153KRIHS Environment & Culture Research Division
Selected Titles of Research Reports :
●Spatial Development and Environmental Degradation : Countermeasures focusing on Planning Process and Institutionalization (2006)
●Institutional Reform for Flood Management in Urban Area (2006)
●National Trust Approach for the Manage-ment of Greenbelts in Korea (2006)
●Evaluation Framework for Water Demand Management Development of Sustainable Estuary Management Strategy in Korea (2006)
●Regional Cooperation for the Building of Busan-Gyungnam Multi Regional Water Supply System (2006)
●Formulation of the Areawide Tourism Devel-opment Plan of the Gaya Cultural Region (2006)
●Analysis of Flood Damage Traits through a Field Study and Policy Implications (2006)
●Establishment of Consensus Building System for the Efficient Implementation of National Development Project (2005)
●Sustainable Development Strategies : For the Revision of the Fourth National Territorial Plan (2005)
●Strategies of Water Management and Disas-ter Prevention : For the Revision of the Fourth National Territorial Plan (2005)
●Maintenance of Water Cycle for Ecological Urban Development (2005)
●Securing Financial Resources for Integrated River Basin Management (2005)
●Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-ori-ented Ecotourism based on In-depth Inter-views and Case Studies (2005)
●Policy Development for Sustainable Water Resources : Water Allocation (2004)
●A Study on Developing Visual Impact Indi-cator for Landscape Management (2004)
●The Measurement of Environmental &
Resource Values : Method and Application (2004)
●Impact of Total Pollution Load Management System on the Regional Economy and Land Use Change (2004)
●The Analysis of River Environmental Charac-teristics for the Closed-to-Natural River Pro-ject (2004)
●Indicators of Sustainable National Territorial Development (2003)
●A Study on Energy Use, Transport and Set-tlement Patterns (2003)
●Development of the Technologies & Tech-niques on the Natural Ecosystem Construction
& Restoration during Construction Process (2003)
●A Study on the Northeast Asia Tourism Hub Development Strategies (2003)
●Evaluation of the South Coast Tourism Belt Development Plan (2003)
●A Study on the Linkage of Spatial Planning and Environmental Planning System toward Sustainable Development (2002)
●Strategies for Environment-Friendly National Territorial Development (2002)
●A Study on National Spatial Structure for Energy Saving (2002)
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1) Research Division
Major Research Areas Include :
■Environment
●Enhancing the Sustainabiliy of the spatial Planning
●Environmental conflicts management
●Ecosystem management
●Climate change and the environment of Northeast Asia
■Resources management
●Management of rural areas, forests areas, coastal zone, and islands
●Conservation area management
●Resources and energy management
●Environmental value
■Water resources & disaster prevention
●Water resources policy
●Watershed and river management
●National territorial and urban disaster pre-vention
■Culture
●Amenities and landscape
●Land development and the cultural impacts
●Regional culture policy
●Cultural change in the national territory
■Tourism & leisure
●Sustainable tourism
●Tourism resources development and planning
●Tourism policy and tourism impacts analysis
●Leisure activities and trend analysis Environment & Culture Research Division carries out researches on territorial policies that are con-ducive to the environment and culture, aiming at the sustainable territorial development and enhancement of the quality of people’s life.
Committed to the realization of a pleasant and sustainable territory of the 21st century, the research center conducts studies on the ecosystem management, environmental conflicts management, climate change and the environment of Northeast Asia, resources and energy management, water resources policies, watershed and river management, etc. The objectives are to improve the environmental per-formance and efficiently utilize the scarce resources of the nation.
In addition, for the improved quality of people’s life based on a safe territory, and expansion of the leisure activities, it performs researches on the territorial and urban disaster prevention, regional cul-ture policies, land development and the following regional culcul-ture and identity promotion, territorial amenities improvement, sustainable tourism policies, establishment of area-wide development schemes for tourism, etc.
ⅤResearch Divisions & Staff
155KRIHS Environment & Culture Research Division
Yeong-Kook Choi
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway.
