Research activity information

• Mangrove forest food products as alternative livelihood measures: mangrove conservation by community in Muara Gembong, Bekasi Regency, Indonesia

  Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Husen Rifai, La Ode Alifatri, Yaya Ihya Ulumuddin, Yuki Sofue, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Apr. 2025, DISCOVER SUSTAINABILITY, 6(1) (1), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Association between objective and subjective relatedness to nature and human well-being: Key factors for residents and possible measures for inequality in Japan’s megacities

  Yuta Uchiyama, Akira Kyan, Masayuki Sato, Atushi Ushimaru, Toshifumi Minamoto, Kazuhiro Harada, Minoru Takakura, Ryo Kohsaka, Mieko Kiyono, Tetsuya Tsurumi, Atsuhiko Uchida, Tatsuya Saga, Kenta Yamamoto

  Apr. 2025, Landscape and Urban Planning, English, International magazine

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

  Link to Kobe Univ. Repository (Kernel)


• Green spaces and mental health in the context of materialism: A comparative analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Tetsuya Tsurumi, Yuta Uchiyama, Masayuki Sato, Mari Morioka

  Elsevier BV, Dec. 2024, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 102, 128567 - 128567

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Construction, Assessment, and Protection of Green Infrastructure Networks from a Dynamic Perspective: A Case Study of Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China

  Liang Lyu, Kojiro Sho, Han Zhao, Youngkeun Song, Yuta Uchiyama, Jihwan Kim, Takeru Sakai

  Elsevier BV, Oct. 2024, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 128545 - 128545

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Combined effects of urban blue–green spaces on the thermal environment: a case study of Kobe, Japan

  Yu Zhang, Yuta Uchiyama, Masayuki Sato

  Sep. 2024, International Journal of Economic Policy Studies

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

  Link to Kobe Univ. Repository (Kernel)


• Decision dynamics and landscape approach by individuals and collective groups: the case of Japanese rural land use in agricultural, forest, and boundary areas in an era of population decline

  Yoshitaka Miyake, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Yuta Uchiyama, Chika Takatori, Ryo Kohsaka

  Sep. 2024, Discover Sustainability, 5(1) (1)

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Local environment perceived in daily life and urban green and blue space visits: Uncovering key factors for different age groups to access ecosystem services

  Yuta Uchiyama, Akira Kyan, Masayuki Sato, Atushi Ushimaru, Toshifumi Minamoto, Mieko Kiyono, Kazuhiro Harada, Minoru Takakura

  Elsevier BV, Sep. 2024, Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122676 - 122676, English, International magazine

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal

  Link to Kobe Univ. Repository (Kernel)


• Simulation of policies to promote pro-environmental behavior in a dynamic learning model of social networks: Cases of Brazil, the United States, Japan, Germany, China, and India

  Shinsuke Kyoi, Yuta Uchiyama, Koichiro Mori

  Aug. 2024, Sustainable Development

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Analysis of forest environment transfer tax and prefectural policies: typology of prefectural support to municipalities in the initial phase from 2019 to 2021 in Japan

  Yuya Suzuki, Yuta Uchiyama, Satoshi Tachibana, Koji Miwa, Ryo Kohsaka

  Feb. 2024, Journal of Forest Research, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Understanding community awareness of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation in marine protected areas: A case study of Karimunjawa National Park

  Husen Rifai, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Kevin M. Lukman, Udhi Eko Hernawan, La‐ode Alifatri, Johan Risandi, Kuswadi, Kristiawan, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jul. 2023, Ecological Research, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Progress of blue carbon research: 12 years of global trends based on content analysis of peer-reviewed and ‘gray literature’ documents

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Apr. 2023, Ocean & Coastal Management, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Does novel food differ in cultural contexts? A comparative analysis of Japanese and Singaporean cultural acceptance through text analysis of mass media

  Hikaru Matsuoka, Yuta Uchiyama, Kritdikoon Woraitthinan, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jan. 2023, Current Research in Food Science, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Applying the DPSIR framework to qualitatively assess the globally important mangrove ecosystems of Indonesia: A review towards evidence-based policymaking approaches

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Yaya Ihya Ulumuddin, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier BV, Jan. 2023, Marine Policy, 147, 105354 - 105354

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Potential of seagrass habitat restorations as nature-based solutions: Practical and scientific implications in Indonesia

  Husen Rifai, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Calyvn F. A. Sondak, Johan Risandi, Udhi Eko Hernawan, Yuta Uchiyama, Rohani Ambo-Rappe, Ryo Kohsaka

  Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Dec. 2022, Ambio

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Capturing landscape values in peri-urban Satoyama forests: Diversity of visitors' perceptions and implications for future value assessments

  Barbara Kovács, Yuta Uchiyama, Yoshitaka Miyake, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier BV, Dec. 2022, Trees, Forests and People, 10, 100339 - 100339

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Examining who benefited from green infrastructure during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020: Considering the issues of access to green areas from socioeconomic and environmental perspectives

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Lead, Elsevier BV, Nov. 2022, Journal of Environmental Management, 322, 116044 - 116044, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Use of the Forest Environment Transfer Tax for forest data development and exchange: evidence from all 47 prefectures in Japan

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  Informa {UK} Limited, Oct. 2022, Forest Science and Technology, 1 - 12, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Visiting Peri-Urban Forestlands and Mountains during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Analysis on Effects of Land Use and Awareness of Visitors

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  This research analyzed the status of visiting peri-urban forestlands and mountains during the first COVID-19 emergency period in Japan using a large-scale online questionnaire-based survey. We identified and examined the factors that correlated with visits to such areas, including respondents’ social-economic attributes, environmental conditions (such as the land use patterns of their residential areas), and awareness of the functions of forestlands. The results suggest that environmental conditions are a major factor encouraging residents to visit peri-urban forestlands and mountains during the pandemic. Peri-urban areas with forestlands have such environmental conditions, and residents who visited peri-urban forestlands and mountains tended to live in peri-urban areas. Residents’ expectations regarding forest functions were also strong factors influencing them to visit those places. Those who visited forests and mountains expected these areas to have mental health and educational functions. Especially, female respondents tended to be aware of forestlands as spaces for mental and physical relaxation, and respondents who have one or more children tended to be aware of the educational functions of forests. These findings imply that policy should consider the role of environmental conditions, awareness, and expectations about the function of forests and mountains, and prior interactions with nature in encouraging residents to visit such places for their health during the pandemic. These factors could also play a role in addressing the social and environmental disparities that exist between residents of different socio-economic statuses regarding access to nature. In future research, the detailed relationships between residents’ environmental conditions and expectations/awareness of the functions of peri-urban forestlands and mountains need to be explored.

