National Research and Development Agency Forest Research and Management Organization Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute ‖ Center for Biodiversity and Climate Change
About National Research and Development Agency Forest Research and Management Organization Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute ‖ Center for Biodiversity and Climate Change
Research keywords (11):
human-environment relations
, social-ecological system
, nexus thinking
, quality of life
, urbanization
, forest transition theory
, land change science (land use/cover change)
, climate change risk, mitigation, and adaptation
, sustainability science
, ecosystem services
, GIScience and remote sensing
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2022 - 2025 Clarifying the social-ecological implications of the recent and the projected future global forest cover changes under the SSPs
2020 - 2022 Global forest transitions: finding evidence for the forest transition theory and examining implications for SDG 15
2016 - 2019 Changes in the urban volume and ecosystem services in megacities in Asia
2015 - 2017 A comparative sustainability study of rapidly growing megacities in Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila) using geospatial and social-ecological approaches
2013 - 2015 Environmental sustainability of hill stations in Southeast Asia: RS and GIS-based assessment of land-cover change impacts on ecosystem services
Papers (69):
Brian A. Johnson, Chisa Umemiya, Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog, Ronald C. Estoque, Masato Hayashi, Takeo Tadono. Better monitoring of forests according to FAO’s definitions through map integration: Significance and limitations in the context of global environmental goals. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2023. 122. 103452-103452
Ronald C. Estoque. Assessing Sustainability over Space and Time: The Emerging Roles of GIScience and Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 2023. 15. 11. 2764-2764
Yan Gao, Jonathan V. Solórzano, Ronald C. Estoque, Shiro Tsuyuzaki. Tropical Dry Forest Dynamics Explained by Topographic and Anthropogenic Factors: A Case Study in Mexico. Remote Sensing. 2023. 15. 5. 1471-1471
Katsuto Shimizu, Wataru Murakami, Takahisa Furuichi, Ronald C. Estoque. Mapping Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Forest Disturbances in Vietnam Using a Landsat Temporal Segmentation Algorithm. Remote Sensing. 2023. 15. 3. 851
Sijia Han, Hao Hou, Ronald C. Estoque, Yaoyao Zheng, Chuhui Shen, Yuji Murayama, Jing Pan, Ben Wang, Tangao Hu. Seasonal effects of urban morphology on land surface temperature in a three-dimensional perspective: A case study in Hangzhou, China. Building and Environment. 2023. 228. 109913-109913
(Journal Special Issue) Ecosystem Service and Land-Use Changes in Asia: Implications for Regional Sustainability
MDPI 2022
(Book chapter) Measurement and application of urban volumes using three-dimensional remote sensing data
In: Asami, Y. (Ed.). Vague spatiotemporal information analysis. Kokon-shoin, Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 191-209. (In Japanese) 2020
(Book chapter) Urbanization
In: Y. Himiyama, K. Satake and T. Oki (Eds.). Human Geoscience. Springer Singapore, pp. 261-282 2019
(Book chapter) Tehran Metropolitan Area
In: Y. Murayama, C. Kamusoko, A. Yamashita and R.C. Estoque (Eds.). Urban Development in Asia and Africa - Geospatial Analysis of Metropolises. Springer, Singapore, pp. 239-254 2017
(Book chapter) Future of metropolitan areas in developing Asia and Africa
In: Y. Murayama, C. Kamusoko, A. Yamashita and R.C. Estoque (Eds.). Urban Development in Asia and Africa - Geospatial Analysis of Metropolises. Springer, Singapore, pp. 415-420 2017
- 2013 University of Tsukuba, Japan ‖ Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences ‖ Division of Spatial Information Science ‖ PhD in Science (Geoenvironmental Sciences)
- 2006 University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom (now Bangor University) ‖ School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences ‖ MSc in Rural Resource Management
- 2004 Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, Philippines ‖ Graduate College - North La Union Campus ‖ Master in Agroforestry
- 2001 Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, Philippines ‖ College of Agroforestry and Forestry ‖ BSc in Forestry
Professional career (1):
PhD in Science - Geoenvironmental Sciences (University of Tsukuba, Japan) (2013 March)
Work history (5):
2021/04 - 現在 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute ‖ Center for Biodiversity and Climate Change
2017/07 - 2021/03 National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan ‖ Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research / Center for Climate Change Adaptation
2015/04 - 2017/06 University of Tsukuba ‖ Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
2013/04 - 2015/03 University of Tsukuba ‖ Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
2001/08 - 2013/06 Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University ‖ College of Agroforestry and Forestry
Committee career (1):
2008/08 - 2009/09 Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU), Philippines ‖ Member, Search Committee for University Presidency
Awards (10):
2020/02 - Elsevier ‖ Top 25 most cited publications since 2017
2015/06 - Japan Association on Geographical Space ‖ Research excellence award for young scholars