Sansai Newsletter No. 22

1 September 2018

Contents
International Spring School 2018: Environmental Studies
Two workshops held to reexamine Indonesia’s half-century
Transmigration Scheme
Implementation of agricultural studies by GSGES members using
drones in Malawi: Joining “The first humanitarian drone testing
corridor project arranged by the Government of Malawi and
UNICEF”
Fifth Certificate Conferment Ceremony of the Educational Programfor Studies on CoHHO
40th Shimadai-Juku "Groundwater of Kyoto"
Welcome Party 2018
Introduction of a Double Master’s Degree Program involving
Mahidol University and Kyoto University
JSPS Core-to-Core Program launched for 2018-2019
Six-month special audit students gave study plan presentations
Global Environmental Forum: Social networking for the future ofrural areas
Internship debriefings at GSGESThe 27th KAIST-KU-NTU-NUS (KKNN) Symposium on
Environmental Engineering was heldAward received: Nishihara Cultural Foundation poster award at the
IWA Japan-YWP Symposium
Excellent Presentation Award in at the 27th Symposium on
Environmental Chemistry“Taneya Agri-Culture”, designed by Prof. Kobayashi, was selected
to receive an architectural award in 2018 by the AIJ(Architectural Institute of Japan)
Visitors to GSGES

Feb. 21 - March 15, 2018
March 2 & 9, 2018
March 21-27, 2018

March 26, 2018
March 27, 2018
April 5, 2018
April, 2018
April, 2018
April 20, 2018
June 2, 2018
April 20 & 27, May 11 &18, June 8 & 15, 2018
July 5 & 6, 2018
January 28, 2018
May 24, 2018
March, 2018

April 1 – June 30, 2018

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International Spring School 2018: Environmental Studies(Feb. 21 – Mar. 15, 2018)
By Yuki Okamoto, Program Assistant Professor, GSGESThis short-term program, “International Spring
School for Environmental Studies”, is designed tohelp participants understand and then deepen theirunderstanding of environmental issues in our daily
life (focusing this year on energy, food, and thesocieties of urban and rural areas) through bothlecture courses and field studies involving active
discussion among international participants. This
program covers various techniques and knowledge ofenvironmental science (environmental engineering,
marine ecology, atmospheric chemistry, agronomy,
and soil science) in the Kansai region of Japan.
In total, 21 graduate students (including 2
undergraduates) from 15 countries and 14 universities(including Kyoto Univ.) joined this program
following a strict screening process. Twenty-eightlecturers from GSGES gave lectures about various
research topics in Environmental Studies, both in thefield and in the class room. In addition, guest
Professor John WENGER, from University College
Cork, gave a special seminar about Atmospheric
Chemistry. The program involving both lectures andfield visits went according to plan and included an
active discussion on future energy use and nuclear
energy. This was conducted from both the standpointof evacuees from the Fukushima-daiichi power plant,
and the standpoint of those promoting nuclear power
plants. Also, the state of rural agricultural areas andtheir future was discussed, considering various
perspectives such as the wise use and passing on of
traditional knowledge, the declining number of

specialists and successors with knowledge of richnatural resources, experiencing life in mountainous
villages, and learning about the transition ofagro-industry and changes in resource management.
The program was only provided in English, butparticipants helped each other to understand thecontent and this provided a valuable opportunity tomutually enhance communication skills. In addition,
this program provided not only academic knowledge
but also helped in the sharing of valuable experiencesin communal work and facilitate discussions withlocal residents in rural areas, thereby improving
participants’ understanding of different societies.

Visiting a company to learn about biomass heatusage in agricultureTwoworkshops
reexamineIndonesia’s
Transmigration Scheme (March 2 & 9, 2018)half-century

By Jane Singer, Associate Professor, GSGESTo relieve poverty and population pressures theIndonesia has promoted the resettlement of millionsof residents from overcrowded Java and Bali to themain outlying islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan,
Sulawesi and West Papua. In order to understand theTransmigration program’s intergenerational impacts ateam of researchers led by Associate Professor Jane
Singer led a three-year JSPS-funded project
investigating conditions at four transmigrantcommunities in two provinces in central Sumatra.
The project findings were disseminated at twolarge-scale workshops held in March 2018.
The first workshop, the International Workshop on
Rural Development and Transmigration Studies, washeld in Bogor on March 2nd. The 120 participants
included more than 40 officials from government
ministries, students and faculty and NGO
representatives. Notable findings include: 1. landholdings and income were generally correlated withlife satisfaction 2. income was highest in a village
supported by a major oil palm plantation company
included in the Transmigration scheme from the start,and 3. one community was adversely affected by a
rapid influx of local migrants (the “boomtown”
effect).
In general income rose as transmigrants shifted
crop production to highly lucrative oil palm andrubber, and this allowed them to rebuild and expand
their homes and infrastructure.
GSGES hosted another workshop, entitled
Revisiting the Indonesian Transmigration Experience:
Community Resilience and Long-term Outcomes, at
Kyoto University on Friday, March 9, 2018. The
project researchers included Prof. Kenji Okazaki,
Associate Prof. Jane Singer, Assistant Prof. Chiho
Ochiai and master’s student Ricelli Laplace Resende

