FURUICHI, Takahisa
- Researcher of Scientific Resarch (KSI)
- Division of Human-Nature Dynamics
- Bachelor of Science, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, 1992
- Master of Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 1995
PhD, The Australian National University, 2007 (concurrent research at CSIRO
Land and Water)
Current Research Interests
- Sediment budgeting of lake catchment
- Land and water management in Southeast Asia
The Environmental Policy of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2002 wrote
that “soil erosion is Asia’s most serious natural resource problem.” The
livelihood of rural people in Southeast Asia still largely depends on agriculture
that requires soil and land. This is the reason why the ADB defined this
policy in the context of the mainstreaming of “poverty reduction” in the
international development community. Hydrological data indicate that suspended
sediment yield from Southeast Asian land to the oceans is the second largest
in the world. Considering the ongoing deforestation in Southeast Asia,
soil erosion is likely to have been accelerated in the region.
Sediment budgets are a useful and powerful conceptual framework to quantify
sediment movement in various forms and scales, depending on which form
and scale of budgets will be most effective for addressing particular scientific
or management questions. My previous study showed that the combination
of sediment sourcing, sediment dating, and hydrological monitoring allows
the construction of sediment budgets that are meaningful for lake catchment
management. The provision of a guide for land and water management based
on sediment budgets, contextualized by local and regional socio-economic
situations, is my current research interest.
Research Activities in 2007 Fiscal Year
- Joint Research Projects
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- Research Topic: Impacts of Development Programs on Sustainable Use of Ecological Resources
of the Mountainous Region of Mainland Southeast Asia
- Term:2006.04 - 2008.03
- Sponsor:Institute of Sustainability Science, Kyoto University
- Leader:Yasuyuki Kono
- Outline:Field survey and analysis and literature survey and analysis
- No. of Members:Five people
- Members in CSEAS:Three people
- Research Topic:Land and water management in Southeast Asia for sustainability of the society;
Analysis of land-use change and its integration into land and water management
- Term:2007.11 - 2008.03
- Sponsor:Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- Leader:Takahisa Furuichi
- Outline:Satellite image analysis and field survey and analysis
- No. of Members:By myself
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- Field Research
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- Term:2007.12.14-12.23
- Area:Australia
- Project:Initiative 2: Toward co-existence of human and nature in the Global COE
program 'In search of sustainable humanosphere in Asia and Africa
- Field Note:Arrangements of a fieldwork of GCOE Initiative-2 in February 2008 and arrangents
and discussions regarding a GCOE intenational workshop in March 2008
- Term:2007.12.02-12.09
- Area:China
- Project:Impacts of Development Programs on Sustainable Use of Ecological Resources
of the Mountainous Region of Mainland Southeast Asia
- Field Note:Investigation to see relationship between development programs and land
management in the upstream area of the Mekong River
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