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ArchivesAbout Staff: FY2008KONO, Yasuyuki
Current Research Interests
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 2008 Fiscal YearPublication | Joint Research Project | Field Research | Seminar/Symposium |
Database | Academic Association | Outside Activities | Award
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