Tanimoto Ryo

Researcher Information

Affiliation

Department of Economics Senior Assistant Professor

Degree

• Doctor of Letters（2020/03 Kyoto University）

URL

https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=202101010669262522

J-Global ID

• 202101010669262522

Profile

• I specialize in urban and transportation geography, with an emphasis on urban walkability and accessibility to livability-related facilities.

Research Interests

• accessibility   mobility   walkability   transport   

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / Human geography

Academic & Professional Experience

• 2023/04 - Today  Teikyo UniversityFaculty of Economics Department of Economics
• 2020/04 - 2023/03  Kyoto UniversityFaculty of Letters Faculty of Letters
• 2020/04 - 2023/03  Tohoku UniversityGraduate School of Environmental Studies Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced EnvironmentJSPS Research Fellow
• 2021/04 - 2022/03  Tohoku UniversityFaculty of Science
• 2020/04 - 2021/03  Bukkyo UniversitySchool of History
• 2017/04 - 2020/03  Kyoto UniversityGraduate School of Letters Department of Behavioral StudiesJSPS Research Fellow

Education

• 2017/04 - 2020/03  Kyoto University  Graduate School of Letters
• 2015/04 - 2017/03  Kyoto University  Graduate School of Letters
• 2011/04 - 2015/03  Kyoto University  Faculty of Letters  Faculty of Letters

Association Memberships

• 日本公衆衛生学会   経済地理学会   東北地理学会   The Association of Japanese Geographers   GIS Association of Japan   The Human Geographical Society of Japan   

Research Activity Information

Published Papers

• The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities

  Jiuling Li; Mohammad Javad Koohsari; Andrew T. Kaczynski; Ryo Tanimoto; Reo Watanabe; Tomoki Nakaya; Yufeng Luo; Jing Zhao; Akitomo Yasunaga; Koichiro Oka; Tomoya Hanibuchi

  Preventive Medicine Reports Elsevier BV 50 102969 - 102969 2211-3355 2025/02 [Refereed]
  
• A Study of Objective and Perceived Neighborhood Environmental Factors associated with the Subjective Well-Being of Urban Residents

  Karen UMEDA; Tomoya HANIBUCHI; Ryo TANIMOTO; Tomoki NAKAYA

  Quarterly Journal of Geography 76 (3) 106 - 119 2024/09 [Refereed]
  
• Development of Japan Postcode-level Walkability Index and Examination of its Usefulness

  Ryo TANIMOTO; Tomoya HANIBUCHI; Tomoki NAKAYA

  Quarterly Journal of Geography The Tohoku Geographical Association 75 (1) 16 - 26 0916-7889 2023/03 [Refereed]
  
• Associations between the Sense of Accessibility and Objective Walkability Index

  TANIMOTO Ryo; HANIBUCHI Tomoya

  E-journal GEO The Association of Japanese Geographers 17 (2) 249 - 264 2022/08 [Refereed]
  
• Associations between the sense of accessibility, accessibility to specific destinations, and personal factors: A cross-sectional study in Sendai, Japan

  Ryo Tanimoto; Tomoya Hanibuchi

  Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Elsevier BV 12 100491 - 100491 2590-1982 2021/12 [Refereed]
  
• Achievements and Issues of Studies on Accessibility Relating to Quality of Life: Trends Since the 1980s

  Tanimoto Ryo

  Japanese Journal of Human Geography The Human Geographical Society of Japan 72 (4) 361 - 381 0018-7216 2020/12 [Refereed]
  
• Scenario Analyses Using an Accessibility Index Based on the Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Method : Case Study of Daycare Centers in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture

  谷本 涼

  地理学評論. [Series A] 日本地理学会 ; 2009- 93 (3) 204 - 220 1883-4388 2020/05 [Refereed]
  
• Future Projection of Accessibility to Hospital Beds in the Suburbs: The Case of the Northern Osaka Metropolitan Area

  Tanimoto Ryo

  Japanese Journal of Human Geography The Human Geographical Society of Japan 69 (4) 425 - 446 0018-7216 2017 [Refereed]
  
• Diversification of the Taxi Industry's Services in Kyoto City

  Tanimoto Ryo

  Japanese Journal of Human Geography The Human Geographical Society of Japan 67 (3) 252 - 266 0018-7216 2015 [Refereed]
  

Books etc

• Japanese Population Geographies II: Minority Populations and Future Prospects

  Yoshitaka ISHIKAWA(Ed); Shuko TAKESHITA; Kazumasa HANAOKA; Masakazu YAMAUCHI; Shiro KOIKE; Ryo TANIMOTO; Takashi NAKAZAWA (ContributorChapter 4: Future Projection of Accessibility to Hospital Beds in the Suburbs: The Case of the Northern Osaka Metropolitan Area)Springer 2023/06 9789819920754
• 社会調査で描く日本の大都市