  Lead, MDPI AG, Jul. 2022, Land, 11(8) (8), 1194 - 1194, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Understanding rural and urban perceptions of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation strategies in the Philippines

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Wiley, Jun. 2022, Ecological Research, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Tourism impacts on small island ecosystems: public perceptions from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia

  Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Yuta Uchiyama, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Ryo Kohsaka

  Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Jun. 2022, Journal of Coastal Conservation, 26(3) (3), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Designing participatory green area management and biodiversity conservation strategies in the era of population shrinkage: empirical analysis of multi-generational perceptions on Satoyama rare species in central Japan

  Yuta Uchiyama, Chika Takatori, Ryo Kohsaka

  Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Apr. 2022, Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 18(3) (3), 321 - 339, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Urban Gardening and Wellbeing in Pandemic Era: Preliminary Results from a Socio-Environmental Factors Approach

  Diana Harding, Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Matheus Jingga, Yuta Uchiyama, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Ryo Kohsaka

  The nature and impacts of living in urban settings are gaining their saliences in developed and developing countries alike, particularly during the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the crisis, the wellbeing of urban society became intertwined with a so-called “new lifestyle”, which involved quarantine and working in a home environment. Facing such challenges, urban gardening is deemed as an alternative intervention to enhance residents’ wellbeing and the environmental sustainability of urban areas, including Indonesian cities. A preliminary study was conducted to monitor the wellbeing of urban gardening practitioners, as well as investigate the motivation and any association between gardening and wellbeing with the COVID-19 pandemic situation by analysing data from Indonesian metropolitan areas. The study utilized instruments of “satisfaction with life scale (SWLS)” and “scale of positive and negative experience (SPANE)” to investigate the subjective wellbeing of 67 respondents. Amongst others, we identified that urban gardening practitioners tend to be in positive moods and have better overall wellbeing; 52.24% of the respondents were highly satisfied with their life. Furthermore, we observed a variety of motivations to start gardening, with hobby and utilization of free space as prominent reasons, followed by other motivations such as environmental benefit and aesthetic. Integrating the environmental benefits of urban gardening and the implications for an individual’s wellbeing can be reflected for sustainable urban development and policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  MDPI AG, Mar. 2022, Land, 11(4) (4), 492 - 492, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Status and Trends in Forest Environment Transfer Tax and Information Interface between Prefectures and Municipalities: Multi-Level Governance of Forest Management in 47 Japanese Prefectures

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  Feb. 2022, Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(3) (3), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Income Change and Inter-Farmer Relations through Conservation Agriculture in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan: Empirical Analysis of Economic and Behavioral Factors

  Yoshitaka Miyake, Shota Kimoto, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Feb. 2022, Land, 11(2) (2), English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Biodiversity Strategies for Islands: Towards Utilization of Life Cycle Assessment

  KOHSAKA Ryo, UCHIYAMA Yuta

  Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, 2022, Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan, 18(3) (3), 124 - 129

  Scientific journal


• Sustainable aquaculture to ensure coexistence: Perceptions of aquaculture farmers in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

  Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier BV, Nov. 2021, Ocean & Coastal Management, 213, 105839 - 105839

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Cultural ecosystem services from the afforestation of rice terraces and farmland: Emerging services as an alternative to monoculturalization

  Ryo Kohsaka, Koji Ito, Yoshitaka Miyake, Yuta Uchiyama

  Elsevier BV, Oct. 2021, Forest Ecology and Management, 497, 119481 - 119481

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Community perceptions of long-term mangrove cover changes and its drivers from a typhoon-prone province in the Philippines

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Aug. 2021, Ambio

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Land Use Changes Assessment using a triangulated framework: Perception Interviews, Land-Use/Land Cover Observation, and Spatial Planning Analysis in Tanjung Batu and Derawan Island, Indonesia

  Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Yuta Uchiyama, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Diana Harding, Ryo Kohsaka

  Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Aug. 2021, Human Ecology

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Strategies of Destination Management Organizations in Urban and Rural Areas: Using Text Analysis Method for SWOT Descriptions at Meta-level

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jul. 2021, International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 1 - 19

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Local perceptions of blue carbon ecosystem infrastructures in Panay Island, Philippines

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jul. 2021, COASTAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 63(3) (3), 227 - 247, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Are Municipalities Ready for Integrating Blue Carbon Concepts?: Content Analysis of Coastal Management Plans in the Philippines

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jul. 2021, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, 49(4) (4), 334 - 355, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Special issue: “urban agriculture, forestry and green-blue infrastructure as “re-discovered commons”: Bridging urban-rural interface”

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  MDPI AG, Jun. 2021, Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(11) (11), English

  Scientific journal


• Linking blue carbon ecosystems with sustainable tourism: Dichotomy of urban–rural local perspectives from the Philippines

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier BV, Jun. 2021, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 45, 101820 - 101820

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• A blue carbon ecosystems qualitative assessment applying the DPSIR framework: Local perspective of global benefits and contributions

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jun. 2021, Marine Policy, 128

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Towards Evidence Based Policy Making in GIAHS: Convention Theory and Effects of GIAHS Registration on the Wholesale and Retail Trade of Traditional and Local Vegetables

  Yoshitaka Miyake, Yuta Uchiyama, Yoshinori Fujihira, Ryo Kohsaka

  This study examines how the registration of certain agricultural regions affects the sales of vegetables classified as traditional. We focused on the sales trends of traditional vegetables from the Noto region, one of the first designated sites of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). We compared the sales of recognized traditional vegetables to those of similar traditional vegetables from nearby areas and vegetables labeled with the same place names as the traditional vegetables but without elements of traditionality in branding. The study analyzed the sale and relevant trends of four categories of vegetable: Kaga vegetables, vegetables labeled “Kaga”, Noto vegetables, and vegetables labeled “Noto”. We further analyzed the trends by applying Convention Theory to understand the underpinning “orders of worth” in the purchase and sale of the items. Both Noto vegetables and place-labeled vegetables increased in overall sales since GIAHS registration in 2011. The recent increases in sales volume and number of items, however, were largely due to the production of lettuce, a crop from a vegetable factory. By applying Convention Theory, we identified that in the agriculture of the region, industrial farming impacted even the GIAHS registered site. Thus, careful collection and analysis of evidence is necessary to evaluate the effects of GIAHS registration and draft an action plan for further evidence-based policy making.

  MDPI AG, May 2021, Sustainability, 13(10) (10), 5330 - 5330

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Forest Environment Transfer Tax, Prefectural Forest Policy, and Support for Municipalities

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  The Japanese Forest Society, Apr. 2021, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 103(2) (2), 134 - 144, Japanese

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Local awareness as an instrument for management and conservation of seagrass ecosystem: Case of Berau Regency, Indonesia

  Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Yuta Uchiyama, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Ryo Kohsaka

  Apr. 2021, Ocean and Coastal Management, 203

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• How Blue Carbon Ecosystems Are Perceived by Local Communities in the Coral Triangle: Comparative and Empirical Examinations in the Philippines and Indonesia

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Ryo Kohsaka

  Blue carbon ecosystem (BCE) initiatives in the Coral Triangle Region (CTR) are increasing due to their amplified recognition in mitigating global climate change. Although transdisciplinary approaches in the “blue carbon” discourse and collaborative actions are gaining momentum in the international and national arenas, more work is still needed at the local level. The study pursues how BCE initiatives permeate through the local communities in the Philippines and Indonesia, as part of CTR. Using perception surveys, the coastal residents from Busuanga, Philippines, and Karimunjawa, Indonesia were interviewed on their awareness, utilization, perceived threats, and management strategies for BCEs. Potential factors affecting residents’ perceptions were explored using multivariate regression and correlation analyses. Also, a comparative analysis was done to determine distinctions and commonalities in perceptions as influenced by site-specific scenarios. Results show that, despite respondents presenting relatively high awareness of BCE services, levels of utilization are low with 42.9–92.9% and 23.4–85.1% respondents in Busuanga and Karimunjawa, respectively, not directly utilizing BCE resources. Regression analysis showed that respondents’ occupation significantly influenced their utilization rate and observed opposite correlations in Busuanga (positive) and Karimunjawa (negative). Perceived threats are found to be driven by personal experiences—occurrence of natural disasters in Busuanga whereas discerned anthropogenic activities (i.e., land-use conversion) in Karimunjawa. Meanwhile, recognized management strategies are influenced by the strong presence of relevant agencies like non-government and people’s organizations in Busuanga and the local government in Karimunjawa. These results can be translated as useful metrics in contextualizing and/or enhancing BCE management plans specifically in strategizing advocacy campaigns and engagement of local stakeholders across the CTR.

