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Tomoko Imoto
Section
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree

Research History 3

  • 2016/04 - Present
    Tohoku University　Graduate School of Agricultural Science Division of Biological Resource Sciences　Associate Professor

  • 2011/11 - 2016/03
    東京工業大学 情報理工学研究科 情報環境学専攻　特任助教

  • 2009/04 - 2011/10
    統計数理研究所　特任研究員

Education 1

  • The University of Tokyo　新領域創成科学研究科

    - 2006/03

Committee Memberships 4

  • 宮城県　宮城県環境審議会

    2026/08 - Present

  • 仙台市　仙台市環境審議委員会

    2026/04 - Present

  • 国土交通省 東北地方整備局　事業評価委員

    2025/04 - Present

  • 国土交通省　河川環境評価手法専門委員会

    2018/02 - 2019/02

Professional Memberships 5

  • THE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL PLANNING

  • 食農資源経済学会

  • 環境科学会

  • 日本農業経済学会

  • 環境経済・政策学会

Research Interests 2

  • 農業経済学

  • Environmental economics

Research Areas 3

  • Environmental science/Agricultural science / Recycling systems and society /

  • Environmental science/Agricultural science / Environmental impact assessment / Environmental Economics

  • Environmental science/Agricultural science / Environmental policy and society /

Awards 2

  1. 学会誌賞

    2025/09　食農資源経済学会　Satisficingを考慮した環境評価額の検討

  2. 第３回東北大学若手研究者アンサンブルワークショップ ポスター賞

    2017/07/03　東北大学　環境と人々をつなぐ

Papers 34

  1. Game meat acceptance in Japan: behavioral determinants and the role of food neophobia Peer-reviewed

    Xinyi Hu, Tomoko Imoto

    Food Quality and Preference　105768-105768　2025/10

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105768 　

    ISSN： 0950-3293

  2. Public tolerance of lethal wildlife management in Japan: A best–worst scaling questionnaire analysis Peer-reviewed

    Zijun Yin, Yusuke Kamimura, Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Environmental Management　345　118602-118602　2023/07

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118602 　

    ISSN： 0301-4797

  3. 自然体験は大学生の定住志向に影響を及ぼすか？ ー子ども時代の体験と地域愛着形成に着目してー Peer-reviewed

    杉木沙南, 井元智子

    東北農業経済学会誌　44　(1)　2026/06

  4. Foreign tourists' preferences for destination attributes in Japan's national parks: A best-worst scaling analysis Peer-reviewed

    Zijun Yin, Xintong Zhao, Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism　53　101014-101014　2026/03

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jort.2026.101014 　

    ISSN： 2213-0780

  5. Designing Effective Donation Appeals for Food Banks: The Roles of Framing, Emotion and Individual Differences Among Japanese University Students Peer-reviewed

    Rentaro KOBAYASHI, Yura SAKAI, Tomoko IMOTO

    Journal of Farm Management Economics　57　25-43　2026/02

  6. Examination of WTP Estimates with and without Taking Satisficing into Consideration Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto, Taro Ohodoko

    76　(1)　61-71　2025/04

  7. Understanding Japanese rice farmers’ preferences for adopting organic agricultural system and uptaking innovative machinery using best-worst scaling method

    Qiuran Li, Asato Mizuki, Tomoko Imoto

    Smart Agricultural Technology　100863-100863　2025/03

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.atech.2025.100863 　

    ISSN： 2772-3755

  8. Potential for Creating Relational Population in Rural Areas through Cycling Events Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto, Sayaka Masaki

    Potential for Creating Relational Population in Rural Areas through Cycling Events　56　16-28　2025/03

  9. Consumers’ Evaluation of Vertebrates and Invertebrates through Price Premiums for Eco-Rice in Urban and Rural Japan Peer-reviewed

    Qiuran Li, Yusuke Kamimura, Yamane Nagao, Miyuki Takahashi, Xintong Zhao, Tomoko Imoto

    Sustainability　16　(19)　2024/09/24

    DOI： 10.3390/su16198281 　

  10. Food system under COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai: problems and countermeasures Peer-reviewed

