Faculty, Department/Institute

• Faculty of Letters General Department of Humanities Department of Geography and Regional Environment

Academic status (qualification)

• Professor Apr. 1,2002

Undergraduate Degrees・University

• Kyoto University Faculty of Literature1977 Graduated

Graduate Degrees・University

• Kyoto University Master's Degree Program Geography 1979 Completed

Academic Degrees

• Doctor of Litt. Mar. 2005 Kansai University

Professor Emeritus, University of name

• Kansai University

Homepage Address, E-mail Address

• E-mail Address：noma@kansai-u.ac.jp

Research fields

Research topics

Research Activities

• Graduated at Kyoto University,1979.

Research Career

• 1979/4/1～1983年/3/31
• 1983/4/1～1984年/3/31
• 1984/4/1～1993年/3/31
• 1993/4/1～1994年/3/31
• 1995/1/8～1996年/9/30
• 1996/10/1～2002年/3/31
• 1994/8/21～1996年/1/7

Awards

• Sep. 21,2006
• Nov. 12,2011
• Mar. 22,2018

Academic Associations

Research Publications

PapersUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2020/3/15～

BookUnrefereedCo-editorNOMA,Haruo;YAMACHIKA，Hiroyoshi;YANO, Shiro2020/3/10～ISBN978-4-86099-360-3 C0025

Chapter or SectionIn refereedMonographNOMA,Haruo2020/1/30～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2019/12～

Book reviewIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2019/11～

Book reviewIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2019/4/30～https://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg.70.04_500

PapersUnrefereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,HaruoGeographica SenriVo.12019/3～

Book reviewIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2018/4～10.4200/jjhg.60.01_120

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2017/12～

Chapter or SectionUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2017/11～

OrganizerUnrefereedAcademic JournalEditorNOMA,Haruo2017/6～https://doi.org/10.4157/ejgeo.12.164

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2017/4～

Book reviewIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2017/4～10.4200/jjhg.60.01_120

BookUnrefereedMonographCo-editorNOMA,Haruo2017/4～

PapersUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo2017/2～

PapersUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2016/2～

PapersSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2015/5～

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PapersNOMA,Haruo;2014/3/31～

BookNOMA,Haruo2014/3/31～

BookNOMA,Haruo2013/9/30～

PapersNOMA,Haruo;Vol.65. No.32013/7～

BookNOMA,Haruo2013/3/31～

PapersCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2013/3/30～

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BookCo-authorNOMA,Haruo2012/10/25～

PapersNOMA,Haruo;pp.1-202012/10～

PapersCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2012/9/30～

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BookCo-authorNOMA,Haruo2012/3/31～

PapersIn-house publicationNOMA,Haruo;2012/1/31～

Research reportNOMA,Haruo;2012/1/7～

PapersThe center and periphery in the magnetic field of cultural system: new perspective on regional research, in Cultural Interaction Studies in East AsiaIn-house publicationNoma H.;New methods and perspectives5-22. 2012～

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2011/12/10～

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2011/12/9～

Academic presentationTackle the niche market of ecotourism based on school excursion― A case study in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture ―NOMA,Haruo;;2011/11/13～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;;;;;2011/11/13～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2011/11/12～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2011/11/4～

Academic presentationTypologies and Trend of Ecotourism Development in Japan,Case Studies in Akkeshi Town (Hokkaido) and Iida City (Nagano)NOMA,Haruo;;2011/7/15～

PapersIn-house publicationNOMA,Haruo;;2011/7～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2011/6/25～

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2011/6/18～

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2011/5/27～

PapersAcademic JournalNOMA,Haruo;2011/3/1～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2011/3/1～

Survey reportIn-house publicationNOMA,Haruo;2011/3/1～

OtherNOMA,Haruo;2011/2～

Magazine articleOtherNOMA,Haruo;;2011～

OtherNOMA,Haruo;;2011～

PapersOtherNOMA,Haruo;2011～

BookNOMA,Haruo2011～

Keynote addressNOMA,Haruo;2010/12/5～

PapersIn-house publicationNOMA,Haruo;2010/12～

Chapter or SectionIn-house publicationNOMA,Haruo;2010/12～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2010/11/27～

