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Regional development studies is a multidisciplinary branch of applied social science. It does seem possible to identify some categories of problem regions in any countries through all ages. Regional development planning can be seen as response to certain problems with a regional dimension, that is, a response to pressing regional issues. The purpose of this study is to explore the identity of regional development studies in the Korean context and to seek the future directions. The researchers of regional development studies are need to consider newly emerging issues on globalization strategy, strength of local competitiveness, sustainable development, social capital, and job creation. It is necessary for the academic society to have a penetrating analysis of paradigm shift of regional development in Korea. One of the most important things is that the role of researchers and educators in universities and research institutes is to develop theories and produce practical studies in order to meet the demand of the age.

Throughout half a century of regional development process, "regional economic growth" and "economic efficiency" is the consistent and actual basis in planning process, even though outward purposes of its plans were changed at each phase of planning stage. So, some questions occurred to us why the original purposes of plans grew faded as its process of execution. In this context, the objective of this study is to analyze the correspondence between korean national territorial plan and actual regional policy, and to suggest some policy implications in the process of regional development strategies. For this purpose, political beliefs in six phase of government and it’s comprehensive national territorial plans were reviewed. The correspondence between korean national territorial plan and actual regional policy were analyzed, and the main factors of restriction in achieving regional development goal(ie, regional balanced growth) were also examined. Finally, policy implications for future of Korean regional development process were suggested.

"Who is the spatial planner?" This question is a premise to get a clue of the academic identification of the urban and regional planning. In this study three elements are dealt with: main agent of planning, who are spatial planners, goals, what are they pursuing and planning reasons, why they are aiming at those pursuing points. In case of planner's aplasia, the planning by itself can lose the correct direction. Even though such planning seems to reach any intended goal, its result can be regarded none of beneficiary credible or acceptable. In this context the identity of spatial planners is classified according to their role and mission. As method of research, a broad spectrum of literature is reviewed and examined. It helps to verify how various social classes participate in the planning process and what kind of planning theories are developed. This is the first stage as theoretical approach. The next stage is an issue-based discussion from the critical viewpoint, how proper the spatial planning has been applied in Korean modern history in order to diagnose its spatial distortion and contribute to settle its matters. On conclusion, this argument ultimately resolves itself into the discourse about 'identification of spatial planners in reality', how much spatial planners have contradictorily behaved but how their attitude shall be changed for the better future.

The purpose of this study is like the following. First, through preceding example analysis, understand the contents of urban planning for shrinking cities following decrease in population. Second, among the contents above, deduct the possibility of application to small and medium size cities in Jeollanam-do. Third, by applying this, verify the usefulness of urban planning for shrinking cities. The first research examples of the purpose of the study are the 3 countries of EU, the US and Japan and 1 city each of provincial cities of each of the countries. The third research examples of the purpose of the study are 18 cities to which New Urbanism of the US is applied and 18 small and medium size cities in Jeollanam-do Korea. The background of this study is like the following. The most small and medium size cities in Jeollanam-do shows continuous decrease in population. Nevertheless, these cities' governments are establishing urban planning of expansion of target population and land use. The result of this study is like the following. I could know that Compact City theory and New Urbanism theory of preceding countries can be applied to small and medium size cities in Jeollanam-do through the result of analysis on their application examples. Especially, it could be applied usefully to reorganization of urban spacial structure of small and medium size cities in Jeollanam-do

