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This study is about the Shilla Great Tombs that are integrated into one of the city's intellectual properties. The district planning focuses on the locational characteristics, and each district to reflect the attributes of the locational inertia such as the adjustment of road, control of pedestrian circulation system, ground exhibition compositional direction, parking lot, and open space planning, etc. In the case of Japan, the tombs of every age were expressed with their unique identity by obtaining contemporary materials, fencing, transfusion housing, and high floor building from the each time period. Also they had filled the exhibitions with the decorated walls of tombs, jar burial, and stone chamber. In particular, there were local attempts to restore ancient forests to form into the park. In the case of the distribution of the tombs within the city, sporting areas, festive squares, and playgrounds were the complemented as the park features. Each regional exhibition had rich decorative mounds, wall murals, and unique imitations. For Gyeongju preservation policy of The Great Tombs are proposed as follow. The contemporary historical research is required to ensure the atmosphere of the 4th–6th century time period. To strengthen the relationship with Wolseong Palace, adjusting the traffic circulation, pedestrian circulation, the abolition of the roads, reorganization of the shuttle bus system, construction of large parking lot, and the ground exhibition planning are suggested

When the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident occurred in March of 2011, a hydrogen explosion in the reactor building at the 4th unit of Fukushima plants led to a big surprise because the full core of the unit 4 reactor had been moved and stored underwater at the spent nuclear fuel storage pool for periodic maintenance. It was because the possible criticality in the fuel storage pool by coolant loss may yield more severe situation than the similar accident happened inside the reactor vessel. Fortunately, it was assured to be evitable to an anxious situation by a look of water filled in the storage pool later. In the paper, the safety state of the spent fuel storage pool and rack structure. The impacts influenced on the performance and safety of a repository are classified as units of features, events, and processes, for the total system performance assessment related to the permanent disposal of HLW. The importance is evaluated in consideration of the frequency, consequence, regulation, suitability of a specific site, etc. A scenario describing the migration of radionuclide from the repository to the biosphere is derived from understanding the interaction among these groups.

The aims of the research are to analyze the point of issues of the Korean long-term care insurance and to find suggestions to improve the insurance since its approximately five years of implementation. For this, Gilbert and Terrell's analytical framework for social policy is used in terms of allocation, finance, benefits, and service delivery system. In terms of the methodology of the research, literature review and in-depth interviews with staff in the branch of the National Health Insurance Corporation, service providers, and carers in Gyeongju were conducted. The findings of the research show that there have been a number of issues regarding the long-term care insurance. In terms of allocation of the insurance, there have been the issues of low coverage, closed revision of assessing criteria, and so on. In terms of finance, it has been predicted that there will be huge budget deficit of the insurance in the medium and long term. In terms of benefit, the issues of the shortage of care workers and the closure of service providers have emerged. In terms of service delivery system, there have been a number of issues in the processes of assessment and accessing and using services. Therefore, the Korean government should play an active role in tackling the problems rather than be left them to the market.

The purpose of this study is to define tasks for economic and social development of Gyeongju region and propose directions for the region. In the past, regional development model was exogenous development model that depends on central government’s top-down approach. In this exogenous development model, local residents are excluded from being the main agents of regional development. Rather than efficiently utilizing regional resources, the model depended on the central government and this lead to hampering regional development on its own. On the contrary, endogenous development model takes a bottom-up approach where local region leads the development. The model puts emphasis on the participation of local residents and the creative motivation of the region. However, considering the fact that Gyeongju is a region with rich historical and cultural heritage and its current condition of low financial independence, development of the Gyeongju regional economy should aim for a new endogenous development model that best compromises both the exogenous and the endogenous development model. That is to receive as much as financial support from the central government by suggesting its own regional development plan based on creative ideas of the region, and at the same time fully making the best use of its regional resources and forming a strong foundation for an autonomous economy. Geyongju should adopt global culture-creation city as its vision and put its efforts in establishing one’s regional identity, increasing population, attracting enterprises, revitalizing downtown area, and developing new city near rapid transit railway station. From now on, Gyeongju region should enhance its competitiveness through the means of establishment of local resident participation governance, industrialization of cultural assets, advancement of agricultural industry, enhancement of education, and internalization of the region.

This study investigated the architectural characteristics and preservation status of traditional houses, designated as Hwang-Nam Hanok Conservation Area in Gyeongju. It aimed to provide basic information for Hanok preservation policy in Gyeongju by finding architectural characteristics of traditional houses. This study was conducted using the research methods the existing literature and field survey to analyse a current status of traditional houses. It also tried to figure out Hanok distribution, Land ownership status, Building type, Building use, Building structure, Land area, Construction area, Coverage ratio, Roof form, Roofing material, Roof tile material, Roof condition, Eaves format, Wall finishing material, Gate structure, Gate roof, Gate material, Fence form, Fence roof, Fence condition, and the relationships between the physical characteristics of traditional houses and the socio-economic elements.