    Shuyu Han, Lei Jia, Zengjin Liu, Katsuhito Fuyuki, Tomoko Imoto, Xintong Zhao

    Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems　8　2024/05/30

    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

    DOI： 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1368745 　

    eISSN： 2571-581X

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    Introduction Owing to the increased transmissibility of the Omicron virus, Shanghai implemented a citywide lockdown in 2022. This measure disrupted the normal functioning of the city’s food system and led to incidents related to food insecurity within the city. To mitigate these challenges, the local government and various stakeholders devised various solutions. Methods In this context, we adopted a root cause analysis to report the disruptions caused by the lockdown on Shanghai’s food system. Results According to disruptions, we listed the challenges faced by Shanghai’ food system and solutions implemented by the government and stakeholders. Discussion We discussed the underlying reasons behind food system disruptions and listed advantages of Shanghai’s solutions. We further scrutinized the sustainability of the solutions implemented in Shanghai. Finally, we discussed how to promote the urban food system resilience building based on research findings. The findings of this research are anticipated to provide valuable insights for other areas that may encounter similar challenges in the future while fortify their urban food systems.

  11. Philippine heritage bridging cultural ecosystem service and nature’s contribution to people in cultural landscapes: a correlational literature review Peer-reviewed

    Kenneth Javier Tua, Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development　2024/03/04

    Publisher: Emerald

    DOI： 10.1108/jchmsd-07-2023-0114 　

    ISSN： 2044-1266

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    Purpose Nature’s contribution to people (NCP) is a concept that specifically recognizes the relationship of “humans and the natural environment” similarly to concepts of “cultural landscapes” and consistent to “heritage.” These concepts are essential in incorporating a diverse range of stakeholders from different scales, which is important for policy and practice. The paper aims to review the existing peer-reviewed papers in the Philippines, using meta-analysis and systematic review. We addressed the significant interlinkages that help facilitate the transition and strengthen the correlation of cultural ecosystem services (CES) and NCP in a cultural landscape setting. Design/methodology/approach To distinguish and support claims for NCP from CES, we conducted a meta-analysis and systematic review based on the 30-existing peer-reviewed articles on the Philippine cultural ES in the lenses of “heritage” and “cultural landscape.” Findings The results generated a few numbers of the Philippine CES studies, yet it has increased cumulatively year by year consistent with previous international studies. We found that most studies are focused on topics associated with “Indigenous People, Ancestral Domains, Protected Areas/Landscapes, and Indigenous and Local Knowledge” on the linkages concurrently distinguishing NCP to CES, and may signify stronger economic valuation in uncovering the sociocultural dimensions of these scholarships through its relational values in the lenses of cultural landscape and heritage. Research limitations/implications The authors limited the search to peer-reviewed journal articles published from online databases and did not consider Philippine University based and local publications to have a systematic review. This is to prevent underestimating the vast amount of CES literature and avoid gray literature that is not peer-reviewed; hence, being able to analyze and produce focused, yet, credible data. Practical implications In a generalizing perspective, NCP 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18 have the most realized positive correlations of the reporting categories to the Philippine CES studies. The majority of the context-specific perspective NCP has strong conceptual claims in the existing Philippine CES literature through the studies’ variables aside from NCP 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 11 that are still mostly in the nature of generalizing perspective. Originality/value In conclusion, our results imply that the previous and existing CES studies in the Philippines harbor more attributes presented by the NCP reporting categories. This is deemed more suitable, and may signify stronger economic valuation in uncovering the sociocultural dimensions of these scholarships through its relational values in the lenses of cultural landscape and heritage.

