INDEX Research Activities 1 Full-Research 4 Pre-Research 106 Feasibility Study 111 Incubation Study 133 The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication (CCPC) 135 Outreach Program and Events RIHN International Symposium 136 RIHN Forum 137 RIHN Public Seminar 138 RIHN Area Seminar 138 RIHN Annual Open Meeting 139 RIHN Seminar 139 Lunchtime Meetings (Danwakai) 140 Publications 140 Press Conference 141 Coordination Research 142 Individual Achievements 144 Appendices 1. Number and Affi liation of Project Members 2. Research Fields of Project Members 3. Field of the Research Project 1 Research Activities Research Activities ●Full-Research Project No. C-04 (Project leader: SHIRAIWA Takayuki) p. 4 Project Name Human Activities in Northeastern Asia and their Impact on Biological Productivity in the North Pacifi c Ocean Project No. C-05 (Project leader: TANIGUCHI Makoto) p. 12 Project Name Human Impacts on Urban Subsurface Environments Project No. C-06 (Project leader: KAWABATA Zen’ichiro) p. 20 Project Name Effects of Environmental Change on the Interactions between Pathogens and Humans Project No. C-07 (Project leader: INOUE Gen) p. 26 Project Name Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia: Social Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments Project No. D-02 (Project leader: YUMOTO Takakazu) p. 29 Project Name A New Cultural and Historical Exploration into Human-Nature Relationships in the Japanese Archipelago Project No. D-03 (Project leader: OKUMIYA Kiyohito) p. 37 Project Name Human Life, Aging and Disease in High-Altitude Environments: Physio-Medical, Ecological and Cultural Adaptation in “Highland Civilizations” Project No. D-04 (Project leader: YAMAMURA Norio) p. 42 Project Name Collapse and Restoration of Ecosystem Networks with Human Activity Project No. E-04 (Project leader: UMETSU Chieko) p. 51 Project Name Vulnerability and Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems Project No. H-02 (Project leader: SATO Yo-Ichiro) p. 56 Project Name Agriculture and Environment Interactions in Eurasia: Past, Present and Future — A ten-thousand-year history Project No. H-03 (Project leader: OSADA Toshiki) p. 61 Project Name Environmental Change and the Indus Civilization Project No. H-04 (Project leader: UCHIYAMA Junzo) p. 67 Project Name Neolithisation and Modernisation: Landscape History on East Asian Inland Seas Project No. R-03 (Project leader: KUBOTA Jumpei) p. 82 Project Name Historical Interactions between Multi-Cultural Societies and the Natural Environment in a Semi-Arid Region in Central Eurasia Project No. R-04 (Project leader: MOJI Kazuhiko) p. 87 Project Name Environmental Change and Infectious Disease in Tropical Asia 2 RIHN Annual Report 2009 Project No. R-05 (Project leader: NAWATA Hiroshi) p. 95 Project Name A