Naomi Shimpo

(新保奈穂美)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, University of Hyogo
Specially-appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University

Degree: Ph.D.(The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences)
Master of Environmental Studies(The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801017637197760
researchmap Member ID: 7000024566

External link: https://sites.google.com/view/hanamachi-shimpo/

Research Interests

Landscape planning; Urban planning; Multi-functional urban gardening; Germany Austria; New Zealand; Japan

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2024 - Present

Specially-appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University
Apr, 2024 - Present

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Landscape Design and Management, University of Hyogo
Aug, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Specially-appointed lecturer, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University
Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Lecturer, Graduate School of Landscape Design and Management, University of Hyogo
Mar, 2016 - Mar, 2021

Assistant professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Education

Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Doctor Course, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2012 - Feb, 2013

Department of Landscape Architecture, Institute of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Vienna University of Technology
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2012

Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Master Course, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2010

Major in Landscape Ecology and Planning, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2008

Natural Sciences II, College of Arts and Sciences Junior Division, The University of Tokyo

Committee Memberships

May, 2024 - Present

Member of the Flower and Greenery Study Subcommittee, Hyogo Prefecture
Apr, 2024 - Present

学術委員会委員, 日本都市計画学会
Oct, 2017 - Oct, 2027

Committee for land adjustment of Iwatsuki Station West Gate area
Jul, 2024 - Jun, 2026

みどりの再生県民会議委員, 埼玉県
Aug, 2020 - May, 2026

Committee for flower and green space planning of Saitama City

Awards

Jun, 2024

奨励賞著作部門, まちを変える都市型農園コミュニティを育む空き地活用, 日本造園学会

新保奈穂美
Oct, 2022

Kansai Branch Award, Effectiveness of the Community Park Project in Fukuoka City to Watch over and Create Interaction Using Parks and Green Spaces, Kansai Branch, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture

Natsuki Asao, Naomi Shimpo
Aug, 2017

Award for the best presentation at 2017 International Conference of Asian-Pacific Planning Societies, Young Urban Planners' Network

Naomi Shimpo
May, 2016

Best paper award, the annual conference of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture 2016, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture

Naomi Shimpo
May, 2015

Best Paper Award, Annual Conference of Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture 2015, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture

Papers

Community garden management for resilient cities: A case study in suburban Tokyo during the COVID-19 pandemic

Naomi Shimpo

Landscape and Urban Planning, 251 105148, Jul 9, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Actual conditions and future theory of rain garden maintenance in “Green Watershed Flood Control” by Kumamoto Prefecture: Focusing on the purpose of introduction and inter-entity collaboration

Nao Maeda, Naotaka Ota, Naomi Shimpo

Policy and Practice Studies, 10(1) 41-52, Jul, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Regional utilization and sustainability of the former Berlin Wall site: Berlin Wall Trail and Green Belt Berlin

Naotaka Ota, Naomi Shimpo

26 15-24, Mar, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Impact of recent institutional changes and the "Leipzig Charter" in the revision of the Land Use Ordinance 2021: Realities and challenges of the urban planning system for compact, mixed-use and sustainable urban development in Germany

Naotaka Ota, Naomi Shimpo

Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 58(3) 945-952, Oct 25, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Pandemic gardening: A narrative review, vignettes and implications for future research

Jonathan Kingsley, Kelly Donati, Jill Litt, Naomi Shimpo, Chris Blythe, Jan Vávra, Silvio Caputo, Paul Milbourne, Lucy O Diekmann, Nick Rose, Runrid Fox-Kämper, Agnes van den Berg, Geneviève S. Metson, Alessandro Ossola, Xiaoqi Feng, Thomas Astell-Burt, Amy Baker, Brenda B. Lin, Monika Egerer, Pauline Marsh, Philip Pettitt, Theresa L Scott, Katherine Alaimo, Kate Neale, Troy Glover, Jason Byrne

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 87 128062-128062, Aug, 2023 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Agriculture as a solution to urban social problems

