Main Goals of this Course
- Understand terrestrial environmental changes through the Late Quaternary period and its influence on Terrestrial Ecosystems, emphasising alpine and arctic regions, river basin, and desert.
- Develop the Field Informatic System, which integrates and synthesises data and informations obtained by the field research in these areas.
Our main study areas in Japan; Mt Daisetsu
Our main study areas in Japan; Mt Daisetsu and Hidaka Mountain Range
Our main study areas in Japan; Hidaka Mountain Range
Current Studies
This course is supervised by field scieintists who are acting worldwide. Their reserches have been conducted in the regions such as tropical peatland, Antratctica, Tundra Tiga, Himarayan and Karakorum mountains, and so on.
Concept of the field informatics
Key Words
Physical Geography, Geomorphology, Late Quaternary, Periglacial Geomorphology, Glacial Geology and Geomorphology, Conservation of National Parks, Sustainable Developmet of Mountain Environments. Human Impact on Terrestrial Ecosystems, Tsunami, Forest Fire, Permafrost, Climate Change, Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing
Photo: Field study in Karakorum Mountains
Faculty and Staff
Principal Faculty Members
Professor
Dr. Kazuomi Hirakawa .
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Associate Professor
Dr.Teiji Watanabe .
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Takanobu Sawagaki .
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Assistant Faculty Members
Professor
Dr. Yugo Ono .
. Division of Environmental Science Development
Associate Professor
Dr. Mamoru Ishikawa .
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Dr. Takayuki Shiraiwa .
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Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Division of Earth System Science