  12. Eating Habits and Mental Health of College Students in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto, Yuichiro Hoshino, Yoshiyuki Sato, Yusuke Ohsaki, Hitoshi Shirakawa

    COVID　2023/11/26

    DOI： 10.3390/covid3120119 　

    ISSN： 2673-8112

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    <jats:p>While the relationship between eating habits and mental health has been widely studied, there is limited research focusing on college students during emergency situations such as pandemics. We conducted an online questionnaire survey to address this gap. Clustering analysis was applied to identify students’ eating habits, which are possibly more complex than traditional eating habits. Based on the identified eating habits, the students were separated into five groups. We evaluated the relationship between eating habits and mental health in these five groups using University Personality Inventory scores. Based on the results, the largest group—corresponding to slightly less than half of the participants—had the highest vegetable intake and mental health levels. This aligns with findings from numerous prior studies. However, our novel discovery was the presence of another group within those with higher vegetable intake, who had lower levels of mental health. Conversely, a group with lower vegetable intake had higher levels of mental health; remarkably, students in this group frequently consumed soft drinks, suggesting that, during the COVID-19 emergency, indulgent food and drinks may have played a role in enhancing mental health.</jats:p>

  13. A Comparative Study on Beef Consumer Preferences between China and Japan：A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto, Xintong Zhao

    Japanese Journal of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics　74　(1)　91-101　2023/06

  14. コロナ禍による自然観光への意識変化―混雑緩和と入域料支払額に着目して― Peer-reviewed

    殷子鈞, 吉田謙太郎, 井元智子

    農村経済研究　40　(1)　84-93　2022/06

  15. Consensus Building Examination Based on the Difference between the Majority Vote and the Environmental Economic Valuation Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Rural Society and Economics　40　(1)　65-73　2022/06

  16. Evaluation of the Importance of Electric Vehicle Attributes by Chinese Consumers Peer-reviewed

    Kentaro Yoshida, Tomoko Imoto, Xingtong Zhao, Zijun Yin

    Journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources　43　(3)　65-74　2022/05

    Publisher: Japan Society of Energy and Resources

    DOI： 10.24778/jjser.43.3_65 　

    eISSN： 2433-0531

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    Best–Worst Scaling (BWS) was applied to assess Chinese consumer preferences for battery electric vehicle (BEV). Although BEV is becoming familiar to Chinese consumers, the share of passenger electric vehicles for yearly sales in 2020 is still 5.8%. BWS has advantages in obtaining rich information on preferences by identifying “best” and “worst” options. An online questionnaire survey was conducted in mainland China in January 2021, and 2064 samples of Chinese consumers were collected. A BWS object case was applied in this study to compare with the previous Japanese case study. Results of the BWS object case revealed that maximum driving range and convenient charging facilities were the most important factors. Conversely, operation costs, the reduction of carbon dioxide and air pollutants were less important factors. Random parameter logit estimates with interaction-terms demonstrated the preference heterogeneity of attributes except for driving performance and battery life and warranty. The results suggest that Chinese consumer preferences and purchasing behaviors are much diverse. Government programs and companies’ efforts to support financially for increasing charging availability and driving range are required to promote the diffusion of BEV in China.

  17. Factors influencing children’s environmental attitude and behavior: A case study in China, Journal of Farm Management Peer-reviewed

    Xintong Zhao, Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Farm Management Economics　53　23-38　2022/02

  18. The relationship between the conception of nature and environmental valuation Peer-reviewed

    Nagao, Y., Nishikori, A., Imoto, T.

    Sustainability Switzerland　13　(22)　2021/11/16

    DOI： 10.3390/su132212683 　

    ISSN： 2071-1050

  19. Food Safety Situation in the Online-to-Offline Food Delivery Industry from the Perspective of Delivery Riders in China -The Case of Shanghai- Peer-reviewed

    Xintong Zhao, Tomoko Imoto, Zengjin Liu

    Journal of Rural Society and Economics　39　(1)　72-79　2021/08

  20. Best–Worst Scaling to Evaluate Sustainable Food Procurement of Restaurant Chains Peer-reviewed

    93　(4)　365-370　2021/03

  21. Needs Analyses to Allotment Garden from the Perspective of Food and Agriculture by Focusing on Child-rearing Generations Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto, Nobutaka Ishitsuka, Cheligeer, Kiyohide Morita

    Journal of rural society and economics　38　(2)　28-38　2020/11

  22. A comparative study on the stable supply of food at food kitchen for children -Relationships between donated ingredients and menus- Peer-reviewed

