimentological Congress at Fukuoka, 2005. 8.23.

5Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

1) Staff
Hiroshi MATSUYAMA

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Hydrometeorology, Geographical Information Sciences

Takeki IZUMIAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Eng.)

Urban Climatology, Geographical Information Sciences, Computational Meteorological Model

Daichi NAKAYAMA

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Geographical Information Sciences, Remote Sensing, Computational Geomorphology2) Overview of Research Activities
This laboratory is going to study the natural environment as a whole which is composed ofgeomorphology, climate, hydrology, vegetation, and so on. Concretely, deductive approach andinductive approach are combined for conducting studies. The former approach is going to explain
results from causes by physical lows such as mass balance, energy balance, equation of motion, andso on. The latter approach is going to explain facts demonstratively based on field surveys and in situ
observations. Therefore, collection of quantitative data, digital mapping, statistical analyses andnumerical modeling are main methods used in this laboratory.
The main study themes in this laboratory are listed as follows.
・Energy and water cycle in the atmosphere and hydrosphere・Capturing snow distribution and snow water resources, along with snowmelt-runoff based on the
remote sensing techniques
・Quantitative evaluation of spectral reflectance characteristics of coniferous forests, along with thequantitative evaluation of their leaf area indices.
・Hydrological cycle around Mt. Aso and Tokyo Metropolis
・Numerical simulation of the urban heat island
・ Capturing surface conditions of cities such as albedo, roughness length, and evaporative fraction
・ Estimating landslides based on digital elevation model, remote sensing, and data mining
techniques
・Flood monitoring in Bangladesh based on remote sensing and geographical information systems
・Monitoring urban environment and natural environment by using synthetic aperture radar・ Precise geometric correction of satellite images

3) List of Research Activities in 2006
Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsuyama, H., Horie, Y., Izumi, T. and Aoki, K. 2006. An observational study on the individual
thermal sensation and its relationship with environment. Japanese Journal of Biometeorology 43:
67-77. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsuyama, H., Yagi, K., Nakayama, D. and Suzuki, K. 2006. Characteristics of water quality in theupper reaches of Tsuetate-river in the northern slope of Aso-somma. Journal of Japan Society ofHydrology and Water Resources 19: 392-400. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsuyama, H., Kitamura, A. and Izumi, T. 2006. Estimation of surface temperatures by Landsat
satellites based on the spatially-distributed atmospheric correction. Journal of Geography(Japan) 115: 606-625. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shimamura, Y., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. Evaluation of a useful method to identify
snow-covered areas under vegetation –Comparisons among a newly-proposed snow index,
normalized difference snow index, and visible reflectance–. International Journal of Remote
Sensing 27: 4867-4884.
Hasegawa, K., Matsuyama, H., Tsuzuki, H. and Sweda, T. 2006. The effect of bi-directionalreflectance distribution function on the estimation of vegetation indices and leaf area index (LAI)−A case study of the vegetation in the succession stages after forest fire in northwestern Canada−. Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan 26: 186-201. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Narumiya, H., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. Changes in spring water temperature overthe last 20 years in the Tokyo metropolis. Geographical Review of Japan 79: 857–868. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Narama, C., Shimamura, Y., Nakayama, D. and Abdrakhmatov, K. 2006. Recent changes of glacier
coverage in the western Terskey–Alatoo range, Kyrgyz Republic, using Corona and Landsat.
Annals of Glaciology 43: 223-229.

Other Articles
Shimamura, Y., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. Rapid digital mapping system for getting groundtruth data using tablet PC. Extended Abstract of the GISA Annual Meeting 15: 401-406. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Horie, Y., Izumi, T., Matsuyama, H. and Aoki, K. 2006. An observational study on the individual
thermal sensations, skin temperatures and their relationship with exercise experiences. Journal of
the Human–Environment System 9(1・2): 31–34.
Hoque, R., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2007. Flood monitoring in the Meghna river basin inBangladesh using remote sensing and geographical information system, Pre-Conference Paper
Volume of International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM–2007), 12–14
March 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 431–437.

Presentations at International Conferences
Saito, H., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. Estimation and evaluation of drainage basins
with landslides using data mining techniques and ASTER data. Joint International Symposium,
Environmental Changes and Earth Surface Processes in Semi–arid and Temperate Areas,
Uraanbaator, Mongolia.
Hoque, R., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2007. Flood monitoring in the Meghna river in
Bangladesh using remote sensing and geographical information system. International Conferenceon Water and Flood Management (ICWFM–2007), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Kezer, K. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. Decrease of river runoff in the Lake Balkhash basin in Central
Asia. Climatic changes and their impact on sustainable utilization and ecological environment ofwater resources in the eastern parts of middle Asia, Altai, China.
Sakuma, S., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. Estimation of discharge in ungauged basinusing comparative hydrological approach and distributed hydrological model. Joint International
Symposium, Environmental Changes and Earth Surface Processes in Semi–arid and Temperate
Areas, Uraanbaator, Mongolia.
Horie, Y., Aoki, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2006. An observational study on the individual
thermal sensations and their relationship with climates in the past–to–present habitations. 17th
Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, American Meteorological Society, San Diego,
USA.