  MDPI AG, Dec. 2020, Sustainability, 13(1) (1), 127 - 127

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Application of biomimetics to architectural and urban design: A review across scales

  Yuta Uchiyama, Eduardo Blanco, Ryo Kohsaka

  Dec. 2020, Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(23) (23), 1 - 15

  [Refereed]


• Status and trends of urban organic agricultural policy in Japan: the survey on ordinance designated cities

  Yoshitaka Miyake, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Dec. 2020, Organic Agriculture, 10(4) (4), 497 - 508

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Access and use of green areas during the covid-19 pandemic: Green infrastructure management in the “new normal”

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Dec. 2020, Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(23) (23), 1 - 9

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Private forest landowners’ awareness of forest boundaries: case study in Japan

  Shuichiro Kajima, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Informa {UK} Limited, Sep. 2020, Journal of Forest Research, 25(5) (5), 299 - 307

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• A meta-analysis of shrinking cities in Europe and Japan. Towards an integrative research agenda

  Stefanie Döringer, Yuta Uchiyama, Marianne Penker, Ryo Kohsaka

  Sep. 2020, European Planning Studies, 28(9) (9), 1693 - 1712

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Perceptions of the seagrass ecosystems for the local communities of Eastern Samar, Philippines: Preliminary results and prospects of blue carbon services

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier {BV}, Jun. 2020, Ocean and Coastal Management, 191, 105181 - 105181

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• An explorative analysis of landscape value perceptions of naturally dead and cut wood: a case study of visitors to Kaisho Forest, Aichi, Japan

  Barbara Kovács, Yuta Uchiyama, Yoshitaka Miyake, Marianne Penker, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jun. 2020, Journal of Forest Research, 25(5) (5), 1 - 8, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• (2020) Utilization of forest environment transfer tax in ordinance-designated cities: Trend of urban forest policy and its diversity in Japan

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Japanese Forestry Society, Jun. 2020, Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society, 102(3) (3), 173 - 179, Japanese

  Scientific journal


• Intellectual Property Strategies for Timber and Forest Products: The Case of Regional Collective Trademark Applications by Japanese Forestry Associations

  Shuichiro Kajima, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  {MDPI} {AG}, Mar. 2020, Sustainability, 12(5) (5), 1988 - 1988

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Sustainable Development Utilizing Local Agricultural Resources: A Network Analysis of Interorganizational Collaborations in Tsuruoka, Noto, and Aso in Japan

  Sotaro Inoue, Noriko Ito, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Employing social network analysis, this study quantitatively compares interorganizational collaboration networks in Tsuruoka, Noto, and Aso in Japan. These networks apply innovative strategies and techniques to the use of local agricultural resources. The major findings of this study are the following: (1) Tsuruoka's and Noto's networks are characterized by relatively centralized structures. (2) Aso's network is characterized by a relatively decentralized structure. (3) Organizations that coordinate the various sectors and regions have played an important role in maintaining decentralized networks. Through comparison of the networks, we supply objective information useful for formulating structural change strategies induce sustainable development in Japan.

  The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Mar. 2020, Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics, 22, 95 - 100, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Perceptions of local communities on mangrove forests, their services and management: implications for Eco-DRR and blue carbon management for Eastern Samar, Philippines

  Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Informa {UK} Limited, Jan. 2020, Journal of Forest Research, 25(1) (1), 1 - 11

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Forest environment transfer tax and urban-rural collaboration: Case of Chichibu City and Toshima District in Japan

  Ryo Kohsaka, Taro Osawa, Yuta Uchiyama

  Nihon Ringakkai, 2020, Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society, 102(2) (2), 127 - 132, Japanese

  Scientific journal


• Utilization of Forest Environment Transfer Tax in Ordinance-Designated Cities: Trend of Urban Forest Policy and Its Diversity in Japan

  内山愉太, 香坂玲

  2020, 日本森林学会誌, 102(3) (3)

  [Refereed]


• Linkage Structure of Diverse Social Organizations in Rural Promotion Activity -A Social Network Analysis of Tsuruoka City

  Sotaro INOUE, Noriko ITO, Katsuya TAKAHASHI, Yoko ICHIKAWA, Ryo KOHSAKA, Yuta UCHIYAMA

  The Farm Management Society of Japan, Jan. 2020, Japanese Journal of Farm Management, 57(4) (4), 19 - 24, Japanese

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production – Potential Benefits and Impacts on Forests and Livelihoods

  Patrick Schröder, Alexander S. Antonarakis, Jana Brauer, Abu Conteh, Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama, Pablo Pacheco

  Cambridge University Press, Dec. 2019, Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People, 386

  [Refereed]


• Indonesia Provincial Spatial Plans on mangroves in era of decentralization: Application of content analysis to 27 provinces and “blue carbon” as overlooked components

  Kevin Muhamad Lukman, Jay Mar D. Quevedo, Kaoru Kakinuma, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Informa {UK} Limited, Nov. 2019, Journal of Forest Research, 24(6) (6), 341 - 348

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Application of the City Biodiversity Index to populated cities in Japan: Influence of the social and ecological characteristics on indicator-based management

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Nov. 2019, Ecological Indicators, 106

  [Refereed]


• Biomimetics for business? Industry perceptions and patent application

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yoshinori Fujihira, Yuta Uchiyama

  Emerald, Oct. 2019, Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 10(3) (3), 597 - 616, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Geographical Indications and Regional Trade Agreements: Facilitating International Partnerships for Sustainable Development

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  Springer International Publishing, May 2019, Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 1

  [Refereed]


• Impact of Geographical Indication schemes on traditional knowledge in changing agricultural landscapes: An empirical analysis from Japan

  Ai Tashiro, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  May 2019, Journal of Rural Studies, 68, 46 - 53

  [Refereed]


• Regional management and biodiversity conservation in GIAHS: text analysis of municipal strategy and tourism management

  Kohsaka Ryo, Matsuoka Hikaru, Uchiyama Yuta, Rogel Marie

  Jan. 2019, ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY, 5(1) (1), 124 - 132

  [Refereed]


• Loss of traditional knowledge and innovation in the context of shrinking communities and depopulation

  Ryo KOHSAKA, Yuta UCHIYAMA, Ai TASHIRO

  Dec. 2018, Jpn J Health & Human Ecology, 84(6) (6), 214 - 223, Japanese

  [Refereed][Invited]


• Sustainable Tourism Managements with Regional Designations and Geographical Indications: Experience from Rural Areas in Japan

  R Kohsaka, Y Uchiyama, A Tashiro, MS Park

  Jun. 2018, The 86th TOSOK Daejeon International Tourism Conference Paper, 83, 542 - 545, English

  [Refereed]

  International conference proceedings


• Management Technology for Ecosystem Services : Social Implementation of Biomimetics

  内山 愉太, 藤平 祥孝, 香坂 玲

  小峰工業出版, Jun. 2018, 化學工業, 69(6) (6), 414 - 418, Japanese


• Marine Circular Economy towards Post-Disaster Reconstruction for Sustainability: Experiences in a Small Coastal Town of Northeast Japan

