Coexistence in the water-scarce Arab societies - Focus on irrigation and cultivation systems

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25300001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Environmental and ecological symbiosis
• Research Institution: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: IWASAKI Erina 上智大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20436744)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 柏木 健一 筑波大学, 人文社会科学研究科(系), 准教授 (00447236) ; 加藤 博 一橋大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 名誉教授 (10134636) ; 松岡 延浩 千葉大学, 園芸学研究科, 教授 (80212215) ; 木村 玲二 鳥取大学, 乾燥地研究センター, 准教授 (80315457)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 持続可能性 / 水資源 / アラブ / 北アフリカ / 農村 / 灌漑 / 中東

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Arab societies located in the arid region is an appropriate area for the examination of 'sustainability'. This research project aimed to study the coexistence between humans, and between human being and nature by the field research focusing on the water distribution, and by organizing an international and inter-disciplinary research team. Main fields of research are the oases in the Western Desert in Egypt, the oases in the southern Tunisia, a village in the Northern Jordan for comparison.

Free Research Field

中東地域研究