    KOBAYASHI Rentaro, IMOTO Tomoko

    Journal of Food System Research　26　(3)　99-111　2019/12

  23. OPTIMAL LAND USE POLICIES TO MITIGATE DAMAGES BY BEARS AND TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE Peer-reviewed

    YOSHIDA Jun, IMOTO Tomoko, KONO Tatsuhito

    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. D3 (Infrastructure Planning and Management)　75　(2)　47-58　2019

    Publisher: Japan Society of Civil Engineers

    DOI： 10.2208/jscejipm.75.47 　

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    <p> There is a growing concern that wild bears encroach into cities in Japan, which has adverse impacts on agriculture and human safety. This paper theoretically analyzes the socially optimal land use policies, such as regulating total area of residential and agricultural land and controlling the number of plants that is a main food source of bears, considering the following three externalities: (a) ecosystem services, (b) damages to agricultural products by bears, and (c) farmers' fear of encountering bears. We find that, even if there exist these three externalities, the equilibrium size of residential area is consistent with the social optimum if bears do not enter the residential area, and that the optimal farmland size could be larger or smaller than the equilibrium size, which depends on the tradeoff between the loss in ecosystem services from expanding farmland and the decrease in the number of bears that have damages to the agricultural products and the farmers' fear of encountering bears.</p>

  24. Perspectives on a Discrete Choice Experiment using Eye-Tracking Data Peer-reviewed

    IMOTO Tomoko

    (8)　39-52　2019

  25. Citizen's Evaluation of Landscape Ordinance Based on Consciousness as Supplier Peer-reviewed

    Yamane Nagao, Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Farm Management Economics　(49)　16-28　2018/02

  26. 環境評価研究の動向と今後の展開 Peer-reviewed

    吉田謙太郎, 井元智子, 柘植隆宏, 大床太郎

    環境経済・政策研究　9　(1)　38-50　2016

  27. Choice Modeling on Food Containing Euglena in Japan:Evidence from Undergraduates Survey Data Peer-reviewed

    Taro Ohdoko, Tomoko Imoto

    Journal of Informatics　5　32-48　2016

    Publisher:

    ISSN： 2186-7666

  28. 放射線リスクコミュニケーションの場における情報ギャップの分析 —誰がどのような情報を必要としているのか？— Peer-reviewed

    井元智子

    環境経済・政策研究　7　(2)　14-23　2014

  29. 情報の可視化・共有化のためのサトウキビ収穫支援アプリ"しゅがなび"の開発と導入における問題点 Peer-reviewed

    井元智子, 北本朝展

    農業情報学会誌　22　(4)　236-246　2013

    Publisher: Japanese Society of Agricultural Informatics

    DOI： 10.3173/air.22.236 　

    ISSN： 0916-9482

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    Although information technology (IT) is common in intensive farming, it is uncommon in extensive farming. In this study, focusing on the effectiveness of information sharing, we applied IT to sugarcane, a major crop in the southwestern islands of Japan, as an example of extensive farming. We developed a mobile application termed "SugarNavi" to support harvest efficiency. Using SugarNavi on a smartphone or tablet, operators of harvesters upload their working locations and operation status to a server, which then changes the schedule of harvest plan according to location, status, and weather conditions. Typically, the information shared by farmers, harvest operators, and sugar refinery staff varies with the progress of harvest. This variation can limit the shared information. Instead, the functions of SugarNavi, information visualization and sharing, could be used to achieve consensus on the harvest schedule. Testing of SugarNavi by users allowed us to identify problems that we will face in actual use.

  30. Modeling human behavior selection under environmental subsidy policy by multi-agent simulation Peer-reviewed

    Tomoko Imoto, Shin'Ya Nakano, Tomoyuki Higuchi

    Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)　7068　350-358　2012

    DOI： 10.1007/978-3-642-27216-5_25 　

    ISSN： 0302-9743 1611-3349

  31. エージェントシミュレーションによる農業環境政策の影響予測と政策比較 Peer-reviewed

    井元智子, 中野慎也, 樋口知之

    食農資源経済論集　62　(1)　89-101　2011

    Publisher:

  32. Towards construction of circular system for agriculture of environmental conservation and tourism: simulation study of cost in prevention of red clay outflow at Ishigaki Island