  Tashiro,A, Uchiyama,Y, Kohsaka,R

  May 2018, European Journal of Sustainable Development, 7(3) (3), 81 - 89, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Geographic Information Space for Public Space

  内山 愉太

  季報「唯物論研究」刊行会, May 2018, 季報唯物論研究, (143) (143), 98 - 106, Japanese


• Review of Reports Related to Environmental Burden by Japanese Enterprises; Analysis of Integrated Sustainability Reports

  久慈 淳一郎, 内山 愉太, 松岡 光, 香坂 玲

  久留米大学ビジネス研究所, Mar. 2018, 久留米大学ビジネス研究 = Kurume University business research review, 3, 45 - 64, Japanese


• Internal processes of Geographical Indication and their effects: an evaluation framework for geographical indication applicants in Japan

  Ai Tashiro, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jan. 2018, Journal of Ethnic Foods

  [Refereed]


• Geographical Indications in Agriculture and Forestry Sectors : Spatio-temporal Multilayers of Products and Institutions

  香坂 玲, 梶間 周一郎, 田代 藍, 内山 愉太

  日本知財学会, 2018, 日本知財学会誌, 15(1) (1), 4 - 10, Japanese


• International Trends of Applications of City Biodiversity Index

  香坂 玲, 内山 愉太

  日本造園学会, Jan. 2018, ランドスケープ研究 : 日本造園学会誌 : journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 81(4) (4), 336 - 339, Japanese


• Apiculture knowledge transmission in a changing world: Can family-owned knowledge be opened?

  Yuta Uchiyama, Hikaru Matsuoka, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier B.V., Dec. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(4) (4), 262 - 267, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Public Perception and Expectations of Biomimetics Technology: Empirical Survey of Museum Visitors in Japan

  Kohsaka Ryo, Fujihira Yoshinori, Uchiyama Yuta, Kajima Shuichiro, Nomura Shuhei, Ebinger Frank

  Oct. 2017, CURATOR-THE MUSEUM JOURNAL, 60(4) (4), 427 - 444

  [Refereed]


• Tradition and Japanese vegetables: history, locality, geography, and discursive ambiguity

  Yuta Uchiyama, Yoshinori Fujihira, Hikaru Matsuoka, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier B.V., Sep. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(3) (3), 198 - 203, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Methods for specifying spatial boundaries of cities in the world: The impacts of delineation methods on city sustainability indices

  Yuta Uchiyama, Koichiro Mori

  Aug. 2017, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 592, 345 - 356, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Beekeeping and honey production in Japan and South Korea: past and present

  Ryo Kohsaka, Mi Sun Park, Yuta Uchiyama

  Elsevier B.V., Jun. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(2) (2), 72 - 79, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Expectations of residents and tourists of agriculture-related certification systems: analysis of public perceptions

  Yuta Uchiyama, Yushi Tanaka, Hikaru Matsuoka, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier B.V., Jun. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(2) (2), 110 - 117, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Japanese sake and tea as place-based products: a comparison of regional certifications of globally important agricultural heritage systems, geopark, biosphere reserves, and geographical indication at product level certification

  Shuichiro Kajima, Yushi Tanaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  Elsevier B.V., Jun. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(2) (2), 80 - 87, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Do historical production practices and culinary heritages really matter? Food with protected geographical indications in Japan and Austria

  Katharina Gugerell, Yuta Uchiyama, Pia R. Kieninger, Marianne Penker, Shuichiro Kajima, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier B.V., Jun. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(2) (2), 118 - 125, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Public recognition of traditional vegetables at the municipal level: Implications for transgenerational knowledge transmission

  Yuta Uchiyama, Hikaru Matsuoka, Ryo Kohsaka

  Elsevier B.V., Jun. 2017, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 4(2) (2), 94 - 102, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• 都市の生物多様性指標をめぐる国内外の最新事情

  香坂玲, 内山愉太

  May 2017, 都市緑化技術, (103) (103), 2 - 5, English


• Shifting paradigms in ecosystem based approach : An case of forest fi re history in United States and the science policy interface of them

  Huntsinger Lynn, Mori Akira

  We review the paradigm shifts from an expert-led planning approach to a moreadaptive and"open"process symbolized in the term"ecosystem approach"or"ecosystembasedapproach". This paradigm shift was caused in circumstances that expert-ledplanning did not perform effi ciently and various environmental problems were diffi cult tosolve without more open and adoptive approach. Yet， ecosystem approach has not beenestablished. For example， issues including participation of stakeholders remain. Role andsignifi cance of science policy interface was overlooked in the era of expert-led planning.It is necessary to elaborate the appropriate interface that make eff ective participationof stakeholders be possible. In this paper， the shift is illustrated and analyzed with theexample of historic perspective of the US forest fires. Implications for policy makingare drawn from the case how participatory approach can be accommodated with thescientific rigor. This historical analysis reveals that the current forests with frequentforest fires and strong drought stress in the US were formed in the contexts of theforest reserves mainly from early 20th century and the environmentalism includingprejudice on the pre-modern environmental managements. In recent years， synergies ofthe diff erent types of knowledges including traditional and indigenous knowledges areexplored. In this context， development of the methods for reflecting voices of variousstakeholders with those knowledges to environmental managements， and the methods toelaborate trust among the stakeholders are urgent issues.

  久留米大学ビジネス研究所, Mar. 2017, 久留米大学ビジネス研究 = Kurume University business research review, 2, 75 - 89, English


• "Status and trends of payment for ecosystem services in Japan:Application to forest, and agricultural lands"

  Shouta Kimoto

  久留米大学ビジネス研究所, Mar. 2017, 久留米大学ビジネス研究 = Kurume University business research review, 2, 51 - 60, Japanese


• Forest management motivations at local municipality level : Statistical difference between residential and non-residential owners

  Shuichiro Kajima

  久留米大学ビジネス研究所, Mar. 2017, 久留米大学ビジネス研究 = Kurume University business research review, 2, 61 - 74, Japanese


• Introducing wood log boilers in spa facilities: Impacts of small scale heat utilizations of woody biomass on regions of Japan

  Soichiro Kaze, Shuichiro Kajima, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Nihon Ringakkai, 2017, Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society, 99(1) (1), 18 - 23, Japanese

  Scientific journal


• 能登半島の事例にみる農具の再利用とストック～静的な「遺物」から動的な「生きた遺産」へ～

  川邊咲子, 香坂玲, 松岡光, 内山愉太

  2017, エコミュージアム研究, (21) (21), 40 - 48, Japanese

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Introducing Wood Log Boilers in Spa Facilities:

  Kaze Soichiro, Kajima Shuichiro, Uchiyama Yuta, Kohsaka Ryo

  <p>In recent years, wood log boilers have been introduced to hot water bathing facilities or spas in Japan, particularly in mountainous areas. Producing wood logs is relatively easy, on the other hand, input of wood logs into the boilers has to be done manually, and it is pointed out that wood log boilers are not efficient if they are used as facilities generating over 100 kW. In this context, the cases discussed in academic papers are limited to small scale ones. In this paper, the analysis of two cases of boilers generating over 100 kW are examined to verify potentials of the large scale facilities with wood logs. It reveals that (1) operating costs are reduced compared with the system using kerosene, and substitution rates are over 70％ (2) manual input of wood logs was a certain load on the boiler users; (3) impacts on the managements, such as rise of labor costs caused by the manual input of wood log, were not seen and (4) wood log systems can potentially reduce the loads on the facilities depending on heat supply systems.</p>

  The Japanese Forest Society = 日本森林学会, 2017, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 99(1) (1), 18 - 23, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• Development of City Sustainability Index (CSI)

  Yamashita Tsuguta, Hayashi Kengo, Mori Koichiro, Uchiyama Yuta, Fujii Toyonobu

  This paper provides a framework of City Sustainability Index (CSI) which allows us to compare and evaluate the performance of different cities in terms of global sustainability. Based on a comparative review of existing indicators for assessing the sustainability of cities and their historical background, we will consider why it is necessary to: 1) assess the sustainability of cities based on the concept of "strong sustainability"; 2) differentiate absolute and relative indicators within the evaluation process; 3) incorporate leakage effect of cities. CSI enables us to assess and compare the sustainability of cities by using two types of indicators, constraint and maximization indicators.

