Urban Rivers as Connective Tissue: People, Places, and Sustainability in Practice - Yuta Itsumi

Post-doctoral Fellow, National University Corporation, Kyushu University

Research Question

How can urban rivers help shape people’s sense of connections with nature and local communities in and around watershed landscapes?

Key Challenges

It remains unclear what kinds of experiential programs are most effective.

Priority Actions

A qualitative research approach using surveys and interviews to explore how a sense of place is formed through various urban river experiences.