Naohiro Nakamura is a human geographer, originally from Japan and studied in Canada. He joined the USP in 2014.

Undergraduate Courses:
Normally teaching GE207 (Urban Well-Being), also teaching various GE, GS, and EV units, depending on the teaching allocation of each year

Postgraduate Course:
Normally teaching GE403 (Research Methods in Geography), also teaching various GE and EV units, depending on teaching allocation of each year

Social and cultural geographies, topics including indigenous cultural representation, indigenous research methods, indigenous knowledge, responses to climate change impact, health, gender, and disaster management.

• The University of the South Pacific high ranked publications
• Vice-Chancellor’s Best Research Output Award: 2016

(since 2020):

Tagaro, D.J. and Nakamura, N. (in press) Seeking peace in religious teaching: Women’s response to domestic violence in rural Vanuatu. The Contemporary Pacific 37(1)

Sagero, P. Kumar, N. Magiri, R. and Nakamura, N. 2025. Observed changes in rainfall and temperature extreme in Fiji. Australian Geographer https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2025.2481714

Nakamura, N. and Osakada, Y. 2023. Examining the effectiveness of educational role of the National Ainu Museum, Japan. Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education https://doi.org/10.1080/15595692.2023.2298859

Prakash, R. and Nakamura, N. 2024. Sugarcane farmers’ perceptions of climate change and their “adaptation” methods in Fiji: Adaptation for the industry or for their livelihood? Climate and Development 16(8): 665-672. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2023.2295267

Nakamura, N. Wainimala, P. Ratuyawa, M. Tawakedina, F. and Waqa, E. 2024. Dietary patterns of iTaukei (indigenous) Fijians: preliminary findings from a five-day dietary record in rural communities. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 36(1): 123-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539523121

Niroa, J. and Nakamura, N. 2022. Volcanic disaster risk reduction in indigenous communities in Vanuatu. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 74 102937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102937

Nakamura, N. and Kanemasu, Y. 2022. A minority group’s response to a severe climatic event: A case study of rural Indo-Fijians after Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016. Disasters 46(1): 206-225.

Haak, E. and Nakamura, N. 2021. Perceptions of local community members toward foreign aid in Vava’u, Tonga. New Zealand Geographer 77(1): 32-41.

Teuea, T. and Nakamura, N. 2020. Motivations to support marine conservation projects in North Tarawa, Kiribati. Conservation and Society 18(2): 161-171.

Nakamura, N. and Kanemasu, Y. 2020. Traditional ecological knowledge, social capital and community response to a disaster: resilience of remote communities in Fiji after a severe climatic event. Regional Environmental Change 20(23): 1-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01613-w

Book(s):

Sims, K., N. Banks, S. Engel, P. Hodge, J. Makuwira, N. Nakamura, J. Rigg, A. Salamanca, and P. Yeophantong, eds., 2022 (paperback 2024). The Routledge Handbook of Global Development. Routledge

Chapters:

Nakamura, N and Kanemasu, Y. (forthcoming) Climate change adaptation planning in Pacific Island countries: Problematizing locally-based knowledge and “community”. In, Handbook on Planning and Climate Change Adaptation, M. Addaney & P. Cobbinah (eds.) In Press with Edward Elgar Publishing.

Liligeto, S. and Nakamura, N. 2022. Farmers’ perceptions of climate hazards and coping mechanisms in Fiji. In, V. Ongoma and H. Tabari, eds., 235-252, Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather: Current to Future Changes on a Local to Global Scale. Elsevier

Devi, P.P. and Nakamura, N. 2022. Housing and development. In, K. Sims, N. Banks, S. Engel, P. Hodge, J. Makuwira, N. Nakamura, J. Rigg, A. Salamanca, and P. Yeophantong, eds., 505-515, The Routledge Handbook of Global Development. Routledge

Kotra, K. and Nakamura, N. 2022. Capacity development and higher education. In, K. Sims, N. Banks, S. Engel, P. Hodge, J. Makuwira, N. Nakamura, J. Rigg, A. Salamanca, and P. Yeophantong, eds., 653-664, The Routledge Handbook of Global Development. Routledge

Hodge, P. and Nakamura, N. 2022. Introduction: Re-Imagining Future, In, K. Sims, N. Banks, S. Engel, P. Hodge, J. Makuwira, N. Nakamura, J. Rigg, A. Salamanca, and P. Yeophantong, eds., 587-592, The Routledge Handbook of Global Development. Routledge

Sims, K., N. Banks, S. Engel, P. Hodge, J. Makuwira, N. Nakamura, J. Rigg, A. Salamanca, and P. Yeophantong, 2022. Introduction, In, K. Sims, N. Banks, S. Engel, P. Hodge, J. Makuwira, N. Nakamura, J. Rigg, A. Salamanca, and P. Yeophantong, eds., 1-12, The Routledge Handbook of Global Development. Routledge

• Beyond legislation: women’s experiences and the effectiveness of implementing domestic violence laws in Fiji and Vanuatu