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Regional Resource Planning Lab
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The lab explores the development of cities and rural areas by making use of regional resources such as people, culture, and nature.
AboutAbout the lab
Learning from the field.
The Regional Resource Planning Lab studies how to achieve balanced development of urban and rural areas by making use of "regional resources," such as the people, culture, history, and nature of a place.
Based on field surveys, the lab uses spatial information technologies such as GIS and remote sensing, and combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to address social issues in regions.
Regional planning, the foundation of the research, is an interdisciplinary field that is not confined to the humanities or the sciences, and the lab also puts effort into returning its results to the field sites.
The lab is part of the School and Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, and students join the lab from graduate school.
Key terms
- GIS
- Geographic information system. A system for analyzing information such as land use and population by layering it on positions on a map
- Remote sensing
- A technology for observing conditions on the ground surface from a distance, using satellites or aircraft
- Action research
- Research in which researchers work together with residents, local government, and others to address on-site issues while carrying out the research
NewsLab news
Book chapter discussing water management in Ladakh, India, published by Springer
Paper on barriers to the adoption of electric mobility in India accepted
ResearchResearch themes
"Regional resources" refers to the people, culture, history, nature, and so on of a place. Through appropriate evaluation and use of a region's natural and social resources, the lab empirically studies how to achieve balanced development of urban and rural areas, and it pursues desirable regional development in which people and nature are in harmony.
Regional analysis based on field surveys
Through fieldwork and questionnaire surveys, the lab clarifies the natural and social characteristics of a region, which form the basis of regional planning.
Regional environmental monitoring with spatial information technology
Targeting the surroundings of cities and rural areas in Japan and abroad, the lab analyzes land-use change using remote sensing and GIS, and models it from social and economic perspectives, in order to find measures that lead to appropriate land use.
Revitalizing communities through survey activities
Through action research, the lab aims to propose methods for sustainable regional revitalization that make use of regional resources. In Sencho, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, it works with researchers, residents, and local government to reevaluate regional resources in a mountain village affected by depopulation and an aging population.
MembersFaculty
The Regional Resource Planning Lab's members include faculty, foreign research fellows, secretaries, PhD and master's students, research students, and exchange students.As of 2026
- ProfessorV Saizen
- Associate ProfessorSatoshi Asano
- Assistant ProfessorKANDPAL Richa
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