総合地球環境学研究所 综合地球环境学研究所 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

中国環境問題研究拠点

中国环境问题研究基地

RIHN Initiative for Chinese Environmental Issues

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[Research Groups]

Study Theme: A search for a matured social development scenario of East Asia and globalized Chinese environmental issue

 

In China, where economic development was accomplished by abundant supply of cheap labor from villages to cities, the possibility of labor shortage is discussed as there will be fewer children and more old people. On the other hand, the domestic natural resources, which were the origin of economic development, are not sufficient. In recent years, China domestically tries to practice “green economy”, in which the balance of economic development and environmental conservation is maintained, but also tries to develop business abroad mainly by government-owned enterprises to utilize cheaper labor and resources, which causes the globalization of Chinese domestic environmental problem. These situations that China is experiencing now are the same with other Asian countries such as Japan experienced before.
This research aims to explore the scenario of ‘the East Asian matured society”, that maintains both the regional resource development and environmental conservation, and the security of local people’s lives with the horizon of surrounding East Asian countries.



Group Leader:

KUBOTA, Jumpei (RIHN)

 

Main Researchers:

ABE Ken'ichi (RIHN)

KODAMA Kanako (Chiba University)

SATO Yoichiro (Kyoto Sangyo University)

SHIRAIWA Takayuki (Hokkaido University)

TANIGUCHI Makoto (RIHN)

MURAMATSU Shin (The University of Tokyo)

MOJI Kazuhiko (Nagasaki University)

IIJIMA Wataru (Aoyama Gakuin University)

TANAKA Ueru (RIHN)

Hein Mallee (RIHN)

ISHIKAWA Satoshi (RIHN)

Steven MacGreevy (RIHN)

KITAGAWA Hiderki (Ryukoku University)

FUKUSHI Yuki (Tokyo Metroipolitan University)

JIANG Hongwei (NIHU/ RIHN)


Collaborating Researchers:

AKIMICHI Tomoya (RIHN)

KAWABATA Zen'ichiro (RIHN)

KATO, Yuzo (Kyoto University)

MURAMATSU Koichi (Gakusyuin University)

NISHITANI Dai (National Institute of Japanese History)


Global Partners:

 ・BAO, Maohong (Beijing University)

 ・CHEN, Qin (Hohai University)

 ・HUANG, Shaopeng (Xi'an Jiaotong University)

 ・MAN, Zhimin (Fudan University)

 ・SARENGERILA (Central University for Nationalities)

 ・SE, Yin (Beijing Normal University)

 ・TANG, Linghua (Insititute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

 ・WANG, Gen-xu (Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

 ・YIN, Shaoting (Yunnan University)

 ・YAO, Tandong (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science)

 ・ZHU, Anxin (Nanjing University)

                       (Members are listed in alphabetical order)

 

[Study Meetings]

Study meetings are held intermittently.

 

[Newsletter]

“Ten-Chi-Jin”, the RIHN-China newsletter, reports on activities of research project, research groups related to Chinese environmental issues, in addition to outlines of symposia and personal essays. It also includes reports on activities of RIHN-China. The next issue will be published in April 2009. The newsletter can be downloaded through internet. Those who wish to have the newsletter, please send a message, with the name, affiliation and mail address, to rihn-china  (@) chikyu.ac.jp .

[Symposia in the 2010 Fiscal Year]

It is planned to hold a symposium, in China, focusing on “Environment and Health.”