And, ‘the diversity of pollution sources,’ ‘the increase in chemical material usage,’ and ‘concerns to healthy lifestyles’ lead the rapid increase of political demands to solve health problems.
Korea reached the 20 thousand-dollar national income level after a rapid economic development, and achieved economic development and the improvement of the quality of life after the four continuing successful national territory development plans. Airport construction, seaport construction, highway construction, and dam construction lead to expanded settlement infrastructures of the national territory and improved the quality of life.
But, the other side of this development was problems of the national territory environment caused by ‘rapid population growth,’ ‘enlarged economic size,’ ‘increased demands of natural resources and energy lead by the rapid progress of urbanization and industrialization.’ Insufficient concerns of environment problems and inadequacy of environment policies also lead to the destruction and contamination of various natural environments.
The reason for these problems is that Korea only
considered economic efficiency and focused on the quantity of infrastructure without considering available natural resources and the environmental capacity.
The other reason is that, considering economic development is not a complement to environmental conservation, but a contradiction to environmental conservation, Korea did not invest enough for environmental conservation.
KRIHS, followed by these social and economic demands at that time, had made more efforts to focus on the development aspects.
However, there has been a paradigm shift since the IMF Economic Crisis in 1997. A different approach of the national territorial policy was necessary to prepare difficult situations, such as a slowed
Public Policy Symposium on Environmental Fields in the 3rd Com-prehensive National Development Territorial Plan (1991. 6. 27)
economic development, an aging population, the declined population growth, the widening economic gaps.
Focusing on urban regenerations, the improvements of the quality of life, and the cultural dignity instead of large-scale development projects, KRIHS showed a strong will place its attention and energies on environmental conservation.
Establishing the Environmental & Culture Research Division in 2006, KRIHS also puts forth its efforts to develop policies about the creation of the national territorial space for a balance between development and the environment, as well as cultural dignity.
Because of rapid urbanization and urban sprawl, improvement in the urban area living environment, where most of people live in, is urgent. And, with the rise of core policy assignments for the development of sustainable cities and livable cities, the focus must be on ‘restoring natural rivers in the city,’ ‘the integrated territorial axes for balanced regional development,’ and ‘consideration for the Biotope Area Factor (BAF)’ for the restoration of sustainable environment and the improvement of the settlements.
KRIHS is making every effort to prevent the social
loss from serious destruction of the nation territorial environment caused by various development policies for economic revitalization.
Even though the integration research in environmental policies and national territorial space policies, and the development project focusing on environmental aspects have been implemented, it is not enough to construct a land use management system based on an environmental plan. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare better measures.
The Sustainability Index is still lower than other OECD countries. The environment management capacity of the government and related research results should be improved for the conservation of the national territorial environment and the management of the environment conflict.
KRIHS also must lead international environmental cooperation, support environmental technology development, and enhance international competitive power.
The research about this environmental field has been investigated. However, the research was usually a single part of bigger projects. With the establishment of the Environment & Culture
Research Division, KRIHS has a chance to implement more systematic and deeper research concerning environment and culture.
Research activities of the Environmental & Culture Research Division cooperate with other research divisions in KRIHS based on the harmony of both development and conservation. Examples of environment related research in KRIHS are as followings:
First, in order to meet the paradigm shift to Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development(ESSD), KRIHS implements com-prehensive research for the efficient management of national resources, the assurance of sustainability, assurance of national territory amenity, and enhanced competitive power. KRIHS also suggests
national territorial management strategies for both the current generation as well as the future generations.
Second, KRIHS is implementing research for the establishment of system reform and project establishment with the efficient use of national territorial resources, the improvement of quality of life, national territorial management for climate change prevention, and policy development for harmony between development and environment.
Third, when national territorial policies are implemented, the framework for development and the environment is proposed for policy developments or the implementation of plans through the achievement of the philosophy and the concept concerning the insurance of long-term
Symposium on Efficient Management Plan of the Baekdudaegan (2001. 3. 26)
Direction of the National Management Policies (2000.9.20)
sustainability of national territory plans, national territorial management plans for harmony between development and the environment.
Fourth, the destruction and the loss of the cultural heritages caused by the national territorial development process, and the dissolution of local communities can be side effects of economic
development. Mature national territorial management can be available for the preservation of cultural heritages and the recovering of local communities.
Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research concerning the preservation of cultural heritages and the recovering of local communities.
Fifth, KRIHS makes every effort to implement basic research for scientific analysis and the achievement of theories to support the national territorial environment and cultural research.
KRIHS also tries to implement research about the construction of the national resources, the environment, and a culture related information system.
International Seminar on Development Strategies of the West-coast Tourism Belt (2005. 5. 26)
Michel F. Goodchild Professor, University of California, SantaBarbara
Congratulation and best wishes to KRIHS on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, and best wishes for another 30 successful year.
CEHN, Hsiao-Hung Nancy Professor, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Much Achievements in the Past, Many Sucess in the Future!
Congratulations for 30th anniversary of KRIHS.
Congratulatory Remarks on the Krihs 30thAnniversary
Selected Titles of Research Reports
A Study on the Long-Term Planning for Industrial Water Resources(1994)
National Coastal Zone Assessment Project:
Formulating Institutional Mechanism for Integrated Coastal Zone Management(1996) The Strategies of Integrated National Ecological Network: A Reconnaissance(1999)
The Study of the Designated Tourist Develop-ment System in Korea(2001)
The Effective Management Strategies of Baekdudaegan(2001)
Strategies for Environment-Friendly National Territorial Development(2002)
Indicators of Sustainable National Territorial Development(2003)
The Measurement of Environmental & Resource Values: Method and Application(2004)
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 Disaster Prevention: For the Revision of the Fourth National Territorial Plan(2005)
Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-Oriented Ecotourism Based on In-depth Interviews and Case Studies(2005)
National Trust Approach for the Management of Greenbelts in Korea(2006)
Category Classification and Systematic Manage-ment of Protected Areas for Effective Territorial Resources Management(2007)
Strategies to Create National Amenity Resources Enhancing Quality of Life(2007)
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