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1 September 2018from GSGES; Prof. Masaaki Okamoto and AssociateProf. Kei Mizuno of the Center for Southeast AsianStudies at Kyoto University; Prof. Ernan Rustiadi and
Dr. Andrea Emma Pravitasari of Bogor University ofAgriculture; and Prof. Junaidi Chiniago of the
University of Jambi. They were joined by a guest
presenter from the Indonesian Ministry of Village,
Rural Development and Transmigration, Dr.
Saraswati Soegiharto, as well as a delegation of 22
visiting faculty and students from Jambi, Sumatra,that included local officials from the study sites. Said
one local district official, “Listening to the academicpresentations yielded new insights about mycommunity that can help us govern more effectively.”At the conclusion of the workshops participants
stressed the need for expanding research to otherareas of Indonesia to investigate further about
contributory factors for successful government-

sponsored migration.

Bogor workshop presenters

GSGES welcomes Indonesian delegation to Kyoto workshop

Implementation of agricultural studies by GSGES members
using drones in Malawi: Joining “The first humanitarian drone
testing corridor project arranged by the Government of Malawi
and UNICEF” (March 21-27, 2018)
By Yuki Okamoto, Program Assistant Professor, GSGESMembers of the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies, Program Assistant Professor
Yuki Okamoto, Mr. Christopher McCarthy (Ph. D
student), and Cornelius Chisambi (Master’s student)
joined “The first humanitarian drone testing corridor
project arranged by the Government of Malawi and
UNICEF” to implement agricultural studies using
drones in Kasungu, Malawi, and conducted a“Workshop on Drone Studies, Involving Study
Abroad at Kyoto University”.
“The first humanitarian drone testing corridor project”
is the first project anywhere that invites participants
to carry out the testing of drones for humanitarian andeducational purposes (see link available at the end of

the article).
Agricultural studies/field surveys using drones
have been implemented in Kasungu, Malawi, where
the drone testing corridor project was established foruse as a target area. Dozens of local residents turned
out to watch and participate in the drone testing. Allflights were successfully completed without any
safety issues.
The data obtained from this study will be analyzed
in order to understand the characteristics of local
farmland and vegetation patterns, including crops andsoils. The results will be shared with local residents inthe near future.
As part of the workshop on drone studies,

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involving study abroad at Kyoto University, morethan 20 students from Lilongwe University ofAgriculture & Natural Resources received
information on Kyoto University’s Graduate Schoolof Environmental Studies, and details of case studies
about the applications of drones were also shared. In
addition, participants had an opportunity to fly andoperate a drone in a nearby recreation area. Students
showed great interest in the drones and the workshop
provided a valuable experience for everyone
involved.
Furthermore, details of this drone research
activity/article were also published in a local
newspaper.
【 Link 】 Malawi’s premier daily newspaper, The
Daily Times:
https://www.times.mw/from-kyoto-with-drones/
地球環境学堂に所属する岡本侑樹特定助教、同地 球 環 境 学 舎 に 所 属 す る 学 生 、 Christopher
McCarthy（博士課程在学）、Cornelius Chisambi（修士課程在学）の 3 名が、マラウィ政府およびUNICEF が実施している First humanitarian drone
testing corridor project へ参画し、農学分野の研究におけるドローンの現地での活用に向けて、現地のリロングェ農業自然資源大学の学生らを招い

