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Affiliation: Project Lecturer, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo

Degree: MSc.(The University of Tokyo)
Ph.D.(Tohoku University)

Researcher number: 40812962
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6056-2775
J-GLOBAL ID: 201701002102241251
researchmap Member ID: B000280267

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

Professional Memberships

Committee Memberships

Dec, 2023 - Present

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

Review Editor, Frontiers in Public Health
Nov, 2021 - Dec, 2022

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

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

Awards

Sep, 2018

環境科学研究科奨学賞, Residents' preferable options for green infrastructure in disaster affected areas, 東北大学

Ai Tashiro
Oct, 2017

口演賞, 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, 第76回日本公衆衛生学会総会

田代藍, 近藤克則, 辻大士, 佐々木由理
Oct, 2017

最優秀口演賞, 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-, 第76回日本公衆衛生学会総会

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

Papers

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

Ai Tashiro

Urban Green Tech, 124 20-21, Nov, 2023 Lead author
COVID-19 Vaccination Trends and Public Views and Responses in Japan

Ai Tashiro

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Vaccination, Politics and Society, 67-81, Sep, 2022 Lead author
Post-disaster coastal conservation and development of water environmental management programmes

Tashiro, A

Urban greening technology, 118 23-24, Jun, 2022 Lead author
Access to Green Spaces: Consider Green Infrastructure Implementation with/Post-COVID-19 World

Ai Tashiro, Masaki Kotsubo

Global Pandemic and Human Security, 261-280, Jan, 2022 Lead author
Assessing green management in health belief model: An analysis of a post-disaster rural context

Ai Tashiro

Journal of Environmental Management, 302(114025), Jan, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
AB005. Post-disaster solo dining and healthy food behavioral change through cooking class participation

Ai Tashiro, Kayako Sakisaka, Yuriko Saitoh, Yoshiharu Fukuda

Journal of Public Health and Emergency, 5(AB005) AB005-AB005, Dec, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Self-efficacy for EbA and Human Health in a Post-disaster Recovery Phase

Ai Tashiro

Disaster and Risk Research: GADRI Book Series, 465-481, Aug 5, 2021
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, 11(16751) 16751-16751, Aug, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
Green self-efficacy for blue-green infrastructure management in a post-disaster recovery phase: empirical research in a small rural community

Ai Tashiro

Coastal Engineering Journal, 63(3) 408-421, Jul 3, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Post-disaster coastal environments and human health

Tashiro, A

Tohoku University, Mar, 2021 Lead authorCorresponding 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, 17(21) 7869, Oct, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding 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, 110372 110372-110372, Oct, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
COVID‐19 Pandemic Response in Japan: What Is behind the Initial Flattening of the Curve?

Ai Tashiro

Sustainability, 12(13)5250 1-15, Jun 28, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
Post-Disaster Health Status and Coastal Infrastructure Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Ai Tashiro

ASM Science Journal, 13(5) 198-206, Apr 28, 2020 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding 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, 33 259-264, Nov, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding 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, 19(1085) 1-13, Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Impact of Geographical Indication schemes on traditional knowledge in changing agricultural landscapes: An empirical analysis from Japan

Ai Tashiro

Journal of Rural Studies, 68(C) 46-53, May, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
Universal Health Coverage: Healthcare System for Universal Health Coverage Under Partnerships

Ai Tashiro

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 18(1) 1-11, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
Implementation of Green Infrastructure in Post-disaster Recovery

Ai Tashiro

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 1-14, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorLast authorCorresponding author
Loss of traditional knowledge and innovation in the context of shrinking communities and depopulation

Ai Tashiro

Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology, 84(6) 214-223, Nov 30, 2018 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast author

Misc.

Asia

Cambridge University Press, 1457-1580, Jun 22, 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, 別添5 43-50, Jan, 2022
Sustaining Diverse Knowledge Systems in SEPLs: Sharing Tacit Knowledge of Apiculture and Mushroom Production with Future Generations

Ai Tashiro

Sharing Ecosystem Services, 117, Sep, 2019 Peer-reviewed
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 …

United Nations Environment Programme, 24-31, 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, 58 230-230, 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, 46-47, 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 authorCorresponding author

Books and Other Publications

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

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

Springer, Sep 29, 2022 (ISBN: 303109431X)
Access to Green Spaces: Consider Green Infrastructure Implementation with/Post-COVID-19 World.

Tashiro, A, Kotsubo, M (Role: Joint author, Chapter14)

Shaw R. and Gurtoo A. (eds). Global Pandemic and Human Security: Technology and Development Perspective, Springer, Mar, 2022 (ISBN: 981165073X) Peer-reviewed
Self-efficacy for EbA and human health in a post-disaster recovery phase

Tashiro, A (Role: 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 (Role: Contributor, Chapter 6)

Saito, O. (ed), Sharing Ecosystem Services, Building More Sustainable and Resilient Society, Springer Nature, Sep, 2019 (ISBN: 9789811380679)

Presentations

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, Jan 31, 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, Oct 5, 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, Nov 9, 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), Nov 18, 2021, APRU Global Health
Green Management in Health Belief Model

Tashiro A

International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Development (online), Nov 1, 2021, Elsevier
Camellia forests Management in Health Belief Model

