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Regional Resource Management

Studying Issue Resolution with Effective Use of Diverse Regional Resources

Regional resources are natural, artificial, or cultural resources found in a certain region that are characteristic of the area and have the potential to effect vitalization through their use. The curriculum in this department guides students to cultivate broad-ranging expertise and research skills concerning agricultural, mountain, and fishing villages, culture and tourism, and sports and health, along with the management skills needed to effectively utilize and create such resources in real-world settings. Students also participate in activities involved with the effective use of regional resources through collaborative engagement with a diverse range of regional stakeholders, including municipality-based activities and companies’ internal and external activities. This practical educational approach serves to cultivate human resources who will undertake the challenges of promoting agricultural, mountain, and fishing villages; identifying and effectively utilizing regions’ cultural resources; providing stimuli to sports activities; and promoting the maintenance and improvement of health.

Major Research Themes

 

  • Reconstruction of regional communities based on resource self-sufficiency
  • New developments in farmers market-centered regional revitalization
  • Changes in supply and demand and reorganization of production areas in the floral industry
  • Research on labor in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries
  • Preservation and utilization of Setouchi’s saltpan heritage
  • Utilization of traditional culinary culture for regional promotion
  • Tourism-oriented community development and tourism information dissemination effectively utilizing natural features
  • Possibilities for eco-tourism connected with the preservation and succession of traditional culture
  • Research on adult health and postures
  • Research on planning and practical implementation of events to promote regional health and vitality
  • Sports data analysis research
  • Epidemiological research to assert that sports and physical activity are beneficial for [XX]

 

Let’s Take a Look at Regional Resources Through A Variety of Lenses!

Associate Professor YAMAMOTO NAOFUMI

Examining a region through the lens of academic study is very effective in coming to realize that everything found within it has the potential to be considered a “resource.” The Department of Regional Resource Management offers students opportunities to study a range of academic fields including agricultural economics, human geography, tourism studies, cultural property studies, archaeology, health and sports studies, and sports sociology. Specializing in physical education as I do, I tend to view regional resources from the standpoint of promoting people’s physical activity, but you will surely all be able to apply your inherent flexibility and diverse academic learning to see everything found in the region as regional assets.
Come work together with us in actively resolving issues accumulating in the region using regional resources!