Basic Information

Email Address

• Email Address

  tashiro.ai.7mkyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

• From Jan. 2024, To Present

  Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine
• National Environmental Health Association

Academic Degree

• 25 Mar. 2021

  東北大学博士（環境科学）
• 25 Mar. 2016

  東京大学修士（国際協力学）

Research History

• From Apr. 2025, To Present

  Program for the Development of Next-generation Leading Scientists with Global Insight (L-INSIGHT)
• From Jun. 2024, To Present

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Specific-Program Associate Professor, PhD

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0001-6056-2775

• J-Global ID

  201701002102241251

• Researcher number

  40812962

• External link

  https://tashirolab.com/

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/atashiro

Research

Research Areas

• Life sciences, Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory), Disaster epidemiology
• Humanities & social sciences, Human geography, Health geography
• Environmental science/Agricultural science, Environmental policy and society, Natural resources management
• Life sciences, Healthcare management, medical sociology, Public Health

Papers

• Lessons from Japan’s Disaster Anniversaries for Adapting Disaster Prevention Parks in the Indo-Pacific

  Ai Tashiro

  Australian Outlook, 04 Feb. 2025, Lead author

  
• Assessing the value of ecological infrastructure on residents health in an aquatic city

  Ai Tashiro

  Urban Green Tech, Nov. 2023, Lead author

  
• Post-disaster coastal conservation and development of water environmental management programmes

  Tashiro, A

  Urban greening technology, Jun. 2022, Lead author

  
• Assessing green management in health belief model: An analysis of a post-disaster rural context

  Tashiro A.

  Journal of Environmental Management, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• AB005. Post-disaster solo dining and healthy food behavioral change through cooking class participation

  Tashiro A.; Sakisaka K.; Saitoh Y.; Fukuda Y.

  Journal of Public Health and Emergency, Dec. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Coastal exposure and residents' mental health in the affected areas by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

  Tashiro, A; Kogure, M; Nagata, S; Itabashi, F; Tsuchiya, N; Hozawa, A; Nakaya, T

  Scientific Reports, Aug. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Green self-efficacy for blue-green infrastructure management in a post-disaster recovery phase: empirical research in a small rural community

  Tashiro A.

  Coastal Engineering Journal, 03 Jul. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Post-disaster coastal environments and human health

  Tashiro, A

  Tohoku University, Mar. 2021, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Motivation for and effect of cooking class participation: A cross-sectional study following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

  Tashiro, A; Sakisaka, K; Kinoshita, Y; Sato, K; Hamanaka, S; Fukuda, Y

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Oct. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Types of coastlines and the evacuees’ mental health: A repeated cross-sectional study in Northeast Japan

  Tashiro, A; Nakaya, T; Nagata, S; Aida, J

  Environmental Research, Oct. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• COVID‐19 Pandemic Response in Japan: What Is behind the Initial Flattening of the Curve?

  Ai Tashiro

  Sustainability, 28 Jun. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Post-Disaster Health Status and Coastal Infrastructure Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

  Tashiro A., Nakaya T.

  ASM Science Journal, 28 Apr. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Connecting Mangrove Ecosystem Services, Functions, and Human wellbeing: A Case Study of Ecotourism Villages in Indonesia

  Tashiro A; Zulaiha N. S; Nakaya T

  Journal of Environmental Information Science, Nov. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality trends in a disaster region and in Japan, 2002–2012: a multi-attribute compositional study

  Tashiro A; Yoshida H; Okamoto E

  BMC Public Health, Aug. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Impact of Geographical Indication schemes on traditional knowledge in changing agricultural landscapes: An empirical analysis from Japan

  Tashiro A., Uchiyama Y., Kohsaka R.

  Journal of Rural Studies, May 2019, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Universal Health Coverage: Healthcare System for Universal Health Coverage Under Partnerships

  Tashiro A., Kohsaka R.

  Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  
• Implementation of Green Infrastructure in Post-disaster Recovery

  Ai Tashiro

  Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

  
• Loss of traditional knowledge and innovation in the context of shrinking communities and depopulation

  Ai Tashiro

  Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology, 30 Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Last author

  
• Differences in infant and child mortality before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: a large population-based ecological study

  Tashiro A.; Sakisaka K.; Okamoto E.; Yoshida H.