PapersOtherNOMA,Haruo;2010/11/25～

In-house publicationNOMA,Haruo;2010/11～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2010/9/28～

Book reviewIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNoma Haruo;2010/9/10～

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2010/8/21～

Academic presentationUnrefereedNOMA,Haruo;;2010/5/16～2010/5/16

Academic presentationOtherNOMA,Haruo;;2010/5/16～

Academic presentationUnrefereedNOMA,Haruo;2010/4/30～2010/4/30

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2010/3/31～

BookCo-authorNOMA,Haruo2010/3/31～

Academic presentationUnrefereedNOMA,Haruo;2010/1/24～2010/1/24

PapersCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;pp.128-1402010～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/12/12～

Academic presentationNOMA,Haruo;2009/12/5～

PapersIn-house publicationCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;;2009/9～

Book reviewSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/9～

Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/6/26～

LectureSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/6/13～

Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/5/9～

BookIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/4/15～

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PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/4/1～

Translated article or paperIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/3/31～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2009/3/31～

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FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2009/1/16～2009/1/23

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2009/1/14～

Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/11/8～

Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/10/24～

Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/9/20～

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;;;;2008/8/28～2008/9/12

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2008/8/28～2008/9/14

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2008/8/18～2008/8/25

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2008/7/16～

Co-authorNOMA,Haruo;;2008/7/6～International Symposium on Glocal Environmental Education 2008

PapersIn-house publicationCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;;;2008/7～

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2008/6/14～2008/6/20

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2008/5/20～2008/5/23

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/4/1～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/4/1～

BookIn-house publicationCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2008/3/31～

BookEstablishment of Tropical Geography and Western Scholars' Views on Rice Cultivation in Southeast AsiaUnrefereedMonographCo-authorNOMA Haruo;2008/3～Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

BookHistorical Ecology of Lowland in Japan: Comaparative Study on Rice-growing SocietyUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;Historical Ecology of Lowland in Japan: Comparative Soceity on Rice-growing Society2008/3～

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Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/1/28～

Single-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/1/10～2008/1/21

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2008/1/10～2008/1/21

In-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2008/1～

PapersRice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras and Some Issues on Heritage Tourism : Cultural Landscape as World Cultural Heritage and Ifugao CommunitiesIn-house publicationNoma H.;Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental and Occidental Stuides[Kansai Daigaku Tozai Gakujutsu kenkyusho kiyo]Vol.42:103-136.2008～

NOMA,Haruo;2007/12/22～

Academic presentationInheritances, promotions and interactions of regional industry and traditional culture in Yoron Island: Consideration from opened system of mixed cultural areas of Ryukyu and AmamiOtherNOMA Haruo;2007/12/7～Okinawa and Vietnam in Asian cultural interactionGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 2005-2008

OtherSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2007/12～

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2007/11/5～2007/11/11

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2007/10/30～

NOMA,Haruo;2007/10/29～2007/11/3

NOMA,Haruo;2007/10/19～

PapersAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2007/10～

LectureNOMA,Haruo;2007/9/16～2007/9/24

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2007/9/9～

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2007/7/15～2007/7/20

PapersJapanese Geography: Tradition and Innovation in the 20th CenturyIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;2007/4/1～

FieldworkNOMA,Haruo;2007/4/1～2009/3/31

PapersDevelopment of Geography in Vietnam: The Past, Present and FutureAcademic JournalCo-authorNOMA Haruo;NGUYEN Cao Huan;NGUYEN Duc Kha;TRAN Anh Tuan;2007/2/1～

PapersCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2007/2～

Papers”The Change of Primary Students' Attitude in Last 40 Years in Rural Northeast Thailand:A Comparative Analysis of 20 Years-interval Questionnaire's SurveysIn-house publicationCo-authorNOMA Haruo;OKADA Ryouhei;SHISEN2007/1/1～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2006/8～

PapersOtherCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;;2006/3～

CommentaryUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2005/10～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2005/4～Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

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Academic presentationOtherSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2005/2～

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PapersUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2004/5～

BookSurveying areaUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;2004/3/30～Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