  公益社団法人 日本都市計画学会, 2017, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 52(1) (1), 63 - 71, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• Impacts and Challenges of Introducing Wood Log Boilers to Rural Areas

  KAZE Soichiro, KAJIMA Shuichiro, UCHIYAMA Yuta, KOHSAKA Ryo

  In recent years, wood log boilers are introduced to provide heat or heated water for communities in municipalities in mountainous areas of Japan. In this research, the impact of introducing the wood log boiler to the region is analyzed and evaluated from holistic perspective. It reveals that the impact is positive in cases where the purposes are environmental conservation, promotion of energy autonomy or revitalization of the forestry. On the other hand, the system depends on temporary employment. As an overall evaluation, it is concluded that the introduction of wood log boilers are appropriate for the non-profit organizations and municipalities with public purposes at this stage.

  林業経済学会, 2017, Journal of Forest Economics, 63(3) (3), 74 - 81, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• The governance of geographical indications Experiences of practical implementation of selected case studies in Austria, Italy, Greece and Japan

  Thanasis Kizos, Ryo Koshaka, Marianne Penker, Cinzia Piatti, Christian Reinhard Vogl, Yuta Uchiyama

  2017, BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL, 119(12) (12), 2863 - 2879, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Spatio-temporal Analysis of Biodiversity, Land-use Mix and Human Population in a Socio-ecological Production Landscape: A Case Study in the Hokuriku Region, Japan

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  2017, Procedia Engineering, 198, 219 - 226, English

  [Refereed]

  International conference proceedings


• Motivation, Strategy and Challenges of Conserving Urban Biodiversity in Local Contexts: Cases of 12 Municipalities in Ishikawa, Japan

  Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama

  2017, Procedia Engineering, 198, 212 - 218, English

  [Refereed]

  International conference proceedings


• Impacts and Issues of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

  香坂 玲, 内山 愉太

  農村計画学会, Dec. 2016, 農村計画学会誌 = Journal of rural planning, 35(3) (3), 361 - 364, Japanese


• A Study on the Introduction of Environmental Cooperative Tax in Okinawa Prefecture

  Shimoji Yoshiro, Uchiyama Yuta, Fujihira Yoshinori, Kohsaka Ryo, Kosaka Ryo, Matsumoto-Oda Akiko, Hirano Norio

  Three island villages in the Okinawa prefecture, Izena, Iheya and Tokashiki, have introduced "environmental cooperative tax" to obtain the budget to conserve the landscape as tourism resources and to maintain their tourism facilities. In this paper, the current trend and process of the introduction of the environmental cooperative tax are investigated by reviewing the existing survey and statistical information. Further, the socio-economic characteristics of the 3 villages are examined in order to explore the possibilities of the applying the taxation to the other island municipalities. Overall purpose of this study is to rethink the tourism tax in the whole Okinawa prefecture and explore future direction of the tourism management in the Okinawa in terms of the tourism tax system. The revenues from the tax are stable in Izena and Iheya, increasing in Tokashiki. Izena has introduced the tax in year 2005 earlier than other two villages. By the introducing the tax, environmental conservation activities have been facilitated by the revenues of the tax in Izena. As the indirect effects of the taxation, environmental management activities by the residents have been reinforced in Izena. The tax introduced by the villages has characteristics as environmental tax and tourist tax, because the tax is used for environmental conservation and imposed on the residents and tourists who come from the outside of the villages. The population amounts in the 3 villages are relatively small in the Okinawa. By examining the demographic and economic structures of the 3 villages and the other islands municipalities in the Okinawa, similarity and uniqueness of the islands municipalities are identified. Based on the results, several municipalities which may have potentials to introduce the environmental cooperative tax are detected. The taxation can be a tool for the tourism management in the Okinawa by appropriate gainsharing and synergistic collaboration among municipalities.

  琉球大学大学院観光科学研究科, Dec. 2016, 観光科学 = Journal of Tourism Sciences, 8, 1 - 13, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• Cognitive value of tourism resources and their relationship with accessibility: A case of Noto region, Japan

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Jul. 2016, TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES, 19, 61 - 68, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• The Influence of Affiliations with Agricultural Collectives on Attitudes of Fisherman towards Conservation and Perceptions of the Local Environment

  Kohsaka, R, Uchiyama, Y

  Jun. 2016, Journal of International Fisheries, 15, 1 - 21, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Capturing the relationships between local foods and residents: A case in the Noto region, Japan

  Ryo Kohsaka, Hikaru Matsuoka, Yuta Uchiyama

  Elsevier B.V., Jun. 2016, Journal of Ethnic Foods, 3(2) (2), 86 - 92, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• 生物模倣技術に関する特許出願件数の変化および論文発表件数の一考察：日本、中国、米国、欧州を対象として

  香坂玲, 藤平祥孝, 内山愉太

  Mar. 2016, 久留米大学商学研究, 21(2) (2), 53 - 68, Japanese

  [Refereed]

  Research institution


• なぜ地域団体商標と地理的表示への申請をするのか：石川県能登地域における農産品の事例と林産品への示唆

  香坂玲, 内山愉太

  Mar. 2016, 久留米大学ビジネス研究所紀要, (1) (1), 1 - 14, Japanese

  Research institution


• Biomimetics Technologies as the Keys to Implement the Sustainable Society under the Environmental Limitations : Environmental Management and Engineering Neo-Biomimetics

  香坂 玲, 藤平 祥孝, 古川 柳蔵, 山内 健, 小林 秀敏, 石井 大佑, 内山 愉太

  日本工業新聞社, Mar. 2016, サスティナブルマネジメント = Sustainable management, 15, 98 - 112, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• Analysis on trend of patent application and academic paper publication related to Biomimetics : The trend in Japan, China, USA and Europe

  香坂 玲, 藤平 祥孝, 内山 愉太

  久留米大学商学会, Mar. 2016, 久留米大学商学研究, 21(2) (2), 95 - 110, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• Analysis of the Distribution of Forest Management Areas by the Forest Environmental Tax in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Hindawi Limited, 2016, International Journal of Forestry Research, 2016, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Relationships of Patent Application and Academic Research in Biomimetics and Other Emerging Technology : Comparative Analysis of Trends in Japan, US and Europe

  藤平 祥孝, 内山 愉太, 香坂 玲

  日本知財学会, 2016, 日本知財学会誌, 13(2) (2), 18 - 22, Japanese


• Impacts and Issues of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

  KOHSAKA Ryo, UCHIYAMA Yuta

  農村計画学会, 2016, JOURNAL OF RURAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION, 35(3) (3), 361 - 364, Japanese