  BMJ Open, Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Internal processes of Geographical Indication and their effects: an evaluation framework for geographical indication applicants in Japan

  Tashiro A.; Uchiyama Y.; Kohsaka R.

  Journal of Ethnic Foods, Sep. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Marine Circular Economy towards Post-Disaster Reconstruction for Sustainability: Experiences in a Small Coastal Town of Northeast Japan

  Tashiro A.; Uchiyama Y.; Kohsaka R.

  European Journal of Sustainable Development, 01 Jul. 2018, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Sustainable Tourism Managements with Regional Designations and Geographical Indications: Experience from Rural Areas in Japan

  Kohsaka R; Uchiyama Y; Tashiro A; Park MS

  The 86th TOSOK Daejeon International Tourism Conference Paper, Jun. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Geographical Indications in Agriculture and Forestry Sectors: Spatio-temporal Multilayers of Products and Institutions

  Ryo Kohsaka; Shuichiro Kajima; Ai Tashiro; Yuta Uchiyama

  Intellectual Property Associations of Japan, Jun. 2018

  
• Model analysis of residents’ consciousness regarding seawall construction: Case study of Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture

  Ai Tashiro; Kayako Sakisaka

  Studies in Regional Science, 09 Mar. 2016, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

  
• Influence of Rural Women's Social Network on Attitude toward Water Conservation in a Loose Common-Pool Resource : Case study of a Village in West Bengal, India

  Tashiro A

  The University of Tokyo, Mar. 2016, Lead author

  

Misc.

• Asia

  IPCC AR6 Working Group II

  Cambridge University Press, 22 Jun. 2023

  
• 「赤いエプロンプロジェクト」終了時評価 ～社員ボランティアの貢献と 参加者コメントにみる 特徴、提案内容、またその変化～

  田代藍

  公益財団法人 味の素ファンデーション「ふれあいの赤いエプロンプロジェクト」研究成果報告書, Jan. 2022

  
• Chapter 4 Sustainability and Resilience in a Changing World, GEO6 Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific

  Lead Authors; Aruna Dias; Brian Johnson; Neil Stephen; A. Lopez; Jiyoon Song; Yuta Uchiyama; Contributing Authors; Michael Boyland; Karlee Johnson; Jinsun Lim; Jieun Ryu; Jimwell Soliman; Ai Tashiro; Le Thi Thanh Thuy

  United Nations Environment Programme, Feb. 2019

  
• Factor Analysis on Differences in Sharing of Sanitation Facilities among the Elderly in Myanmar

  Tashiro A; Sasaki Y; Nozaki I; Shobugawa Y

  Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine, Nov. 2017, Lead author

  
• 喫煙割合と ソーシャル・キャピタルとの関連 ～助け合い・社会参加が豊かな地域は喫煙割合が低い～ 「健康とくらしの調査2016」 報告書

  田代藍

  日本老年学的評価研究プロジェクト, Oct. 2017

  
• Quantitative Analysis of Tide Embankment Construction and Resident’s Selecting Action

  Tashiro, A

  The 51th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI, Oct. 2014, Lead author, Corresponding author

  

Presentations

• From Experience to Evidence: Strengthening Disaster Resilience Through Environmental Health Mapping

  Ai Tashiro

  Joint Research Seminar, 12 Feb. 2025, School of Medicine and Dentistry – Public Health, Griffith University, Invited

  
• 流域自然共生のまちづくりと生活者の健康

  田代藍

  ふれデミックカフェ vol. 40, 06 Feb. 2025, KRP, 京大オリジナル, Invited

  
• Potential healing urban city scenario for good health and climate change in Asian Megacity, Tokyo

  Tashiro Ai

  35th International Geographical Congress 2024, Aug. 2024, GSI, IGU UGI

  
• Does mental stress induced by climate change represent a time bomb for public health in the Indo-Pacific?

