Professor
of Forest Engineering and Watershed Management
Faculty of Agriculture, University of The Ryukyus

Dr.　Shoji INOUE　

Mailing Address

Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology,
Faculty of Agriculture,
University of The Ryukyus
1 Sembaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213 Japan

E-Mail: inoue416@agr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Research Areas

• Forest Engineering
• Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Research Themes

• Proper system of forest road construction and management for soil conservation
• Evaluation of quantitative influence of forest operation on watershed environment
• Forest fire science

Membership of Academic Societies

• The Japanese Forest Society
• The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
• The Japan Forest Engineering Society
• Japan Association for Fire Science and Engineering
• Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
• Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources
• The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
• The Japanese Society of Forest Environment
• The Japanese Society of Coastal Forest

Recent Publications

• Takeda, M., Ogawa, S. and Inoue, S.: A questionnaire investigation on erosion control works among neighboring residents. Bulletin of the Ehime University Forest, No.35, 55-76. 1997 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Oh, J-M., Inoue, S., Kohno, S. and Ezaki, T.: The changes of ion concentrations in the stream water during rainfall events by forest road construction. Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems Vol.4 No.1, 17-22. 1998
• Oh, J-M. and Inoue, S.: The change of suspended sediment concentration in a stream by forest road construction. Journal of The Japan Forest Engineering Society. Vol.13 No.3, 161-168. 1998 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Oh, J-M., Inoue, S. and Ezaki, T.: The potential use of digital image in turbidity measurement.Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems Vol.4 No.2, 27-30. 1999
• Inoue, S.: A fundamental study on fire-scar of stem in a forest fire -Estimation of wind velocity from stem-bark char by examination using wind tunnel-. Japanese Journal of Forest Environment Vol.41 No.1, 19-24. 1999 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Inoue, S.: Behavior of wind direction and wind velocity in the site　of forest fire 　　-Field experiments using opportunities of prescribed fire-. Japanese Journal of Forest Environment Vol.41 No.1, 25-30. 1999 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Inoue, S, Oh, J-M. and Matsuda, K.: An experiment on suspended discharge from forest road using simulated rainfall. Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems Vol.5 No.1, 1-5. 1999 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Oh, J-M., Inoue, S., Ezaki, T. and Chun, K-W.: Effect of the forest road on suspended sediment yield in the small forest watershed. Journal of Korean Forestry Society Vol.88 No.4, 477-484. 1999（in Korean with English summary）
• Inoue, S.: A fundamental and applied study on prediction of forest fire spreading. 　Bulletin of the Ehime University Forest, No.36, 1-91. 1999 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Oh, J-M. and Inoue, S.: The analysis on the factors of forest road in Ehime, Japan.　Bulletin of the Ehime University Forest, No.37, 1-9. 1999 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Kim, K-J., Chun, K-W., Ezaki, T. and Inoue, S.: The Amount of Stemflow and Throughfall by the Rainfall in Pinus densiflora Forests, Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems 5(2), 13-19. 2000
• Kohno, S., Fujihisa, M., Inoue, S., Iwamoto, T., Ezaki, T., Chun, K-W., Kohki, Z. and Nakashima, Y.: Effect of Acid Rain on the Stem Flow of Revegetation Tree. Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems 6(1), 33-36. 2000
• Toda, H., Sasa, K., Sato, F., Shibata, H., Nomura, M., Ichikawa, K., Inoue, S. and et al.: Stream water chemistry of university forests over Japan, Journal of Japanese Forestry Society 82(3), 308-312, 2000 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Chun K-W., Seomun, W., Seo, J-I., Ahn, Y-S., Kim, I-A., Inoue, S., Iwamoto, T. and Ezaki, T.: Revegetation and human(�ﾁ) -Perspective on the revegetation of the face of slopes-. Journal of Forest Science, Kangwon National University, 18, 15-30. 2002 (in Korean)
• Fujihisa, M., Kohno, S., Imon, Y., Inoue, S., Iwamoto, T., Chun, K-W. and Ezaki, T.: Effects of growth retardant on growth of Chigaya (Imperata cylindrica). Journal of the Japanese Society of Coastal Forest 2(2), 11-14, 2003 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Chun, K-W., Seo, J-I., Yeom, K-J., Cha, D-S., Kim, K-N., Inoue, S. and Ezaki, T.: Variations of suspended solid and sediment yield in forest fire area -Effects of coverage and afforestation-. Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems 9(1), 13-17. 2003
• Sasaki, A., Fujii, K., Fujihisa, M., Kohno, S., Inoue, S., Ezaki, T. and Chun, K-W.: Slope revegetation using native woody plants. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 29(1), 269-272, 2003
• Inoue, S. and Takahashi, Y.: An experimental study on the effect of slope reinforcement by a wooden retaining wall. Journal of the Japan Forest Engineering Society 18(4), 271-274, 2004 (in Japanese)
• Kohno, S., Fujihisa, M., Inoue, S. and Chun, K-W.: Revegetation of the cutting slopes using the native woody plants. Bulletin of the Ehime University Forest, No.43, 9-18. 2004 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Yea, S-Y., Kakihara, T., Inoue, S., Chun, K-W. and Ezaki, T.: Change of Precipitation Component in Pinus Forest Small Forested Watershed. Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems 10(1), 37-42. 2004 (in Japanese with English summary)
• Inoue, S., Razafindrabe, B. H. N. and Fujihisa, M.: Change of infiltration capacity and vegetational recovery in the coastal burned area after a forest fire -Discussion from view of soil and water conservation-. Journal of the Japanese Society of Coastal Forest 3(2), 1-6. 2004 (in Japanese with English summary)

Teaching Subjects

• Under Graduate Course
  ・Soil and Water Conservation
  ・Forest Engineering
  ・Disaster prevention and Forest Science
  ・Practice of Forest Engineering

• Graduate Course
  ・Forest Environmental Engineering
  ・Special Excercise of Forest Environmental Engineering
  ・Special Research of Forest Environmental Science

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