Major Research works include 「A Diagnosis of Environmental Degradation and Practical Coun-termeasures : Focusing on Planning Process and Institutionalization」(2006), 「Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-oriented Eco-tourism based on In-depth Interviews and Case Studies」(2005),
「The Landscape Comprehensive Plan for Songdo District in Incheon Free Economic Zone」(2005),
「Key Issues for Performing Sustainable Tourism」
(2004), and 「Linkage of Spatial Planning and Environmental Planning System toward Sustain-able Development」(2002). He is currently Director of the Environment & Culture Research Division.
Sun-Hee Kim
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Environmental Engi-neering, University of Seoul.
Major research works include 「National Trust Approach for the Management of Greenbelts in Korea」(2006), 「Establishment of Consensus Building System for the Efficient Implementation of National Development Project」(2005), 「The Measurement of Environmental & Resource Val-ues : Method and Application」(2004), 「A Study on Energy Use, Transport and Settlement Patterns」(2003) and 「Implementation Strategies for Environment-Friendly National Land Devel-opment Projects」(1998).
Chong-Won Kim
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Natural Resource
Eco-nomics, West Virginia University at Mogantown, USA.
Major research works include 「The Evaluation Framework for Water Demand Management」 (2006), 「Securing Financial Resources for Inte-grated River Basin Management」(2005), 「Impacts of Total Pollution Load Management System on the Regional Economy and Land Use Manage-ment」(2004), 「A Program of Available Water Resources Evaluation by Water Reallocation(I), (II), (III)」(2004, 2005, 2006).
Moon-Woun Lee
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. candidate (All but dissertated.) in Urban Engineering, University of Seoul.
Recent research works include 「A study on the Utilization and Project Making of Former Military Facicilty Sites」(2007), 「Strategies for the Efficient Utilization of Tourism Resources in North Korea : Cooperative measures for Pilot Tourism Projects in North Korea」(2006), 「A study on the Utiliza-tion of the Bukhan River Basin Through South-North Korea Cooperation」(2005), 「The Compre-hensive Plans for the Relocated Military Base Site at Chuncheon City」(2005), 「A Study on the Uti-lization of the DMZ Area for the Peaceful Coexis-tence」(2004).
Jin-Hong Yang
Associate Research Fellow. Master in Economics, Chung-Ang University.
Major research works include 「A Study on Col-laborative Development of Regions : Focusing on Interregional Cooperation(II)」(2004), 「Strategies
2) Research Staff
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●Design of Water Allocation Model : Efficien-cy and Risk Aspects (2002)
●Leisure Activity Changes and Outdoor Recre-ation Resources Development in the Capital Region (2002)
●The Study of the Designated Tourist Devel-opment System in Korea (2001)
●The Effective Management Strategies of Baekdudaegan (2001)
●Water Demand Analysis for Rational Water Resources Policies (2001)
●A Study on the Institutional Model and Cri-teria for Sustainable Coastal Management (2001)
●A New Deal for Large-scale Public Construc-tion Projects in Korea (2001)
●A Master Plan of Anyang River Restoration (2001)
●A Study on the Systematic Implementation Measures of Coastal Improvement Projects (2000)
●Formulation of the Gyungbuk Province Northern Region Tourism Plan Utilizing Con-fucian Cultural Resources (2000)
●The Study of the Natural Protected Area Management System (2000)
●A Study on Introducing Programs of Water Marketing (2000)
●Strategies for the Environmental Friendly Construction (2000)
●The Strategies of Integrated National Ecolog-ical Network : A Reconnaissance (1999)
●The Study on the Development Plan of the South Coast Tourism Belt (1999)
●The Establishment of Green National Land
Balancing Development and Environment (1999)
●The Study on Establishing Sustainable Man-agement Strategy of Tidal Flats (1999)
●Simulations and Criteria of a Desirable Development in Forest Areas (1998)
●Environmentally Sound and Profitable Development for Promoting Residential Uses in Forest Areas (1998)
●A Study on the Policy Implementation for the Environmentally Friendly National Land Development Projects (1998)
ⅤResearch Divisions & Staff