6

Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography

1) Staff
Yosio SUGIURA

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Human geography

Toshio KIKUCHI

Associate Professor / D.Sc.

Agricultural and Rural Geography, Regional Geography of Oceania, Nature Based Tourism

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Urban geography, Behavioral geography, Geographic information science

Yuko TAKEDA

Assistant Professor / Ph. D.

GIS, Urban geography

Hiroyuki TSUBOMOTOAssistant Professor /Urban geography, Office study

Michiko HARAYAMA

Assistant Professor /Bibliometrics

2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit specializes in human geography, with special emphasis on the city and its
environs. Our research interests center on the structural explanation of the relationship between
human activities and geographic environment by employing approaches of social sciences andhumanities. Methodologically, the emphasis lies largely on positivistic (viz., quantitative or
mathematical); fieldwork is also encouraged. The research interests cover quantitative,
socioeconomic, urban and behavioral geography. The main themes of our current research are as
follows:

1. Mathematical modeling of human geographic phenomena
2. Regional analysis of human geographic phenomena
1) Relationship between human activities and geographic environment2) Land use change in the city and its suburbs3) Spatial organization of the society4) Transformation of human activities brought about by environmental change

3. Geographical studies of urban systems
1) Spatial structures of intra-urban system
2) System of cities
4. Geographical thought
1) History of modern geography2) Bibliometric research of geographical studies

3) List of Research Activities in 2006
Peer-reviewed Articles
Sugiura, Y. 2006. Planning on settlement location in the Ijsselmeerpolders and central place theory.
Geographical Review of Japan, 79, 566-587 (in Japanese).
Sugiura, Y. 2006. Geographical applications of MDS―A review―. The Japanese Journal of
Behaviormetrics, 33, 95-107 (in Japanese).
Sugiura, Y. 2006. Reorganization of central place networks in the border area of Upper Shlesia: A
Nazi Germany plan. Notes on Theoretical Geography, 15, 29-36 (in Japanese).
Wakabayashi, Y. 2006．Recent trends and regional differences of nursery service provision in Tokyo
Metropolitan Area. Geographical Sciences, 61: 210-222 (in Japanese).
Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Residential choices of single women in Tokyo Metropolitan Area: A
multi-method approach. Geographical Review of Japan 79: 608-618.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Applications of multidimensional scaling to behavioral geography: mainly
focused on the spatial analysis of cognitive maps. The Japanese Journal of Behaviomerics 33(2):127-132. (in Japanese)Yui, Y., Kamiya, H., Wakabayashi, Y., Nakazawa, T. and Takeda, Y. 2007. Regional diversity inwomenʼs work and life throughout Japan. Geographische Rundschau International Edition 3(1):18-26.

Other Articles
Kikuchi, T., Obara, N., and Kishimoto, S. 2006. Recreating rurality of suburban dairy farming region
in the outer fringe of Tokyo metropolis. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University,
41, 61-73.
Kikuchi, T. 2006. Sustainable development of organic vegetable food system with creating social
capital in the outer fringe of Tokyo metropolitan area. Geographical Reports of Tokyo
Metropolitan University, 42, 76-83.
Kikuchi, T. 2006. Livestock products. In Yamamoto, S. et al eds., Regional Geography in Japan 2,
Asakura Publishers, Tokyo, 188-195．

Kikuchi, T. 2006. Specialization and diversification on Japanese agricultural management. In
Yamamoto, S. et al eds., Regional Geography in Japan 2, Asakura Publishers, Tokyo, 200-206．
Kikuchi, T. 2006. Rural settlements in the basin of central Japan; a case study of Ohnoji area inMisaka-machi, Yamanashi prefecture. In Yamamoto, S. et al eds., Regional Geography in Japan 2,
Asakura Publishers, Tokyo, 461-465．
Kikuchi, T. 2006. The method of fieldwork on rural settlements and agriculture. In Association of
Geographical Education ed., Dictionary of Geographical Education. Teikoku Publisher, Tokyo,212-213．
Zhang, G. M., Kikuchi, T. and Wang. P. F. 2006. Landscape analysis of land use changes in Beijing,
China. Research Reports of Ehime Univ. Education Faculty, 53-1,195-202．
Kikuchi, T. 2007. Restructuring of grape growing and viticulture in Kofu basin. Geography, 52-3，
82-90．
Wakabayashi, Y. 2007. Increasing number of “shussan-nanmin (maternity refugees)”, Childcare
services, The amount of time spent in housework and commuting, Sex ratio of foreigners, Costs ofchildrearing, Women and crime, How to read maps of Japan, Variable information transmitted by
distribution maps depending on the representation. Takeda, Y. and Kinoshita, R. eds. Gender Atlasof Japan. 26, 50-51, 52-53, 62, 63, 76, 80-82, 83-84. Tokyo: Akashishoten.
Tsubomoto, H. 2007. The Transformation of Location and Office Form of a Foreign-base Japanese
IT Company in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University,
42: 131-136．

