Regional Planning Research
2) Research Staff
Park Hyungseo
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Civic Design, University of Liverpool, UK.
His major research works include 「A Cooperative Participation of Local Government in the Imple-mentation of National Development Project」 (2006), 「Collaborative Regional Development Across the Korea-Japan Strait Zone」(2005),
「Consensus Building System on the National Pro-ject」(2005), 「Establishment of the System for Prevention and Management in Public Conflicts」
(2005), 「Agglomeration Problems and Policy Directions of Large-Scale Development Projects in Capital Region」(2005), 「The Regional Impacts of Locational Conflicts Related to Public Facilities」(2004). He has an interest in the strate-gies and management for public conflict resolu-tion related to urban and regional development.
He is currently Director of the National Territorial
& Regional Research Division.
Park Yangho
Vice President, Ph.D. in City and Regional Plan-ning, University of California-Berkeley, USA.
His recent research works include 「Territorial Pol-icy Direction toward 2020」(2005), 「Balanced Regional Development and Northeast Asian Con-text of Korea」(2005) and 「Co-operative Regional Development Model」(2004). He served as Senior Adviser to the Minister of Construction and Transportation and member of Presidential Com-mittee of Policy Planning. He frequently advises to some presidential policy committees and min-istries of the Korean government.
Park Sangwoo
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Regional Sci-ence, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
His major research works include 「Knowledge Based Development Strategy for Future Daegu Metropolis」(2008), 「Globalization and Regional development Strategies in Korea」(1998), 「Apprais-als and Strategies for Balanced Regional Growth Policies in Korea」(1997) and 「Development Charge on Large-Scale Buildings in the Capital Region」(1995). He served as Director of Regional Analysis Division and was a member of the Prime Minister's Office and the Capital Region Growth Management Commission of the Ministry of Con-struction and Transportation.
Yang Habaek
Senior Research Fellow. Master in Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University.
Major research works include 「Environmental Study for Restricted Development Zone(RDZ) Pol-icy Reform」(2002), 「GIS Application for National Land Management」(1998) and 「A Comprehen-sive Study on the Mid-Mountain Areas and Establishing the Land Use Planning in Cheju Island」(1997).
Kim Dongju
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Regional Eco-nomics, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
His recently published papers include 「Strategies and Prospects of Innovation-driven Balanced National Development」(2006), 「Making Livable Community for Prototype Cities in Balanced
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National Development」(2006), 「Innovative Clus-ters and Regional Economic Development:
International Perspectives」(2003) and 「Industrial Location and Clusters in Knowledge-based Economies」(2002).
Suh Taesung
Senior 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),
「South Coast International Tourism Belt Develop-ment Plan」(1999) and 「Development Plan for Taegu-Kyongbuk Metropolitan Area」(1995).
Lee Dongwoo
Research Fellow. Ph.D in City and Regional Plan-ning, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Major research works include 「A Preliminary Study on the Planned Management of the Capital Region」(2006), 「Regional Policy Direction for National Government in the Era of Devolution:
Based on an International Comparative Study」 (2006), 「Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers for Balanced Regional Development」(2005) and
「Strategies for Self-sustaining Regional Develop-ment - The Revision Plan of the Fourth Compre-hensive National Territorial Plan」(2005).
Kim Sangwook
Research fellow. Master in Public Administration, Seoul National University.
Major research works include 「A Study on Devel-opment Plan of Air-City」(2007), 「A Study on Master Plan of Suwon 2025」(2006), 「A Study on the Effective Development Strategies of the Sur-rounding Region of the Daejeon-Tongyoung Expressway」(2004), 「A Study on New Industrial Location Strategy」(1998), 「A Study of Informa-tion Network for Industrial LocaInforma-tions based on GIS」(1998). He has studied on the national devel-opment plans, regional develdevel-opment plans and policies of industrial location since 1979. He has studied on the redevelopment of industrial estates adopting the industrial clusters approach in the Department of Urban Studies, the University of Glasgow, UK.
