Kamiyama, Chiho

Research Associate
UNU-IAS
United Nations University
Japan

Scientist Plant Sciences
Biography

Chiho Kamiyama is a Researcher with the “ES-Tradeoff: Tradeoff Analysis and Local Governance of Satoyama” project of UNU-IAS. She received her PhD in Life Science from Tohoku University, Japan. Prior to joining UNU-IAS, she worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tohoku University Ecosystem Adaptability Global COE and The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM). At UNU-IAS, she conducts research about building local governance through synergy and tradeoff analysis of ecosystem services in satoyama landscape (Japanese socio-ecological production landscape) in Noto peninsula. Her other research interest involves biodiversity conservation, mechanism of species coexistence, and the interface between science and policy.

Research Intrest

Ecosystem Services Plant Ecology Socio-ecological production landscapes

List of Publications
Kamiyama, Chiho, Hashimoto, Shizuka, Kohsaka, Ryo and Saito, Osamu (2016). Synergies and Trade-offs of Ecosystem Services of Social-ecological Production Landscapes at Municipal Level in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 72(6), 289-297
Shoyama, Kikuko, Kamiyama, Chiho, Morimoto, Junko, Ooba, Makoto and Okuro, Toshiya (2017). A review of modeling approaches for ecosystem services assessment in the Asian region. Ecosystem Services, 26, 316-328
Plieninger, Tobias, Kohsaka, Ryo, Bieling, Claudia, Hashimoto, Shizuka, Kamiyama, Chiho, Kizos, Thanasis, Penker, Marianne, Kieninger, Pia, Shaw, Brian J., Sioen, Giles B., Yoshida, Yuki and Saito, Osamu (2017). Fostering biocultural diversity in landscapes through place-based food networks: a ‘‘solution scan’’ of European and Japanese models. Sustainability Science, 1-15