Naomi Shimpo

Agricultural Biotechnology, 8(11) 8-13, Sep, 2024 InvitedLead author
Growing network of food and people in Christchurch, New Zealand: Measures and current status towards “Edible Garden City”

Naomi Shimpo

Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 22(4) 793-795, Mar 11, 2024 Lead authorCorresponding author

Attachment
Trends in Green Spaces in Germany and Austria: Examples of Urban Gardens and Parklets

Naomi Shimpo

Parks and Open Space, 84(4) 35-36, Dec, 2023 Invited
Contribution of urban gardens to solving social problems

Naomi Shimpo

Public Parks, (239) 8-11, Jul, 2023 InvitedLead author
The implemented process and maintenance system of rain gardens in Kyoto City

Nao Maeda, Naotaka Ota, Naomi Shimpo

Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 22(1) 20-23, Jun 9, 2023

Books and Other Publications

ポスト2022年の都市農地

新保奈穂美 (Role: Contributor, 平野コープ農園（神戸市兵庫区）、ウジャマー菜園（同長田区）：農に触れる機会を創出するアーバンファーミング)

一般財団法人都市農地活用支援センター, Feb, 2024
都市の農を考える: 農的活動の新展開と市民緑農地の提案

認定NPO法人日本都市計画家協会生産緑地研究会 (Role: Contributor, 第３章農的環境の拡大・充実に向けた多様な試みまちなかの空き地を農の空間に――神戸市・いちばたけの事例)

一般財団法人都市農地活用支援センター, Jan 12, 2024 (ISBN: 4910288422)
都市を学ぶ人のためのキーワード事典これからを見通すテーマ24

饗庭伸, 園田聡, 加藤優一, 鈴木美央, 矢吹剣一, 中島弘貴, 松田東子, 佐伯亮太, 菅正史, 益子智之, 讃岐亮, 榎原友樹, 山崎嵩拓, 飯田晶子, 新保奈穂美, 稲垣具志, 村上早紀子, 益尾孝祐, 姫野由香, 西川亮, 田中由乃, 葛西リサ, 白波瀬達也, 後藤純, 林憲吾, 寺田光成, 田口純子, 安藤哲也, 佐脇三乃里, 青木彬, 竹内彩乃, 鈴木達也 (Role: Joint author, 緑地と農)

学芸出版社, Sep, 2023 (ISBN: 9784761528706)
都市農業の持続可能性

八木洋憲, 吉田真悟 (Role: Contributor, 第7章民間開設型農園の経営的特徴とコロナ禍の対応（共著）・第8章都市農地活用型コミュニティガーデンの持続可能性（主著）)

日本経済評論社, Aug, 2023 (ISBN: 9784818826373)
造園がわかる本

赤坂, 信, 「造園がわかる」研究会

彰国社, Apr, 2023 (ISBN: 9784395321896)

Presentations

Conflicts between place-making and spatial negotiation: Thinking from community gardens

Naomi Shimpo

5th Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (JAGFoS), Oct 26, 2024 Invited
市民が管理するコミュニティ農園の創出支援制度の現状と課題

小谷野真希, 新保奈穂美

2024年度日本造園学会関西支部大会日本造園学会関西支部大会, Oct 20, 2024
農を用いた子どもの居場所の特徴解明―兵庫県洲本市TERRA子舎自然農を対象に―

大塚理香子, 新保奈穂美

2024年度日本造園学会関西支部大会日本造園学会関西支部大会, Oct 20, 2024
わが国におけるパークレットの設置概況と運営実態に関する調査～効果的で持続的なパークレット設置に必要な諸条件の一考察～

永井結季子, 山鳥実咲, 北梨緒乃, 藤原颯太, 太田尚孝, 岸本慧大, 新保奈穂美

2024年度日本造園学会関西支部大会日本造園学会関西支部大会, Oct 20, 2024
ナイトタイムエコノミーの観点からみる都市公園の活用可能性とパークマネジメント～神戸市東遊園地と横浜市山下公園を対象に～

