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KONO, Yasuyuki

Professor
Division of Humans and the Environment
B. Sc. in Irrigation Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 1981
D. Agr. in Irrigation Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 1986

Current Research Interests

Land and water resources management
Dynamics of land use and land management
Area-specific sustainable livelihood systems

The rural village is a source of knowledge and ideas. This village headman in Northern Laos (second from left) told me (far left) his experience of revolution in the 1970s, new market economy in the 1990s, and trade with China in the 2000s.

I study the transformation of rural livelihood systems, land and water resources management, and environmental conservation and development programs in Mainland Southeast Asia. The study sites cover a wide range of ecological settings, from deltaic areas of the Red River and Mekong River in Vietnam, Chaophraya River in Thailand, and Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar, to plateau areas of Northeast Thailand, Upper Burma and Tamil Nadu State in India, and mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, northern Laos, northern Thailand, and Yunnan Province of China. Fieldwork combined with remote sensing and GIS analyses are the major tools of the research.

My major research concern is to develop an area-specific synthesis of technology, institutions, and natural environment for land and water resources management in a globalizing environment; I am presently studying forest dynamics and land management systems. The impact of the spread of the market economy and internationally standardized programs for rural development and environmental conservation suggest that land is the major competing resource. In order to overcome this widely recognized scarcity, both substantial and expected, technology and institutions to support multi-layered and multi-purpose land use systems derived from the long-term development process of each area should be developed.

Research Activities in 2006 Fiscal Year

Publications

Kono, Y. Mar. 2007. Monsoon Forest. In The World of the Meknog: History and Ecology, edited by Akimichi, T. pp. 16-17, Tokyo: Kobundo. (In Japanese)

Kono, Y. 2007(Mar. ). Ecohistory of Southeast Asia, InThe World of the Meknog: History and Ecology, edited by Akimichi, T. pp. 144-145, Tokyo: Kobundo. (In Japanese)

Kuroda, Yosuke; Sato, Yo-Ichiro; Bounphanousay, Chay; Kono Yasuyuki; and Tanaka, Koji. 2007. Genetic structure of three Oryza AA genome species (O. rufipogon, O. vinara and O. sativa) as assessed by SSR analysis on the Vientiane Plain of Laos. Conserv Genet 8: 149-158.

Kono Y. Oct. 2006. Eco-history of People Living with Agriculture and Forest, RIHN Research Project 4-2, Annual Report of "A Transdisciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon Asia: 1945 - 2005", pp. 44-50. (In Japanese)

Tomita S., Kono Y., Kotegawa T. and Sakurai K. Oct. 2006. Population dynamics and reclamation of paddy fields in mountainous mailand Southeast Asia: A case study of Ay village in Oudomxay province in northern Laos, RIHN Research Project 4-2, Annual Report of "A Transdisciplinary Study on the Regional Eco-History in Tropical Monsoon Asia: 1945 - 2005", pp. 51-58. (In Japanese)

Sato T. and Kono Y. Oct. 2006. Changes in spatial distribution of rice production during Post-"Green Revolution" in Mainland Southeast Asia, Tropical Agriculture 50 (extra issue 2): 41-42. (In Japanese)

Tomita S., Kono Y., Kotegawa T. and Sakurai K. Oct. 2006. The process of land expansion in moutainous mainland Southeast Asia: A case study of paddy reclamation in one village in northern Laos, Tropical Agriculture 50 (extra issue 2): 45-46. (In Japanese)

Saxana, K. G., Luohui L., Kono, Y. and Miyata, S. eds. 2006. Small-scale Livelihoods and Natural Resources Management in Marginal Areas of Monsoon Asia, DehraDun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 177 p.

Yanagisawa, Masayuki; Kono Yasuyuki; Nawata, Eiji; and Sakuratani Tetsuo. July 2006. Nhung tay doi he thong canh tac cap xa o dong bang song Hong sau Doi moi: Nghien cuu diem hinh cua hop tac xa Coc Thanh tinh Nam Dinh, Thong tin Bach Coc 7, pp. 95-110

Kono, Yasuyuki; Yanagisawa, Masayuki; and Dang The Phong. July 2006. Cac he thong thuy loi cap xa trong so do thuy loi thuoc khu vuc quan ly cua Cong ty Quan ly Khai thac Cong trinh Thuy loi 1 Nam Ha, Thong tin Bach Coc 7, pp. 75-94

Kono, Y. June 2006. Book Review , Sonoe, M. Environment and Farming technology in Northern Laos, Tosho Shinbun 2778. (In Japanese)

Kono, Y. ed. June 2006. Final Report of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Transnational Comparison of Ecological Resource Management by Constructing Integrated Database on Livelihood and Environment in Mainland Southeast Asia, 147p. (In Japanese)

Tomita, S.; Kono, Y.; Kotegawa, T.; and Sakurai, K. 2006. Population Dynamics and Reclamation of Paddy Fields in Mountainous Mainland Southeast Asia: A Case Study of One Village in Oudomxay Province in Northern Laos. Tropical Agriculture 50 (extra issue 1): 47-48. (In Japanese)

Field Research

Term:May 28 - Jun 2, 2006
Area:Northern Mountain Region of Vietnam, Da Bac District, Hoa Binh Province
Project: PELLUSSA, JSPS Ronpaku Program

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Activities in Academic Associations

Name of Academic Association:Open House of the National Institute of Informatics
Topic:Developing Digital Map Archive and Its Application to Historical and Ecological Studies of Southeast Asia
Place:Tokyo
Term:June 8 - 9, 2006

Outside Activity

Lecture: UNU Summer School 2006 for Bird's -eye View Experts on Environment
Organizer of lecture: ESD Program, United Nations University
Date:Aug 29, 2006
Place: United Nations University
Poster: PDF

Lecture:Application of Geo-informatics to Area Studies
Organizer of lecture: Department of Resource and Environment, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science
Date: June 19th-23rd, 2006
Place: Department of Resource and Environment, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science
Outline:This course aims at providing advanced knowledge on application of geo-informatics and introducing recent geo-informatics-based research outcomes of area studies, particularly of Southeast Asia. Major topics are land and forest resources management, rural development and urban development history.

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