1990년대 들어와서 해외의 개발도상국, 저개발국에서 우리나라의 새마을운동을 자국의 지역발전 모델로 벤치마킹하고자 하는 발걸음이 잦아졌다. 2010년도 새마을운동중앙연수원에서 새마을 교육을 이수 받은 해외 나라는 33개국에 412명이나 되었다. 한편 우리나라는 G20 회원국으로서 그동안 해외원조를 받는 나라에서 공여국으로 탈바꿈하였고 2010년 말 경제규모는 세계 13위로 확대되었다. 이에 따라 국제사회에서 우리나라의 역할 확대가 요청되고 있고 정부는 국무총리 산하에 ｢ODA 선진화 방안｣을 마련하고 「새마을운동 ODA TF」를 출범시켜 새마을운동 개발협력모델을 범정부적으로 추진하기로 하였다. 이 연구의 목적은 우리나라의 새마을 운동이 UN의 새천년개발목표에서 제시하는 빈곤퇴치를 위한 개발도상국 및 후진국의 개발모형이 될 수 있음을 구명하고 나아가 지금까지 추진되어온 해외 새마을운동의 현황을 분석하여 향후 발전방안을 모색하고자 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 제2장에서는 2000년대 우리나라의 경제발전에 따른 국제적 위상과 해외원조 규모를 조명하였다. 제3장에서는 해외에서의 새마을운동의 추진현황을 분석하여 그 장․단점을 살펴보고 제4장과 5장에서는 해외 새마을운동의 육성방안에 관해 고찰하고 결론을 맺었다. 이 연구에서 제안한 해외새마을운동 시범마을 육성에 있어서 고려해야 할 점을 세 가지 제안하였다. 첫째, ODA 사업의 성공여부는 지원국에서 어떻게 하느냐 하는 것 못지않게 수원국에서 어떻게 받아들이느냐가 매우 중요하다. ODA 수원국에서 수용 가능한, 그리고 자생적 개발모형으로 유연하게 전환될 수 있도록 하는 충분한 교육과 의사소통이 필수적이다. 둘째, 새마을사업의 평가 틀에 대한 공유이다. ODA 사업으로서 새마을운동을 저개발국에 이식을 할 때 우리가 만든 평가 틀로 그 사업의 성패 여부를 판단할 것이 아니라 수원국에서, 또는 수원국과 공여국 간에 공동으로 만든 평가 틀에 넣어 사업성과를 판단해야 한다. 셋째, 글로벌 새마을운동의 수원국 현지 적용에는 현지의 전통과 문화, 주민의식을 충분히 고려한 유연한 적용이 필요하다.

The purpose of this study is to provide a scheme of socially cohesive regional development strategy at local level. For that, this study uses the concept of pro-poor growth considering the positive relationship between economic growth and social equity to find the suitable strategy of socially cohesive regional development in regard to reducing poverty group during economic growth. As a result, this study concludes with some suggestions to facilitate the strategy, such as (1) cultivating work-integration social enterprise, (2) considering gender mainstreaming, (3) enhancing social welfare system, (4) organizing local-based citizen association, (5) constructing multi-regional development council, and (6) developing regional stewardship.

To overcome decline of local city and to execute urban regeneration projects, Korean Government has established Urban Regeneration Center(KOURC) in 2006. KOURC has initiated urban regeneration R&D projects since 2007. Especially, local small cities in Korea with rich ancient and modern cultural assets such as Naju and Masan are also experiencing decline and depression in physical environment and economic vitality. However, the inner city problem of local small city can not be solved only with physical development such as building infrastructure and new facilities. Unlike metropolis, they have to enhance the vitality of inner city in economic, social and physical environment at the same time by building a unique urban identity with perspectives to protection, utilization and recreation of cultural heritage. Therefore, this study suggests the establishment of urban regeneration strategy, the socio-economic regeneration programs and the urban environmental redevelopment in association with historic cultural assets of local small cities.

Housing redevelopment is one of important issues in urban regeneration practice. Non Capital metropolitan cities of Korea have been faced a lot of its difficulties through conflict between union leaders and participants, bankrupt crisis by sale slump, and corruptions among union, project managing company and construction company, etc. The paper analyzes systematically various problems around urban housing redevelopment project through preceding studies research and applies the Swedish TAIDA scenario technique to a case study in Daejon city to forecast profit impact of housing union inside conflict and find its resolving strategies. Two agenda appear as very urgent things; the one for conflict resolution and the other one for efficient marketing through resonable sale price and project period shortening. By TAIDA, the case study seems to have no alternative but to end the project within at least 3 years to get the second best.