土肥真由香, 太田尚孝, 新保奈穂美

2024年度日本造園学会関西支部大会, Oct 20, 2024

Teaching Experience

Apr, 2022 - Present

Social City (The Open University of Japan)
Apr, 2022 - Present

Fundamental Study about Policy Management for Landscape Designand Management (Graduate School of Landscape Design and Management, University of Hyogo)
Oct, 2021 - Present

Theories on Community-based Landscape Management and SDGs (University of Hyogo)
Apr, 2021 - Present

Community developing gardener course (lifelong lerning course) (Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Landscape Planning & Horticulture Academy)
Apr, 2021 - Present

Interactive and Incremental Internship (University of Hyogo)

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

空き空間を活用した社会的孤立を解消・予防する「つながる場」の形成実態と展開可能性

科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2027

藤井さやか, 雨宮護, 後藤智香子, 別所あかね, 新保奈穂美, 讃井知
グリーン・ジェントリフィケーションによる緑地資源の公平性および住民の行動への影響：東南アジア大都市に着目して

公益財団法人トヨタ財団, Nov, 2024 - Oct, 2026

蕭耕偉郎, 内山愉太, 王永成, 新保奈穂美, 高取千佳, Kevin Muhamad Lukman, 沈航, 柏原沙織
Installation and Use of Parklets for Walkable Cities: Focusing on the Subsidy Programs of Berlin and Vienna

Dai-ichi-life-foundation, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2025

Naomi Shimpo, Naotaka Ota
Theory building on spatial planning for community gardens in cooperation with social welfare facilities

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025
New lifestyle and forest management brought about by forest rental business

Japan Geographic Data Center, Oct, 2022 - Mar, 2024

Naomi Shimpo, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Yuki Sakamoto

Social Activities

The History and Social Significance of Urban Gardens Spreading Around the World

Lecturer

Japan Greenery Research and Development Center, Greenage Online Academy, Nov, 2022 - Present
CPIJ Working group for supporting geography education at high schools

Official expert

The City Planning Institute of Japan, Jul, 2020 - Present

Media Coverage

地域の恵み実らす人々・大阪都市に芽吹く農空間

読売新聞, 読売新聞（大阪・神戸・中四国・福井版）, 地域面, Oct 17, 2024 Newspaper, magazine
公園内にコミュニティ農園、市原市と出光興産が実証実験民間の農園事業と都市公園が連携、新たな地域コミュニティ醸成を目指す

日経BP総合研究所, 新・公民連携最前線 PPPまちづくり, May 28, 2024 Internet
官民協力で耕す都市型農園「ニコタマ」に住民交流の畑

日本経済新聞社, 日経グローカル, Apr 8, 2024 Newspaper, magazine
誰でも収穫して食べてOKな農園も!? 公園の一角やビル屋上などに都市型農園が増加中！『まちを変える都市型農園』新保奈穂美さんに聞く3事例

SUUMOジャーナル, Aug, 2023 Internet
自著を語るまちを語る都市型農園コミュニティを育む空き地活用

公益社団法人全国農業共済協会, 農業共済新聞, Feb 15, 2023 Newspaper, magazine

Other

YouTube Vlog: Exploring community gardening in Japan, especially in crisis

Oct, 2023

YouTube Channel "Talking health benefits of gardening with Dr Yotti" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueeASywpqpw
Symposium on "Multicultural Society and Urban Agriculture", organizer

Mar, 2019 - Mar, 2019
Fieldnet Lounge Seminar "Grass-roots spaces for food and agriculture created by local residents: How do you find them?", organizer

Jan, 2018 - Jan, 2018
Forum "When do we feel happy? Can landscape make people happy?" organizer, the Annual Conference of Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture 2017, Kanagawa, Japan

May, 2017 - May, 2017
International conference "Sense of Globe" - Conference proceeding editor

May, 2016 - May, 2016

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