• Typology of Cities Based on City Biodiversity Index: Exploring Biodiversity Potentials and Possible Collaborations among Japanese Cities

  Yuta Uchiyama, Kengo Hayashi, Ryo Kohsaka

  Oct. 2015, Sustainability, 7(10) (10), 14371 - 14384, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• Visualization of a City Sustainability Index (CSI): Towards Transdisciplinary Approaches Involving Multiple Stakeholders

  Koichiro Mori, Toyonobu Fujii, Tsuguta Yamashita, Yutaka Mimura, Yuta Uchiyama, Kengo Hayashi

  Sep. 2015, SUSTAINABILITY, 7(9) (9), 12402 - 12424, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• People in non-urban areas are richer than those in urban areas? A comment to Ghosh et al. (2010)

  Yuta Uchiyama, Koichiro Mori

  Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2014, Open Geography Journal, 6(1) (1), 1 - 8, English

  [Refereed]

  Scientific journal


• A STUDY ON CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND AGING IN FUTURE IN JAKARTA, AN ASIAN MEGACITY:- A comparative analysis with Tokyo -

  UCHIYAMA Yuta, OKABE Akiko, SHIMA Norihisa

  In this paper, population distribution and aging in future in Jakarta are estimated with organizing the raw data of population census. Through the comparison of those in Tokyo, it reveals that: In central areas with high density, mostly informal settlements, the overcrowded problem might decrease but aging problem will increase. In some growing suburban areas, both the densification and the rise of elder population will be problematic, which would require adequate policy.

  Architectural Institute of Japan, 2014, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ), 79(705) (705), 2453 - 2462, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• Similarity and Specificity of Living Environment in Megacities: Analysis of Global Population Distribution and LandcoverBased on\nGIS Data

  内山 愉太

  Dec. 2013, じんもんこん2013論文集, 2013(4) (4), 139 - 144, Japanese

  [Refereed]


• 世界の中のアジア的巨大人口集積 : 人口分布特性によるメガリージョンの類型化 (特集 アジア熱帯メガシティの現在)

  内山 愉太

  日本地域開発センター, Feb. 2013, 地域開発, 581, 16 - 20, Japanese


• Study on Categorization of Mega-cities by Their Characteristics of Distribution of Population : Categorization of 35 Mega-cities

  UCHIYAMA Yuta, OKABE Akiko

  The population amount explains just one attribute of a correspondent mega-city. This study attempts to categorize 35 mega-cities by their spatial form. Based on the assumption that spatial distribution of population shows a part of spatial characteristics of them, firstly, distribution diversity among different range of population densities has been examined and four groups have been identified. Secondly, 2D distribution patterns have been examined by indicators of Moran's I and gravity of main urban area. The smaller the two indicators are, the more complex the urban form shows. It revealed that mega-cities whose characteristics are most complicated are concentrated in Asia. The categorization of mega-cities by their spatial characteristics that we developed provides significant information to cope effectively with their urban issues and consider their future scenarios.

  The City Planning Institute of Japan, Oct. 2011, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 46(3) (3), 883 - 888, Japanese

  [Refereed]

• ビッグデータと市民科学の可能性と課題：都市への権利と自然への権利の同時的保障に向けて

  内山愉太

  Lead, Mar. 2024, 日本知財学会誌, 20(3) (3), 96 - 98, Japanese

  [Invited]

  Introduction scientific journal


• Forest Environment Transfer Tax and Urban-rural Collaboration:

  Ryo Kohsaka, Taro Osawa, Yuta Uchiyama

  The Japanese Forest Society, 01 Apr. 2020, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 102(2) (2), 127 - 132, Japanese

  Report scientific journal


• 生態系サービスと「自然がもたらすもの」(NCP)をめぐる人と自然の関係性 : グローバルな科学政策インターフェースとしてのIPBESを事例に (研究所設立40周年記念号) -- (特集 社会倫理の可能性)

  香坂 玲, 内山 愉太, 江原 誠

  南山大学社会倫理研究所, 2020, 社会と倫理, (35) (35), 21 - 37, Japanese


• Forest Environmental Taxes at Multi-Layer National and Prefectural Levels: 37 Prefectures Survey Results in Japan

  KOHSAKA Ryo, UCHIYAMA Yuta

  The year 2019 marked the first year of introducing the national
  forest environment transfer tax. The forest environment transfer tax scheme is mainly for the forest management in municipalities but it
  affects forest policy at the prefectural level, because （1）37 prefectures having a prefectural forest environment tax need to explain the
  differences between the national level tax and their prefectural level taxes, and （2） the national level tax is allocated to prefectures to support
  municipalities. We analyzed the 37 prefectures to identify the influence of introducing the national tax, conducting a questionnaire survey and
  interview with the staff members of the prefectures. The results show that the policies to support municipalities to implement survey of forest
  ownersʼ awareness and expectations will be conducted relatively intensively. Regarding the prefectural ordinances, one prefecture has changed
  its ordinance to avoid duplication of policies implemented by the revenue of the national tax and its prefectural tax.
  Key words: Forest environmental tax, Prefectures, Forest environment transfer tax

  Oct. 2019, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 101(4) (4), 246 - 252, Japanese

  [Refereed]

  Report scientific journal


• Development of Geographic Indications applied to Forest Products; Comparative of Iwate Charcoal and Joboji Urushi in Iwate Prefecture, Japan

  Kohsaka, R, Uchiyama, Y

  The year 2018 marked the first registration
  of wood products, Iwate Charcoal followed by the Joboji Urushi under the framework of Geographical Indications （GIs） in Japan. The two
  products are from similar geographical settings from Iwate Prefecture while their motives, logic and challenges differ. Comparison under
  similar condition provides us with a unique opportunity to understand the Japanese GI system which has a short history compared to that of
  Europe. We report the latest information related to the processes and the tentative effects of the registration and characteristics of the GI of
  wood products which pose different characteristics from agricultural products. In concrete, we analyze the cultural conservational and
  economic purpose of the framework. As consequences, the two products differed in their logics for building “linkage to the production site”
  and basis for “tradition.” It became clear that the GI system serves the two purposes of cultural conservational and economic purpose.
  Key words: tradition, Geographical Indications, forest product, intellectual property

  Oct. 2019, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 101(4) (4), 242 - 245, Japanese

  [Refereed]

  Report scientific journal


• Sustaining Diverse Knowledge Systems in SEPLs: Sharing Tacit Knowledge of Apiculture and Mushroom Production with Future Generations

  Ryo Kohsaka, Ai Tashiro, Marie Rogel, Yuta Uchiyama

  Springer Singapore, Aug. 2019, Sharing Ecosystem Services, 117

  [Refereed]


• Chapter 4 Sustainability and Resilience in a Changing World, GEO6 Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific

  Lead Authors, Aruna Dias, Brian Johnson, Neil Stephen, A. Lopez, Jiyoon Song, Yuta Uchiyama, Contributing Authors, Michael Boyland, Karlee Johnson, Jinsun Lim, Jieun Ryu, Jimwell Soliman, Ai Tashiro, Le Thi Thanh Thuy

  Feb. 2019, United Nations Environment Programme, 24 - 31, English

  Technical report


• Trends and Characteristics of Biomimetic Technology: Towards Social Implementation

  Yoshinori Fujihira, Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Pan Stanford, Feb. 2019, Lifestyle and Nature, 339

  [Refereed]


