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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
■Urban design
●Establishment of planning criteria for new town developmen
●New town plans and design
●Demand analysis and feasibility study on new town construction
■Urban regeneration
●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 such as urban design, urban regeneration and district plans to community regeneration, restoration of urban economy, and urban management.
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Selected Titles of Research Reports :
●Improvement of Urban Renewal Programs for Communities(2007)
●Economic Supporting Programs to Protect Valuable Open Spaces in Urban Fringe Area(2007)
●Rational Supply Direction of Urban Planning Facility by Public Ownership : Concentrate on Mixed-use Complex of Private Sector Participant(2007)
●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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2) Research Staff
Min Beumsik
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Uni-versity of Tokyo, Japan.
Recent research works include 「Improvement of Urban Renewal Programs for Communities」
(2007), 「Master Plan for New Multifunctional Administrative City」(2006), 「Planning Guidance on Residential Density Criteria」(2004), 「Develop-ment Plan for Pangyo District in Sungnam City」
(2003) and 「Policy Tools for Rehabilitation of Built-Up Residential Area」(2002). He is currently Director of the Urban Research Division.
Kim Hyunsik
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.
Chung Sukhi
Senior Research Fellow. Ph.D. in City and Regional 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.
Park Eungwan
Research Fellow. Master in Urban Planning and Design, Seoul National University.
Recent research works includes 「Improvement of Urban Renewal Programs for Communities」
(2007), 「Study on Improving Urban Development System」(2005), 「The Metropolitan Plan for Daegu Area」(2004), 「The Efficient Application of the Detailed District Planning」(2001), 「A Study on the Model City Project」(1999) and 「The Applica-tion of GIS to Land Use Planning Process」(1998).
Lee Wanggeun
Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning, Texas A&M University, USA.
Recent research works include 「Economic sup-porting programs to protect valuable Open Spaces in urban fringe area」(2007), 「Livable City Making and the Role of Urban Planning」(2006),
「Urban Growth Management Policy in the Age of Slow or No Population Growth」(2005), 「The
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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).
Hwang Sungsoo
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),
「Comprehensive Development Plan for Ongjin」
(2005), 「Gimpo New Town Development Plan」
(2006), 「A Study on the Station Area Develop-ment」(2006) and 「Ilsan International New Town Development Plan」(2006), 「Policies for the Waterfront Development in Urban Area」(2002).
Kim Sungsu
Associate Research Fellow.
Currently enrolled in University of Hawaii at Manoa for Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Plan-ning.
Kim Sangjo
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).
Lee Young A
Associate Research Fellow. Master in Seoul National University
Her recent research includes 「Changing Urban Structure and Policy Issues in Information Soci-ety」(2002), 「The Plan of Built-up Residential Area for the Improvement of Urban Environment」
(2001) and 「Changing Urban Structure and Policy Issues in Information Society」(2000). Major research interests are Neighbourhood Regenera-tion and Social Policy.
Park Sehoon
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Administra-tion, Seoul National University.
Major research fields are urban policy and ning, planning history, and Japanese urban plan-ning. Recent research works include 「Restructur-ing and Competitiveness of Major Metropolitan Regions in Northeast Asia」(2007), 「Decentraliza-tion 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).
Kim Hyungjin
Associate Research Fellow.
Currently enrolled in Urban and Regional Plan-ning, Texas A&M University, USA.
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Wang Kwangik
Associate Research Fellow. Ph.D. in Urban Engi-neering, University of Tokyo, Japan
Recent research works include 「Master Plan for Wide Area of New Multifunctional Administra-tive City」(2007), 「Changes in the Spatial Struc-ture of Metropolitan Regions amid Slow Popula-tion Growth and the DirecPopula-tions of Policy Responses: Focusing on Japan」(2006), 「A Study on the Effects of Urban Form and the Commuting and Socio-demographic Patterns on Road Trans-port derived CO2emission」(2005) and 「Urban Basic Planning for Busan Metropolitan City」
(2004).
Lee Bumhyun
Assistant Research Fellow. Master in Urban Plan-ning, Seoul National University.
Recent research works include 「Feasibility Study for Chung-Ju Business Town」(2007), 「Master Plan for the New Multifunctional Administrative City in the Republic of Korea」(2006), 「Spatial Development and Environmentl Degratation」
(2006), 「Agglomeration problems and policy directions of large-scale development projects in capital region」(2005) and 「Development Plan for Pan-Gyo District in Sung-Nam City」(2003).
Ahn Yongjin
Assistant Research Fellow.
Currently enrolled in Urban and Regional Plan-ning, Uiversity of Southern California, USA.
Lee Jinhui
Assistant Research Fellow. Master in Urban Plan-ning & Design, YonSei University.
Major research works concerning urban planning include 「Research of urban development project process for private sector participation」(2007),
「Comprehensive strategic initiative for Ganghwa county」(2007), 「Development plan of Gimpo new town and management plan of surrounding Area」(2006), 「Strategies for Developing Pocheon New Town Based on the Area-wide Mass Trans-portation System」(2004).