KUREHA, Masaaki, Ass.-Prof., Dr. Phil.
Department of Regional
Geography, Division
of Geoenvironmental Sciences, Graduate
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Tel. +81-29-853-4401
Fax +81-29-853-6879
e-mail: mkureha@sakura．cc.tsukuba.ac.jp
Responsibilities:
Graduate
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Master’s Program in Area
Studies
Main Research Interests:
Tourism: ski tourism, development of ski
areas.
Rural regions: rural tourism in
mountainous area in Japan
Europe: Central Europe, the Alps,
transborder regions
Research Projects:
Market economy and changing regional
structures: the case of Central Europe (1996-1999).
Changing regional structure and way of
life in Central Europe: the case of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic and Hungary (1999-2002).
System for the symbiosis of tourist
industry and agriculture in the Alps: as compared with the hilly and
mountainous areas in Japan (1999-2001).
Spatial transformations in the transborder
areas of European Megalopolis (2001-2003).
Spatial transformations in the transborder
cities of European Megalopolis (2005-).
Sustainable tourism and regional
environment (2005-)
Degree:
Doktor der Philosophie (University of
Innsbruck, Austria, 1993)
Dissertation: Die Wintersportgebiete in
Österreich und Japan: Ein geographischer Vergleich der Entwicklung der
Wintersportorte in den Ostalpen und den japanischen Bergebieten.
Brief Background:
1964 Born
in Nagano, Japan
1983-87 College
of Natural Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1987-91 Doctoral
Program in Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
1991-93 Doctoral
Program in Human Geography, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1994-96 Lecturer,
Faculty of Law and Letters, Ehime University
1996-2000 Associate
Professor, Faculty of Law and Letters, Ehime University
2000-2004 Assistant
Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
2004- Assistant
Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of
Tsukuba
Recent publications:
KUREHA, M. 2006. Tourism in Germany.
Geography 51(5): 31-39. (in Japanese)
KUREHA, M. 2005. Development of ski areas
in rural mountainous regions in Japan. In Internationale Skihistoriographie
und deutscher Skilauf, ed. G. Falkner, Deutscher Skiverband,
Planegg, 137-142,
KUREHA, M. 2005. Japanese tourists in the
Alpine Countries. Tsukuba Studies in Human Geography 29: 59-70.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
KUREHA, M. 2004. Changes in the regional
pattern of ski tourism in Japan. In: 3rd FIS Ski History Conference, ed. Winter Sport Museum Mürzzuschlag, Mürzzuschlag/Graz, 61-67.
KUREHA, M. 2004. Changes in outbound
tourism from the Visegrád Countries to Austria. Geographical Review of Japan, 77: 262-275.
KUREHA, M. 2004. Veränderung des
Tourismus in Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary). Tsukuba Studies in Human
Geography 28: 49-76. (in Japanese with German
abstract)
KUREHA, M., H. UCHIKAWA and T. SHINTO 2003.
Development of summer tourism for training camps in Sugadaira-Kogen as a winter
resort. Ann. Rep., Inst. Geosci., Univ. Tsukuba, 29:
5-10.
KUREHA, M. 2003. Grenzüberschreitender
Personenverkehr im Saar-Lor-Lux Raum. Tsukuba Studies in Human
Geography 27: 155-170. (in Japanese with German abstract)
KUREHA, M. 2002. Tourism and ski resorts in the Alps. Science
Journal Kagaku 72: 1257-1260. (in Japanese)
KUREHA, M. 2002. Changes in tourist regions in Austria
in the 1990S. Journal of Ehime Geographical Society 16:
103-123. (in Japanese)
KUREHA, M. 2002. Regional characteristics of ski
population in Japan. Tsukuba Studies in Human Geography 26:
103-123. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
KUREHA, M. 2002. System for the relationship of symbiosis
between tourism and agriculture in Hindelang, the German Alps. Science
Reports, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 23A:
75-90.
KUREHA, M. 2001. System für die Symbiose zwischen Tourismus
und Landwirtschaft in Osttirol in den österreichischen Alpen. Journal of
Geography 110: 631-649. (in Japanese with German
abstract)
KUREHA, M. 2001. Changes of inbound and outbound
tourism in the Czech Republic through the Velvet Revolution. Tsukuba Studies
in Human Geography 25: 1-36. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
KUREHA, M., SATO, A. and TOYOSHIMA, K. 2001. Die
strukturelle Veränderung des Skisportorts in Norikura-Kogen, Mitteljapan. Journal
of Japan Society of Ski Sciences 11: 61-72. (in Japanese
with German abstract)
KUREHA, M. 2000. Changes in tourists activities of the
Visegrad Countries after 1989. Geographical Review of Japan 73B:
234-235.
KUREHA, M. 1999. Transformation of rural mountainous
regions through the development of ski areas in Japan. Japanese Journal of
Ecology 49: 269-275. (in Japanese with English
title)
Member of:
The
Association of Japanese Geographers
The Human Geographical Society
of Japan
Tohoku
Geographical Association
Hiroshima Geographical Society
Innsbrucker
Geographische Gesellschaft