[H-CG18] Cultural Hydrology

Mon. May 25, 2026 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (2) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Nakamura Takashi(International Research Center for River Basin Environment, University of YAMANASHI)

This session will focus on the water as the basis of human activities such as daily life and industry etc., sharing the water use in various periods and regions regarding the role of water resources in the formation of human society, and discussing knowledge on the relationship between water and human society from a broad perspective including society, culture, tradition, politics, hydrology, water quality, and sanitation etc. In order to cope with future changes in society due to population increase and decrease, we will create sustainable water use that fits in with the characteristics of local water resources, culture and climate, based on the sharing of various knowledge.

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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

[HCG18-01] Ethnoarchaeology of rainwater use in the hyperarid area of Southeast Arabia

*Yasuhisa Kondo^1,2, Kantaro Tanabe¹, Takehiro Miki³, Taichi Kuronuma⁴ (1. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 2. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, 3. Keio University, 4. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies )

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

[HCG18-02] Global Environmental Issues and Water Resource Utilization: From Africa to the World

★Invited Papers

*Kazunobu Ikeya¹ (1. National Museum of Ethnology)

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

[HCG18-03] Groundwater contamination in Edo (Tokyo) and its causes at the end of the Edo Period

*Masaya Yasuhara¹ (1. Faculty of Geo-Environmental Science, Rissho Univ.)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[HCG18-04] Cross-Sectoral Co-Creation for Sustainable Regional Development: A Case Study of the “Island Day” Initiative in Miyakojima City

*Makoto Saiki¹, ARAI Hirotsugu¹, Ryoutarou Ueba², Keisuke Umebayashi², Shinji Oyama^3,1, Shinsuke Kyoi^4,1, Takashi Onodera^5,1, Kota Kato^6,1, Seiyo Iwamoto⁷, Kentaro Hayashi¹ (1. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 2. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3. Shoshiazusa, 4. Yamagata University, 5. National Institute for Environmental Studies, 6. National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 7. Ritsumeikan University)

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[HCG18-05] Institutional Arrangements, Behaviour, and System Integrity in Local Water Governance

*Kabinga Shepherd Mususu¹, Kei Nishida¹, Nakamura Takashi¹, Hiroshi Ishidaira¹, Kazunari Hashimoto¹ (1. Interdisciplinary Center for River Basin Environment Graduate Education Program, University of Yamanashi)

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[HCG18-06] Quantifying the Hydrological Legacy of Bali's Cultural Shift: A Multi-Isotopic and Socio-Economic Analysis of the Denpasar-Tabanan Groundwater Basin, Bali

*Ni Putu Sri Wahyuningsih¹, Takashi Nakamura¹ (1. International Research Center for River Basin Environment, University of YAMANASHI)

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