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PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2004/3～Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Survey reportUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2004/1～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2004～Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Research reportIntroduction to Fieldwork by using Geographic Photographs : An Educational Method of Basic University level Geographiy for FreshmenUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;Essays and Studies by Members of The Fculty of LettersVolume 53 Number 22003/11/30～Kansai University Grant-in-Aid for the Faculty Joint Research Program

PapersMonographNOMA,Haruo;2003/10/20～

PapersMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2003/10～

Survey reportIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2003/9～

Book reviewUnrefereedSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2003/7～

PapersNOMA,Haruo;2003/3/31～

In refereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2003/3～

PapersIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2003/3～

PapersRural Space in VIetnam and the Implication of ”Rice Culuture”:Pierre Gourou's ”Peasants in Tonkin Delta”UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;2003/2～Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

PapersRural space in Vietnam and implicationof “rice culture” : Pierre Gourou’s peasants in Tonkin delta revistedIn-house publicationNoma H.;Kansai University Essays in Humanies[Kansai Daigaku bungaku ronshu]52(3):145-172.2003～

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CommentaryUnrefereedOtherNOMA,Haruo;2002/11～

Research reportUnrefereedSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2002/3～

PapersOtherSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2002/1～

UnrefereedNOMA,Haruo;2002～

In refereedCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;2002～

PapersCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2002～

CommentaryUnrefereedSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2001/5～

CommentarySingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2001/3～

BookMonographCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2001/3～

In refereedMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;2001/2～

PapersEri (Fish traps) and Yana (fish weirs) in Lake Biwa: Socio-ecological Changes of the Inshore Fishery in the Process of CommercializationUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1-152001～

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PapersEri (fish traps) and Yana (fish weirs) Lake Biwa: Socio-ecological Changes of the Inshore Fishery in the Process of CommercializationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;2001～

Translated article or paperNOMA,Haruo;2001～

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BookMonographCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;2000/11～

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BookMonographCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;2000/7～

BookMonographCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;20002000～

PapersA Re-examination of 'Rural Climax' and Urbanization in Nara Basin past 50 years --Transformation of Ex-Hirano Village--In-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;2000～Kinji Imanishi, a unique evolutionist, ecologist and anthropologist one typical Japanese village monogpaph in Nara Basin titled ”Mura to ningen”, that is ”Village and People” right after World War (Imanishi 1947). In this book he discussed 'rural climax' by analogy with ecological climax. He and his study group presumed that constant adaptation to change is the index of the most important human evolution.The name ou experimental village is Hirano village(3,456 population accoding to 1947's statistics), now incorprated with Tawaramoto Town, Nara Prefecture. they selected it as a high densely populated, commercialized rice-growing administrative village but still not urbanized in appearance regardless of strong urban/economic influence of Osaka city. The aim ou this paper is to examine the validity ou 'rural climax' by studying the fifty-years' transformation of Ex-Hirano Village from various kinds of items: 1) population change and occuopational structure; 2) urban sprawl and change of land use; 3) irrigation; 4) change of agricultural system and crops; 5) equipment of water supply service; 6) transformation of rural industry such as knit goods socks, shell button processing and other small manufacturing industry; 7) vicissitude of patent medecine vendors; 8) village politics through election of local goverment.The result of author's field observation and findings are that 'rural climax' does not exists in situ but within the context of urban sector. Under such conditions 'rural climax' is seemed to be the transitional phase of urbanization, thus, land use of highly intensive agricultural activities last thirty years. Though urban affiliated people migrated to urbanized area of Ex-Hirano Village and occupied majority in some commuters or plant owners of various kinds.