Lee Yongwoo
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Geography, University of Bonn, Germany.
Recent research works include 「Indicators of Sus-tainable National Territorial Management」(2007),
「High Speed Rail and the Changes of Spatial Structure(II)」(2006), 「Application Guidelines for the Strategic Environmental Assessment to National Territorial Plans」(2006), 「The West Coast Tourism Belt Project」(2005), 「Masterplan of Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town」 (2005), 「A Study on the Promotion of Industrial Capital Cities for the Development of Specialized Regions in Korea」(2004) and 「Formulation of the West Coast Expressway Regional Development Plan」(2003).
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Kim Taehwan
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Major research works include 「Study on Effective Relocation of Public Agencies outside the Capital Region of South Korea」(2007), 「A Study on the Relocation Planning for Public Agencies in the Capital Region」(2005), 「The Evaluation of Local Capacity for the Self-sustaining Development in Korea(I)」(2004), 「A Study on the Decentralization of Regional Development Policy」(2003), 「A Study on the Policy Measures for Public Sector Relocation」(2003) and 「A Study on the Policy Directions for Development of Software Industry Cluster in Korea」(1999).
Kim Gwangik
Research Fellow. Enrolled in Seoul National Uni-versity for Ph.D. in Geography.
Recent research works include 「Delimitation of Statistical Metropolitan Areas in Korea」(2007),
「Development of the System for Delimitation of Urbanized Areas in Korea」(2006), 「The Evalua-tion of Local Capacity for the Self-sustaining Development in Korea」(2005) and 「Industrial Restructuring and Spatial Change in Urban Industrial Areas」(2001).
Lee Wonsup
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Geography, Michigan State University, USA.
Recent research projects include 「A Study on the Reformation of Regional Policies for Job Creation in Korea」(2007), 「Decentralization Strategies and
Policy Guidelines for Balanced National Develop-ment」(2005, 2006, 2007), 「A Study on the Col-laborative Development of Regions」(2003, 2004, 2005) and 「A Study on the Revision of the Fourth Comprehensive National Territorial Plan 2006~2020」(2005).
Kwon Youngsub
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban Administration, University of Seoul.
Her recent research works include 「Measures to Promote Clustering of Regional Strategic Indus-tries for Balanced National Development」(2007),
「Strategies for the Efficient Implementation of Regional Innovation Projects: towards Strength-ening the Competitiveness of Cities in the Non-Capital Region」(2006), 「A Study on the Innova-tion Cluster Strategy for Regional SpecializaInnova-tion」 (2005), 「Strategies on Interregional Function Sharing of Information and Communication Technology Industry」(2004), 「Locational Charac-teristics of Knowledge-based Industry and Poli-cies for the Local Economic Development」(2002),
「Model Technopark Project and Building the Regional Innovation System in Korea」(2001),
「Industrial Agglomerations and Regional Clusters in Korea」(2001) and 「Strategies for Enhancing Regional Innovation Capabilities in the Knowl-edge-based Industry」(2000).
Kim Cheonkyu
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Economics, Renmin University of China.
Major research works include 「Environmental
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Study for Restricted Development Zone(RDZ) Pol-icy Reform」(1999), 「GIS Application for National Land Management」(1998) and 「A Comprehen-sive Study on the Mid-Mountain Areas and Establishing the Land Use Planning in Jeju Island」(1997).
Kim Changhyun
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Economics, Gyeongsang National University.
Major research works include 「Development and Policy Applications of Indicators for Identifying Rural Problems」(2007), 「The Inter-Rural Compar-ative Analysis on Regional Uniqueness and Policy Implications」(2006), 「Securing Financial Resources for Integrated River Basin Management」(2005),
「The Characteristics and Policy Implications of Ter-ritorial Structure Changes in Korea」(2003), 「Loca-tional Analysis and Spatial Reorganization Strate-gies of Central Management Functions in Korea」 (2002) and 「A Study on the Integrated Territorial Axes for the Balanced Regional Development Strategy」(2000).
