Osamu Saito
Academic Programme Officer
- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-ISP
- OFFICE:
- UNU Center, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku 150-8925, Tokyo
- E-MAIL:
- PHONE:
- +81 (0)3-5467-1343
- NATIONALITY:
- Japan
Research Interests
Environmental risk management Environmental systems research Vegetation managementEducation
Ph.D., Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Master, Environmental Policy Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts UniversityAppointments
Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University Researcher, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of TokyoBiographical Statement
He has organized several research projects relating to building a resource circulating society in Asia, sustainability assessment and indicator systems, environmental risk management, and ontology-based knowledge conceptualization for sustainability science. Recognizing the growing importance of Asia’s environmental impacts on the global environment, economics, and human society, his recent work focuses on developing sustainability assessment methods (multicriteria analysis) and developing future scenarios with policy measures to create and maintain sound interlinkage between ecosystem services, biomass use, and human well being in Asia.
He has conducted on-site surveys in China (Shanghai), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), and Malaysia (Sarawak) to investigate household energy and biomass resource use. He has also created future scenarios of these cities up to 2030 and estimated changes in energy consumption and CO2 emission for each scenario.
Through his wide range background in ecological study, environmental systems research, environmental risk management, and sustainability science, he seeks to develop an integrated sustainable governance model based on environmental management and risk science for both human communities and ecosystems.
Peer-reviewed Books
- Fukui, K. and Kurihara, S. (ed.) (2008) The Flowers that bloom in Campus (Suita Campus, Osaka University), Osaka University Press.
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
- O. Saito, R. Bawden (2010) Section 7-1:, “Ecology, Sustainability Science and Knowing Systems”, IR3S Series Vol.4, Sustainability Science IV, United Nations University Press
- R. Mizoguchi, K. Kozaki, O. Saito, T. Kumazawa and T. Matsui (2010) Section 2-3: “Structuring of knowledge based on ontology engineering”, IR3S Series Vol.1, Sustainability Science I, United Nations University Press.
- O. Saito, K. Kozaki, T. Hirota, R. Mizoguchi (2010) Section 2-4 “Application of ontology engineering to biofuel problems”, IR3S Series Vol.1, Sustainability Science I, United Nations University Press.
- Saito, O. and Hoshino, Y. (2005) Quercus serrata secondary woodland in Kanto Region, The Nature Conservation Society of Japan (ed.), Monitoring Vegetation Communities, pp.185-190, Bunichi Sogo Shuppan.
- Saito, O. (2005) Satoyama Conservation Actions by Citizens, The Nature Conservation Society of Japan (ed.), Nature and Conservation of Satoyama from the Perspective of Ecology, pp.195-201, Kodansha Scientific.
- Saito, O. (2000) ISO’s Guideline for Environmental Performance Assessment and its Application to Construction Industry, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (ed.) Environmental Performance Assessment and Lifecycle Assessment for Construction Industry, pp.19-33, Kajima Shuppan.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- D. T. Tu , O. Saito, Y. Yamamoto, A. Tokai (2010) Scenarios For Sustainable Biomass Use in The Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Journal of Sustainable Energy and Environment, Vol. 1 (in press).
- O. Saito，2010，A Conceptual Framework and Methods for Risk Tradeoff Analysis Part 1: A Conceptual Framework for Risk Tradeoff Analysis, Japanese Journal of Risk Analysis, Vol.20, No.2, 97-106. (In Japanese with English abstract)
- O. Saito，2010，A Conceptual Framework and Methods for Risk Tradeoff Analysis Part 2: Methods for Risk Tradeoff Analysis, Japanese Journal of Risk Analysis，Vol.20, No.2, 107-114. (In Japanese with English abstract)
- D. T. Tu, O. Saito, A. Tokai (2009) Electricity Demand and the Changes from Urban to Rural Households in Vietnam, Papers on Environmental Information Science, 23: 233-238.
- O. Saito (2009) Environmental and Economic Scenario Analysis of the Redundant Golf Courses in Japan, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 58: 593-599.
- D. T. Tu, O. Saito, A. Tokai and T. Morioka (2009) Biomass Potential and Material Flow in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, Environmental Systems Research, 37: 455-466.
- T. Kumazawa, O. Saito, K. Kozaki, T. Matsui, R. Mizoguchi (2009) Towards knowledge structuring of sustainable science based on ontology engineering, Sustainability Science, 4: 99-116.
- O. Saito (2009) Failure Analysis of Nature Restoration and Biomass Utilization Projects in Japan，WIAS Research Bulletin, 1: 43-60.(In Japanese with English abstract)
O. Saito (2008) Restructuring existing rural resorts as a sustainable infrastructure for basin socio-ecological systems in Japan: A case of redundant golf courses in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, 3rd International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science (December 9-12, 2008). - M. Kassai, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Ueda, O. Saito, T. Morioka (2008) Analysis of Corporate Response to the Product Environmental Requirements in Electrics and Automotive Parts Manufacturers, Environmental Information Science, 22: 49-54. (In Japanese with English abstract)
- J. Shimoda, O. Saito, Y. Yamamoto, T. Morioka (2008) Integrating the Standards of the Environmental, Quality and Occupational Health & Safety Management, Environmental Systems Research,.36:181-188. (In Japanese with English abstract)
- K. Katayama, Y. Yamamoto, O. Saito, T. Morioka (2008) Evaluation of CO2 Emission Reduction by Off-line Supply System of Exhaust Heat Generated from Industrial Plants, Environmental Systems Research, 36: 97-106. (In Japanese with English abstract)
- E. Abasoro, O. Saito, T. Matsui, T. Morioka (2008) Perception and attitude towards ecosystem services in the urban areas, Sylvatrop, The Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Resources, 17(1&2): 81-100.
- K. Shimada,T. Katsuki, K. Iwamoto and O. Saito (2008) Management effects on the community structure and species richness of secondary Quercus serrata -Q.acutissima woodland in the southwest Tama area,Tokyo, Japan, Vegetation Science, 25: 1-12. (In Japanese with English abstract)