About Staff: FY2007
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
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 2007 Fiscal Year
- Publications
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- Kono, Y.; Sidle, R.Y.; Fujita, K.; Yamaguchi, T.; and Furuichi, T. 2008.
Impacts of Development Programs on Sustainable Use of Ecological Resources
of the Mountainous Region of Mainland Southeast Asia. In ISS Report FY 2007, pp.89-118. (In Japanese).
- Suzuki, Y.; Yanagisawa, M.; Kono, Y.; and Yoshikawa, S. 2008. A Survey
of Seeds and Needs on New Energy Development in Asia and Europe. In ISS Report FY 2007, pp.35-38. (In Japanese).
- Hayashi, T.; Umezawa, T.; Baba, K.; Kono, Y.; Oka, A.; Sohrin, Y.; Ishikawa,
H.; Yamashita, T.; and Sudarmonowati, E. 2008. Reforestation- A reformation
scenario from deforestation. In ISS Report FY 2007, pp.43-48. (In Japanese).
- Tanaka, K.; Kojiri, T.; Takara, K; Nakakita, E.; Hayashi, T.; Kono, Y.;
Yonezawa, G.; Tamura, M.; Watanabe, T.; and Kozan, O. 2008. Creation of
Asian Cropland Dataset Through Satellite Data Analysis toward Water Resources
Management. In ISS Report FY 2007, pp.59-66. (In Japanese).
- Shibayama, M.; Kono, Y.; Yonezawa, G.; Nakakita, E.; and Hamaguchi, T.
2008. Development of Area Informatics by Uniting of Geological and Ecological
Studies- With Emphasis on Urban Area in Southeast Asia-. In ISS Report FY 2007, pp.81-84. (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.
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- Joint Research Projects
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- Research Topic：Sustainable Land Management in Mountainous Region: Thailand, Lao PDR, and
China (Yunnan Province)
- Term：2005 -
- Sponsor： Global Environmental Facility
- Leader： Luohui Liang (United Nations University)
- Research Topic：Construction of Interactive Atlas of Southeast Asia
- Term：2005 - 2007
- Sponsor：National Institute of Informatics
- Leader： KONO, Yasuyuki
- Research Topic：People, Environment and Land Use Systems in Mainland Southeast Asia (PELUSSA)
- Term：1999 -
- Sponsor：Various sources
- Leader： KONO, Yasuyuki
- Research Topic：Modeling Agricultural Productivity in Northeast Thailand (MAPNET)
- Term：1996 -
- Sponsor：Various sources
- Leader： KONO, Yasuyuki
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- Database
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- Title：Southeast Asian Topographic Map Databases
- URL：http://aris.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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- Outside Activity
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- Lecture: Lectre Series at Faculty of History, Pejing University
- Organizer of lecture: Faculty of History, Pejing University
- Date:June 20, 2007
- Place: Faculty of History, Pejing University
- Topic:"Agricultural Development under Rapid Economic Growth: A Village in
Northeast Thailand"
- Abstract: We observed the transformation of a rice-growing village in Northeast
Thailand during the last two decades when Thai economy has rapidly grown.
During the period, what was changed and was not changed in agricultural
production and rural economy？The speaker will discuss the impacts of rapid
economic growth on rural livelihood and the difference in development patterns
between Thailand and Japan.
- Lecture: Lectre Series at Faculty of History, Pejing University
- Organizer of lecture: Faculty of History, Pejing University
- Date:June 19, 2007
- Place: Faculty of History, Pejing University
- Topic:"Mountain Livelihood and Global Environment: Northern Lao cases"
- Abstract: Swidden agriculture is a traditional farming system widely observed at
mountain regions of Southeast Asia. The emergence of global environmental
issues highlighted it as one of the major causes of deforestation. However,
we found that swidden agriculture is supported by a wide range of knowledge
and experiences of local people on how to use and manage forest resources.
In order to Swidden agriculture is a traditional farming system widely
observed at mountain regions of Southeast Asia. The emergence of global
environmental issues highlighted it as one of the major causes of deforestation.
However, we found that swidden agriculture is supported by a wide range
of knowledge and experiences of local people on how to use and manage forest
resources. In order to establish environmentally sustainable society, what
can we learn from them？
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