Moon Jeongho
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
「Evaluation of Action Plan of The 4th National Mater Plan」(2007), 「City-Region Area Plan for Administrative Multi-Functional City」(2007),
「Planning Paradigm in the Participatory Public
Domain」(2006), 「Decentralization Strategies and Policy Guidelines for Balanced National Develop-ment(I)」(2005), 「A Study on the Spatial Unit for the Self-Sustaining Regional Development」
(2003), 「Vision of the Korean Construction Indus-try in the 21st Century」(2001) and 「Principal Policies of Construction Industry for the New Regime」(1998).
Cha Misook
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Public Administration, Yonsei University.
Major research fields are regional development policy and regional planning. Recent research works include 「Strategies to Create the National Amenity Resources Enhancing Quality of Life」
(2007), 「National Trust Approach for the Man-agement of Greenbelts in Korea」(2006), 「Building a Regional Governance System for National Bal-anced Development in Korea」(2004), 「Building a Regional Governance System for Regional Devel-opment in Korea」(2003), 「Regional DevelDevel-opment Policy in Korea」(2003), 「Regional Development Policy in Europe」(2003), 「Locational Characteris-tics and Local Industrial Linkages of Foreign Direct Investment Establishments in Korea」
(2002), 「Regional Impact Analysis Techniques and their Application」(2001), 「Public Dispute Resolution in Korea」(2000), etc.
Soonja Lee
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Political Sci-ence, Colorado State University, USA.
Recent research works include 「Jeonju
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al and Cultural City Planning」(2007), 「Conflict Indicators and Their Practical Application in Pub-lic Works」(2007), 「Land Use Plan of the Sae-mangeum Reclaimed Area」(2006), 「Jeju Integrat-ed City Planning」(2006), 「Pyeongtaek Compre-hensive Development Planning」(2005), 「The Revision of the 4th Comprehensive National Ter-ritorial Planning: Strategies for Water Manage-ment and Disaster Prevention」(2005).
Jeong Okju
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Geography and Regional Planning, University of Paris-IV Sorbonne, France.
Her major research projects include 「A Study on Reform Tools of the Plan-led Management of Seoul Metropolitan Region」(2007), 「Policy Guidelines for Regionalization of the Balanced National Development Strategy(II, III)」(2006, 2007), 「A Preliminary Study of the Strategic Management of Seoul Metropolitan Region」 (2006), 「A Study on the Revision of the Fourth Comprehensive National Territorial Plan 2006~2020」(2005), 「A Study on Collaborate Development of Regions(II), (III)」(2004, 2005).
Byun Pillsung
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Geography (Minor in Planning), University of Arizona, USA.
His main research fields encompass urbanization, suburbanization and sprawl, land use regulation and growth management, regional development and policy, census geography, and spatial econo-metric modeling and GIS. His recent works
include 「The MUD-based Cosmetic Business by the City of Boryeong in Korea as the Commodifi-cation of a Locality's Endowment or Assets for Local Development」(2006, Journal of the Eco-nomic Geographical Society of Korea) and
「Regional Policy Direction of the National Gov-ernment in the Era of Devolution: An Interna-tional Comparative Study」(2006, KRIHS), 「A Revisionist Model of Suburbanization and Sprawl : the Role of Political Fragmentation, Growth Control, and Spillovers」(2005, Journal of Plan-ning Education & Research).
Kang Hoje
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban Stud-ies and Public Affairs, Cleveland State University, USA.
