Environmental Research Division
2) Research Staff
Tae-Sung Suh
Research Fellow. Master in Engineering, Yonsei University.
His major research works include 「The Revision of the Fourth National Comprehensive Territorial Plan」(2005), 「The Site Selection and Evaluation for the New Administrative Capital」(2004),
「Southcoast International Tourism Belt Develop-ment Plan」(1999), and 「DevelopDevelop-ment Plan for Taegu-Kyongbuk Metropolitan Area」(1995). He is currently Director of the National Territorial Plan-ning & Environmental Research Division.
Won-Bae Kim
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
His recent research works include 「Collaborative Regional Development Across the Korea-Japan Strait Zone」(2005), 「Urban Networks and Infra-structure Planning in the Metropolitan Region」
(2003), and 「Restructuring Design for the Korean Peninsula in New Regional Economies of North-east Asia
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(1998). His major works published include 「Culture and City in East Asia (1997, Oxford Univ. Press)」and 「Asian NIEs and the Global Economy (1995, Johns Hopkins Univ.Press)」. He is currently leading the Northeast Asian Research Team of KRIHS.
Yang-Soo Yun
Senior Research Fellow. Master in Environment and Resource Management/Tourism Develop-ment, Ohio State University, USA.
He served as Director of the Research Planning &
Coordination Office, National Planning and Envi-ronment Division, and Regional Planning Research Division of KRIHS. He also served as President of the Korea Environmental Policy and Administration Society. His major research pro-jects include 「Formulation of the West Coast Tourism Belt Development Plan」(2005), 「Formu-lation of the Daejeon-Tongyoung Expressway Regional Development Plan」(2004), 「Formulation of the West Coast Expressway Regional Develop-ment plan」(2003), 「Study of the Designated Tourism Site Development System in Korea」 (2001), 「Formulation of the South Coast Tourism Belt Development Plan」(1999) and 「The Fourth Comprehensive National Plan」(1999).
Ha-Baek Yang
Senior Research Fellow. Master in Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University.
Major research works include 「Environmental Study for Restricted Development Zone (RDZ) Policy Reform」(2002), 「GIS Application for National Land Management」(1998), and 「A Comprehensive Study on the Mid - Mountain Areas and Establishing the Land Use Planning in Cheju Island」(1997).
Yeong-Kook Choi
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Landscape Architec-ture. Agricultural University of Norway, Norway.
Major Research works include 「Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-oriented Ecotourism based on In-depth Interviews and Case Studies」
(2005), 「Maintenance of Water Cycle for Ecologi-cal Urban Development」(2005), 「The Landscape
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Comprehensive Plan for Songdo District in Incheon Free Economic Zone」(2005), 「Key Issues for Performing Sustainable Tourism」(2004), and
「Linking Planning System Between Spatial Development Plan and Environment Toward Sus-tainable Development」(2002).
Sun-Hee Kim
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Environmental Engi-neering, University of Seoul.
Major research works include 「Establishment of Consensus Building System for the Efficient Implementation of National Development Project」(2005), 「The Measurement of Environ-mental & Resource Values: Method and Applica-tion」(2004), 「A Study on Energy Use, Transport and Settlement Patterns」(2003) and 「Implemen-tation Strategies for Environment - Friendly National Land Development Projects」(1998).
Sang-Jun Lee
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
Major research works include 「A Study on the Development Strategies for North Korean Regions」(2000), 「Urban Restructuring and Policy Directions in North Korea after Korean Reunifica-tion」(1998) and 「Policy Measures for North-South Migration after the Reunification in Korea」
(1997).
Young-Bong Kim
Research Fellow. Master in Business Administra-tion, Sogang University.
Recent research works include 「A Study on the
Utilization of the Bukhan River Basin through South-North Korea Cooperation」(2005), 「Devel-opment Strategies of Special Zones in North Korea’s West Coast Area for Inter-Korea Econom-ic Cooperation」(2001), 「A Study on the Status and Management of Military Installation Protec-tion Area」(1999) and 「Comprehensive Manage-ment Plan for the Border Region」(1999).
Yong-Woo Lee
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Geography, University of Bonn, Germany.