PapersNOMA,Haruo;1999/2～

PapersRoyal Prerogative and its Hinterland -Discussion on the Extension of Hydraulic City and Port Polity in Pre-modern Southeast Asia-Academic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1999～This paper aims to study royal capitals and port polities in pre-modern Southeast Asia from the viewpoint of construction idea or cosmology,urban forms and their functions,and their economic or physical hinterlands.In addiction to these,the author reexamines two exciting hypotheses that raised by B. Groslier and A.Reid.These were generally said to be hydrautic cities and port polities in the age of commerce respectively.That results of this study are summarized in the fllowing:1)Implication of Grosilier's hydraulic city is urban-rural economic interaction only in the Khumer capitals of Ankor and its surrounding area that provide food for residents. It is not applicable to whole command aea of Ankor.2)Concept of port polity raised by Reid is highly concentrated on forward area of Malaysian sea world, but it lacks the concideration on its hinterland and the conplex types of port polity that were seen in mainland Southeast Asia. 3)The features of port polities are characterized by their highly economic oriented urban forms under a powerful mercenary system and international composition of residents that lack their religious cosmology. Maracca is the most typical port polity in premodern times that has no direct hinterland, but we must consider the other types of port polities that are ”hinterland type” and ”conplex type”.4)In Burma, sorts of port polities located along the Indian Sea such as Thaton and Pegu, and large imperial state such as Pagan in Upper Buruma are formed separately. In the course of national integration among two areas, Buruma had developed agricultureoriented inland state gradually. Under such situation, even the late 19th century, Indian cosmology of the King's capitals had been kept or sometimes intensified.5)In Thailand, many small states of ”Muang” types that have small hinterlands were formed in mountainous basins in the North. In contrast, Autaya has constructed a very large port polity having wide hinterland in the Chao Phraya delta, its surrounding area.6)Vietnam formed territorial states in the Red River delta in the early stage, but the sommercial developement was left behind because of high population density, storong Chinese infulences and its geo-political or economic location.

PapersMonographNOMA,Haruo;1999～

PapersAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;1999～

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PapersAgricultural and Rural Transformation of the Mekong Delta after Mid-1980s:A Field ReportIn-house publicationCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;1998～The aim of this paper is to analyze the drastic agricultural development of the Mekong delta after the introduction of new open economic policy(Doi moi) in 1986. The basic data of this study were collected by authors during their field observation and interviews with the farmers conducted in August, 1997.The Mekong delta may be divided into three hydro-topographic regions in terms of agriculture, viz., the floodplain lowland, tide-affected lowland, and coastal complex. Additionally salinity, sulfate soil and lack of drainage in the broad depression have been consedered as the major constrain of agriculture.Despite these hazards rapid change of land use in the Mekong delta was noticeable for last ten years. These changes are summarized as follow; 1) inroduction of high yielding varieties of rice in late 1960s and its popularization all over the delta in subesquent years become more popular all over the delta, 2) replacement of transplanting method by broadcasting one which was well accept able to the market-oriented farmers in the tide-afected lowland and floodplain lowland, 3) intensification of rice cropping achieved by the increase of double cropping or sometimes even triple cropping, 4) diversification of land use achieved by the introduction of fruits gardening through construction small and individual polders. (dikes) in their paddy fields, 5) introduction of pisciculture by digging pond in farm fields, 6) the increase of rearing pigs and chicken, 7) reclamation of coastal area such as Ca Mau and its utilization for shrimp culture in place of unproductive rice cultivation, 8) reclamation of Melaleuca forest into paddy field.The present farmars' behavior of Mekong delta are inclined to have maximization of profit even under the given low and fixed capital. Thus they have tried to adopt a time-saving strategy through broadcasting rice, introducing shrimp culture and creating fish-poultry-rice-fruit complex etc. The authors also emphasized the potentiality of tide-affected lowland from the susutainable rice-based agriculture alongside of the development of Can Tho city as regional center. In this context, wise use of network of canals, creeks and rivers seems to be a crucial point in future from both agricultural/commercial infrastrusture and rural life software development.