Books
Kikuchi, T. and Inui, T. eds. Rethinking and Relearning on Forest. Ninomiya Publisher, Tokyo,
190p.
Hori, N. and Kikuchi, T. eds. Desert in the World –Nature, Culture and Human. Ninomiya Publisher,
Tokyo, 204p.
Okamoto, K., Wakabayashi, Y. and Teramoto. K. eds. 2006. The handicapped and the city:
geographical and psychological approaches. Tokyo: Kokonshoin.
Takeda, Y. and Kinoshita, R. eds. Gender Atlas of Japan. Tokyo: Akashishoten

Reports
Kikuchi, T. 2007. Rice farming management and its sustainable system in Kinki region. In Tabayashi,
A. Report of Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B); Regional and temporal changes inagricultural systems of Japan with regard to farm successors. Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, 224-233．
Kikuchi, T. 2007．Management aspects on restructuring of Japanese agriculture. In Tabayashi, A.
Report of Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B); Regional and temporal changes in agriculturalsystems of Japan with regard to farm successors. Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, 306-309．
Kikuchi, T. 2007. Political aspects on restructuring of Japanese agriculture. In Tabayashi, A. Reportof Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B); Regional and temporal changes in agricultural
systems of Japan with regard to farm successors. Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, 331-334．
Kikuchi, T. 2007. Human resources on restructuring of Japanese agriculture. In Tabayashi, A. Reportof Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B); Regional and temporal changes in agricultural
systems of Japan with regard to farm successors. Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, 335-337．
Kikuchi, T. 2007. The sustainable system in Japanese agricultural. In Tabayashi, A. Report ofGrand-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B); Regional and temporal changes in agricultural systemsof Japan with regard to farm successors. Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, 343-346.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2007. A study of the new representations and applications of geographic
information in a ubiquitous network society. Research Report of the Research Project,
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)(1), 2005-2006.

Book Review
Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Book review: Tokyo Chizu Kenkyusha: Jibeta de Saihakken Tokyo no
dekoboko Chiz. Gijutsu-hyoronsha. Tama no Ayumi 122： 92-94．

Miscellaneous reports
Sugiura, Y., Nakagawa, A., and Murayama, Y. 2006. Symposium II: Symposium on expectedtraining for talent of geography. Geographical Review of Japan 79: 743-746.
Sugiura, Y., Murayama, Y. and Nakagawa, A. 2006. Symposium IV: Symposium on the present
status of the education system of geography departments. Geographical Review of Japan 79:
751-755.
Suzuki, K. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Cross-cultural comparison of tourism spaces described inJapanese and American guidebooks. Papers and Proceedings of the Geographical Information
Systems Association 15: 113-118.
Tsubomoto, H. 2006. Annual Reviews: Urban Geography in Japan, 2005. Japanese Journal of
Human Geography (Jimbun Chiri) 58: 276-278 (in Japanese).
Tsubomoto, H. 2007. The Transfomation of Tokyo Metropolitan Area since the 1980s. Chiri 52-2:
84-93 (in Japanese).

Presentations
Kikuchi, T. 2006. Sustainable development of suburban dairying with the recreating rurality in theouter fringe of Tokyo metropolis. International Geographical Union, Commission on
Sustainability of Rural System, Cairns, Australia.

Kikuchi, T. 2006. Rural restructuring with recreating rirality and its social sustainability in Tokyo
metropolitan area. Annual Meeting of Gakugei geographical Association, Tokyo.
Kikuchi, T. 2006. Environmental issues in Australia; rethinking on the relationships between humanactivities and physical environment. Super Science Programs in Utsunomiya High School,
Utsunomiya.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Recent trend and regional differences of nursery service provision in Japan
from the viewpoint of lowering fertility rate. Japanese Studies 25th Anniversary Symposium,
National University of Singapore.
Suzuki, K. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Cross-cultural comparison of tourism spaces described inJapanese and American guidebooks. The 15th Annual Academic Conference of the Geographical
Information Systems Association in Japan, 15: 113-118.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2006. Variations in the map use of in-vehicle navigation systems. SMF/UPIMap
2006, Seoul, South Korea.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2007. Childcare support and residential choices for working women. Ad hoc
Meeting of Urban Renaissance Agency, Hachioji-shi.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2007. An attempt at multi-method approach in human geography. Seminar on
statistics for graduate students, 21 century COE Program at Ochanomizu University, Tokyo.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2007. Critical GIS: an alternative geographic information science. GRECO,
Ochanomizu University, Tokyo.
Takeda Y. 2006. The Background of “Parassaito-Single” in cotemporary Japan from the regional
viewpoint. International Geographical Union Regional Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Tsubomoto, H. 2007. The strategy of a foreign owned management consulting firm in central Tokyo.
The General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers Autumn 2006, Shizuoka
University, Hamamatsu.