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Katsunori Furuya, Professor
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The Landscape Planning Lab (Furuya Lab) studies how citizens can take the lead in protecting and making use of landscapes and green spaces. With "citizens," "landscape and green space," and "culture and history" as key themes, the lab also considers the culture and history of the people who have been involved in shaping landscapes into their present form. The lab holds many materials on parks and green spaces from the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods, which can be used in research tracing the history of landscape gardening planning. Students can choose their research topics according to their own interests and future goals. They are expected to be motivated to present at international conferences and submit papers to English-language journals.
Ryosuke Shimoda, Associate Professor
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The Shimoda Lab studies the planning and design of landscapes. Anticipating that landscapes change over time, the lab works on "circular landscape design," which designs not only for humans but also for the habitats of animals and plants. Using a landscape-based approach, the lab also addresses areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the challenges of a future society in which the number of deaths is increasing. Based at Chiba University's Design Research Institute (dri) in Sumida Ward, the lab also carries out demonstration experiments in cooperation with the ward.
Yukihiko Saito, Professor
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The Regional Planning Lab studies planning, mainly related to space, that allows people in a region to live vibrantly. Specializing in rural planning and urban planning, the lab considers the revitalization and sustainability of regions in hilly and mountainous areas, urban fringes, and disaster-affected areas, from the perspective of how space is used and managed. The lab places importance on talking with local residents and walking around the area thoroughly, and explores what a region should be like from residents' lives through long, in-depth interview surveys. Rather than starting from government policy, the lab takes the position of closely examining phenomena actually taking place and linking them to policy from there.
Takeshi Kinoshita, Professor
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The Urban Environmental Design Lab studies landscape planning and design. According to the lab's website from around the mid-2000s, the lab has pursued education and research in landscape design and green space planning, with an emphasis on fieldwork. From small patches of greenery in residential areas to wide-area green spaces and land use, the lab has explored the ideas and methods needed to plan, design, and manage a variety of spaces. Professor Kinoshita's main interests now are planning for green spaces in Europe and North America, and the conservation of landscape heritage in East Asia.
Kiyoshi Umeki, Professor
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The Green Space Environment Informatics Lab studies the organisms that make up forests and green spaces and the interactions among them. Combining field observations and experiments, molecular ecological analysis, and statistical analysis and simulation, the lab aims to clarify the complex workings of ecosystems. The lab aims to link information obtained from different groups and levels of organisms, such as plants and microorganisms, and to understand as a whole the processes by which ecosystems change. The lab welcomes students and postdocs to join, and also welcomes lab visits booked in advance by email.
Yoichi Watanabe, Associate Professor
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The Green Space Ecology Lab studies the species diversity and ecology of wild plants through both field surveys and genetic analysis. Focusing on plants such as those in the genus Rhododendron (azaleas and their relatives) and plants of heavy-snow regions, the lab explores how plants have evolved and shifted their distributions. In the lab seminar, students present research plans and progress reports and introduce papers, and there are also field excursions to see natural vegetation and environments. Research themes are sometimes proposed by the lab, and themes that students bring in themselves, such as vegetation surveys, are also welcome.
Arata Momohara, Professor
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The lab studies how the plants and vegetation of Japan and East Asia came to be as they are today. Using plant fossils such as seeds, fruits, and leaves as clues, the lab investigates how Quaternary climate change, and the effects of human–nature interactions since the Jomon period, have shaped vegetation. The lab places importance on fieldwork. Together with researchers in other fields such as geology and archaeology, lab members walk through strata and archaeological sites in various regions to collect plant fossils.
Yutaka Iwasaki, Professor
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The lab studies how plants and green spaces can contribute to people's mental and physical health and welfare. Its main themes are the "therapeutic effects of plants," such as horticultural therapy, aromatherapy, and forest therapy, as well as greening of hospitals and elderly care facilities, and "community care through greenery," which uses parks and other green spaces to support residents' health. The lab also draws on perspectives from medicine, pharmacy, and nursing, and verifies effects through experiments and surveys covering both body and mind. Faculty members sometimes learn alongside students as they take on new topics that students bring in.
Komei Mishima, Associate Professor
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The lab studies methods that help people learn about, take an interest in, and get involved with the "environment," centered on nature and agriculture. Its main areas are environmental education, food and agricultural education, the dissemination of environmental information, and science communication, targeting a wide range of people from small children to older adults and experts. Beyond surveys and experiments, students can conduct research that includes producing teaching materials and tools that support activities, as well as designing and putting programs into practice. The lab values spaces where students talk and learn from one another, such as lab seminars for discussing research plans, student-led study groups, and visits to science museums and parks.
Noriko Akita, Professor
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The Akita Lab studies how to build better relationships between people and nature, and how to create sustainable spaces based on management (operation and maintenance). In a society with a shrinking population, the lab considers community development in harmony with nature, the future form of cities, and new ways of living that value community. Moving back and forth between research and practice, the lab works on the ground in community development, community regeneration, and landscape design. Visits to the lab seminar are welcome at any time.
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