Day 1 (Tuesday 14 September 2021)
Room 1
10:45-11:00 Opening Session
Organizers
11:00-12:00 Keynote Speech
Integrating GIS, Field Instrumentation and In-Situ Observation for Volcanic Disaster Studies
Sandy Budi Wibowo
Chaired by Stanley A. Suab (PhD student, Hokkaido University)
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:45 SS05: Assessing the Resilience and Its Application to the Ecosystem Management in Forest Landscape (part 1)
Introduction of SS05
Chihiro Haga
Exploring Interactions between Vegetation, Fire, and Climate Change across a Latitudinal Gradient in Siberia
Neil Williams, Melissa Lucash
The 30 years’ Impacts of Wind Disturbance and Management Approaches on Forest Structure Recovery in Hemi-boreal Forests, Hokkaido
Jing Li, Junko Morimoto, Satoshi N. Suzuki, Toshiaki Owari, Takao Nakane
What are Robust Post-Windthrow Managements for Forest Recovery under the Future Climate Change?
Chihiro Haga, Wataru Hotta, Takahiro Inoue, Takanori Matsui, Masahiro Aiba, Toshiaki Owari, Satoshi N. Suzuki, Yoshio Mishima, Junko Morimoto, Hideaki Shibata
13:45-14:00
Break
14:00-15:15 SS05: Assessing the Resilience and Its Application to the Ecosystem Management in Forest Landscape (part 2)
What is the Optimal Post-Windthrow Management to Constitute Higher Resilient Forest Landscape?: Focusing on Tree Species Composition and Carbon Balance
Wataru Hotta, Junko Morimoto, Chihiro Haga, Satoshi N. Suzuki, Takahiro Inoue, Takanori Matsui, Toshiaki Owari, Hideaki Shibata, Futoshi Nakamura
Deer Overbrowsing and Its Impact on Tree Communities: Insights from Long-Term Forest Dynamics and Deer Exclusion Experiment in the Ashiu Research Forest
Kohmei Kadowaki, and Masae Ishihara
Study of Forest Encroachment through Forest and Non-Forest Cover Change Analysis and Its Impact on Ecology in the Chure Hills, West Nepal
Motilal Ghimire, Santosh Nepal, Gokarna Jung Thapa, Rajan Regmi, Ashok Raut, Liladhar Sapkota, Suresh Balayer, Monika Ghimire
Overall discussion
Chihiro Haga, Wataru Hotta, Junko Morimoto
15:15-15:30
Break
15:30-17:00 SS14: Linking environmental sustainability to local economy: challenges and opportunities in tropical forests for addressing climate change
Assessing Forest Dynamics towards REDD+ over Space and Time: Case Studies on Shifting Cultivation in Upland Myanmar
Siqi Lu, Chuanrong Zhang, Kazuhiro Harada, Heli Lu
Agroforestry of Arabica Coffee as an Alternative Local Livelihood to Reduce Impacts of Forest Encroachment in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Indonesia
Muhammad Habib, Kazuhiro Harada
Stocktaking of REDD+ Readiness in India and Nepal
Nabin Bhattarai, Michael Richards, Bhaskar Singh Karky, Rajesh Bahadur Thapa, Teiji Watanabe, Ram Avtar
Room 2
12:30-14:00 SS11: Stakeholder Engagement in Land System Science (part 1)
Estimation of Sediment Yield in Reservoir Watershed Based on Conceptual Model
Yung-Chau Chen, Shao-Wei Wu, Pei-Ying Shieh, Chao-Yuan Lin
Application of Risk Analysis in the Screening of Flood Disaster Hot Spots and Adaptation Strategies
ErChiang Huang, PeiWen Li, ChaoYuan Lin
Applying Conceptual Model to Optimize Groundwater Recharge Hotspots and Estimate the Recharge Amount to Alleviate Land Subsidence
PeiWen Li, ErChiang Huang, ChaoYuan Lin
Circular Economy Co-Created by Multiple Stakeholders: A Case of Grouper Farming in Taiwan
Hsiu-Mei Huang, Li-Pei Peng
14:00-14:15
Break
14:15-15:45 SS11: Stakeholder Engagement in Land System Science (part 2)
