159KRIHS Urban Research Division
Selected Titles of Research Reports :
●New Approaches in Urban Planning System to Make a Livable City Improving the Method of Land-use Control for an Effective Land Management System (2006)
●Urban Growth Management Policy in the Age of Slow or No Population Growth (2005)
●A Study on the Innovation Cluster Strategy for Regional Specialization (2005)
●The Making of Livable Cities in Korea (2005)
●Strategies on Interregional Function Sharing of Information and Communication Technol-ogy Industry (2004)
●Urban Planning Decision and Social Justice (2004)
●Building a Governance System for Regional Development in Korea (2003)
●A Study on the Revitalization of Activities and Amenities in Urban Center (2003)
●Fiscal Impact Analysis of Urban Develop-ment (2002)
●Changing Urban Structure and Policy Issues in Information Society (2002)
●A Study on Impact Analysis Techniques for Regional Development Projects and their Applications (2001)
●Strategies to Establish City Identity in an Era of Decentralization (2001)
●Development Strategies of Community Facil-ities for the Socially Underprivileged (2000)
●Community-Based Improvement of Residen-tial Environment in Urban Areas (2000)
●A Study on the Improvement of Regionally Balanced Development System (2000)
●Strategies for Enhancing Regional Innova-tion Capabilities in the Knowledge-Based Industry (2000)
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158KRIHS
1) Research Division
Major Research Areas Include :
■Urban policies and related legal system
●Development of urban growth management policies
●Revision of legal systems on urban planning
■New town plan and design
●Establishment of planning criteria for new town developmen
●New town plans and design
●Demand analysis and feasibility study on new town construction
■Consolidation of existing urban spaces
●Development of urban regeneration strate-gies and policies
●Establishment of development plans for urban regeneration
●Research on legal systems for urban regener-ation
■Development of district unit plans
●Research on rules and regulations on district unit plan
●Preparation of district plans
●Development of planning standards for designing district unit plans
■Community policies
●Policy developments for livable community making
●Research on legal systems and model pro-jects
■Urban economy and management
●Research on economic revitalization and effi-ciency of urban management
Urban Research Division presents new directions on urban growth and management in the efforts to make a livable city by closely examining various issues that our cities confront and forecasting on change of their future. And it conducts researches to invent the relevant legal system for the success-ful implementation of the national urban policies.
The research topics vary from physical development projects such as new town plans, redevelop-ment plans of existing urban areas and district plans to community regeneration, restoration of urban economy, and efficiency enhancement of urban management.
ⅤResearch Divisions & Staff
161KRIHS Urban Research Division
Planning, Texas A&M University, USA.
Recent research works include 「Livable City Mak-ing and the Role of Urban PlannMak-ing」(2006),
「Urban Growth Management Policy in the Age of Slow or No Population Growth」(2005), 「The Making of Livable Cities in Korea」(2005),
「International Urban Ideas Competition for the New Multifunctional Administrative City in the Republic of Korea」(2005) and 「Planning Guid-ance on Residential Density Criteria」(2004).
Sung-Soo Hwang
Associate Research Fellow. Master in Urban Plan-ning GSES of Seoul National University.
Major research fields are Urban & Regional Plan-ning. Recent research works include 「The Com-prehensive Development Plan for Central Inland Region towards the Year of 2020」(2006), 「Compre-hensive Development Plan for Ongjin」(2005),
「Gimpo New Town Development Plan」(2006), 「A Study on the Station Area Development」(2006), and 「Ilsan International New Town Development Plan」(2006), 「Policies for the Waterfront Devel-opment in Urban Area」(2002).
Sung-Su Kim
Associate Research Fellow.
Currently enrolled in University of Hawaii at Manoa for Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Plan-ning.
Sang-Jo Kim
Associate Research Fellow. Master in Urban Plan-ning and Design, Seoul National University.
Major research fields are urban policy and
plan-ning, urban design. Major research studies include 「The Study of Namhae-gun Urban Master Plan」(2004), 「An Approach to Institutional Pro-vision for Transfer of the Approval Right of Urban Master Plans to Local Government」(2003), and 「(A)Study on the policy improvement for the new town development」(1998).
Young-A Lee
Associate Research Fellow.
Currently enrolled in University of Bristol in U.K.
for Ph.D. in Housing Policy.
Se-Hoon Park
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Administra-tion Seoul NaAdministra-tional University.
Major research fields are urban policy and ning, planning history, and Japanese urban plan-ning. Recent research works include 「Decentral-ization Strategies and Policy Guidelines for Bal-anced National Development(I)」(2005), 「A Study on the Promotion of Industrial Capital Cities for the Development of Specialized Regions in Korea」(2004), and 「Site Selection and Evaluation management for New Administrative Capital City」(2004).
Young-Sang Kwon
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Design, Seoul National University.
Architect.
Major research fields are architecture and urban design and planning, urban structure, design the-ory, planning histthe-ory, and historical urban plan-ning of Korea. Recent research works include 「A
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160KRIHS
2) Research Staff
Beum-Sik Min
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Uni-versity of Tokyo, Japan.
Recent research works include 「Master Plan for New Multifunctional Administrative City」(2006),
「Planning Guidance on Residential Density Crite-ria」(2004), 「Development Plan for Pan-Gyo Dis-trict in Sung-Nam City」(2003) and 「Policy Tools for Rehabilitation of Built-Up Residential Area」
(2002). He is currently Director of the Urban Research Division.
Hyun-Sik Kim
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Princeton University, USA.
His recent research works include 「The Role of Festivals in the Reproduction of the Urban Life-world」(2006), 「Metropolitan Planning and Man-agement : With Special Emphasis on Area - Wide Urban Services in the Seoul Metropolitan Area」 (1998) and 「Regulatory Reform in the Adminis-tration of Construction and Transportation」 (1998). He was Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1981 to 1985. He served as Director of the Urban Affairs at KRIHS and Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Research Division.
Suk-Hi Chung
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in City and Region-al Planning, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Some of his major research works include 「A Feasibility Study on the New Town Development for International Business in North-western Region of Kyonggi Province」(2006), 「A
Feasibili-ty Study on the New Town Development of Pankyo Area」(1999), 「Development Guidelines for High-Speed-Railway Station Impact Area」
(1997), 「A Comprehensive Plan of Busan Metro-politan City for the 21Century」(1992), and 「Ilsan New Town Development Plan」(1991). He has been serving as member of the New Town Devel-opment Commission of the Ministry of Construc-tion and TransportaConstruc-tion, and as member of the Balanced Growth Commission of the Ministry of Government Administration and Human Affairs.
Tae-Soo Kang
Research Fellow. Bachelor in Agricultural studies, University of Seoul.
Recent works include 「Master Plan for Multifun-tional Administrative City」(2006), 「The Metro-politan Plan for Daejeon」(2005), 「A Study on the New Capital Plan for Operation Construction in Korea」(2004), 「Strategies for National Spatial Data Infrastructure」(2003) and 「Master Plan for Ulsan Metropolitan City」(2002).
Eun-Gwan Park
Research Fellow. Master in Urban Planning and Design, Seoul National University.
Recent research works includes 「The Metropoli-tan Plan for Daegu Area」(2004), 「The Efficient Application of the Detailed District Planning」
(2001), 「A Study on the Model City Project」
(1999), and 「The Application of GIS to Land Use Planning Process」(1998).
Wang-Geun Lee
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban and Regional
ⅤResearch Divisions & Staff