Session outline

Human Geosciences(H) Session Sub Category Geography(GG) Session ID H-GG21 Title Use and management of natural resources and environment Short title Natural resources and environment Convener Name Gen Ueda Affiliation Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University Co-convener Name Yoshinori OTSUKI Affiliation Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University International Symposium No request Language Japanese Scope In this session, issues on natural resource use and management from all over the world are discussed based on findings from local-scale fieldwork. Taking human ecological and earth scientific perspectives, a variety of research topics are expected including resource/environmental use and local knowledge, environmental history, environmental geography, environmental degradation through resource use and/or management, related socio-economic changes and implication for livelihood security, political ecology, and the issue of scale gap between local and broader, national and global studies. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers