Nishi Maiko

ニシマイコ | Nishi Maiko

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Research Fellow

Research field (3)： Architectural and city planning , Civil engineering (planning and transportation) , Environmental policy and society

Research keywords (4)： Social-ecological systems , Environmental Governance , Agricultural Policy , Land Use Planning

Research theme for competitive and other funds (4)：

2023 - 2028 Development of an Integrated Assessment Model linking Biodiversity and Socio-Economic Drivers, and its Social Application (IAM-B): Nature-Derived Local Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity
2023 - 2026 Aging and shrinking population-driven transition of the nature conservation (ASP-NC)
2020 - 2023 Roles of Rights-Holders' Perspectives on Natural Resources in Transformative Change: Comparative Study on Agricultural Land Governance
2017 - 2018 Multi-level Governance of Agricultural Landscapes:Role of value perspective on farmland tenancy arrangements in Japan

Papers (24)：

Maiko Nishi, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Philip Varghese. Sustainable Business Practices for Biodiversity: Leveraging Landscape Approaches. 2024
Maiko Nishi, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Alebel Melaku. Synthesis: Ecosystem Restoration in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS). Ecosystem Restoration through Managing Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS). 2023. 267-288
Mario Torralba, Maiko Nishi, Miguel A. Cebrián-Piqueras, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, María García-Martín, Tobias Plieninger. Disentangling the practice of landscape approaches: a Q-method analysis on experiences in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes. Sustainability Science. 2023. 18. 4. 1893-1906
Maiko Nishi. Bridging Between Owners and Users in Japan's Private Property Regime. The Political Economy of Land. 2022. 160-179
Maiko Nishi. Japanese land reform in the new era? Farmers’ wellbeing and sustainable farmland management. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 2022. 41. 3. 429-447

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MISC (7)：

Maiko Nishi, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Himangana Gupta. The Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus: Integrated Solutions from Landscapes & Seascapes. UNU-IAS Policy Brief Series. 2022. 34. 1-4
Maiko Nishi, Yoji Natori, Devon R. Dublin. Resilience in Landscapes & Seascapes: Building Back Better from COVID-19. UNU-IAS Policy Brief. 2021. 26. 1-4
Yasuo TAKAHASHI, Dang KIEN, Leni CAMACHO, Maiko NISHI, William DUNBAR, Akane MATSUO, Koji MIWA, André MADER, Makiko YANAGIYA, Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI. Role of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes in the face of COVID-19 and towards transformative change. 2020
Maiko Nishi, Mari Yamazaki. Landscape Approaches for the Post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda: Perspectives from Socio- Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes. UNU-IAS Policy Brief. 2020. 21. 1-4
Anantha K. Duraiappah, Koji Nakamura, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Masataka Watanabe, Maiko Nishi. Satoyama-Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Assessing Trends to Rethink a Sustainable Future. United Nations University Policy Brief. 2010. 2010. 7

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Books (8)：

Ecosystem Restoration through Managing Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)
Springer Singapore 2023 ISBN:9789819912926
Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)
Springer Singapore 2022 ISBN:9789811698934
Fostering Transformative Change for Sustainability in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)
Springer Singapore 2021 ISBN:9789813367609
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
Springer 2013 ISBN:9789400770874
里山・里海:自然の恵みと人々の暮らし
Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd. 2012 ISBN:4254180357

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Lectures and oral presentations (38)：

Social-ecological resilience indicators for productive landscapes and seascapes
(8th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation (APAN) Forum: “Enhancing Community Resilience in the Asia-Pacific Region: Promoting Effective Governance for Locally Led Adaptation and Sustainable Adaptive Practices” 2023)
Challenges and Opportunities for Identifying OECMs from Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)
(The 20th GIS Community Forum 2023)
A local perspective on agricultural land governance: Transformation of social capital in a Japanese agrarian community
(American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2023 2023)
Bridging between Owners and Users in Japan's Private Property: The Case of Farmland Banking
(American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2023 2023)
Ecosystem assessments: Resilience indicators for community-based assessments of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes
(The 34th International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) General Assembly: IYBSSD symposium II “Biological Science for Sustainable Living” 2023)

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Education (4)：

2013 - 2019 Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAP) PhD Program in Urban Planning
2002 - 2003 Institute of Social Studies Local and Regional Development
1998 - 2000 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering Urban Engineering
1994 - 1998 Waseda University School of Science and Engineering Major in Civil Engineering

Professional career (1)：

PhD in Urban Planning (Columbia University)

Work history (9)：

2019/05 - 現在 United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) ISI Programme Research Fellow
2012/06 - 2013/07 United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Sustainable Urban Futures Programme Fellow
2008/05 - 2012/05 United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Ecosystem Services Assessment Programme Scientific Assessment Coordinator
2007/11 - 2008/04 United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Ecosystem Services Assessment Programme Program Associate
2005/07 - 2007/10 Ishikawa International Cooperation Research Center (IICRC) Junior Professional Fellow

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Committee career (3)：

2022/03 - 現在 Ministry of the Environment, Japan IPBES Domestic Liaison Committee, Committee member
2022/03 - 現在 Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) (Future Earth Core-Project) Trade-offs and synergies in multifunctional landscapes Working Group Member
2022/02 - 現在 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (transformative change assessment) - Lead Author

Awards (1)：

2013/08 - Fulbright Japan Fulbright Grants for Graduate Study

Association Membership(s) (6)：

American Association of Geographers (AAG) , Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning , Japan Society of Urban Planners , JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR PLANNING AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT , THE CITY PLANNING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN , Law and Society Association

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