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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.
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Selected Titles of Research Reports :
●Category Classification and Systematic Man-agement of Protected Areas for Effective Ter-ritorial Resources Management(2007)
●The Role of Central and Local Government to Secure Environmental Water(2007)
●Strategies to Create National Amenity Resources Enhancing Quality of Life(2007)
●The Study of Estimating Total Greenspace on the analysis urban greenspace distribution -Focused on the Seoul Metropolitan Area(2007)
●Strategies for Integrated River Basin Man-agement(2007)
●Strategic Assessment Indicators and Proto-type for their Application to Green Belts : Evaluating a New Public Facility on a Green Belt Land(2007)
●Social and Economic Evaluation for River Restoration(2007)
●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(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 Four-th 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)
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●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)
●Design of Water Allocation Model: Efficiency 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)
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2) Research Staff
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Choi Yeongkook
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Landscape Archi-tecture, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway.
Major Research works include 「Category Classifi-cation and Systematic Management of Protected Areas for Effective Territorial Resources Manage-ment」(2007), 「Strategic Assessment Indicators and Prototype for their Application to Green Belts: Evaluating a New Public Facility on a Green Belt Land」(2007), 「A Diagnosis of Envi-ronmental Degradation and Practical Counter-measures : Focusing on Planning Process and Institutionalization」(2006), 「Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-oriented Eco-tourism based on In-depth Interviews and Case Studies」(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.
Kim Sunhee
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Environmental Engi-neering, University of Seoul.
Major research works include 「Strategies to Cre-ate National Amenity Resources Enhancing Qual-ity of Life」(2007), 「Strategies for Integrated River Basin Management」(2007), 「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).
Kim Chongwon
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Natural Resource Econom-ics, West Virginia University at Mogantown, USA.
Major research works include 「The role of central and local government to secure environmental water」(2007), 「Social and Economic Evaluation for River Restoration」(2007), 「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).
Park Taesun
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Hydraulics and Envi-ronmental Engineering, Hanyang University.
Recent research works include 「Analysis of Flood Damage Characteristics and Development of Flood Damage Index」(2005), 「Analysis of River Environment Characteristics for the Close-to-Nature River Project」(2004), 「A Study on the River Maintenance Management Methods」(2004) and 「A Study on the River Grade Adjustment for Effective River Management」(2002).
Lee Moonwoun
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. candidate(All but dis-sertated.) in Urban Engineering, University of Seoul.
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Recent research works include 「Strategies to Cre-ate National Amenity Resources Enhancing Qual-ity of Life」(2007), 「A study on the Utilization and Project Making of Former Military Facility 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 Utilization of the Bukhan River Basin Through South-North Korea Cooperation」(2005), 「The Comprehensive Plans for the Relocated Military Base Site at Chuncheon City」(2005), 「A Study on the Utilization of the DMZ Area for the Peaceful Coexistence」(2004).
Sim Oubae
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Water Resour-ces and Disaster Prevention, Hongik University.
Recent research works include 「Policy Issues on the Role of Central and Local Government for the Environment Flows」(2007), 「Master Plan for Multifunctional Administrative City, Korea」 (2006), 「Development Plan for Multifunctional Administrative City, Korea」(2006), 「Institutional Reform for Flood Management in Urban Area」
(2006), 「Analysis of flood damage traits through a field study and policy implications」(2006), 「GIS application Methods for National Territorial Dis-aster Prevention(I)」(2005), 「Application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment to National Territorial and Transportation Plans」(2005),
「Strategies for Water Management and Disaster Prevention」(2005), 「A Study on the efficient management method or rainwater」(2005), etc.
Kim Myoungsoo
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Engineering, Seoul National University.
Recent research works include 「Category Classifi-cation and Systematic Management of Protected Areas for Effective Territorial Resources Manage-ment」(2007), 「Development Plan for Multifunc-tional Administrative City, Korea」(2006), 「Master Plan for Multifunctional Administrative City, Korea」(2006), 「Measures for Improving Urban Landscape Management System」(2005), 「Land-scape Master Plan for Incheon Free Economic Zone(IFEZ), Songdo Area」(2005), 「Guideline for Ecological Corridor」(2005), 「Green Master Plan of POSCO」(2005), 「Master Plan for Environmen-tal Education Center in Gyeonggi Province」 (2004), 「Study on Enhancing the Natural Envi-ronmental Integrity in Urban Area」(2004), and
「Landscape Management Plan of Riverside Area in Seoul」(2002).
Seo Yeonmi
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Geography, Seoul National University.
Major research works include 「Category Classifi-cation and Systematic Management of Protected Areas for Effective Territorial Resources Management」(2007), 「A Study on Industrial Clus-ter Strategies of Gyeong-gi Province」(2007),
「Internationalization and Localization of Korean SMEs in Silicon Valley」(2007), 「A Study on Clus-ter Development Strategy of Red Pepper Sauce Manufacturing in Soonchang」(2005).
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Park Jungeun
Assistant Research Fellow. Master in Urban Plan-ning, Kyungwon University.
Recent research works include 「Category Classifi-cation and Systematic Management of Protected Areas for Effective Territorial Resources Manage-ment」(2007), 「Guidelines to a Plan for Industrial Site Supply」(2007), 「Decentralization Strategies and Policy Guidelines for Balanced National Development(II)」(2006), 「Territorial Policy in Overseas and Its Implications for Korea」(2006),
「A Study on Energy Conservation Policy of Kore-an Cities」(2006), 「A Study on the Criteria for Designation of Residential Improvement District」 (2004), 「Improvement Guidelines for Old Resi-dential and Squatter Areas」(2004), 「Suwon's 200-Year-History of Urban Planning」(2002).
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