  埴淵知哉; 上杉昌也; 谷本 涼; 中谷友樹; 野崎華世; 松田茂樹; 村中亮夫; 矢部直人; 山内昌和; 山本涼子 (Contributor)古今書院 2022/02 9784772242288 iv, 184p

Conference Activities & Talks

• アクセシビリティで見通す都市生活の行方

  谷本 涼

  日本地理学会2025年春季学術大会（シンポジウム「『日本の都市地理学研究』をこえて」）  2025/03
• 高槻市の自転車の走りやすさ指標（Bikeability Index）の作成及び地図化

  大﨑赳文; 谷本 涼; 西岡大輔; 埴淵知哉; 中谷友樹; 伊藤ゆり

  第35回日本疫学会学術総会  2025/02
• 少子高齢社会における客観的／認知的アクセシビリティの研究

  谷本 涼

  経済地理学会第71回大会（フロンティアセッション）  2024/05
• 都市住民の食生活の満足度は何に規定されるのか ―全国インターネット調査の統計的分析に基づく考察―

  堀川 泉; 埴淵知哉; 谷本 涼; 中谷友樹

  日本地理学会2024年春季学術大会  2024/03
• Preliminary Study for Building and Application of Japanese Walkability Index

  TANIMOTO Ryo; HANIBUCHI Tomoya; NAKAYA Tomoki

  2022年人文地理学会大会  2022/11
• アクセシビリティの総体的感覚とウォーカビリティ指標の関係

  谷本 涼; 埴淵知哉

  日本地理学会2022年春季学術大会  2022/03  公益社団法人 日本地理学会
  
• Constructing multilevel geographical data using a large-scale online survey (2) A description of overall results

  Ryo TANIMOTO; Tomoya HANIBUCHI

  日本地理学会2021年春季学術大会  2021/03
• Achievements and issues of studies on accessibility in the modern living environment

  Ryo TANIMOTO

  日本地理学会2019年秋季学術大会  2019/09  The Association of Japanese Geographers
  
• Simulations of current and future accessibility to nurseries in Japanese metropolitan suburbs

  TANIMOTO Ryo

  The 7th Joint-Workshop on East Asian Studies: Fudan University – City University of Hong Kong – Kyoto University  2019/03
• Future Projection of Accessibility to Hospital Beds in Suburbs: The Case of the Northern Osaka Metropolitan Area

  TANIMOTO Ryo

  2018 IGU Regional Conference (Centre des congrès de Québec, Québec, Canada)  2018/08  The International Geographical Union
  
• Current and Future Trends in Accessibility to Childcare Facilities in the Osaka Metropolitan Area

  TANIMOTO Ryo

  The 6th Joint-Workshop on East Asian Studies: Fudan University – Kyoto University – City University of Hong Kong  2018/03
• Future Projection of Accessibility to Hospital Beds in the Northern Osaka Metropolitan Area

  谷本 涼

  日本地理学会2017年秋季学術大会（三重大学、三重県）  2017/09  The Association of Japanese Geographers
  
• Transformation in accessibility to hospital beds in suburbs: The case of the northern Osaka metropolitan area

  TANIMOTO Ryo

  The 5th Joint-Workshop on East Asian Studies: Fudan University – Kyoto University – City University of Hong Kong  2017/03

Awards & Honors

• 2018/11 The Human Geographical Society of Japan 18th The Human Geographical Society of Japan Award
   Future Projection of Accessibility to Hospital Beds in the Suburbs: The Case of the Northern Osaka Metropolitan Area 

  受賞者: TANIMOTO Ryo

Research Grants & Projects

• 健康の都市農村格差を計測する都市ー農村連続体指標の開発

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2025/04 -2028/03 

  Author : 中谷 友樹; 永田 彰平; 田淵 貴大; 磯田 弦; 関根 良平; 寺床 幸雄; 谷本 涼; 伊藤 ゆり
• 客観的／認知的アクセシビリティの地理的格差および生活の質との関係解明

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業 若手研究

  Date (from‐to) : 2023/04 -2027/03 

  Author : 谷本 涼
• 都市機能アクセシビリティの地理的マルチレベル分析

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業 特別研究員奨励費

  Date (from‐to) : 2020/04 -2023/03 

  Author : 谷本 涼
• 日本における都市機能アクセシビリティの地理的格差の分析

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業 特別研究員奨励費

  Date (from‐to) : 2017/04 -2020/03 

  Author : 谷本 涼

Teaching Experience

Life DesignLife Design Teikyo University