  Tashiro Ai

  2024 Global Health Research Convening, 31 Jan. 2024, Stanford Global Health

  
• Differences in the sense of bounty from nature among teenagers and parents: Relationship with mental-physical connectedness to nature

  Tashiro, A

  3rd World Conference on Forests for Public Health, 05 Oct. 2023, IUFRO, the University of Sherbrooke

  
• Sea view visibility, coastal proximity, and mental health in the aftermath of a natural disaster, Japan

  Tashiro, A

  Breaking research - New super exciting results, Urban Transitions 2022, 09 Nov. 2022, Elsevier

  
• Post-Disaster Solo Dining and Healthy Food Behavioral Change through Cooking Class Participation

  Tashiro A; Sakisaka K; Saito Y; Fukuda Y

  APRU Global Health Conference 2021 (online), 18 Nov. 2021, APRU Global Health

  
• Green Management in Health Belief Model

  Tashiro A

  International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Development (online), 01 Nov. 2021, Elsevier

  
• Camellia forests Management in Health Belief Model

  Tashiro A

  The 2nd World Conference on Forests for Public Health, 27 Oct. 2021, KFWI, KFTF, AGCO, IUFRO, FAO

  
• Connecting Mangrove Ecosystem Services, Functions, and Human wellbeing: A Case Study of Ecotourism Villages in Indonesia

  Ai TASHIRO; Siti ZULAIHA; Tomoki NAKAYA

  2019年度環境情報科学 研究発表大会, 27 Nov. 2019, 日本大学会館, 東京

  
• Green infrastructure adaptation for human health in the post-disaster recovery

  Tashiro A

  The 15th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium, 30 Oct. 2019, National Institute of Genomic Medicine, México City, México, Invited

  
• How green infrastructure affects human health and wellbeing in the post-disaster recovery?

  Tashiro A; Nakaya T

  The 18th International Medical Geography Symposium, 01 Jul. 2019, Queenstown, New Zealand

  
• Linking green infrastructure and human health for post-disaster adaptation

  Tashiro A; Nakaya T

  World Forum on Climate Justice, 20 Jun. 2019, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

  
• Residents’ Health and its Relationships with Green Infrastructure Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery (guest speaker)

  Tashiro A

  Health, Risk Disaster (HeaRD) UK-Japan Network, 16 Apr. 2019, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan

  
• Residents’ preferable options for green infrastructure in Sendai, Japan

  Tashiro A

  Tohoku University Environmental Studies Seminar 2018 in Institut Teknologi Bandung, 19 Dec. 2018, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

  
• Residents' preferable option for Green Infrastructure: A case study of disaster-stricken urban areas, Japan

  Tashiro A; Uchiyama Y; Kohsaka R

  Urban Transitions 2018, 26 Nov. 2018, Melia Sitges, Sitges, Spain

  
• Sustainable management of green and blue infrastructures in urban areas with rapid aging: Citizens' attitudes toward their neighboring environment

  Uchiyama Y; Tashiro A; Kohsaka R

  Urban Transitions 2018, 26 Nov. 2018

  
• Effect of Green Infrastructure on human health and natural disaster adaptation

  Tashiro A; Uchiyama Y; Kohsaka R

  The 12th annual APRU Global Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29 Oct. 2018, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

  
• Impact of Disasters on Disparities in Infant and Child Mortality: Lessons Learned from the 2011 Northeast Japan Earthquake

  Tashiro A

  The 14th Asia Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine, Kobe, Japan, 18 Oct. 2018, APCDM, Maiko, Kobe, Japan, Invited

  
• Residents’ preferable options for Green Infrastructure

  Tashiro A; Uchiyama Y; Kohsaka R

  International IUFRO conference, 18 Sep. 2018, IUFRO, Praque, the Czech Republic

  
• Marine Circular Economy towards Post-Disaster Reconstruction for Sustainability: Experiences in a Small Coastal Town of Northeast Japan

  Tashiro A; Uchiyama Y; Kohsaka R

  The 6th ICSD Rome, 12 Sep. 2018, European Center for Sustainable Development, Rome, Italy

  
• The political ecology of regional names on agricultural products; Governing boundaries and qualities through Geographical Indications

  Kohsaka R; Kajima S; Tashiro A; Uchiyam Y; Park MS

  CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR AGRI-FOOD RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 13 Jun. 2018, The OECD

  
• REDD+ for blue carbon ecosystems; A literature review

  Uchiyama Y; Tashiro A; Kajima S; Kohsaka R

  CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR AGRI-FOOD RESOURCE MANAGEMENT., 13 Jun. 2018, The OECD

