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‘Ancient Capital’ means historical center of politics and culture in our nation’s history, and currently four regions, Gyeongju, Buyeo, Gongju and Iksan are designated. Special Law on Preservation of Ancient Capital is created to preserve historical vestiges remaining in the cities and to take care of them. But, the Act, demanded by the residents of the ancient capital areas, is rather dissatisfied with the residents. Although active financial investment by the government for preservation of the ancient city, management and residential support, the law aimed at preservation only, so people are resisting. The government authorities must change the law to reflect the reality by realizing the fundamental issues that ancient cities have. Rather than merely pronouncing the four ancient cities as most historic cities that represent Korea’s 5,000 years old history, the law should be practical

Food waste, animal manure and sewage sludge are the organic wastes that require appropriate disposal or treatment. Anaerobic digestion is a favorable measure to deal with food waste, animal manure and sewage sludge, since it can produce biogas that is one of the most attractive renewable energies. Biogas is mainly composed of methane and carbon dioxide. Methane gas can be used as an alternative energy for heating and electricity. This research reviews the treatment of food waste, animal manure and sewage sludge in Gyeongju. Anaerobic digestion systems with control scheme for stable product of biogas and efficient use of biogas energy are presented.

This study is mainly focused on proposing the tasks and strategies of improvement for the social welfare policy of Gyeongju city. Social welfare policy in local government is a social system for within the local government guarantees the life and living of the citizen in order to survive and exist in the society. Social welfare policy is designed and established to provide a broad array of services to meet the needs of residents. According to this study, social welfare policy in Gyeongju has many problems and task of improvement. Therefore, it would be important to understand how changes and improvements are made in the law, administration, finance, manpower, and service delivery systems, and programs of the social welfare policy in line with the local decentralization. Finally, local government of Gyeongju will have to be develop and drive forward social welfare policy that is corresponded with the needs of residents and local property.

This study explores the possibility of Gyeongju's new direction to become the healing mecca. This paper examines the economic and social changes, and it explores how these changes influence our lives. As a result of these changes, individuals and society as a whole start to pay attention about the healing. Therefore, it discusses the importance of healing in 21 century. This paper also suggests the possible healing programs Gyeonju can offer. Finally, through the field study, healing program in Gyeonju proves the possiblity of important tourism product. The field study finds out that that tourists are more interested in healing related program than the general tourism program.

This study aims to identify festival service quality attributes as a driving force of a festival brand equity. To achieve this goal 'Traditional Drinks and Rice Cake Festival in Gyeongju' is selected as a case study brand respecting its recognition and reputation among residents and visitors. Results from this study eliminated several meaningful information both theoretical and managerial. Firstly, FSQ and FBE scales developed for this study showed their acceptable reliability, validity, and structural goodness of fit as a result of Cronbach's Alpha, EFA, CFA, and second-order factor analysis respectively. Secondly, by SEM it is identified there is positive structural relationship between FSQ and FBE, confirming provability for researchers interested in this theme to use conceptual model proposed in this study as a theoretical background. Thirdly, it is verified that FSQ, even though partially, has an effect on FBQ. Finally, the results of this study provide festival organizers and regional DMO with practical information about what they should concentrate on in order to achieve competitive advantage not only in successful festival organization, but also in effective destination branding.

The purpose of this study was to get nano-analysis on heavy metals and volatile organic compounds of spring water located in Gyeongju by using of ICP and GC/MS. In this research we have analyzed the contents of heavy metal(Hg, Cd, As, Zn, Cu, Fe, Pb and Cr6+) and VOC(PCE, TCE, 1,1,1-TCE, benzene, Toluene, ethylbenzene and Xylene) of spring water as specific pollutants for health in order to recognize be suited to as drinking water, had assigned five spring water place in Gyeongju. we have got the data were examined that minerals components, micro inorganic materials, nitrate-nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, sulfate ion, chlorine ion and fluorine ion. The results of this study are as following ; It has been shown that all of them generally were suited to as standard of drinking water with the exception of total escherichia coli. group and fluorine ion for spring water in Gyeongju. Also some heavy metal, that is, nano unit amounts of asenic and zinc were detected by inductively coupled plasma method, but the rest of them were not detected. On the other hand volatile organic compounds materials were not detected at all. Finally this study must mentioned as following; spring water places in Gyeongju has been relatively not much are compared with other cities, really many people have positive opinion on available of this places because of very closed distance from people's living place and amounts of water quantity are very much to get it. Therefore the expansion of equipments on emergency water feeding which ground water are very clean and safe are good business for life convenience of regional citizens.

This study will find out the present situation of the education of Gyeongju and suggest the implications and tasks for the better educations for the aged in Gyeongju city. This study contains the survey about needs assesment and levels of satisfaction of the aged students. And this study also contains the analysis about characteristics of education facilities, their curriculum and program for the aged in Gyeongju city. The implications of this study are as follows. First, The education for the aged in Gyeongju is poor in quantity and quality, and still remains in the successful aging stage in 1990s containing programs about health, leasure, spending time etc. Second, Gyeongju has no Senior Welfare Center which plays pivot roles in educations for the aged. And there is no programs operated by local universities and colleges which can gives advanced program on radical gerontology and humanistic view points. This study offers the local universities to attend the education for the aged. Local government has to make policies to revitalize by establishing Senior Welfare Center, and also make policies which enable the halls for aged to play as general and practical education facilities for the aged.

This aesthetic study on the beauty of Gyeongju city, the ancient capital of Sila Dynasty focuses on the relationship between presence and absence of the city including cultural remains. The presence of monumental relics enlivens the history of Sila Dynasty which are absent now. Based on the relationship, this study investigates the beauty of soft curved lines in natural scenery and the archaic chic of the remains in the aesthetic style, on the other hand, the aesthetic consciousness of quietness and mental peace in the aesthetic substance.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of young children's temperament on their emotional intelligence. The data was collected by questionnaires method from 243 children. The instruments were children's temperament, and children's emotional intelligence. The results of the study were as follows : (1) Children's temperament differed according to children's sex, but not differed according to birth order. Children's emotional intelligence differed according to children's sex and birth order. (2) Children's emotional intelligence meaningfully related to temperament. And children's emotional intelligence were more negatively associated with activity and approach-withdrawal than other variables. (3) Children's temperament also meaningfully influence to emotional intelligence.