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Michiyo Kakegawa

Michiyo Kakegawa   
Michiyo Kakegawa
    Email:  mkakegaw@ucsc.edu
    Office:  473-NS2
    Office Hours:  Spring 2009: Monday 11:00-12:00, Tuesday 4:00-5:00, or by appointment
    Advisor:  Alan Richards

Research Focus 
My first research interest is who mitigates or increases social, economic and environmental vulnerability of local people in the course of development in the Mekong region (i.e. Yunnan Province of China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam).My other research interest is how environmental policy and development in southern China (i.e. Yunnan province) have impacted on the livelihoods of people in the Lower Mekong countries such as northern Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Education History 
MSc.in geography (specialized in environmental management and economic development), the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, U.K.