Study of Human Subsistence Ecosystems in Arab Societies: To Combat Livelihood Degradation for the Post-oil Era ●Pre-Research Project No. PR (Project leader: MURAMATSU Shin) p. 106 Project Name Megacities and the Global Environment ●Feasibility Study Project No. FS (FS Proposer: UNO Takao) p. 111 Project Name An Environmental History of Nomads and Farmers in Central Asia Project No. FS (FS Proposer: HAYASHIDA Sachiko) p. 113 Project Name Atmospheric Methane and Agriculture in Monsoon Asia Project No. FS (FS Proposer: SUDA Kazuhiro) p. 114 Project Name Development, Migration, Environmental Change and Human Health in Malaysia Project No. FS (FS Proposer: SATO Tadashi) p. 117 Project Name Genetic Pollution, Farming Ecosystems and New Energy Crops in Tropical Asia Project No. FS (FS Proposer: TANAKA Hiroki) p. 122 Project Name Agricultural and Hydrological Cycles in the Changjiang Basin Project No. FS (FS Proposer: KADA Ryohei) p. 127 Project Name Managing Environmental Risks for Sustainable Food and Health in Watershed Planning in Southeast Asia Project No. FS (FS Proposer: ISHIKAWA Satoshi) p. 130 Project Name Ecosystems and Social Sustainability in Coastal Southeast Asia ●Incubation Study p. 133 ARAYA Kunio (Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University) Impact of Recent Human Activities on the Insect Fauna in Asia IEDA Osamu (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University) Environment and Public Sphere in the Changing Slavic Eurasia: Comparative Studies on Regional Water Sys- tems OKUDA Toshinori (Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University) Effects of local governance and landuse changes on the degradation and resilience of ecosystem services in trop- ics 3 Research Activities KIMURA Eiichi (Aichi Medical University) A study on relationship between ecological biodiversity and human well-being in the Pacifi c Island Countries TANAKA Ueru (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University) Approaches to Cope with Desertifi cation in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa FUKUI Kiichi (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University) Global greenization: its contemplation and practice 4 RIHN Annual Report 2009 㪪㫋㪸㪾㪼㪑㩷㪝㪩 㪧㫉㫆㫁㪼㪺㫋㩷㪥㫆㪅㪑㩷㪚㪄㪇㪋 㪧㫉㫆㫁㪼㪺㫋㩷㪥㪸㫄㪼㪑㩷㪟㫌㫄㪸㫅㩷㪘㪺㫋㫀㫍㫀㫋㫀㪼㫊㩷㫀㫅㩷㪥㫆㫉㫋㪿㪼㪸㫊㫋㪼㫉㫅㩷㪘㫊㫀㪸㩷㪸㫅㪻㩷㪫㪿㪼㫀㫉㩷㪠㫄㫇㪸㪺㫋㩷㫆㫅㩷㫋㪿㪼㩷㪙㫀㫆㫃㫆㪾㫀㪺㪸㫃㩷㪧㫉㫆㪻㫌㪺㫋㫀㫍㫀㫋㫐㩷㫀㫅㩷㪥㫆㫉㫋㪿 㪧㪸㪺㫀㪽㫀㪺㩷㪦㪺㪼㪸㫅 㪘㪹㪹㫉㪼㫍㫀㪸㫋㪼㪻㩷㪫㫀㫋㫃㪼㪑㩷㪘㫄㫌㫉㪄㪦㫂㪿㫆㫋㫊㫂㩷㪧㫉㫆㫁㪼㪺㫋 㪧㫉㫆㫁㪼㪺㫋㩷㪣㪼㪸㪻㪼㫉㪑㩷㪪㪟㪠㪩㪘㪠㪮㪘㪃㩷㪫㪸㫂㪸㫐㫌㫂㫀 㪩㪼㫊㪼㪸㫉㪺㪿㩷㪘㫏㫀㫊㪑㩷㪚㫀㫉㪺㫌㫃㪸㫋㫀㫆㫅 㪬㪩㪣㪑㩷㪿㫋㫋㫇㪑㪆㪆㫎㫎㫎㪅㪺㪿㫀㫂㫐㫌㪅㪸㪺㪅㫁㫇㪆㪘㪤㪦㪩㪜㪆 㪢㪼㫐 㩷 㪮㫆㫉㪻㫊㪑 㩷 㪽㫀㫊㪿㪄㪹㫉㪼㪼㪻㫀㫅㪾 㩷 㪽㫆㫉㪼㫊㫋㪃 㩷 㫃㪸㫅㪻㪄㫌㫊㪼㪃 㩷 㫃㪸㫅㪻 㩷 㫊㫌㫉㪽㪸㪺㪼 㩷 㪻㫀㫊㫋㫌㫉㪹㪸㫅㪺㪼㪃 㩷 㫄㪸㫋㪼㫉㫀㪸㫃 㩷 㪺㫀㫉㪺㫌㫃㪸㫋㫀㫆㫅㪃 㩷 㪻㫀㫊㫊㫆㫃㫍㪼㪻 㩷 㫀㫉㫆㫅㪃 㫇㪿㫐㫋㫆㫇㫃㪸㫅㫂㫋㫆㫅㪃㩷㪪㪼㪸㩷㫆㪽㩷㪦㫂㪿㫆㫋㫊㫂㪃㩷㪘㫄㫌㫉㩷㫉㫀㫍㪼㫉㪃㩷㪦㫐㪸㫊㪿㫀㫆㩷㪺㫌㫉㫉㪼㫅㫋㪃㩷㪘㫊㫀㪸㫅㩷㪻㫌㫊㫋 䂓㪩㪼㫊㪼㪸㫉㪺㪿㩷㪪㫌㪹㫁㪼㪺㫋㩷㪸㫅㪻㩷㪦㪹㫁㪼㪺㫋㫀㫍㪼㫊 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