Professor Atsuyuki Okabe of the Faculty of Global and Social Symbiosis, Aoyama Gakuin University received the "Keikan Honor Award" given to those who have contributed to the development of geography on an international scale at the International Geographical Union.
The International Geographical Union is the world's largest academic union on geography, founded in 1922.The International Geographical Union's "Keikan Honor Award" is given to those who have contributed to the development of geography on an international scale and have played a prominent role in the activities of the International Geographical Union.
Professor Okabe has contributed significantly to the International Geographical Union and the European Geographical Information Laboratory (AGILE) as a representative of the Japan Committee of the International Geographical Union and an executive member of the Mathematical Model Research Committee of IGU.It played a major role in organizing the Kyoto International Geographical Union and was a great success.It also played a major role in organizing the Geographic Information Systems Society of Japan, greatly promoting international academic exchanges including the Geographic Information Systems Society of Asia, and serving as the editor-in-chief and editorial board of 11 international geographic academic journals. Served.
Professor Okabe's book includes "Spatial Tessellations," which is cited in more than 5,900 international academic journals, and "Islamic Area Studies with GIS," which won the World Book Award. , "Spatial Analysis along Networks," which opened a new ground for geographic analysis.
This time, Professor Okabe was awarded the 2018 Katsura Crown Honor Award in recognition of these achievements. On August 2018, 8, the award ceremony was held at the International Geographical Union Convention held in Quebec, Canada.