  
• Marine Circular Economy towards Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Experiences in a Small Coastal Town of Northeast Japan

  Tashiro A; Uchiyama Y; Kohsaka R

  Circular Economy for Agri-Food Resource Management, 15 Jun. 2018, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

  
• Reflexivity and Ethics for ABS of the CBD: Empirical Analysis by Network of Scientific Articles with NLP

  Kohsaka R; Matsuoka H; Tashiro A; Uchiyama Y

  ISBER 2018 Annual Meeting, 20 May 2018, https://www.isber.org/page/ISBER_2018/ISBER-2018-Annual-Meeting.htm

  
• Sustainable Tourism Managements with Regional Designations and Geographical Indications: Experience from Rural Areas in Japan

  Kohsaka R; Uchiyama Y; Tashiro A; Park MS

  The 83rd TOSOK International Torism Conference, 12 Feb. 2018, Incheon, Korea

  
• Drastic Change of Infant and Child Mortality pre-post Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011

  Tashiro A; Yoshida H; Sakisaka K

  Association Epidemiological Japan the of Meeting Scientific Annual 28th, 02 Feb. 2018, Fukushima , Japan

  
• Causes of Sanitation Inequality among the Elderly in Myanma

  田代藍; 佐々木由理; 野崎威功真; 菖蒲川由郷

  第32回日本国際保健医療学会, 26 Nov. 2017, 東京大学, 東京

  
• Washoku and traditional vegetables aspects and roles for sustainable development

  Kohsaka R; Tashiro A

  Sikchi Symposium, 02 Nov. 2017, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, Invited

  
• 社会的サポートは被災後の高齢者のうつ発生を抑制するか-JAGES 2010-13縦断分析-

  佐々木由理; 相田潤; 辻大士; 宮國康弘; 田代藍; 小山史穂子; 松山祐輔; 佐藤遊洋; 近藤克則

  第76回日本公衆衛生学会総会, 31 Oct. 2017

  
• 地域のソーシャル・キャピタルと高齢男性個人の喫煙との関連

  田代藍; 近藤克則; 辻大士; 佐々木由理

  第76回日本公衆衛生学会総会, 31 Oct. 2017, 鹿児島

  
• Influence of Rural Women’s Social Network on Attitude toward Water Conservation: Case Study of a Village in West Bengal, India

  Tashiro A

  International Conference on Sustainable Development 2017, 19 Sep. 2017, Columbia University, New York, USA

  
• 女性の付き合うグループごとの水資源への態度と認識に関する研究―インド・ウエストベンガル州農村を事例としてー

  Ai Tashiro

  Jaih, 21 May 2016, 国立保健医療科学院，埼玉

  
• カンボジア内戦の被害者の精神状態と自尊感情の関連性：バッタンバン州・シェムリアップ州を対象として

  崎坂香屋子; 田代藍; 村田萌; 川浦千晶; 堤内杏奈; 田中史弥; Sotheara Chhim

  日本国際保健医療学会第30回東日本地方会, 20 Jun. 2015, 佐久総合病院，長野

  
• 会ネットワークが女性の水環境への配慮に与える効果―インド・ウエストベンガル農村を対象としてー

  Ai Tashiro; Maiko Sakamoto

  国際開発学会第16回春季大会, 07 Jun. 2015, 法政大学

  
• Study on the quantitative analysis of tide embankment construction and residents' selecting action

  Tashiro A

  Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International, 05 Oct. 2014, Reitaku University，Chiba, Japan

  

Books and Other Publications

• Akhtar, R. (Ed.) Covid-19: Impacts on Health and Health System

  Tashiro A., Contributor, Japan's internal-external health strategy in the post COVID-19 era

  Springer, Jun. 2025

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Akhtar, R (Ed.) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society: The Continuing Challenge

  Tashiro, A, Contributor, Chapter 5. COVID-19 Vaccination Trends and People's Views and Action in Japan

  Springer, 29 Sep. 2022

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Access to Green Spaces: Consider Green Infrastructure Implementation with/Post-COVID-19 World.

