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Atsushi Tsunekawa

Atsushi Tsunekawa

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Overview

Atsushi Tsunekawa is affiliated with Tottori University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications contributing to these fields.

Their work covers several subfields, including:

  • Soil Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Key topics addressed in their research encompass:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Frequently publishing in several academic venues, Atsushi Tsunekawa has contributed multiple articles to journals such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sustainability
  • International Soil and Water Conservation Research
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • "Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau" (2020, Science Bulletin)
  • "Agroecology-based soil erosion assessment for better conservation planning in Ethiopian river basins" (2021, Environmental Research)
  • "Cropland expansion outweighs the monetary effect of declining natural vegetation on ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa" (2020, Ecosystem Services)
  • "Assessing the wind energy potential of China in considering its variability/intermittency" (2020, Energy Conversion and Management)
  • "Global analysis of cover management and support practice factors that control soil erosion and conservation" (2022, International Soil and Water Conservation Research)

Atsushi Tsunekawa collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Nigussie Haregeweyn
  • Mitsuru Tsubo
  • Enyew Adgo
  • Derege Tsegaye Meshesha
  • Ayele Almaw Fenta

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins : case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Jean Poesen;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Soil erosion and conservation in Ethiopia A review

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen

  • Exploring land use/land cover changes, drivers and their implications in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Ethiopia

    Mulatu Liyew Berihun;Mulatu Liyew Berihun;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Derege Tsegaye Meshesha

  • The dynamics of urban expansion and its impacts on land use/land cover change and small-scale farmers living near the urban fringe: A case study of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Genetu Fikadu;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Reconsidering the efficiency of grazing exclusion using fences on the Tibetan Plateau

    Jian Sun;Miao Liu;Bojie Fu;David Kemp

  • Land susceptibility to water and wind erosion risks in the East Africa region.

    Ayele Almaw Fenta;Ayele Almaw Fenta;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Jean Poesen

  • Continuing land degradation: Cause–effect in Ethiopia's Central Rift Valley

    D. T. Meshesha;A. Tsunekawa;M. Tsubo

  • Trends in urbanization and patterns of land use in the Asian mega cities Jakarta, Bangkok, and Metro Manila

    Akinobu Murakami;Alinda Medrial Zain;Kazuhiko Takeuchi;Atsushi Tsunekawa

  • Effects of land use and sustainable land management practices on runoff and soil loss in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia.

    Kindiye Ebabu;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Enyew Adgo

  • Integrated Watershed Management as an Effective Approach to Curb Land Degradation: A Case Study of the Enabered Watershed in Northern Ethiopia

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Ademnur Berhe;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Factors influencing small-scale farmers’ adoption of sustainable land management technologies in north-western Ethiopia

    Zerihun Nigussie;Zerihun Nigussie;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Enyew Adgo

  • Dynamics and hotspots of soil erosion and management scenarios of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

    Derege Tsegaye Meshesha;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Mitsuru Tsubo;Nigussie Haregeweyn

  • Contributions of sandy lands and stony deserts to long-distance dust emission in China and Mongolia during 2000–2006

    Baolin Zhang;Baolin Zhang;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Assessing vegetation dynamics in the Three-North Shelter Forest region of China using AVHRR NDVI data

    Hanchen Duan;Changzhen Yan;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Xiang Song

  • Fragmentation of the Habitat of Wild Ungulates by Anthropogenic Barriers in Mongolia

    Takehiko Y. Ito;Badamjav Lhagvasuren;Badamjav Lhagvasuren;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Masato Shinoda

  • Land-use change and its socio-environmental impact in Eastern Ethiopia’s highland

    Derege Tsegaye Meshesha;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Mitsuru Tsubo;Syed Ahmad Ali

  • Hydrological responses to land use/land cover change and climate variability in contrasting agro-ecological environments of the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia.

    Mulatu Liyew Berihun;Mulatu Liyew Berihun;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Derege Tsegaye Meshesha

  • Preliminary Evidence of a Barrier Effect of a Railroad on the Migration of Mongolian Gazelles

    Takehiko Y. Ito;Naoko Miura;Badamjav Lhagvasuren;Dulamtseren Enkhbileg

  • Reservoir sedimentation and its mitigating strategies: a case study of Angereb reservoir (NW Ethiopia)

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Bekure Melesse;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Agroecology-based soil erosion assessment for better conservation planning in Ethiopian river basins.

    Ayele Almaw Fenta;Ayele Almaw Fenta;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Mitsuru Tsubo

  • Farmers' perception about soil erosion in Ethiopia.

    Zerihun Nigussie;Zerihun Nigussie;Atsushi Tsunekawa;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Enyew Adgo

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitsuru Tsubo
Mitsuru Tsubo Tottori University
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University
Derege Tsegaye Meshesha
Derege Tsegaye Meshesha Bahir Dar University
Ayele Almaw Fenta
Ayele Almaw Fenta Tottori University
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Kazuhiko Takeuchi University of Tokyo
Jian Sun
Jian Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Masato Shinoda
Masato Shinoda Nagoya University
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Xian Xue
Xian Xue Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University

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