• Analysis of Geographical Indications in agriculture and forestry: Focusing on the spatio-temporal multilayer of local products

  Kohsaka,R, Kajima,S, Tashiro,A, Uchiyama,Y, Sun Park,M

  2018, Proceedings of the 2018 Circular Economy Conference, English

• Development and Evolution of Urban Biodiversity Indicators and Assessment Tools

  Uchiyama, Y, Kohsaka, R

  Contributor, Chapter 26 (p 379-387), Routledge Handbook of Urban Biodiversity, Routledge, Oct. 2023


• Research Institute for Humanity and Nature: A Japanese center for inter- and trans-disciplinary consilience of socio-cultural dimensions of environmental sustainability. In Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity: Collaboration across Cultures and Communities

  Yasuhisa Kondo, Terukazu Kumazawa, Naoki Kikuchi, Kaoru Kamatani, Satoe Nakahara, Natsuko Yasutomi, Yuta Uchiyama, Kengo Hayashi, Satoko Hashimoto, Akihiro Miyata, Shin Muramatsu

  Routledge, Apr. 2022, English, ISBN: 9780367654344

  Scholarly book


• Generation of Urban Morphologies Through Long-Term Evolution of Socio-Ecological Urban Systems: Regional Characteristics and Sustainable Management of Megacities. Living in the Megacity: Towards Sustainable Urban Environments

  Uchiyama, Y, Hayashi, K

  Joint work, 105-125, Springer, 2021, English, ISBN: 9784431568995

  Scholarly book


• 縮小する日本社会 : 危機後の新しい豊かさを求めて

  香坂, 玲, 佐藤, 洋一郎

  勉誠出版, Oct. 2019, Japanese, ISBN: 9784585243021


• メガシティの進化と多様性

  村松, 伸, 深見, 奈緒子, 山田, 協太, 内山, 愉太

  東京大学出版会, Sep. 2016, Japanese, ISBN: 9784130651523

• Kominka as a driver of Satoyama forest management: Potential citizen-participated research and actions

  Yuta Uchiyama, Christmas Uchiyama

  The 136th Annual Meeting of Japanese Forest Society, Mar. 2025, English

  Oral presentation


• The relationship between residents' awareness of green space and their view of health in Kyoto City

  Sugitani, Y., Uchiyama, Y.

  2024年度環境情報科学研究発表大会, Dec. 2024, Japanese

  Poster presentation


• Inclusive urban ecosystem management: towards socio-ecological resilience and preparedness under uncertain futures

  Yuta Uchiyama

  University of Washington – Kobe University Joint Symposium: Ecosystem Management for Climate Change Adaptation and Societal Resilience, Jan. 2024, English

  Nominated symposium


• 野生鳥獣管理と人の移動実態に関するデータの分析に向けた考察

  内山愉太, 藤木庄五郎, 鈴木裕也, 三宅良尚, 高取千佳, 神山智美, 香坂 玲

  第134回 日本森林学学会大会 企画シンポジウム ポスト 2020 生物多様性枠組 （GBF） における 保全と利用の相克と科学政策対話の役割, Mar. 2023, Japanese

  Oral presentation


• 民間主体の生態系保全に資する組織連携の分析: 南アルプスエコパークの事例

  鈴木裕也, 内山愉太, 香坂 玲

  第134回 日本森林学学会大会 企画シンポジウム ポスト 2020 生物多様性枠組 （GBF） における 保全と利用の相克と科学政策対話の役割, Mar. 2023, Japanese

  Oral presentation


• 地方議会議事録分析による森林環境税の議論にみる位置付けの変容

  松岡光, 鈴木裕也, 伊神裕人, 内山愉太, 香坂玲

  第134回 日本森林学学会大会 企画シンポジウム ポスト 2020 生物多様性枠組 （GBF） における 保全と利用の相克と科学政策対話の役割, Mar. 2023, Japanese

  Oral presentation


• 自治体における野生動物保護管理の事業デザインと森林環境税

  岸岡智也, 内山愉太, 香坂玲

  第134回 日本森林学学会大会 企画シンポジウム ポスト 2020 生物多様性枠組 （GBF） における 保全と利用の相克と科学政策対話の役割, Mar. 2023, Japanese

  Oral presentation


• Green area visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Yuta Uchiyama

  Green Infrastructures in the 21st Century: Conversations on the Progress, People’s well-being, and Pandemic, International Seminar, Jan. 2023, English

  [Invited]

  Nominated symposium


• Access and management of green areas during the COVID-19 pandemic: socio-ecological gaps in society and participation in conservation

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Conference of URBIO - International Network Urban Biodiversity and Design:“Integrating Biodiversity in Urban Planning and Design Processes”, Nov. 2022, English

  Oral presentation


• Global Environment Outlook for Youth Asia Pacific

  Yuta Uchiyama

  6th UN China Youth Environment Forum, Dec. 2021, English

  [Invited]

  Nominated symposium


• Review of integrated research on human well-being, ecosystem services, and spatial characteristics of cities: research trends and future directions

  Yuta Uchiyama, Masayuki Sato, Atsushi Ushimaru, Toshifumi Minamoto

  3rd Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) Asia Conference, Dec. 2021, English

  Oral presentation


• 建築・都市設計における生物模倣技術の応用に関する学術研究、実践の国際的な動向についての考察

  内山愉太, 香坂玲

  日本知財学会第19回年次学術研究発表会, Nov. 2021, Japanese

  Oral presentation


• Green infrastructure management during the COVID-19 pandemic: local perception and expectation on urban forest

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  Third Asia-Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting (APUFM), Oct. 2021, English

  Oral presentation


• Access to urban forest lands during the COVID-19 pandemic: influence of environmental factors and reexploring values and functions of forest

  Yuta Uchiyama, Ryo Kohsaka

  20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference / Concurrent session 8.3 & 4 IUFRO Div. 6 and 9: Certification | Policy | Livelihoods, Aug. 2021


• グリーンインフラとコロナ禍での行動変容

  内山愉太, 香坂 玲

  第３回研究連携オンラインセミナー 名古屋大学大学院 環境学研究科 減災連携研究センター, Sep. 2020


• Sustainable managements of green and blue infrastructures in urban areas with rapid aging: Citizens' attitudes toward their neighbouring environment

  Uchiyama Y, Tashiro A, Kohsaka R

  Urban Transitions 2018, Nov. 2018


• International forest policy and science policy Interface: ABS of local and traditional knowledge in CBD and IPBES

  Kohsaka Ryo, Nagasaka Kenji, Kajima Shuichiro, Uchiyama Yuta

  The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 2017, Japanese,

  [in Japanese]


• Factor Analysis of Forest Management Motivation: Based on Complete Enumeration Survey on Forestry's Owners in Komatsu

  Kajima Shuichiro, Orita Yuki, Uchiyama Yuta, Kohsaka Ryo

  The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 2017, Japanese,

  [in Japanese]


• Analysis of local knowledge on ecosystem services of pollination: review of research and field survey on beekeeping

  Uchiyama Yuta, Kohsaka Ryo, Kajima Shuichiro, Liu Jinlong, Youn Yeo-Chang, Park MiSun

  The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 2017, Japanese,

  [in Japanese]


• Japanese wood brands and intellectual property right Current Status of Woods

  Kohsaka Ryo, Kawakami Jungo, Uchiyama Yuta, Kaze Souichiro

  The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 2016, Japanese, [in Japanese]

