convener:Yoshihiko Kariya(Department of Environmental Geography, Senshu University), convener:Akihiko SASAKI(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Kokushikan University), Chiyuki Narama(Niigata University, Program of Field Research in the Environmental Sciences), convener:Asaka Konno(Tokoha University), Chairperson:Chiyuki Narama(Niigata University, Program of Field Research in the Environmental Sciences), Asaka Konno(Tokoha University), Akihiko SASAKI(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Kokushikan University), Yoshihiko Kariya(Department of Environmental Geography, Senshu University)