Geoscientific database on karst landscapes for school and lifelong education

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350240
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: OGATA Takayuki 琉球大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50548287)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: カルスト地形 / 石灰岩 / 風化 / GIS / アウトリーチ / ジオパーク / 学校教育 / 生涯教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study produced a geoscientific karst database and established a karst web system using a method of spatial information science. The karst web system explains typical landscapes with geographic information and original photographs for school and lifelong education. This study also discussed geomorphological issues based on field observation in East and Southeast Asia, which was published as academic journals and textbooks. Several TV programs and MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) website introduced this geomorphological discussion as an advanced geoscience.

Free Research Field

地球科学