    IMOTO Tomoko, SAKAI Norio, YABE Mitsuyasu, YOKOGAWA Hiroshi

    Science bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University　63　(1)　87-98　2008/02

    Publisher: Kyushu University

    DOI： 10.15017/9855 　

    ISSN： 1347-0159

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    Marine pollution by red clay outflow from agricultural land is a serious problem at Okinawa. To prevent the outflow, there are several ways that can be done by farmers who grow sugarcane, i.e. construction of green belt, green manure and so on. These methods, however, charge new cost to the farmers. Therefore it is important to elucidate how incomes of farmers change by the new cost. In this paper we analyze data collected from 301 farmers at Ishigaki, Okinawa and find a candidate factor that could affect famers income. As a result, the farmers who have a number of agricultural fields distributed separately face to more negative profit. In addition, this preventing of the outflow leads to improve the marine pollutions. Hence, we finally perform simulation study to explore the possibility whether we can give financial supports to famers by the WTP of the tourists who aim to play marine sports at Ishigaki. This simulation is performed based on the method of benefit transfer from the results of the research at Iriomote Island, which located next to Ishigaki Island. In conclusion, we suggest establishing a new cyclic economics-environmental system.

  33. 条件変動に伴うWTPの変化について ～バイオエタノール混合ガソリンへの消費者選好分析～ Peer-reviewed

    井元智子, 矢部光保, 横川洋

    環境科学会誌　21　(6)　427-434　2008

    Publisher:

    DOI： 10.11353/sesj1988.21.427 　

    ISSN： 0915-0048

  34. Compatibility between conservation of nature and tourism on Iriomote Island

    Tomoko Imoto

    The Recent Status and Perspectives of Agricultural Environment and Biotechnology　2006

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Books and Other Publications 2

  1. 日本の環境研究室2018

    井元 智子

    池田屋印刷株式会社　2018/03

  2. Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation A framework for improving corporate decision-making

    James Griffiths, Mikkel Kollesoe, Eva Gabe, 足立直樹, 武末克久, 井元智子

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development　2011/05

Presentations 40

  1. 体型における外見至上主義と代替食品受容―日本人の若年男女を対象として―

    井元智子, 家田三千琉

    フードシステム学会大会 東京農業大学 世田谷キャンパス　2026/06/21

  2. 家庭内食品廃棄に対する価値判断の葛藤と行動選択―消費者が廃棄を思いとどまる要因の解明―

    大隈はな, 井元智子

    フードシステム学会大会 東京農業大学 世田谷キャンパス　2026/06/21

  3. 料理の種類がジビエの選好に及ぼす影響―Best- Worst Scaling による分析―

    Hu Xinyi, 井元智子

    フードシステム学会大会 東京農業大学 世田谷キャンパス　2026/06/21

  4. Evaluation of Land-Use and Crop-Conversion Policies to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflicts

    吉田 惇, 井元 智子, 河野 達仁

    日本経済学会春季大会 大阪公立大学　2026/05/23

  5. 都市部におけるヒグマのリスク認知と生態系価値－多次元リスク評価に基づく分析－

    井元智子, 吉田惇, 河野達仁

    環境経済・政策学会2024，関西大学大会　2024/09/15

  6. 外国人観光客を対象にした自然観光地に対する選好評価–日本の「国立公園満喫プロジェクト」に着目して–

    殷子鈞, 趙心童, 井元智子

    環境経済・政策学会2024，関西大学大会　2024/09/14

  7. 地域清酒製造業の変遷と現状 －消費の変化への対応－

    武藤彰宣,井元智子

    2024年東北農業経済学会，山形大会 東北農林専門職大学　2024/08/31

  8. 自然体験は定住志向に影響を及ぼすか？子ども時代の体験と地域愛着形成に着目して

    杉木沙南, 井元智子

    2024年東北農業経済学会，山形大会 東北農林専門職大学　2024/08/31

  9. Research on the Green Purchase Behavior and its Influential Factors in Shanghaiʼs Online Food Delivery Services

    Zhao Xintong, Imoto Tomoko, Jia Lei, Liu Zengjin

    2024/03/31

  10. Agricultural and urban land use policies for human-wildlife conflicts

    Jun Yoshida, Tomoko Imoto, Tatsuhito Kono

    2022/12/20

  11. Eating Habits and Psychological Aspects of College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

    Tomoko Imoto, Yuichiro Hoshino, Koji Yoshino, Hina Kashiwaba, Haruka Katsumori, Yoshiyuki Sato, Yusuke Ohsaki, Hitoshi Shirakawa

