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Welcome to Yoshihiko Wada's World (English Version)
(Last updated on April 18, 2016)
Yoshihiko Wada graduated from School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1999. He taught ecological economics and research skills at Sapporo University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan between April 2000 and September 2003.  He was transferred to Doshisha University, Kyoto in October 2003. He teaches ecological economics and other subjects on sustainability.

His recent publications in English are as follows:



Wada, Yoshihiko. 2015. "Good News from the Global Footprint Network - and Bad News from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster." In John B. Cobb, Jr. and Ignacio Castuera, eds. For Our Common Home: Process-Relational Responses to Laudato Si'. Process Century Press. pp. 215-221.


Iha, Katsunori, Sakiko Kiyono eds. Pati Poblete, David Moor, Yoshihiko Wada, Katsunori Iha, and Naobi Okayasu. 2012. Japan Ecological Footprint Report 2012. WWF Japan, Global Footprint Network.

Justin Kitzes, Alessandro Galli, Marco Bagliani, John Barrett, Gorm Dige, Sharon Ede, Karlheinz Erb, Stefan Giljum, Helmut Haberl, Chris Hails, Laurent Jolia-Ferrier, Sally Jungwirth, Manfred Lenzen, Kevin Lewis, Jonathan Loh, Nadia Marchettini, Hans Messinger, Krista Milne, Richard Moles, Chad Monfreda, Dan Moran, Katsura Nakano, Aili Pyhala, William Rees, Craig Simmons, Mathis Wackernagel, Yoshihiko Wada, Connor Walsh, Thomas Wiedmann. 2009. gA research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts.h Ecological Economics. No. 68, Vol. 7. pp. 1991-2007.

Justin Kitzes, Daniel Moran, Alessandro Galli, Mathis Wackernagel and Yoshihiko Wada. 2009. gInterpretation and application of the Ecological Footprint: A reply to Fiala (2008).h Ecological Economics. No. 68, Vol. 4. pp. 929-930.

Chris Hails, Sarah Humphrey, Jonathan Loh, Steven Goldfinger, Mathis Wackernagel, Yoshihiko Wada, et al .2008. Living Planet Report 2008. Gland, Switzerland: WWF International.

Nakano, Katsura, and Yoshihiko Wada. 2008. gA textbook explanation of global hectare.h@Ž ‰ê‘åŠwŒoÏŠw•” Working PaperBNo. 103BŽ ‰ê‘åŠwŒoÏŒo‰cŒ€‹†ŠB

Wada, Yoshihiko and Motoshi Kishi. 2006. "Environmental and Social Impacts of Uranium Mining: A Case Study of Ranger and Jabiluka Minesites in Kakadu National Park, Australia." Doshisha University Research Center of Social Common Capital Discussion Paper No. 14. June 2006.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2004. "Surviving a Globalized World: Lessons to be Learned from Japan's Problem-Solving Incapability." In Masao Nakamura ed. Changing Japanese Business, Economy and Society: Globalization of Post-Bubble Japan. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 40-54.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2001. gAn Analysis of Problem Solving Incapability in Japanese Society: Denial, Suppression and Marginalization of Root Causes.h In Masao Nakamura, ed. Japan in the Global Age: Cultural, Historical and Political Issues on Asia, Environment, Households and International Communication. Vancouver: The Centre Japanese Research, The University of British Columbia. pp. 75-82. 

Wada, Yoshihiko. 1999. The Myth of "Sustainable Development": The Ecological Footprint of Japanese Consumption.@ PhD dissertation. Vancouver, BC: The University of British Columbia School of Community and Regional Planning.@

Wada, Yoshihiko and Stephen Latham. 1998. "Ecological Footprint Analysis of the Japanese Consumption: Calculation Methods and Policy Implications." in Michael Donnelly, ed. Confidence and Uncertainty in Japan: Proceeding of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada, 1997. University of Toronto - York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, pp. 18-27. 

Kelson, John, Yoshihiko Wada and Suzanne Speckmann. 1996."Seabirds in the Alaskan Gyre."@In Daniel Pauly and Villy Christensen. Mass-Balance Models of North-eastern Pacific Ecosystems: Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Fisheries Centre University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, November 6 - 10, 1995. Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 1996. Vol. 4. No. 1. Vancouver: The Fisheries Centre, The University of British Columbia. pp. 31-32.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 1993. The Appropriated Carrying Capacity of Tomato Production: Comparing the Ecological Footprints of Hydroponic Greenhouse and Mechanized Field Operations.@M. A. thesis. Vancouver, BC: The University of British Columbia School of Community and Regional Planning.@

His recent oral and poster presentations in English are as follows:

Wada, Yoshihiko and Katsunori Iha. 2015. gEcological Footprint and Its Influence on Mainstream Organizations.h Oral Presentation at the International Conference: gSeizing an Alternative.h held in Claremont, California, USA, on June 15.