1 September 2018
たワークショップ Workshop on Drone Studies,study abroad in Kyoto University を開催しました。
本プロジェクトは、ドローンを公の場で、人道・教育的な利用に限り試験的に活用できる世界初のプロジェクトであります（リンク下記）。
現 地 で の ド ロ ー ン の 活 用 は 、 Drone testing
corridor project が設定した Kasungu（マラウィ中西部）の農村において実施され、現地住民らが多数見守る中、安全に実施されました。本活動で得られたデータは、現地で栽培されている植物や農場の環境を理解するために活用され、解析されたデータは、現地に還元される予定です。
また、リロングェ農業自然資源大学の学生らを招いたワークショップでは、京都大学の簡単な留学フェア―の実施や、学堂が実施するドローンを用いた研究の紹介、ドローンの操作体験などが行われ、現地学生らにとっても非常に有意義な時間を提供できました。
なお、本活動は、マラウィの現地メディア”The
Malawi’s Premier Daily, The Daily Times”に掲載さ
れました。
【リンク】
ユニセフ・マラウィ・ドローンコリドー:
https://www.unicef.org/media/media_94184.html
The Malawi’s Premier Daily, The Daily Times:
https://www.times.mw/from-kyoto-with-drones/

Drone flight at the agricultural field

Fifth Certificate Conferment Ceremony of the Educational
Program for Studies on CoHHO (March 26, 2018)
By Natsuki Shimizu, Program-Specific Associate Professor, Educational and Research Unit for Studies on theConnectivity of Hills, Humans and Oceans (CoHHO)

The 5th certificate conferment ceremony of the
Educational Program for Studies on the Connectivityof Hills, Humans and Oceans (CoHHO) was held on
March 26, 2018. GSGES has collaborated with threeother faculties in this educational program.
Sixty-seven students received their certificate forpassing the CoHHO program in the 2017 academic
year and 208 students, in total, have now completed
the CoHHO program since 2013.

2018 年 3 月 26 日に、京都大学旧演習林のラ
ウンジにおいて、地球環境学堂・学舎が他の 3 部
局と共同で運営する森里海連環学教育プログラ
ムの 2017 年度（第 5 回）修了式を執り行いました。今年度は、9 月修了者 2 名を含めて、昨年度を上回る 67 名の履修生が修了し、この 5 年間の累計修了生は 208 名となりました。
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修了生が出席しました。
朝倉彰ユニット長から修了生に向けて式辞が述べられた後、各修了生に“Nature & Humanity
Coordinator of CoHHO Program”と書かれた修了証が手渡されました。その後、縄田栄治・農学研究科長、日本財団の梅村岳大・海洋チームリーダー
から修了生への祝辞が述べられました。また、修了生を代表して、京都大学－日本財団森里海連環学フェローでもある Percival Joseph Emile Honourさん（地球環境学舎修士課程 2 回生）の挨拶がありました。最後に出席者全員で記念写真を撮り、修了式は閉会となりました。
Ceremony participants

40th Shimadai - Juku "Groundwater of Kyoto" (March 27, 2018)
By Akira Yoshino, Associate Professor, GSGES

Shimadai-juku is an outreach program run by
GSGES. On this occasion, we invited two presenters,
Mr. Michihisa Suzuki, member of "KappaKenkyukai" (a study group on water culture) and Mr.
Toru Inui, Associate Professor of GSGES, to speak
and discussed the physical structure of groundwaterand the culture of well water use in Kyoto.
地球環境学堂は、京町屋・嶋臺さんを会場にお借りして、連続講話会を開いています。この嶋臺塾では、先端の地球環境学の成果を京ことばのよ
うな生活の言葉で練り直すことで、新たな力のある美意識や生活作法をさぐり、地域に広めることをめざしています。
今回は、京都の井戸をテーマに、地球環境学堂
からは土木工学の乾徹准教授に、洛中からはカッパ研究会の鈴木さんにお話しいただきました。
乾さんからは、京都の足下を流れる水について解説してもらいました。京都盆地には、琵琶湖の水の 7～8 割ぐらいの水があって、それは均一に分布しているのではなく、基盤岩とその上に堆積している粘土や砂の層のあり様でだいぶ違うのだそうです。北の方の基盤は 100～200 メールぐ
らいの深さだそうですが、南の方は比叡山の高さと同じくらいの深さだそうです。そうした地形で京都の地下水の量も味も変わるし、逆に、地下水の動きで地盤沈下が起きるなど土地の姿も変わります。微妙なバランスで成り立っている京都の地下水ですから、それを守り利用する知恵を大事にしたいというお話でした。
また、鈴木さんからは、京都の名水についてお話をいただきました。鈴木さんは、もともと京都府の職員さんでしたが、とにかく京都の井戸がお好きで、当時から多くの水にまつわる著書をものされてきました。「井は ほりかねの井 玉の井
はしり井は逢坂なるが をかしきなり」と『枕草子』にあるように、京都には平安の頃から名水と呼ばれる井戸がありました。名水が名水であるのは、必ずしも水質がよいというだけではなく、名所（などころ）であるとか、歌枕に使われるとか、時代が下れば、茶の湯や染め物に使われたとか、あるいは薬効など、様々です。京都は昔から、水を特別のものとして扱ってきました。その価値観
は、貨幣価値とか労働価値とは違い、宗教や道
徳・倫理とも違う独特のものです。そうした京都の水との付き合い方、水に対する価値観を再確認
して、次世代に受け継ぐ必要性を訴えられました。
会場の方も、京都の水にはたいへんな関心があるようで、質問や意見が途絶えず、2 時間という長さがとても短く感じた今回の嶋臺塾でした。