Research on the Promotion of Autonomous Disaster Prevention Communities Based on Risk Assessment
Li-Sheng Kuo, Jing-Yao Lin, Chao-Yuan Lin
Establishment of Sediment Disaster Assessment Model and Resilience Improvement Strategies in a Reservoir Watershed
Yung-Chau Chen, Yu-Chin Chen, Chao-Yuan Lin
The Views of Show Cave Managers on Conservation Methods Considering from the Results of Knowledge Questionnaire Survey Originated from Human Impact Studies
Kanato Ando
Stakeholder Engagement on Land Use Change Simulation
Yu-Pin Lin, Wan-Yu Lien, Chen-Jia Huang
15:45-16:00
Break
16:00-17:30 SS07: Geospatial Data for Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring
Solar Panel Index (SPI) for Monitoring of Solar Farm Expansion in India
Hitesh Supe, Ram Avtar
Gully Erosion Susceptibility and Volume Estimation Using TanDEM-X SAR and Machine Learning Model for Chambal Ravine of India
Raveena Raj, Ram Avtar, Yunush Ali Pulpadan
Geospatial Techniques to Monitor Post-Typhoon Forest Damage
Ram Avtar, Xinyu Chen
Comparison of RGB and Multispectral Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Landslide Characterization
Flavio Furukawa, Lauretta Andrew Laneng, Hiroaki Ando, Nobuhiko Yoshimura, Masami Kaneko, Junko Morimoto
Day 2 (Wednesday 15 September 2021)
Room 1
11:00-12:00 Keynote Speech
Integration of Global and Local Activities in Urban Expansion and Heat Island
Yu-Pin Lin
Chaired by Atupelye W. Komba (PhD student, Hokkaido University)
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:45 SS08: Rethinking and Rejuvenating Urban Spaces along Sustainability Practice in Asia
Socio-Hydrological Approach to Address Water Resource Management and Human Well-Being in Sundarban Region from India and Bangladesh
Pankaj Kumar, Ram Avtar
Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment Using DRASTIC and Modified-DRASTIC Methods from Drinking and Agricultural Perspectives in a Part of Northwestern India
Lakhvinder Kaur
Hydropower-Climate-Biodiversity-Community Nexus in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes of Kinnaur Himalaya, India
Himangana Gupta
13:45-14:00
Break
14:00-15:30 SS06: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use/Cover Mapping in the New Remote Sensing Era (part 1)
Long-Term Dynamic Changes in Land Use/Land Cover across Mainland Vietnam
Duong Cao Phan, Kenlo Nishida Nasahara
Mapping Characteristics of Habitat Disturbance in Tanzania Using Time-Series Landsat Images and Google Earth Engine
Atupelye Komba, Teiji Watanabe
Vegetation Cover Change and Climate Effect in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
Xuezhen Zhang, Haonan Cui
Rapid Surface Water Expansion due to Increasing Artificial Reservoirs and Aquaculture Ponds in North China Plain
Yan Zhou
15:30-15:45
Break
15:45-17:45 SS06: Opportunities and Challenges of Land Use/Cover Mapping in the New Remote Sensing Era (part 2)
Mapping Examining Rice Distribution and Cropping Intensity in a Mixed Single- and Double-Cropping Region in South China Using All Available Sentinel 1/2 Images
Yingli He
Seasonal and Spatial Compensations Mitigated the Effects of Typhoons on Maize in Northeast China in 2020
Qiang Zhang
Integrating Remote Sensing and Big Geo-Data for Urban Land Use Mapping
Jiadi Yin
The Rapid Rise of Integrated Rice-Crawfish Farming in China Has Improved Farm Incomes but Involves Environmental Risks
Yanbing Wei, Daniel Müller, Zhanli Sun, Miao Lu, Wenbin Wu