Recent research works include 「The West Coast Tourism Belt Project」(2005), 「Masterplan of Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town」(2005),
「Application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment to National Territorial and Trans-portation Plans」(2005), 「A Study on the Promo-tion of Industrial Capital Cities for the Develop-ment of Specialized Regions in Korea」(2004),
「Formulation of the West Coast Expressway Regional Development Plan」(2003) and 「Indica-tors of Sustainable National Territorial Develop-ment」(2003).
Chong-Won Kim
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Natural Resource Eco-nomics, West Virginia University at Mogantown, USA.
Major research works include 「Securing Financial Resources for Integrated River Basin Management」
(2005), 「Impacts of Total Pollution Load Manage-ment System on the Regional Economy and Land Use Management」(2004), 「Policy Development for Sustainable Water Resources (I, II, III)」(2002,
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2003, 2004) and 「Water Demand Analysis for Rational Water Resources Policies」(2001).
Won-Sup Lee
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Geography, Michigan State University, USA.
Recent research projects include 「A Study on the Revision of the Fourth Comprehensive National Territorial Plan 2006~2020」(2005), 「A Study on Collaborative Development of Regions」(2003, 2004, 2005), 「A Study on the Promotion of Industrial Capital Cities」(2004) and 「A Study on the Differentiation of National Assistance for Regional Development」(2002).
Chun-Kyu Kim Research fellow.
Currently enrolled in Renmin University of China for Ph. D in Environnmental econommics.
Chang-Hyun Kim
Research Fellow. Master in Economics, Gyeongsang National University.
Major research works include 「Securing Financial Resources for Integrated River Basin Management」 (2005), 「The Characteristics and Policy Implica-tions of Territorial Structure Changes in Korea」 (2003), 「Locational Analysis and Spatial Reorgani-zation Strategies of Central Management Func-tions in Korea」(2002), 「A Study on the Integrated Territorial Axes for the Balanced Regional Devel-opment Strategy」(2000), and 「The Fourth National Comprehensive Territorial Plan (2000~2020): A Draft」(1999).
Jeong-Ho Moon
Research Fellow. Ph. D. in Planning, University of Southern California, USA.
Author of the John Dyckman Award-winning doctoral dissertation 「Planning Against the Leviathan」(1994). Major research works include
「Decentralization Strategies and Policy Guide-lines for National Balanced Development(I)」 (2005), 「Vision of the Korean Construction Indus-try in the 21st Century」(2001) and 「Principal Policies of Construction Industry for the New Regime」(1998). Recently works include 「A Study on Planning Paradigm of the Participation Gov-ernment」and 「City-Region Planning of Multi-Functional Administrative City and the Adjacent City-Network」.
Seung-Han Ryu
Research Fellow. Master in Economic Geography, Dong-Guk University.
Major research projects include 「The Evaluation of Local Capacity for the Self-sustaining Develop-ment in Korea」(2005), 「New Directions for Industrial Location Policy in Korea」(2005),
「Policy Directions for the Environment-Friendly Industrial Location in Korea」(2004), and 「Envi-ronment-Friendly Industrial Park Development Guidelines : The Cases of Cikarang and Bitung in Indonesia」(2002).
Hye-Chul Yun
Researcher Ph.D. in Urban Engineering, Hanyang University/ KIST.
Expert in territorial and urban planning. Served as advisor to Delegation for Safety Management
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under the Office of Prime Minister. Currently member of Urban Planning Committee of Seung-nam City. Major research works include 「Study on Implementation Methods for Territorial Survey」(2003), 「Study on Strategies for Disaster-free Territory」(2000) and 「Methods for Environ-ment-friendly Use of Mountainous District」
(1997).
Moon-Woun Lee
Researcher. Ph. D. candidate (All but dissertated.) in Urban Engineering, University of Seoul.
Recent research works include 「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 Proposal for Building Peace Belt in the Western Sea Border Area between North and South Korea」(2004), and
「A Study on the Utilization of the DMZ Area for the Peaceful Coexistence」(2004).
Jin-Hong Yang
Researcher. 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 to Strengthen the Supporting Function for Gumi National Industrial Complex」(2004), 「Implemen-tation Evaluation and Policy Agenda of the Bal-anced Regional Development projects」(2001), etc.
