Department of Rural Environment Management

An ideal rural environment can only be accomplished through harmony among human activities, resource supplies, and natural environmental capacities. Complex and complicated interaction between the natural environment and human activities must be maintained by incorporating "functionality" and "sustainability" into the basic philosophy. Therefore, the following educational and research activities are performed: 1) Analyses of the mechanisms of the natural environment, including soil, water and plants, using holistic approaches that encompass functional relationships in a regional environment. 2) Planning of a regional space where a land conservation function is expected. 3) Establishment of a model and technology for sustainable resource use and circulation of water, biomass, and land resources toward creating a rich regional environment. ◆To academic staff list ◆To Research areas web site Applied Ecology 【Academic staff】 Prof. NAKATA Kazuyoshi Asst. Prof. KATSUHARA Koki 【keyword】Ecology and conservation of freshwater animals / Creation and maintenance of plant diversity Soil Management 【Academic staff】 Prof. MAEDA Morihiro 【keyword】Soil and water quality management in agricultural land Agricultural Land Engineering 【Academic staff】 Prof. MORI Yasushi Asst. Prof. TSUJIMOTO Kumiko 【keyword】Soil Environmental Engineering / hydrology Terrestrial Information Management 【Academic staff】 Prof. MORITA Hidenori 【keyword】Study on rural environment using terrestrial information processing Irrigation and Drainage 【Academic staff】 Prof. MOROIZUMI Toshitsugu Assoc. Prof. SOMURA Hiroaki 【keyword】Irrigation and Drainage / Agricultural Meteorology Catchment Hydrology 【Academic staff】 Prof. CHIKAMORI Hidetaka Assoc. Prof. KUDO Ryoji 【keyword】Future prediction of change in basinwide circulation of water Design of Environmental Infrastructures 【Academic staff】 Prof. NISHIMURA Shin-ichi Assoc. Prof. SHUKU Takayuki 【keyword】Geotechnical Engineering / Data Scienc in Civil Engineering Management of Environmental Infrastructures 【Academic staff】 Assoc. Prof. SHIBATA Toshifumi 【keyword】Analysis of nonlinear soil-structure interaction problems Environmental Economics 【Academic staff】 Prof. UBUKATA Fumikazu 【keyword】Resource Economics, Political Ecology, Southeast Asian Studies International Rural Studies 【Academic staff】 Prof. KIM Doo-Chul Assoc. Prof. HONDA Yasuko 【keyword】Rural Geography, Environmental Geography, Area Studies of Korea & Vietnam / Rural Sociology, Agricultural Economics Rural Planning 【Academic staff】 Prof. KUKI Yasuaki 【keyword】Establishment of comprehensive rural planning theory in community and municipality levels