PapersNOMA,Haruo;1998～

PapersA Note on New Dimensions of Landscape Ecology and its Background in Environmental ThoughtIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;rural design;environmental education;environmental thought;conservation;geoecology;biotope;ecotope;landscape ecology;1997/3～

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PapersEthnography of Pathor -Decaying Peripheral Ethnic Community in Sylhet,Bangladesh-Co-authorNOMA Haruo;1996～In the district of Sylhet, notheast part of Bangladesh, lives a small semi-trive known as Pathor(Parta). Pathor's village are located within 15 to 20km east of Sylhet city and these villages are on two sides of Khadim Nagar Tilla-north and-south and spread lately east and west.Total number of Pathors would not exceed more than three thousand, distributed in twenty-five villages. They, looks like Bangladeshi, are said to be a Mongoloid race who speak a language of China-Tibet origin. The Pathor are in the abyss of poveterty. The reason is simply that previously they did not know agriculture. Later they took up agriculture. Their most important economic pursuit was preparing charcoal in the jungles of hills, and selling them in the Sylhet market. For long and continued inroad over the hill resources tress have become fewer. Moreover, the installation of gas line in Sylhet has made a death-blow to age-old occupation of the Pathors Many of them, as result of this, have become jobless and consequently very poor. In many cases they now works as hired labar of miscellaneous type.Practically the Pathors have double identity apart from broarder national identity, e.g., identity of aboriginal community and that of religion It seems that the Pathor of Sylhet could not yet form a component of the Bangladish society. Such dichotomy of identity is well demonstrated in their social and religious life.They practice the religious ceremonies of the Hindus along with their own aboriginal religionus practices. But their social system and norms reflect their own aboriginal characteristics. Ramakrishna mission in Sylhet played an important role in improving condition of their life and enlightening them as well as in letting them Hindunized.The Pathor, as a tribe, are now rapidly decaying for many reasons. their pecunity condition is becoming worse day by day. A large number Pathorsmigrated to India during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

PapersHistorical Geography of Fortress(Dzong):Their Architectural Form, Location and FunctionsNOMA Haruo;1996～Bhutanese fortresses or castles are kown as Dzongs and were located at stragetic points for political reasons. Although earlier Dzongs were constructed by migrant Lamas from Tibet in the 12th century, they soon became archaic and incommodious for the temporal and religious requirements. In Tibet Dzong means just only fortress, however, in Bhutan they contain both regional Druckpa (a branch of Mahayana Buddhism sect) monastic communities and the administrative offices of district (Dzongkhak). Origin of present Dzongs dates back the 17th century of Ngawang Namgyl(1594-1651), religious leader of Drukpa. He is the first person who unified Bhutan, established Dzong system. What is interesting is Dzong even now function as secular and ecclesiastical purposes. During night times. Dzong becomes a sacred place, and only priests and monks are allowded to enter. Again, central goverment office cum National Assembly in Thimphu is also called Dzong(Tashichho Dzong). The author has endeavored to examine the geographical location of presents 22 Dzongs including in ruins, architectural form and style by using English literature, reports of early travelers and the author's observation in 1995 with special reference to historical geogpaphy.Most of Dzongs are gigantic in structure, and rise in high in a pastoral landscape of inner Himalayan basin. They are big landmarks for invaders form Tibet or enemies, travelers and laymen. Almost Dzong are located in 1500 to 2400m in high, specially more densely distributed in western and central Bhutan. Its zone overlaps main residential and most productive area for Ngalong people. Typical form of Dzong is oblong, or sometimes almost rectangular made of mixture wood, stone and clay without any nail. This traditional architectural style originates in Tibet but the technical way and materials used are Bhutan proper.In this paper the author would like to emphasize that the reason why medieval nature ofDzong has been preserved till now is mainly the lack of urban elements in whole Bhutan. Under such conditions a Dzong has been fanctioning as a ”micro-cosmos” for influential, monastic or secular people.

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PapersSustainability and People's Participation on”Joint Study on Rural Developement Experiment”Ploject in Bangladish.In-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1995～

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PapersAn Essay on University's Level Education of Geographical Field WorkIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1991～

BookCo-authorNOMA,Haruo1990/3～

PapersPaurashava, Merchants and Villages: A Case Study of Sherpur Paurashava in BograNOMA Haruo;1990～

PapersUrban Structure and Commerce of Sherpur PaurashavaNOMA Haruo;1990～

PapersUrban Structure of Bogra PaurashavaNOMA Haruo;No.16, Japan International Cooperation Agencypp.81-931990～

PapersLand Reclamation and Agriculture in the Bengal Lowland in the British Period --A Historicogeographic Sketch--Academic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1990～