Cheol-Soon Chang
Researcher. Enrolled in Seoul National University for Ph.D. in Urban Engineering.
Major research works include 「A study on the Restructuring of the Industrial Location Policy」
(2005), 「Factors Affecting the Formation of a Biotechnology Industry cluster in Vancouver」
(2005), 「The Development Plan of the Gwang-yang area Free Economic Zone」(2004), 「A Study on the Location Policy for Knowledge Based Industries」(2003), etc.
Tae-Sun Park
Researcher. Ph. D. in Hydraulic and Environmen-tal 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).
Seung-Bok Lee
Researcher. Ph. D. in Management. DanKook University, Korea.
Major research works include 「A study on the attainment of Alternative Water Resource」(2006),
「The Efficient Management Methods of Rainwa-ter」(2005), 「A Study on the Characteristics Analysis and Index Development of Flood Dam-age」(2005), 「A Study on the Improvement of Law and Administration System Related to River」 (2004), etc.
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Soon-Ja Lee
Researcher. Ph. D. in Political Science, Colorado State University, USA.
Recent research works include 「Pyeongtaek Com-prehensive Planning」(2005) and 「Strategies for Water Management and Disaster Prevention: The Revision of the 4th Comprehensive National Ter-ritorial Planning」(2004).
Jin-Cheol Jo
Researcher. Ph. D. in Urban Studies, Portland State University, USA.
Recent research works include 「Establishment of Consensus Building System for the Efficient Implementation of National Development Project」(2005), 「A Study on the Utilization of the Bukhan River Basin through South-North Korea Cooperation」(2005). His specialization in the field of urban and regional planning encompasses the urban and regional planning in North Korea and North-East Asia. He also published several articles regarding North Korea in international journals such as Cities and Habitat International.
Ok-Ju Jeong
Researcher. Ph. D. in Geography and Regional Planning, University of Paris-IV-Sorbonne She majored in territorial planning and urban cultural policy. Her major research projects include 「The Landscape Comprehensive Plan for Songdo District in Incheon Free Economic Zone」
(2005), 「A Study on the Revision of the Fourth Comprehensive National Territorial Plan 2006-2020」(2005), and 「A Study on Collaborate Devel-opment of Regions(II, III)」(2004, 2005).
Ou-Bae Sim
Researcher. Ph. D. in Water Resources and Disas-ter Prevention, Hongik University.
Recent research works include 「Securing Finan-cial Resources for Integrated River Basin Man-agement」(2005), 「GIS application Methods for National Territorial Disaster Prevention(I)」(2005),
「Application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment to National Territorial and Trans-portation Plans」(2005), 「Strategies for Water Management and Disaster Prevention」(2005), 「A Study on the efficient management method or rainwater」(2005), etc.
Sung-Su Lee
Associate Researcher. Master in Economics, Sogang University.
Recent research works include 「Collaborative Regional Development across the Korea-Japan Strait Zone」(2005), 「Strategic Approaches to Special Economic Zones in North Korea in the Era of Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia -Focusing on the demand and supply factors」
(2004), and 「A Study on the Peace Belt Blueprint in the Border Region in relation to the Reconnec-tion of Gyeongui and Donghae Railroads」(2003).
In-Kwon Park
Researcher. Master in Urban Planning, Seoul National University.
Principally studies on territorial and regional planning, and regional economic development.
Major research works include 「Study on Bal-anced Development among Regions towards Inte-grated Territory (I), (II)」(2003, 2004), 「Study on
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Raising Leading Cities by Industry for Regional Development」(2004), and 「Structural Change in Human Settlements and the Response 」(2003).
Sang-Yeon Lim
Associate Researcher. Master in Administration, University of Seoul.
Major research works include 「Decentralization Strategies and Policy Guidelines for Balanced National Development(I)」(2005), 「Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-oriented Ecotourism based on In-depth Interviews and Case Studies」 (2005), 「Application of the Strategic Environ-mental Assessment to National Territorial and Transportation Plans」(2005), and 「A Study on the Application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment to the national territorial plan in Korea」(2004).