Yumiko Yamamoto

• PhD, University of Tokyo, Civil Engineering
• MA, University of Tsukuba, Environmental Science
• BA, Tokyo University of Science, Physics

• Community development in rural areas
• Roles of history and traditional industries in urban development
• Out-of-market economic activities
• Gender inequality in Japanese society
• Environmental analysis using remote sensing and GIS

• CORE167C Japan

Peer Reviewed Articles: 

Daisaku Yamamoto and Yumiko Yamamoto. 2013. Community Resilience to a Developmental Shock: A Case Study of a Rural Village in Nagano, Japan. Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses. 1(2), 99-115. 

Yumiko Wada, K.S. Rajan, Ryosuke Shibasaki. 2007. Modeling Spatial Distribution of Shifting Cultivation in Luangprabang, Lao P.D.R., Environment and Planning B, 34, 261-278. 

Yumiko Wada and Masamu Aniya. 1995. Glacier variations in the Northern Patagonia Icefield between 1990/1991 and 1993/94, Bulletin of Glacier Research, 13, 111-119. 

Book Chapter: 

Yumiko Yamamoto. 2014. ゴルフ場開発をめぐる対立と戦略的対抗 (Conflicts and strategic oppositions　over a golf course development). In Matsumura, K., Ishioka, T., and Murata, S. eds. 「開発とスポーツ」の社会学―開発主義を超えて― (Sociology of Development and Sports: Beyond Developmentalism). In Japanese. 

Other Publications: 

Yumiko Yamamoto. 2008. Sustainable Tourism Development in the Sleeping Bear Dune National Lakeshore Area. pp. 139-151. In Matsumura, K. ed. Jizokuteki Tsurizumu To Chiiki Kankyo Saisei Nikansuru Rironteki Jisshoteki Kenkyu (Sustainable Tourism and Regional Environmental Revitalization). Project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant number: 17330108). In Japanese.