PapersThe Village in BograNOMA Haruo;pp.89-1101990～

BookNOMA,Haruo1989/3～

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PapersAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;1988～

PapersMonographNOMA,Haruo;1988～

BookCo-authorNOMA,Haruo;1987/3～

PapersAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;1987～

PapersLand Reclamation and Land Use of Alluvial Fans in Makino Town, Shiga Pref.In-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1987～

PapersApplication of interview Materials to the Understanding of Geographical Thought University Students --A Case Study of Religious Geographer, Hideo Uchida--In-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1987～

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PapersSocial History on the Vicissitudes of Sericultural Industry and the Strings Manufacture of Japanese Musical Insturments in the North Part of Shiga Pref.In-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1986～

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PapersIn-house publicationCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;;1985～

PapersThe Village LifeNOMA Haruo;Kyoto Universitypp.260-2801985～

PapersDon Daeng Village in Northeast Thailand: Daily Activity Survey(1)Academic JournalCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;;1985～A daily activity survey was conducted to analyse quantitatively the village life ou Don Daeng in 1981 and 1983. Each sample farmer was requested to record on a daily basis what he or she did, and where and with whom the activity occurred. The labor requirement for rice-growing was conspicuously seasonal. The combined labor requirement for cultivation of rice, uuland crop(cassava) and vegetables was also significantly seasonal, and its pattern resembled that of rice-growing alone, because the farming of crops other than rice was not highly seasonal. In the slack season, although farmers spent more time on fishing (in the case of males) and handicrafts (in the case of females), they nevertheress worked fewer total hours and had spare time than in the busy season.Although division of labor exists between the sexes, both men and women are involved in rice-growing. In the sample households in which they were the two main workers, the husband and wife did the time-consuming work such as transplanting and harvesting jointly. As might be expected, the husband plowed the paddy fields. And in concurrence with this, the wife uprooted the seedlings. In this case ,it is very clear that the husband and wife are indispensable partners in rice cultivation.

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PapersMonographNOMA,Haruo;1984～

PapersA Study on Jori system and Irrigation system in Inukami Gun in Shiga Pref.In-house publicationCo-authorNOMA Haruo;;;1984～

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PapersMonographSingle-AuthorNOMA,Haruo;1983～

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PapersFood Habits and Dietary System in a Paddy-growing Village ou Northeast ThailandIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1982～The author carried out field work in Don Daeng Village, Khon Kaen, Notheast Thailand from July to December in 1981. This paper is a part of my village study about the villagers' daily life from the point of geography. Don Daeng Village was investigated by a sociologist, Koichi MIZUNO about 18 years ago. At that time, this village was self-sufficient and household heads were mainly paddy-growing farmers. Since then, however,Dong Dean Village has rapidly been involved in monetary economy and affected by urbanization and industrialization in Khon Kean. In this Paper, the author aims at describing and analyzing the daily diet of four families.

PapersMonographNOMA,Haruo;1982～

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PapersThe Poorly Drained Paddy Farming System of Small-holder's in Kanara Plain, Niigata Prefecture --A Case Study of Endo Village--UnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1979～Kanbara Plain, the lowest and wettest part of the Niigata Plain, is product of Sinano River and Agano River. This alluvial plain with many lagoons was almost reclaimed in Edo period, however, the poorly drained conition of paddy field could not be solved before the developement of water controll and land improvement in the 20 th century. So far there were so many reports about land improvement. But it has been almost ignored that the study about the poorly drained farming system of smallholders' from the viewpoint of agricultural techniques.The present report aims at describing the farming system in Endo Village(Nishi-kanbara county) as a case study. The outline will be described below.1.The life space of Endo Village divides into seven parts, that is, Yashiki (house), Uchisuke (nursery bed, paddy-sheaf-rack and kitchen garden), Ta(paddy field), Yachi(reed growing meadow), Noma(Zizania latifolia growing lowland and Kata(lagoon).2.A poorly drained paddy field consist of three types; Noma-ta or yachi-da(reclaimed paddy field from Noma oryachi ), Hariage-ta(digged up paddy field in order to raise the level of rice field), Dobu-ta (permanent muddy field). Each type has different agricultural techniques and land forms. A particularly interesting point is the usage of muddy soil ( Gomi). It is used with the object of raising the level of paddy fields, the fertilizer of rice and the promotion of humification of Noma-ta or Yachi-ta. 3.The agricultural techniques are tightly combined with the land tenure system Kenmae (a kind of land distribution regulation) and peculiar tennant custom.