Tashiro A

The 2nd World Conference on Forests for Public Health, Oct 27, 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

Nov 27, 2019
Green infrastructure adaptation for human health in the post-disaster recovery

Tashiro A

The 15th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium, Oct 30, 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, Jul 1, 2019, Queenstown, New Zealand
Linking green infrastructure and human health for post-disaster adaptation

Tashiro A, Nakaya T

World Forum on Climate Justice, Jun 20, 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, Apr 16, 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, Dec 19, 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, Nov 26, 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, Nov 26, 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, Oct 29, 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, Oct 18, 2018, APCDM, Maiko, Kobe, Japan Invited
Residents’ preferable options for Green Infrastructure

Tashiro A, Uchiyama Y, Kohsaka R

International IUFRO conference, Sep 18, 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, Sep 12, 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, Jun 13, 2018, The OECD

Research Projects

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

KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, JSPS, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2027

Ai Tashiro
Constructing a transformative new commons management theory: An empirical study on the decision-making process on rice paddy dams

Inamori research grant, The field of humanities and social sciences, Inamori foundation, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2026

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

Field study research grant, The Organization for Landscape and Urban Green Infrastructure, Sep, 2021 - Apr, 2023

Tashiro A
水害リスク対応策としての生態系インフラが地域住民の健康に与える経済価値評価

科学研究費助成事業研究活動スタート支援, 研究活動スタート支援, 日本学術振興会, Oct, 2021 - Mar, 2023

田代藍
Develop a decision-making tool for implementing ecosystem infrastructure in water areas

Research Grant, Kurita Water and Environment Foundation, Oct, 2021 - Sep, 2022

Tashiro A
東日本大震災被災3県における被災者に対する食と栄養改善のための介入事業の効果に関する第3者評価調査

受託研究, 「ふれあいの赤いエプロンプロジェクト」, 公益財団法人味の素ファンデーション, Jan, 2020 - Mar, 2022

代表, 崎坂香屋子
コロナ禍における第一次緊急事態宣言下の日本人1万人調査. 新型コロナウイルス感染症流行下の自粛の影響

厚生労働科学特別研究事業, 予期せぬ妊娠等に関する実態調査と女性の健康に対する適切な支援提供体制構築のための研究, 厚生労働省, Oct, 2020 - May, 2021

北村邦夫, 阿江竜介, 小佐見光樹, 吉田穂波, 林玲子, 守泉理恵, 田代藍
Green Infrastructure management and human health

Division for Interdisciplinary Advanced Research and Education, Tohoku University, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

Ai Tashiro
グリーンインフラによる被災地沿岸域の水環境保全と管理強化プログラムの開発

調査研究活動助成, 公益財団法人都市緑化機構, Apr, 2019 - Apr, 2020

田代藍
電子情報化が進む時代の生物・遺伝資源の利用と公正な利益配分：知財・ストーリーを通した生計向上と農業生物多様性保全

予備研究, FS, 総合地球環境学研究所, 2017 - 2018

代表, 香坂玲
新興・再興感染症のリスク評価と危機管理機能の確保に関する研究リスク(脆弱性)評価指標の海外事例に関する研究

平成28年度総括研究報告書 (pp.39-51), 厚生労働科学研究費補助金新興・再興感染症及び予防接種政策推進研究事業, 厚生労働省, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2017

齋藤智也, 調恒明, 中里栄介, 田村大輔, 田代藍

Teaching Experience

Oct, 2022 - Jan, 2023

学術フロンティア講義「気候と社会」（代表：瀬川） (The University of Tokyo)
Oct, 2022 - Nov, 2022

全学自由研究ゼミナール「SDGsを通した健康のための災害と気候変動適応策の検討」（田代・岡田） (The University of Tokyo)
Apr, 2022 - Sep, 2022

Environment and Human Health (The University of Tokushima)
Nov, 2021 - Mar, 2022

The CDRI International short-term training Course: Module 2 (Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure)
May, 2021 - Mar, 2022

Public Health (The University of Tokushima)
May, 2021 - Mar, 2022

Practice of Public Health (The University of Tokushima)

Academic Activities

SDGs Online Event for QUAD Youth 2022

Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

Platform for Promoting Education and Research in SDGs, KOMEX, The University of Tokyo (Online), Nov 26, 2022 - Nov 26, 2022

Social Activities

AIIA Disaster Resilience Program

Edit, Investigator, Report author

The Australian Institute of International Affairs, The Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sep, 2023 - Present
Joint program: the Interlinkages and Innovation for Future Societies

Contributor

Toyota Foundation, JOINT No.43, Oct, 2023 - Oct, 2023
The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6-WG2), Chapter 10: Asia, contributor

Report author

IPCC, Mar, 2020 - Mar, 2022
Global Environment Outlook for Youth, Asia Pacific, UNEP, Contributing Author

Report author

UNEP, Feb, 2018 - Feb, 2019
Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs),short, the Kingdom of Tonga

Consultant, Other

JICA, Jul, 2015 - Oct, 2015

Other

主な査読歴

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction; Journal of Rural Studies; Scientific Reports; Communications Earth & Environment; Social Science & Medicine; BMJ Open; BMC Public Health; Sustainability; IJERPH etc.