Lecture at the Shimadai Honjin Gallery

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Welcome Party 2018 (April 5, 2018)
By Kayo Ueda, Associate Professor, GSGESOn April 5, 2018, more than 100 new students,
current students and faculty members attended awelcome party held in the Hokubu restaurant to markthe start of the 2018 academic year for the Graduate
School of Global Environmental Studies. After the
welcome speech by Professor Funakawa (Dean of
GSGES), the new students introduced themselves tothe other lab members seated on the chairs set up in arow. At the end of the party, Professor Fujii (Former
Dean) called for “Ipponjime”, a traditional Japaneseclosing ceremony, and all joined together in the
ceremonial clap of hands. We all had a wonderfultime.
2018 年 4 月 5 日に北部食堂にて、京都大学地球環境学堂の 2018 年度新入生歓迎会が開かれ100 名以上が参加しました。舟川地球環境学堂長からの挨拶のあとに、ステージに見立てて並べた椅子の上に乗って、研究室ごとに新入生と他のメンバーが自己紹介をしました。歓迎会の終わりには、藤井教授が音頭をとり、皆で一本締めをしてお開きとなりました。

Welcome Party 2018

Introduction of a Double Master’s Degree Program involving
Mahidol University and Kyoto University (April, 2018)
By Shuhei Tanaka, Associate Professor, GSGES

Since April 2017, GSGES has been running a newmaster’s degree program, known as the Double
Master’s Degree Program, involving Mahidol
University (Thailand) and Kyoto University. This
program seeks to train/foster the development ofspecialists who will have in-depth knowledge ofglobal and regional environments and the practicalskills necessary to solve environmental problems –approaching such topics from an international
perspective. In this program, students who
successfully complete approved course work overseas
at the partner university will gain transfer credit[s]and earn two master’s degrees in two different fields,
one from Mahidol University and one from Kyoto
University. Mahidol University confers a Master ofEngineering (Environmental and Water Resources
Engineering), and Kyoto University confers a Masterof Global Environmental Studies.

The first student of double master’s degree
program between Mahidol University and Kyoto

Students from Kyoto University enroll in the
Program from the 1st week of April. Students takecoursework in the first semester at Kyoto University,and then stay at Mahidol University from the 2nd
week of August for one year. Students are expected toprepare for the internship and start on their thesis
proposals during their stay in Mahidol University.
After completing one year of study at Mahidol
University, students then come back to Kyoto
University and engage in their research. The firststudents in this program are now studying at Mahidol
University (August 2017 to August 2018).
Students from Mahidol University enroll in the
Program from the 1st week of August. Students takecoursework in the first semester at Mahidol
University, and then stay at Kyoto University fromthe 2nd week of April for one year. Students are
expected to prepare for the internship and start on
their thesis proposals during their stay in Kyoto
University. After completing one year of study at
Kyoto University, students then come back to
Mahidol University and engage in their research. This
April, we received two students from Mahidol
University. They are now attending lectures at
GSGES along with the other GSGES master students.
They will take part in the environmental management
seminar in Tango in August, then they will focus on
their master’s thesis research topics at Kyoto
University.