Index-Based Land Use/Land Cover Classification Using a Memory-Efficient Clustering Algorithm
Armstrong Ngolo, Teiji Watanabe
Room 2
12:15-13:45 SS16: Education towards Land System Science Using Digital Contents
Preparing Virtual Field Excursion
Teiji Watanabe, Liang Chang, Ting Wang, Shirou Xiang
Field-Course Education in Mountain Fields under COVID-19 Pandemic: On-Line Course, On-Site Course, and Digital Contents
Tanaka Kenta, Fumie Yamanaka, Yousuke Degawa
Multi-Time Scale Environmental Education Using Forest Image Archives since 1995 from the Cyberforest Project
Kazuhiko W. Nakamura
Challenge to Use Online Digital Contents for Virtual Education on Forest Ecosystem and Biodiversity in Japan LTER Sites
Hideaki Shibata, Masae Ishihara
13:45-14:00
Break
14:00-15:30 SS13: Land Resource Planning and Management in Rural Area
Terrestrial Reptiles in Agricultural Landscape: Assessing Effects of Landscape Structure and Human Interference
Szu-Hung Chen, Chen-Fa Wu, Tien-Shui Chen, Te-En Lin, Jung-Hua Lai
A Preliminary Study on the Strategic Planning of Rural Rejuvenation
Pei-Ying Shieh, Yung-Chau Chen, Chao-Yuan Lin
Mapping Small-Holders Oil Palm, Rubber and Acacia Mangium Plantation Using a Low-Cost UAV System and Open-Source Software
Stanley Anak Suab, Albertus Stephanus Louw, Ram Avtar, Kanichiro Matsumura
A Novel Integrated Approach to Simulate Impacts of Different Farmland Management Strategies on Habitat Quality
Chen-Fa Wu, Luu Van Thong Trac, Hsi-Chih Huang, Szu-Hung Chen
15:30-15:45
Break
15:45-17:00 General Session 02 (GS02): Studies on Abiotic Sphere for Sustainability
An Investigation into Community’s Affinity with Tokachi-Shikaoi National Geopark, Japan
Liang Chang, Teiji Watanabe, Shirou Xiang, Ting Wang
Site sustainability of the unmanaged campsites in Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan: An Analysis Based on Areal Camping Impacts and Use Level of the Sites
Ting Wang, Teiji Watanabe
Morphological Changes and Drainage Network Development after Coseismic Landslides: A Case Study in Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Region
Tennyson Lap Wing,Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Yasutaka Nakata, Masato Hayamizu
Day 3 (Thursday 16th September 2021)
Room 1
10:00-11:00 Keynote Speech
GIS to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs
Masami Kaneko
Chaired by Yujie ‘Cherry’ Sun (PhD student, Hokkaido University)
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:45 SS03: Glacier and Permafrost Hazards (Part 1)
Recent Glacier-Related Flood Events in High Mountain Environments
Alton C. Byers
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) Modelling of Thulagi and Lower Barun Glacial Lakes of Nepalese Himalaya
Sunwi Maskey, Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Rakesh Kayastha
Glacier Hazards and Tourism in Nepalese Himalaya
Dhananjay Regmi, Kabindra Bhatta, Sitaram Dahal, Bhabana Thapa
Inundation Mapping and Identification of Emergency Evacuation Routes in Seti River Basin, Nepal
Bhabana Thapa, Teiji Watanabe, Dhananjay Regmi
12:45-13:00
Break
13:00-14:15 SS03: Glacier and Permafrost Hazards (Part 2)
Hazards Experienced in the Glacial and Periglacial Environments in Nepal
Narendra Raj Khanal
Rock Glacier Inventory, Permafrost Probability Distribution Modeling and Associated Hazards in the Hunza River Basin, Western Karakoram, Pakistan
Javed Hassan, Xiaoqing Chen, Sher Muhammad, Nazir Ahmed Bazai
Reconstructing the History of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in Nepal