• 可処分時間に着目した幸福度アプローチによる持続可能な消費の実現

  鶴見 哲也, 佐藤 真行, 内山 愉太, 山口 臨太郎, 篭橋 一輝

  日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 南山大学, 01 Apr. 2023 - 31 Mar. 2028


• Disparities and effects of acknowledgement of ecosystem services in daily life: developing a method for improving urban regional environment and health

  内山 愉太, 喜屋武 享, 高倉 実, 佐藤 真行, 丑丸 敦史, 原田 和弘, 香坂 玲

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Kobe University, 01 Apr. 2023 - 31 Mar. 2027


• 社会ネットワークを通じた環境配慮行動の伝播メカニズムと促進政策

  森 宏一郎, 内山 愉太, 京井 尋佑

  日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(C), 滋賀大学, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2027


• Policy research on science, technology and societ and biomimicry for transformative innovation towards 'from negative to positive' ustilizing nature technology

  Yuta Uchiyama, Fujihira Yoshinori, Ota Kazuhiko, Yoshinori Nakagawa

  Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, Integrated Area Medium Funding, Ministry of Environment, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2027


• Social Study on selection and deliberation regarding the application of advanced technologies such as genome editing to the field of food, agriculture, and environment

  立川 雅司, 三上 直之, 櫻井 清一, 山口 富子, 大山 利男, 三石 誠司, 新田 直子, 大塚 善樹, 香坂 玲, 藤木 篤, 松尾 真紀子, 石井 圭一, 内山 愉太

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Nagoya University, 01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2026


• Valuation and conservation of urban ecosystem services under changing population structure

  佐藤 真行, 丑丸 敦史, 源 利文, 内山 愉太

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Kobe University, 01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2026


• Balancing Tourism and Conservation in Era of Climate Change and Shrinkage: Land Use Maps as a Boundary Object

  香坂 玲, 内山 愉太, 高取 千佳, 岸岡 智也, 永野 昌博, 徳山 美津恵

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), The University of Tokyo, 01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2026


• Unraveling urban resilience using City Preparedness Index: Scientific evaluation method for developing policy and action networks

  Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, Collaborative Regional Research Programme, Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2025, Principal investigator


• Regional management of Satoyama and Satoumi: Urban-rural collaboration and sense of commitment

  内山 愉太, 香坂 玲, 徳山 美津恵

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Nagoya University, 01 Apr. 2020 - 31 Mar. 2023

  本年度は、里山・里海の管理に関わる緑地の管理行動について質問票による調査等を行い、管理行動に対する期待や行動の障壁となる課題、管理方法に対する認識などについて世代や性別、居住環境等による違いを明らかにした。具体的には、管理行動に対する期待については、比較的若い世代において、人とのつながりや、教育面での効果が期待される傾向がみられた。管理方法に対する認識については、農地や公園等の緑地について個別に対応することを重視する傾向が若い世代にみられるのに対して、水系などによってつながる生態系を一体的に保全管理することは比較的高齢の世代で重視される傾向がみられた。また、里山の希少種に対する経験や知識は、高齢世代の方が多く有する傾向も把握された。以上より、世代間での里山・里海管理に対する認識の差異を的確に共有し、認識の差異から生じ得る誤解やミスコミュニケーションを避けながら、各地域の管理の目的沿った管理の方法を構想する必要性が見出された。本年度は、観光資源管理の主体の一つであるDMOに着目した分析結果を取りまとめた論文の発表も行い、都市部と郊外農村部のDMOの連携における相互補完性と相乗効果を形成する方法論について提案を行った。方法論については、地域の土地利用への認識について、衛星画像から判読される客観的な情報と、住民の認識の相関関係について把握する方法を構築し、当事者意識の醸成等に向けて科学的データを活用する方法についても示唆を得た。


• Plant genetic resources and related traditional knowledge in semi-autonomous ethnic minority areas with political and geographic isolation

  Watanabe Kazuo

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), University of Tsukuba, 01 Apr. 2017 - 31 Mar. 2021

  Field surveys and data digitalization were conducted over agricultural food genetic resources (AFGR) in areas with highly unique ethnic activities that transcend national borders. There are high associations with politically and geographically isolated mountainous areas, marginal forests, and ethnic minority areas with conflict zones. Main focus was on AFGR usage. Field surveys were conducted up to March 2021 every year, mainly in Myanmar and the countries along with its borders. AFGR were introduced to Japan upon appropriate legal procedures and they are maintained and evaluated for new value finding. Conservation and utilization of crop genetic resources due to high ethnic and cultural awareness was observed despite conflict and modernization. It may be difficult to maintain conventional crop varieties due to agricultural abandonment or destruction by the military junta of the country. Field survey reports are available at peer-reviewed publications.


• Are hertigate designations by the UN effective for biodiversity conservation at local level? Challenges for multi-scale colloboration and analysis of strategy by municipalities

  香坂 玲, 内山 愉太, 徳山 美津恵

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 01 Apr. 2017 - 31 Mar. 2021

  本年度は国際共著を含む国際学術誌での論文発表や書籍出版を行った。世界農業遺産を含む地域認定の活用をめぐる地域アクターの連携構造について社会ネットワーク分析の手法を基に解析、地域間比較研究を行い、論文等において成果発表をした。また、地域認定と相乗的に活用し得る産品認証としての地理的表示についても調査研究を実施した。欧州や韓国、中国（中国科学院：Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden）における学会等にて招待講演も行い、若手育成に貢献しつつ、成果の国際発信を実施した。 科学的発信に加え、IPBESの第一期作業計画の外部評価パネル委員として、国際機関の次元で地球規模での科学的成果のレビューと政策科学のインターフェイスの課題を分析し、成果は国際共著論文としても発表された。地域認定の活用をめぐる地域アクターの連携構造に関する分析では、前年度の調査結果を基に、石川県能登地域、宮城県大崎地域、山形県鶴岡地域等の組織を対象として分析を進め、環境、観光、農業といったセクター別の連携構造の地域毎の特性を解明した。成果は英文及び和文の論文として公表した。 世界農業遺産等の地域認定と相乗的に活用され得る産品認証としての地理的表示の保護については、林産品を中心に調査分析、論文発表をした。その中で、林産品と食品・農業産品との対比、地域団体商標との比較研究も行なった（Kajima, Uchiyama, Kohsaka 2020）。また、関連して、認定地域の森林マネジメントにも資する制度として森林環境譲与税の調査分析も実施した（香坂・内山 2019; 香坂・大澤・内山 2020）。最終的に15編の査読付き論文(短報含)を発表した。最終年度に向けて、分析結果及び政策提言の取りまとめを進めており、行政、事業者等からフィードバックを得るべく、調査と成果の共有を同時に行っている。


• How does temporal distance affect evaluation of tourism resource? An empirical analysis of multi-generational participatory managements

  Uchiyama Yuta

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 01 Apr. 2017 - 31 Mar. 2021

  This study demonstrated that visitors' evaluation of tourism resources varies depending on the distance to the resources, and that individual types of resources, such as scenery and festivals, have different evaluation patterns. Furthermore, we identified the reason why the evaluation varies with distance, and the distribution of people who rate each resource highly/lowly. For the resource management methods, a SWOT analysis was conducted to develop a local tourism resource management model for multi-generational participation. We also conducted a survey on the awareness on natural resources and the regional designation systems used for resource management, and analyzed the differences between residents and visitors, and between actors of different generations. The results were presented at international conferences and published in academic journals as knowledge for promoting multigenerational participatory management.