    Symposium of Yotta Informatics - Research Platform for Yotta-Scale Data Science 2022　2022/03/17

  12. Evaluation of the Importance of Electric Vehicle Attributes by Chinese Consumers

    Kentaro Yoshida, Tomoko Imoto, Xingtong Zhao, Zijun Yin

    2022/01/25

  13. コロナ禍による自然観光への意識変化―混雑緩和と入域料支払額に着目して―

    殷子鈞, 吉田謙太郎, 井元智子

    東北農業経済学会2021岩手大学大会　2021/09/11

  14. The relationship between the imaged nature and environmental valuation

    Yamane Nagao, Ayano Nishikori, Tomoko Imoto

    The 10th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE)　2021/08/21

  15. 消費者は何を評価して畜産物を選んでいるのか？ 〜SDGsとヘルシー志向を踏まえた選択型実験の紹介〜 Invited

    井元智子

    第113回日本繁殖生物学会大会公演　2020/09/25

  16. BWS on Online Food Ordering and Delivery Services in China under COVID-19

    Kentaro Yoshida, Xingtong Zhao, Tomoko Imoto, Ke An, Mitasu Yamamoto

    2020/09

  17. Evaluation of Eco-Friendly Rice Value in Urban Area and Rural area

    Yusuke Kamimura, Tomoko Imoto

    2020/09

  18. 外食チェーンにおける持続可能な食材調達に関するBWS評価

    吉田謙太郎, 井元智子, 趙心童

    2020年日本農業経済学会，東北大学大会　2020/05

  19. A Comparative Study on Beef Consumer Preferences between China and Japan: A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis

    Zhao Xintnog, Tomoko Imoto

    2020/05

  20. 郷土愛における食文化・環境要素の評価 〜ベストワーストスケーリングを適用した仙台市民の選好研究〜

    今泉智弘, 小澤麻未, 佐藤由美, 根本直人, 井元智子

    東北農業経済学会　2019/09/05

  21. 上海市におけるフードデリバリーの安全性評価 〜宅配業者を対象として〜

    趙 心童, 井元 智子

    東北農業経済学会　2019/09/05

  22. 自然像の多様さと心理的つながりの要因分析 〜現代日本人の感情反応測定〜

    錦織 彩乃, 井元 智子

    東北農業経済学会　2019/09/05

  23. Examination of WTP Estimates with and without Taking Satisficing Behavior into Consideration

    Tomoko IMOTO, Taro Ohdoko

    2019/09

  24. Relationships between biodiversity indicator and price

    Miyuki Takahashi, Tomoko IMOTO

    2019/09

  25. Optimal land use policies to mitigate damages by bears and to conserve wildlife

    JunYOSHIDA, Tomoko IMOTO, Tatsuhito KONO

    2018/11/25

  26. 子育て世代に着目した市民農園利用実態とニーズ分析

    石塚修敬, 井元智子, 澈力格尔, 盛田清秀

    環境経済・政策学会　2018/09/08

  27. 環境評価手法は負担の少ない合意形成を可能にするか？—東北大学雨宮キャンパス自然環境評価事例を通して—

    環境経済・政策学会　2017/09/09

  28. 供給者としての意識に基づく景観条例の住民評価-長野県安曇野市を事例として-

    長尾山音, 井元智子

    環境経済・政策学会　2017/09/09

  29. Differences of Environmental Awareness and the Influential Factors on Children in Different Regions -A Case Study of Urban and Rural Area of Xi’an City, China