Mohan B. Chand, Teiji Watanabe, Alton C. Byers
14:15-14:30
Break
14:30-16:00 SS10: Outreach and Education of Geography, Hazards, and Disasters
Utilization of High-Definition Topographic Data for Developing Multi-Scale Spatial-Temporal Cognition of Local Environments
Takuro Ogura, Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Yasuhiko Tamura, Tatsuto Aoki
Promoting Geographical Thinking Using 3D High-Definition Topographic Data and Handicraft Cardboard Models
Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Takuro Ogura
Effects of 3D Printed Terrain Models and VR Applications on Geography Education
Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Takashi Oguchi, Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Takuro Ogura
Application of High-Resolution Topographic Data for Mountain Trail Management
Yusuke Kobayashi, Teiji Watanabe
Room 2
11:15-12:30 SS02: Connecting the Dots: Pathways to Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Sustainability
Forest Fire Susceptibility Assessment in the Middle Mountains, Far West Nepal using Analytical Hierarchy Process
Niroj Timalsina, Motilal Ghimire, Kumod Lekhak
Perceived Risks and Barriers in Climate Change Adaptation in Pakistan: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Wahid Ullah, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah, Syed Irshad Ali Shah
Water-Related Disasters in Asia-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities
Amit Kumar Batar
12:30-12:45
Break
12:45-14:00 General Session 01 (GS01): Advances in Bioshpere Research toward Sustainability under Changing Environments
Harnessing Insights from Community-Based Landscape Resilience Assessment for Inducing Sustainability in the Gurage Social-Ecological Landscape in Ethiopia
Mesfin S. Achemo, Osamu Saito
Application of Fuzzy Evaluation Method to Study Farmland Habitat Suitability of Bird
Jung-Hua Lai, Luu Van Thong Trac, Chen-Fa Wu, Szu-Hung Chen, Tien-Shui Chen
Spatiotemporal Image Fusion of UAV Multispectral and Satellite Imagery in Monitoring Crop
Juan Xiao, Ram Avtar
14:00-14:15
Break
14:15-15:30 SS15: Human-nature Linkages in the High Asian Mountains (part 1)
Literature Review of Research Development on Nepal’s Tourism
Hanlin Xu, Jiho Han
Role of Socio-Hydrological Relationships in Sustainable Development Planning of Cold Desert Mountainous Region: Case of Ladakh, India
Tusharkanti Kumar, Izuru Saizen
Mountain Tourism, Environment, and Disasters in Khumbu, Nepal: From a Village’s Perspective
Fukachi Furukawa
15:30-15:45
Break
15:45-17:00 SS15: Human-nature Linkages in the High Asian Mountains (part 2)
Changes in Agro-Pastoralism and Settlements by Progress of Tourism Development in Khumbu Himal, Eastern Nepal
Shigeru Shirasaka, Teiji Watanabe, Ji-ho Han, Yujie Sun
Livestock and Tourism: Preliminary Report about Use of Pack Animals in Case of Nepalese Trekking Route
Kazuyuki Watanabe
Tourism-Led Land Use and Firewood Consumption Transformation in Nepal Himalaya: A Case Study of Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone
Yujie Sun, Teiji Watanabe
Day 4 (Friday 17th September 2021)
Room 1
10:00-12:00 Training Session (TS01):
Hands-on-Training Session on Extraction of Building Phenotype Using Google Earth Engine
Prakhar Misra, Ram Avtar
12:00-12:30
Break
12:30-13:30 Virtual Field Excursion
Teiji Watanabe, Liang Chang, Ting Wang, Shirou Xiang
13:30-13:45
Break
13:45-14:15 Closing Session
Closing Session
Organizers