  Tashiro, A; Kotsubo, M, Joint work, Chapter14

  Shaw R. and Gurtoo A. (eds). Global Pandemic and Human Security: Technology and Development Perspective, Springer, Mar. 2022, Refereed

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  
• Self-efficacy for EbA and human health in a post-disaster recovery phase

  Tashiro, A, Contributor, Chapter 21

  Mukherjee M. and Shaw R. (eds.), Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience, Disaster and Risk Research: GADRI Book Series, Aug. 2021

  
• Sustaining Diverse Knowledge Systems in SEPLs: Sharing Tacit Knowledge of Apiculture and Mushroom Production with Future Generations

  Kohsaka R; Tashiro A; Rogel M; Uchiyama Y, Contributor, Chapter 6

  Saito, O. (ed), Sharing Ecosystem Services, Building More Sustainable and Resilient Society, Springer Nature, Sep. 2019, Not refereed

  Find Kyoto University's collection of books :

  

Awards

• 07 Dec. 2018

  環境科学研究科奨学賞（東北大学）
• 01 Oct. 2017

  口演賞（日本公衆衛生学会）

External funds: Kakenhi

• Possibility of health tourism as a breakthrough approach toward regional development in post-disaster coastal environments

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related

  The University of Tokyo

  田代 藍

  From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2027, Granted

  ヘルスツーリズム;環境疫学;健康地理学;健康行動学;自然資源管理学;地域研究;Nature-based Solutions;復興政策

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23K17098/
• Assessing the value of ecological infrastructure on residents health in an aquatic city

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields

  The University of Tokyo;The University of Tokushima

  Ai Tashiro

  From 30 Aug. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed

  生態系インフラ;公衆衛生;環境と健康;環境心理学;健康;wellbeing;まちづくり;健康地理学;生態系;費用便益分析;防災減災;Nature-based Solutions;健康行動;Human wellbeing;Mental health;Eco-DRR;水環境;災害

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K20070/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Environment-Behavior Studies

  B002, Spring, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Project Planning in Transdisciplinary Research 1

  KK12, Year-long, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Restorative Environment and Salutogenesis

  BB56, Fall, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Project Planning in Transdisciplinary Research 2

  KK13, Year-long, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, 2

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From Nov. 2024, To Present

  Advisor, consortium ReCIDA, IAC Kyoto University
• From Dec. 2023, To Present

  Special Advisor, Organization for Landscape and Urban Green Infrastructure (Joint Research on Disaster Prevention Parks and Community Development)
• From Feb. 2023, To Present

  Review Editor, Frontiers in Public Health
• From Nov. 2021, To Dec. 2022

  IPBES external reviewer, IPBES scoping report for the IPBES business and biodiversity assessment.
• From Oct. 2021, To Dec. 2022

  Guest Editor, Special Issue, "Ecological Public Health," Environmental Health Insights

Academic Contribution

• Field Exploration Program, Support for Pioneering Initiated by the Next Generation

  Planning, management, etc.

  AIIA National Conference 2024, From 09 Nov. 2024, To 12 Nov. 2024

  
• SDGs Online Event for QUAD Youth 2022

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator

  Platform for Promoting Education and Research in SDGs, KOMEX, The University of Tokyo, Online, From 26 Nov. 2022, To 26 Nov. 2022

  

Social Contribution

• 京都大学アカデミックデイ2024

  Guest, Panelist

  K.U.RESEARCH, From 02 Nov. 2024, To 02 Nov. 2024

  
• AIIA Disaster Resilience Program

  Edit, Investigator, Report author

  The Australian Institute of International Affairs, The Australian Institute of International Affairs, From Sep. 2023, To Present

  
• Joint program: the Interlinkages and Innovation for Future Societies

  Contributor

  Toyota Foundation, JOINT No.43, From Oct. 2023, To Oct. 2023

  
• The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6-WG2), Chapter 10: Asia, contributor

  Report author

  IPCC, From Mar. 2020, To Mar. 2022

  
• Global Environment Outlook for Youth, Asia Pacific, UNEP, Contributing Author

  Report author

  UNEP, From Feb. 2018, To Feb. 2019

  
• Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs),short, the Kingdom of Tonga

  Consultant, Other

  JICA, From Jul. 2015, To Oct. 2015