    Xingtong Zhao, Tomoko Imoto

    環境経済・政策学会　2017/09/09

  30. 観光地の景観が風景にかわるとき

    長尾山音, 井元智子, 木暮悠太

    日本シミュレーション＆ゲーミング学会　2016/05

  31. 気候変動に関するマクロとミクロをつなぐ対応策研究

    時松 宏治, 井元 智子, 鼎 信次郎, 重藤 さわ子, 増井 利彦

    横幹連合コンファレンス　2015/12

  32. 環境経済評価の国内研究動向−SEEPSレビューを中心として−

    環境経済・政策学会　2015/09

  33. 位置情報を利用したサトウキビ収穫作業支援アプリ開発とデータ蓄積・活用に向けて

    井元 智子, 北本朝展

    農業農村工学会大会講演会　2012/09

  34. 放射能汚染リスクコミュニケーションの見える化—災害廃棄物受入説明会を対象として—

    環境経済・政策学会　2012/09

  35. ネット・ポジティブ・インパクトの日本国内におけるあり方について －日本に導入すべきオフセット制度とバンキング制度検討のための動向分析－

    井元 智子, 木村幹子, 寺崎康介, 伴武彦, 原口真

    環境経済・政策学会　2011/09

  36. エージェントシミュレーションによる最適政策実施期間の推定

    井元 智子, 中野慎也, 樋口知之

    環境経済・政策学会　2010/09

  37. エージェントシミュレーションによる政策の影響予測と政策評価

    井元 智子, 中野慎也, 樋口知之

    日本農業経済学会　2010/03

  38. 環境補助金政策に対するエージェントシミュレーションを用いた生産者変動分析

    井元 智子, 樋口知之

    環境経済・政策学会　2009/09

  39. 条件変動に伴うWTPの変化について ～バイオエタノール混合ガソリンへの消費者選好分析～

    井元智子, 矢部光保, 横川洋

    環境経済・政策学会　2007/09

  40. 西表島における自然環境保全と観光の両立可能性

    井元智子, 下村彰男, 熊谷洋一, 矢部光保

    環境経済・政策学会　2006/07

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Research Projects 6

  1. Establishment of the Economics of Human-Animal Spatial Sharing: Specification of Altruistic Utility Functions and Utilization of Animal Behavior Data

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2026/06/26 - 2029/03/31

  2. 生物と人の接触から生じるリスクと生物多様性の最適バランス：生態学と経済学の融合

    河野 達仁, 占部 城太郎, 井元 智子, 吉田 惇

    Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

    System: 科学研究費助成事業

    Category: 挑戦的研究(開拓)

    Institution: 東北大学

    2021/07/09 - 2026/03/31

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    近年，クマなどの野生動物がエサを求めて都市へ侵入し，人を襲う被害が増加している．これには都市拡大と温暖化による森林内の木の実不作などが影響している．また，感染症を引き起こすウイルスを動物が運ぶことも多い．そして，ウイルスの発現にも温暖化が影響することが懸念されている．本研究では，都市化や温暖化によってもたらされる都市住民と生物の接触が引き起こすコンフリクトを経済学と生態学の両学問の統合を行い，その解決案を探ることを目的としている． 研究実績としては，Yoshida & Kono (2020)が用いたLotka-Volterra モデルを子供と大人の２世代に生物種を分割したLotka-Volterra モデルに置き換えた．この分割により，子供と大人の生態の違いを反映することができる．本年度構築したモデルでは子育てエリアを特定化しなかったものの，子育てエリアが都市内や森林に散らばるとメタ個体群モデルとなる．すなわち，局所的集団（パッチと呼ばれる）が多数点在し，それぞれのパッチでは生成と消滅を繰り返しながら生物が存続するモデルでなる． 分析結果として，温暖化が進み森林に動物の食物が豊富になるものの，それ以上に動物が増加する時期が来ることで，結果として動物の頭数が減少するというパラドックスを示すことができている．また，その現象における子供と大人の頭数の変化も表現できている．子供と大人を分けていることで，その生態の違い（行動範囲や警戒心の違い）を考慮して，最適な駆除計画を考えることができる．今後は，構築した生態系モデルと都市経済モデルの統合モデルの動学の解の性質について，パラメータを変化させて把握する研究を行う．