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JSPS Core-to-Core Program launched for 2018-2019 (April, 2018)
By Izuru Saizen, Associate Professor, GSGESAs part of the framework of the JSPS Core-to-Core
Programentitled“Constructionofglobalenvironmental study basis through practical
approaches based on the Asia Platform”, the “Seeds
Funding Project” which promotes collaborative
studies and supports young researchers in partnershipuniversities, was launched for 2018-2019. Fourteen
projects were approved and the researchers involved
have now started their study activities.
JSPS 研究拠点形成事業「アジアプラットフォームによる地球環境学の実践的展開と学術研究
基盤の創成」の一環として若手研究者の研究能力向上を目指した「シードファンディング」の公募を行い、採択プロジェクトが決定しました。シードファンディングは、東南アジアの連携大学の若手研究者の研究能力養成のみならず、京都大学との連携強化、ならびに連携大学間の連携強化を図るものです。連携大学の 40 歳未満の常勤若手研究者が応募可能であり、環境研究一般を対象分野とし、少なくとも１名の京都大学の教員を共同研
究者あるいはアドバイザーとする研究プロジェクトを実施する義務を課しています。本年度は、16 件の応募があり、書類審査（2018 年 4 月）と遠隔面接による口頭試問（2018 年 5 月）を実施
し、14 件のプロジェクトが採択されました。採択されたプロジェクトの詳細は以下の通りです。
採択された研究者は、共同研究者あるいはアドバ
イザーとして研究を実施する京都大学教員の指導を適宜仰ぎながら研究を遂行することになります。また、本年度は、マヒドン大学とハノイ理工科大学との共同研究も実施されることとなり、連携大学間での連携強化も期待されています。これらの成果は、地球環境学堂が主催する国際シンポジウムでの研究発表が義務化もされており、研究の設計から成果の発信に至るすべての工程において、京都大学研究者の指導を仰ぐことができ、若手研究者の研究能力の向上が期待できる取り
組みです。

Young
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NguyenPhamHong Lien

3

Le
Thai
Hung

4

Hoang
Cong Tin

5

Dang Thi
Thanh Loc

6

Tran Thi
PhuongNhi

7

NguyenNgoc Tung

8

Le Phuoc
Cuong

9

Le
Thi
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10

Pham Thi
Kim Thoa

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Affiliation

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Champasak Univ.

Champasak Univ.

UPLB

PartnerorAdvisorResearch title

MinoruYONEDA

PM2.5-bound PAHs in the Indoor
and Outdoor air in nursery
School In Hanoi, Vietnam

Shigeo
FUJII
Hidenori
HARA
DA

Study on anaerobic co-digestionof organic household waste andpig manure in a household-scale
pig manure digester in Hanoi

Hitoshi
SHINJO

Assessing the Situation of
Natural Disasters and Local
Adaptation during and after
Implementation of Grassroots
Projects: a study of Bo River
Basin, Vietnam
Spatio-temporal Changes of
Seagrass Ecosystem in Cu Lao
Cham
Biosphere
Reserve,
Central Vietnam in period from2002 to 2017
Enhancementofwater
disinfection efficiency using UVradiation with the aid of aliquid-film-forming device

Izuru
SAIZE
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Hidenor
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HARA
DA
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KOBAY
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ShuheiTANAK
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Kazuyuki
OshitaShinya
FUNAK
AWA
Izuru
SAIZE
N

Izuru
SAIZE
N

Urban
agriculture
andcommunity development – Casestudy in Huong Long ward, Huecity, Thua Thien Hue province
Study on the change offunctional usage in community
houses of Katu ethnic group in
Nam Dong district, Vietnam andpreliminary recommendation for
theirpreservation
andimprovement
Assessment of environmental
health impact on human living inindustrial zone: case study in
Danang city, Vietnam
Study on the organic waste
treatment process using Takakura
compost method and application
this model in Danang city
Study on the impacts of invasive
alien species at Ba Na – Nui
Chua Nature Reserve, Danang
city, Vietnam
Monitoring Agricultural Land
Expansion Using Combined Usesof Remotely Sensed Imageries in
Cambodian Upland Region of
Pursat Province
The effects of different levels of
biochar with brewers’ grain andfermented cassava root for
fattening native cattle in Lao
PDR

Izuru
SAIZE
N

Protein-enriched cassava pulp as
protein source for pigs

Izuru
SAIZE
N

Carbon Stock Estimation andLandscape Pattern Analysis of
Selected Watersheds in thePhilippines

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Six-month special audit
presentations (April 20, 2018)