Wada, Yoshihiko (2013) gA Radioactive Thorium Pollution Case in Malaysia: Asian Rare Earth Incident Revisited.h Presentation at the "Rare Earth Symposium," held at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, on May 31.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2009. gThe Legacy of Military and Nuclear Supremacy: A Case Study of Environmental Impacts of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Other Sites in the United States of America.h A presentation at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont. September 4.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2009. gEcological Footprint as an (Un)Sustainability Indicator.h A presentation at the eInternational Conference on Sustainability Transition: International Research Initiatives towards a Resource-circulating Societyf organized by Osaka University Research Institute for Sustainability Science (RISS), Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), and Osaka University Center for the Study of Sustainability Design (SDC), Osaka, Japan. July 22.

Wada, Yoshihiko, Koji Izumi, and Takahiro Mashiba. 2007. "Development of a Web-Based Personal Ecological Footprint Calculator for the Japanese." A Paper presented at the International Ecological Footprint Conference in Cardiff, Wales on May 8th.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2006. "The Concept of Ecological Footprint and its Applications to Sustainability Assessment of Technologies." TECHNO-OCEAN 2006/19th JASNAOE Ocean Engineering Symposium, Kobe International Exhibition Hall, Kobe, Japan (October 20th).

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2006. "Ecological Footprint Applications in Japan and the Challenges." Seminar held at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategy (IGES), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan (March 16).

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2004. "Ecological Footprint and Sustainable Economy." Paper Presentation at the Institute of Geography, the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, Russian Federation. (November 29th, 2004).

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2004. gSustainability Assessment of Tomato Production: Did You Know that Tomatoes Leave Footprints?" Key-note speech at the 3rd IAESTE Forum, Kiyosato, Yamanashi (August 15).

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2004. "Applications of Ecological Footprint in the United Kingdom (Cases from Wales and Scotland): Lessons for Japan and Asia." Paper Presentation at RCAST-UNU-IAS US-Japan Urban Ecosystem Initiative Research Workshop (February 26-28, UNU-IAS, Tokyo).

Makino, Matuyo, Katura Nakano, and Yoshihiko Wada. 2003. "GPI for Japan: A Long-term Estimation 1955-2000." Paper presentation at the 2003 Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (Jasper, Alberta), October 18, 2003.

Wada, Yoshihiko. 2001. "Surviving a Globalized World: Lessons to be Learned from Japan's Problem Solving Incapability." Paper presentation at the International Conference on Globalization and Social Cohesion in Asia (Shanghai, China) November 26-27, 2001 organized by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the University of British Columbia.

 Wada, Yoshihiko. 2000. "Sustainability and the Role of Ecological Footprint Analysis." Paper presentation at the International Seminar, "Prerequisites for a Sustainable Society." held at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan) June 24. 

Rees, William E. and Yoshihiko Wada. "Ecological Footprints and (Un)Sustainability: A Case Study of Japan." Paper presentation at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 1998 Annual Conference (Pasadena, USA) November 1998. 

Wada, Yoshihiko. "Ecological Footprint and Sustainability of Japanese National Consumption." Poster presentation at 1998 Annual National Conference of the American Planning Association (Boston, USA) April 1998. 

Wada, Yoshihiko. "The Concept of Ecological Footprint and Its Application to Japan." Paper presentation at the conference, "Spotlight on Asia." hosted by Green College, the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) February 1996. 

Wada, Yoshihiko, William E. Rees and Mathis Wackernagel. "Assessing Progress in Agriculture: The Ecological Footprint of Hydroponic Tomato Production."  Paper presentation at the National Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Canadian Chapter (Ottawa, Canada) October 1993. 

His contact address:
Yoshihiko Wada, Ph.D. (UBC, Canada)
Associate Professor
Ecological Economics
Faculty of Economics
Doshisha University
Imadegawa-dori, Karasuma-higashi-iru,
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan 602-8580
e-mail: yowada (at) mail.doshisha.ac.jp
ph/fax: +81-11-251-3582

His sincere hope is that there will be no war in this world.

Welcome to Yoshihiko Wada's World (English Version)(Last updated on April 18, 2016)