  3. Institutional design of technology transfer based on the characteristics of organic rice production system through interdisciplinary co-creation

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2022/04/01 - 2025/03/31

  4. The study for the augmentation of happiness via food selection behavior and mental by subjective and objective evaluations

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2022/04/01 - 2025/03/31

  5. Institutional design of technology transfer based on the characteristics of organic rice production system through interdisciplinary co-creation

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2022/04/01 - 2025/03/31

  6. The Environmental Economic Analysis for Management of Sustainable Sugarcane Production at The Southwest Islands

    IMOTO Tomoko

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

    Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology

    2012/04/01 - 2015/03/31

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    We applied IT mainly focus on the effectiveness of the information sharing to sugarcane. We developed “SugarNavi”, a mobile application, to support harvest being more efficient. Using “SugarNavi” by an operator of harvester, the working location and operation status are uploaded to the server, in which these information are unified and visualized. With a support from “SugarNavi”, appropriate and smooth rearrangement of harvesters also become possible. We next investigate the information of harvest’s situation shared; the information varies according to the progress of harvest. As a result, in many cases, limited information is shared by a part of them, and it is suggested that the function of information visualization and sharing in “SugarNavi” could be applied for consensus forming for the order of harvest. Finally, in this experiment, since all persons concerned used “SugarNavi”, we clarified problems that we face with when “SugarNavi” begins to be used actually.

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Social Activities 4

  1. 環境にやさしい農業の意義と私たちの暮らし

    みんなでチャレンジ！環境保全型農業大会2024

    2025/01/17 -

  2. 「農業と環境」に関する消費者評価について

    環境に配慮した農産物の消費者理解に向けた共創懇話会

    2024/03/15 -

  3. みやぎ県民大学

    2016/09/09 -

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    私たちの食糧と健康と環境 講師

  4. 高大連携事業 学問の世界

    2016/05/28 -

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    宮城野高校 講師

Other 3

  1. 矢部光保・林岳編著 『生物多様性のブランド化戦略〜豊岡コウノトリ育むお米にみる成功モデル〜』著 （筑波出版，2015年）

  2. 持続可能な発展を目指した環境・社会経済システム研究推進体

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    気候変動問題に取り組む研究は、マクロレベルの将来シミュレーション、温暖化緩和・適応策のシナリオ研究、ミクロレベルの気候変動対策シナリオ・ロードマップ研究等があるが、これらは個別に実施され、有機的連携がない、という問題があった。そのため本研究では、環境、農業、水、エネルギーの工学と経済学をバックグラウンドとする教員が研究科の枠を超え、研究蓄積を結集して、気候変動の問題に、マクロとミクロをつないで取り組むための学内における研究体制基盤を構築する。具体的なアプローチとしては、長期将来の社会経済シナリオを共通の前提とし、例えば食糧・水・エネルギーなどに関する将来シミュレーションを通じてマクロレベルでのバイオマスエネルギーや食料などの姿を得る。それらの情報をもとに、いくつかの国、県、市町村など、ミクロレベルでとりあげ、温暖化に起因する災害による被害や、脱温暖化対策の検討、例えば農業における被害や適応策の実情把握を実施することで、現実に基づいた信頼性の高い妥当性の検証を行う。従来、個別に行われてきた研究を、異分野融合の相互連携でマクロとミクロをつないで取り組むことにより、今後の国際的研究への貢献につなげる。 本研究により、社会・環境理工学や工学等の学院への配属と目される若手教員の連携を図り、教育改革による新たな組織体制作りに貢献できると考える。更に、国内外のマクロとミクロをつなぐ環境・エネルギー研究に関連する学会の開催誘致活動を行う。実際に開催されれば、環境研究に関する本学の知名度認知度が国内外に高まり、優秀な学生の獲得が期待される。発展の究極目標は「モノづくりの東工大」と並ぶ、「文理融合の東工大」という、昔年からの教育理念である東工大ブランドの創出を目指すものである。

  3. 山中守著 『地域情報化で地域経済を再生する』（NTT出版，2013年）