1 September 2018students

gave

study

plan

By Shigeo Fujii, Professor, GSGESThe 6th Special Audit Student Program in the
Spring Semester started in April 2018. Eight students
from Bogor Agricultural University, Hanoi Universityof Science and Technology, Royal University ofAgriculture, and Mahidol University gave study plan
presentations on April 20, 2018.
地球環境学舎では、平成 25 年以来毎年、東南アジアで学生交流協定を締結している特定の大学から大学院生を招聘し、地球環境学舎科目の提供と研究指導をする「春学期特別聴講生プログラ
ム」を実施しています。その６回目となる平成
30 年度は、海外 5 大学から 20 名の応募があり、書類選考、面接の結果、4 大学（ボゴール農業大学、ハノイ理工科大学、王立農業大学、マヒドン
大学）の 8 名を合格としました（平成 29 年 12 月
～平成 30 年 1 月に審査）。
合格した 8 名はすべて 4 月に来日し、9 月末まで滞在し、地球環境学舎科目の受講と研究指導を受けます。指導教員は、藤井教授、舟川教授、勝見教授、柴田教授、宇佐美教授、梶井教授、西前准教授と縄田教授、奥本教授（農学研究科所属で、研究指導委託）です。
また、授業と研究指導に加え、研究計画発表会
が 4 月 20 日に総合研究 5 号館 2F 地球環境学舎中講義室で開催され、特別聴講生、指導教員、関係
教員・学生ら約 20 名が参加して実施されました。

Special audit students and their advisors

Global Environmental Forum: Social networking for the futureof rural areas (June 2, 2018)
By Kenichiro Onitsuka, Assistant Professor, GSGESThe 31st Kyoto University Global Environmental
Forum, entitled “Social networking for the future ofrural areas,” was held on June 2, 2018, at the seminarhouse of the graduate school of science, Kyoto
University. This forum considered a variety of issues
facing rural areas from the perspective of social
networks involving a variety of actors. AssistantProfessor Kenichiro Onitsuka (GSGES, Kyoto
University) explained the critical situation facing
rural areas in Japan, and discussed the transition ofrural development theories in relation to rural social
networks directed towards rural innovation. Associate
Professor Jun Kanamitsu (Faculty of Business
Administration, Kyoto Sangyo University) described
the current situation and the potential use of art
festivals as a new and innovative way of revitalizing
rural areas towards the creative rural village.
Associate Professor Yukiko Uchida (Kokoro
Research Center, Kyoto University) introduced her
research regarding the relationship between social
networks and happiness in rural areas, as seen from asocial psychology viewpoint. The presentations were
followed by a panel discussion.

While the three speakers all came from different
research backgrounds, their discussion shared acommon desire to identify a new way forward toensure rural sustainability. Audience members also
participated, asking important questions about thevarious presentations. The presentations and the panel
discussion all noted that academic studies focusing onsocial networks, alone, often tended to overlook
individuals’ motivation or search for happiness. This
forum confirmed the importance of further
discussions taking both perspectives into account.

Presentations on social networking fromvarious academic fields

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Internship debriefings at GSGES (April 20 & 27, May 11 & 18, June 8 &15)
By Tetsuhiro Watanabe, Assistant Professor, GSGES

Six separate internship debriefings were organizedat GSGES from April 20th to June 15th to provide aforum for master’s (second year) and doctoral
students. At these events, they reported theirexperiences and achievements as part of theinternship program of GSGES.
インターン研修報告会が 4 月 20 日から 6 月 15日にかけて計 6 回開催され、修士課程 2 回生および博士課程の学生がインターン研修で得た経験や成果を発表しました。インターン研修報告会は、修士課程 1 回生がインターン研修の実施内容について学ぶとともに、自身のインターン研修の計画を具体的に考える機会でもあります。国内でのインターンシップは、地方自治体、民間企業、研究所、NPO 法人など多彩でした。またおよそ半数の学生が、中国、ベトナム、インドネシア、カンボジア、フランス、アメリカ等の海外の大学や研究所において研修を行っており、言葉や文化の違いを克服しながら研究や実践に取り組んだ研修内容が報告されました。発表を聞いた修士課程

1 回生の感想には、「自分の研究室では聞けない話が聞けて勉強になった。
」「インターン研修への取り組み方や、どういう心持ちで海外に行ったりするのかが分かってよかった。先輩方が戸惑いつつも適応しているので、自分もいろいろな困難を乗り越えたい。」「インターン研修の目的や計画を十分に検討するとともに、研修先で生活することを想像して準備する必要があると感じた。
」といったものがあり、修士課程 1 回生にとってよい機会となった様子がうかがえました。

Sharing internship experiences

The 27th KAIST-KU-NTU-NUS (KKNN) Symposium
Environmental Engineering was held (July 5-6, 2018)

on

By Hidenori Harada, Assistant Professor, GSGESThe 27th KAIST-KU-NTU-NUS (KKNN)
SymposiumonEnvironmental
Engineering(organized by the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies, co-organized by the
Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering) was held at the Kyoto
University Clock Tower Centennial Hall.
The symposium aimed to facilitate the exchange ofthe latest information on environmental engineering
among four top institutions in Asia - the Korean
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST), Kyoto University (KU), the National
Taiwan University (NTU), and the National