Major research fields are local economic develop-ment, spatial analysis using GIS, industry district development and economic cluster. Recent research works include 「West Cost Highway: eco-nomic and population impact」(2007, Journal of the Korea Planners Association), 「Policy Guide-lines for Regionalization of the Balanced National Development Strategy(III)」(2007), 「Study for redevelopment policy for old industrial districts」
(2007), 「Policy implication study of semi-indus-trial district」(2007), 「Policy Guidelines for Regio-nalization of the Balanced National Development Strategy(II)」(2006), 「A Study on the Innovation Cluster Strategy for Regional Special-ization」 (2005). Dr.Kang was dispatched by KOICA(Korea International Cooperation Agency) to Egypt to tought urban indicator system and its implication
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using monitoring system for Egyptian planners in 2007 as well. He is the winner of the Springer Award and the Honorable mention for Tiebout Prize at the 44th WRSA(Western Regional Sci-ence Association) conferSci-ence for the best present-ed paper.
Byeon Sehil
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Economics, Kyungpook National University.
Recent research works include 「Measures to Pro-mote Clustering of Regional Strategic Industries for Balanced National Development」(2007),
「 Impact Assesment for Balanced National Development in 2006」(2006), 「Revision of the fourth Comprehensive National Territorial Plan(2000~2020)」(2005), 「Agglomeration Prob-lems and Policy Directions of Large Scale Devel-opment Projects in Capital Region」(2005),
「Measures to Foster Regional Universities for Bal-anced National Development」(2004), 「Strategies on Interregional Function Sharing of Information and Communication Technology Industry」(2004),
「Regional Input-Output Analysis(III)」(2003), 「Inno-vative Clusters and Regional Economic Develop-ment: An International Comparison」(2003),
「Strategies for Enhancing Knowledge-based Indus-try and Building the Regional Innovation System Related to Technopark Evaluation」(2003).
Park Inkwon
Assistant Research Fellow.
Currently enrolled in Ohio State University for Ph.D. in City & Rigional Planning.
Park Kyunghyun
Assistant Research Fellow. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept.
of Geography, Seoul National University.
Recent research works include 「Policy Guidelines for Regionalization of the Balanced National Development Strategy(III)」(2007), 「Development and Policy Applications of Indicators for Identify-ing Rural Problems」(2007), 「New Approaches in Urban Planning System to make a Livable City」
(2006), 「A Study on the Innovation Strategy for Regional Specialization」(2005), 「Urban Growth Management Policy in the Age of Slow or No Population Growth」(2005) and 「Strategies on Interregional Function sharing of Information and Communication Technology Industry」(2004).
Lim Sangyeon
Assistant Research Fellow. Master in Administra-tion, University of Seoul.
Major research works include 「Study on the 2007 Balanced Development Impact Assessment」
(2007), 「Application Guidelines for the Strategic Environmental Assessment to National Territorial Plans」(2006), 「Decentralization Strategies and Policy Guidelines for Balanced National Develop-ment(I)」(2005), 「Basic Strategies for Promoting Resident-oriented Ecotourism based on In-depth Interviews and Case Studies」(2005), 「Application of the Strategic Environmental 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).
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Chang Eungyo
Assistant Research Fellow. Master in Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University.
Recent research works include 「Conflict Indica-tors and Their Practical Application in Public Works: Analysis of Conflict Triggers and Devel-opment of Related Indicators」(2007), 「The Gener-al Plan and Feasibility Study on the Development of Historical & Cultural Gyeongju City」(2007),
「The General Plan and Feasibility Study on the Development of Traditional & Cultural Jeonju City」(2007), 「Planning Paradigm in the Partic-ipatory Public Domain: Theoretical Prospects and Practical Propositions in the Korean Context」 (2006), 「Land Use Plan of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Area」(2006).
Yoon Youngmo
Assistant Research Fellow. Enrolled in Anyang University for Ph.D. in Urban Engineering.
Major research works concerning urban &
regional planning include 「Effective Develop-ment Strategies for the Impacted Areas of the High Speed Rail」(2006), 「Area-wide Plan for the Multifunctional Administrative City & Adjacent Area」(2007), 「Evaluation System of Action Plan of the Comprehensive National Territorial Plan」
(2007).