PapersThe Process of Commercialization of Wild Lilies in Koshiki and Okinawa Island in Kagoshima PrefectureIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorNOMA Haruo;1978～Southern part in Japan is estimated as one of orgin, of lilies. However, lilies have never played important role in horticuluture in the region. Gathering of wild lilies in their naturally grown lands has been the principal method to get them. Lilies were thought as wild grasses for long time. However, after the trade between Japan and European countries and U.S.A. begun in the later half of the 19th century, the traders from these areas were eager to purchase beautiful lilies, for lilies have been indispensable to the performance of Christian rites. They and their agents in Japan encouraged the production of lilies.The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of commercialization of lilies and evaluate its impacts on the developement of cultivating methods. Two island are chosen for conducting the field research. One is Koshiki Island which have become the main producing area of Lilium speciosum, and the other is Okinoerabu Island where main producing variety of lilies is L.longiflorum.1)L.speciosum in Koshiki IslandsThe habitat of wild L.speciosum is a sloping and sunny grassland dominated with Miscanthus sinensis. The wild lily bulbs were traditionally utilized as emergency food stuffs at the time of famine. Lily bulbs were exported to China for the first time in 1873 as the cooking materials of Chinese deshes. This was the first step into their commercialization. In 1900, lily bulbs were shipped to U.S.A. through the merchandising companies in Yokohama for horticultural purposes. This opened the path to the deveropement of rudimental cultivation of lily bulbs. The villagers gather the bulbs in wild grown places on mountain sides and transplant them in the edges of sweet potato fields. They were customarily permitted to gather them in the village common grassland and to burn the land away once a year to promote the lily growth. They have never developed further cultivation methods of lilies in these islands. Therefore, the cultivation still remains in transitional stage between gathering and full-developed cultivation.2)L.longiflorum in Okinoerabu Island On the contrary to Koshiki Islands, here, wild lily bulbs were scarcely utilized for eating purposes even during the periods of food shortage, because of their sparse distribution and bitter taste. Therefore, the villagers had no interest in their utilization. However, as soon as the export of lily bulbs to U.S.A. begun in 1904, the farmers with enterprising spirits tried to plant them in their fields and started to select superior varieties from the culutivated lilies as well as from the wild ones. With the success of selection, they have area of lilies increased due to the high profitability and the progress of land reclamation. Their production is found to increase rapidly after 1960's. Now, Okinoerabu Island developed into the most leading producing area of lily bulbs in Japan.

Community Activities

• Program officer,Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2003～2005
• Cooperative Member, Science Council of Japan 2006～2009

Research Activities Overseas

• OtherExpert of rural development 1994-1996Bangladesh Japan International Cooperation Agency
• OtherResource survey in Northeast Thailand and Laos 2002Thailand, Laos Khon Kaen University, NAFRI, University of Laos
• Kansai University's Overseas Research Program(long term)Sep. 24,2014-Sep. 23,2015

Participation in International Conferences

• The Inaugural Meeting of the IGU Commission on Islands, Island Geographies Oct.29,2007-Nov. 3,2007
• International Symposium in Khon Kaen, Susutainable Resource Use and Management in Lao Lowland and Northeast Tai Villlages under the Contemporary Economic Transition: Comaparative Integrated Rural Studies Jan.16,2008-Jan. 17,2008

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Human Geography
• Introductory Lecture : Gateway to Learning
• Regional Geography A
• Graduation Seminar A
• Graduation Seminar B
• Passport to Knowledge A
• Seminar in Geography and Regional Envieronment I
• Regional Studies
• Seminar in Geography and Regional Envieronment III
• Seminar in Geography and Regional Envieronment IV
• Cultural Geography B
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• History of Geography
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• Geography and Regional Environment Seminar B
• Regional Studies B
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education
• Regional Geography and Geographical Education