University of Singapore (NUS). The symposium has
been held annually in one or other of these four
institutions and, this year, Kyoto University organized
it with 111 participants - including 12 to 15
participants from each overseas institution. Thissymposium aims to train young students by allowing
them to experience an international conference andform social networks.
The symposium started with an opening speech by
Prof. Shigeo Fujii in the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies. Twenty oral presentations in
4 sessions and 33 hybrid presentations (short oralpresentation + poster display) in two sessions

The 27th KKNN Symposium participants (5 July, 2018)
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delivered the latest research information on water
issues, global warming, water and wastewater
treatment and waste management, leading to many
productive discussions. A reception was held on theevening of the first day, beginning with acongratulatory greeting by Prof. Masao Kitano,
Executive Vice-President of Kyoto University, at theCamphora café restaurant, where participants enjoyeda friendly dinner while exchanging research ideas.
On the second day, oral presentations were held in
the morning and participants then toured the researchfacilities of Kyoto University in order to gain a better
understanding of the latest environmental quality
analysis and treatment technology. Thereafter, a galadinner was held where a summary of this symposium
was provided, and the oral and poster presentation
award ceremony was conducted. At the end of thesymposium, participants promised to meet again in
Taiwan, where the next symposium will be held.

Active discussion in front of a poster

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第 27 回 KAIST-KU-NTU-NUS（KKNN） 環境工
学シンポジウム（主催：地球環境学堂、共催：工学研究科都市環境工学専攻）が 2018 年 7 月 5・6日に京都大学百周年時計台記念館にて開催されました。本シンポジウムは、韓国高等科学技術院（KAIST）、京都大学（KU）、国立台湾大学（NTU）
および国立シンガポール大学（NUS）の 4 機関で環境工学分野の最新情報交換を目的に毎年行われています。今回は京都大学が担当となり、海外各機関から 12～15 名、関係者を含め全体で 111
名の方々の参加を得て実施されました。学生の国際学会経験とネットワーク形成にも重点を置いており、かつて発表した学生が教員等となり、環境工学の研究分野を牽引しています。
本シンポジウムは、藤井滋穂 地球環境学堂教授の開会の辞で始まり、4 セッション 20 件の口頭発表と 2 セッション 33 件のハイブリッド発表（短時間口頭発表とポスター掲示）により、水関連問
題、地球温暖化問題、上下水処理、廃棄物管理などについて最新の研究成果発表と活発な意見交換が行われました。
初日のレセプションはカフェレストラン カン
フォーラにて開催されました。はじめに、北野正
雄 理事・副学長から祝辞があり、その後、4 機関の教員・研究者・学生間で親睦を深めました。
翌日は午前中の研究発表の後、午後からは京都大学の研究施設見学を実施しました。最新の環境質分析・管理、処理技術等について理解を深める機会が得られました。その後ガラディナーが開催され、本シンポジウムの総括、プレゼンテーション
賞・ポスター発表賞の授賞式および次年度のシンポジウムの紹介などが行われ、参加者は次年度の開催地である台湾での再会を約束し、盛況のうちに閉会となりました。

Award received: Nishihara Cultural Foundation poster award
at the IWA Japan-YWP Symposium (January 28, 2018)
By Shigeo FUJII, Professor, GSGESMr. Satoru Yukioka (DC1 student in GSGES)
received a Nishihara Cultural Foundation excellent
poster presentation award at the IWA Japan-YWP
Symposium on Water-Wise Innovation Challenge!
~Mission for Phnom Penh Cambodia~, held in Kyoto
on January 28, 2018. His poster presentation title was“Behavior of Polyfluoroalkyl Phosphate Esters andtheir Degradation Products from Cosmetics inWastewater Treatment Plants”.
2018 年 1 月 28 日に開催された IWA Japan-YWP
Symposium on Water-Wise Innovation Challenge!
~Mission for Phnom Penh Cambodia~において、地球環境学舎博士課程 1 年の雪岡聖君が Excellent
poster presentation Award (Nishihara Cultural
Foundation poster award)を受賞しました。IWA

Mr. Satoru Yukioka and his award certificate

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Sansai Newsletter No. 22（International Water Association）は、水に関わる研究や実務を扱う最も権威のある国際学会で、
YWP （Young Water Professionals）はその若手研究者が活躍するグループであり、日本での活動として上記シンポジウムが京都大学吉田キャンパ
ス百周年時計台記念館で実施されました。
雪岡君の発表は、現在の人間活動において、機能性化粧品に用いられているポリフルオロアル
キルリン酸エステル類（PAPs）の下水処理場での挙 動 を 報 告 し た も の で 、 題 目 は “Behavior of

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Polyfluoroalkyl Phosphate Esters and theirDegradation Products from Cosmetics in Wastewater
Treatment Plants”です。PAPs は、遺伝子損傷性が報告されているペルフルオロカルボン酸類（PFCAs）の前駆体となりうる成分であり、化粧品由来の PAPs の大部分は下水処理場を経て、環境中に放出される危険性があるため、そこでの挙動の把握は重要です。彼の研究は化粧品由来の
PAPs が下水流入負荷量の 14%と推定しています。

Excellent Presentation Award at the 27th Symposium on
Environmental Chemistry (May 24, 2018)
By Shigeo FUJII, Professor, GSGESMr. Satoru Yukioka (DC2 student in GSGES)
received an Excellent Presentation Award at the 27th
Symposium on Environmental Chemistry, held in
Okinawa on May 24, 2018. His presentation was
titled “Comparison of Road Dust Microplastics inThree Different Asian Cities”.
2018 年 5 月 24 日に沖縄で開催された第 27 回環境化学討論会において、地球環境学舎博士課程 2年の雪岡聖君が優秀発表賞を受賞しました。授賞
発表の題目は「アジア 3 都市の路面塵埃におけるマイクロプラスチックの存在実態の把握」です。
マイクロプラスック（MPs）は粒径 5 mm 以下のプラスチックであり、世界中の水環境中や水生生物中に存在していることが確認され、問題視されています。彼の研究は、アジア 3 都市（滋賀県草津市、ベトナム国ダナン市、ネパール国カトマン
ズ市）の路面塵埃における MPs の存在実態を調査し、それぞれの都市の違いを、個数（密度）、成分、粒径等の観点で比較し、その発生源等や環境の差異による影響を検討しました。

“Taneya Agri-Culture”, designed by Prof. Kobayashi, wasselected to receive an architectural award in 2018 by the AIJ(Architectural Institute of Japan) (April 20, 2018)
By Hirohide Kobayashi, Professor, GSGES“Taneya Agri-Culture”, designed by Prof.
Kobayashi, was selected to receive an architecturalaward in 2018 by the AIJ (Architectural Institute ofJapan). This prestigious award is highly regarded
domestically as well as internationally and its
presentation is one of the most important events in
the AIJ calendar.
Taneya Group, a confectionary company, has beendeveloping a project called “La Corina Omihachman”,
consisting of many facilities designed in synergy withhumans and nature. “Taneya Agri-Culture” is one ofthese facilities housing two factories for cultivating
and potting wild plants and grasses that are thenexhibited weekly at all Taneya confectionery shops incities. The design concept is based on three scales ofenvironmental symbiosis: the building scale(architecture of organic space), the site scale(architecture following land features), and thesurrounding scale (architecture assimilating Satoyama
resources). These scales are all interlinked with eachother in order to establish the integrated landscape of“Taneya Agri-Culture”.
小林広英教授が設計した｢たねや農藝｣が、（社）
日本建築学会主催の日本建築学会作品選集 2018に選出されました。作品選集は日本における建築
作品の発表の場として、国内外より高い評価を受けており、本学会の最も重要な事業のひとつとなっています。

Overview of
Taneya Agri-Culture
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Visitors to GSGES (April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018)
By Shigeo Fujii, Professor, GSGES

1. Tuesday, April 24, 2018:
Dr. Lalantha Senevirathna, Lecturer, Faculty ofBusiness, Justice and Behavioral Sciences (1d)from Charles Sturt University (Australia), hosted
by S. Funakawa (1a), S. Fujii (1b), and H. Harada(1c).

1a, 1b, 1d, 1c (L-R)
2.

Friday, May 11, 2018:
Ms. Peng Yuan Yuan (staff, 2i), Dr. Guan Yuntao (Professor, 2j), Dr. Wang Xiaohao (Vice Dean, 2k),
Dr. Guangxue We (Associate Professor, 2l)from Graduate School of Shenzen, Tsinghua University, hosted by Suwanna Boontanon (GSGES Associate
Professor as well as Associate Professor in Mahidol University, 2a), H. Takano (2b), T. Katsumi (2c), S.
Fujii (2d), H. Tanaka (2e), M. Takaoka (2f), K. Oshita (2g), and He Kai (Researcher in RCEQM, GSE, 2h).

2i, 2j, 2k, 2l, 2h (Front line L-R)

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