• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.507-516
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• 1999

More than twenty-five major international bodies of water bear the names of particular nations or states. Many of these are not names are widely accepted, but considerable disagreement has developed in some cases. A systematic examination of the level of conflict over the use of national names for international bodies of water indicates that conflict is most likely to develop where shifting power relations among interested states produce concern about the hegemonic ambitions of the state after which the body of water is named. This is the case in the three situations where considerable contention exists over the use of a national name for an international body of water: the Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea, the Sea of Japan/East Sea, and the South China SealBien Dong. Cases evidencing little contention are those where either no state has a significant interest in the naming issue, or where the name that is attached to the body of water is that of a state that has not been a historic threat to others in the region. Naming international bodies of water after nations or states is potentially problematic because such appellations can connote ownership or control by a single people or political entity. An understanding of the controversies surrounding these place names requires consideration of the geopolitical context in which they are embedded.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.64-85
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• 2016

This paper is to consider the development process of conflict between Daegu and Gumi which has been arisen from Daegu city's plan of relocation of water intake plant. It first argues that water is a major common and public resource which is circulated through the social process as well as the natural one, and hence that conflicts within or between regions due to its allocation should be resolved or managed by construction of collaborative governance in which all stake-holders participate. In particular, it is pointed out that collaborative governance would be not only oriented to a normative goal, but also be mobilized as a strategic means. On the basis of this conceptual consideration, this paper explores the development process of conflict caused by Daegu city's plan of relocation of water intake plant, and analyze the starting conditions and deliberation process of the public-private committee which has been constituted through a consensus between Daegu and Gumi city government. It concludes that the current interruption of the committee has happened, because it has been mobilized politically as a strategic means for regional hegemony, not as a normative one to resolve the conflict.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.467-467
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• 2011

기후변화로 인한 수문학적 변동은 지속가능한 수자원 관리를 위해 중요한 인자로 고려되고 있다. 특히, 가뭄 등 기상재해는 자연재해 차원을 넘어서 사회적 갈등으로 발전할 여지가 크며 특히 수자원 배분은 환경, 경제를 뛰어넘은 생존의 문제로 발전하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 기후변화가 가져올 가뭄 등 재해관리를 위한 의사지원체계 구축하고 다양한 기후변화 시나리오에 대응할 수 있는 탄력성 있는 수자원전문가시스템의 개발을 통해 이상기후 및 가뭄대비 물분쟁에 대한 합리적 대안을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 섬진댐의 상황을 모델로 하고 있다. 섬진강 유역은 섬진강댐의 건설당시 발 빠른 이주대책의 불이행으로 수몰지역 내에 초기 정착민들이 계속 거주하게 되어 댐 제원을 충분히 활용하지 못하고 있어 효과적인 치수사업에 어려움을 겪어오다가 공사간의 협력을 통해 치수능력증대사업을 추진하여 저수지의 저류량을 증가시키고자 섬진강댐 재개발 사업을 추진한 지역이다. 하지만, 유역내의 이상기후로 인한 수문학적인 변동과 가뭄으로 인한 물관련 당사자간의 용수확보분쟁의 소지가 있어 물관리를 위한 수자원전문가시스템의 개발이 시급한 실정인 지역이기도 하다. 대상지역 수자원전문가시스템의 개발을 목표로 HSPF(Hydrologic Simulation Program with FORTRAN)을 이용하여 기후변화로 인한 수문학적 변동성을 파악하였다. 그리고 수자원 전문가 모델로서 외국에서 사용되고 있는 SUPER, HEC-ResSim, RiverWare, MODSIM, WRAP, PowerSim, 그리고 STELLA의 장 단점 등 특성을 분석하여 국내에 적합한 수자원전문가시스템 갖추어야할 기능 및 구성을 분석하였다. 연구 결과 국내실정에 필요한 모델은 공영시각모형(Shared Vision Model)으로서 그 장점은 첫째, 수자원의 관리나 물분쟁시 반드시 필요한 유역의 물리적인 인자와 수역관리에 필요한 수문인자, 그리고 물분쟁의 소지가 있는 의문사항이나 문제점의 해결책을 위한 실마리를 제공할수 있다. 둘째, 물관련 이해당사자들이 직접 참여하여 모형을 평가하고 서로간의 이해관계를 위한 충돌이 발생했을 때 문제해결을 위한 대안을 제시할 수 있는 정보를 제공할 수 있다. 셋째, 물배분의 원칙에 따른 한쪽으로 편중된 대안이 제시되었을 경우에 공동으로 대안에 대한 평가를 통하여 평등한 물배분을 가능하게 한다. 넷째, 시민단체나 환경단체, 그리고 기관책임자들이 공동으로 모형의 형성과정을 지켜본 후 논의할 수 있어 이상적인 모형을 만들 수 있는 장점이 있다.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.43-63
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• 2016

This research analyzes the international standardization process by observing the international communication sources in order to understand the reason of its current poor use. Using the 'organizing theory' frame, we observe the initial discourse on the need of internationalized domain names in ICANN and the process of negotiation for technical choice of layers. Lastly, we take Korean domain names as a case study in order to understand the conflict and the cooperation of different stakeholders. We summarize the factors of failure of IDN as follows. First, the need of IDN in the beginning was raised around non-English speaking countries, in Asia and Middle East, with the discourse on 'digital divide solution and cultural value' ICANN rather pursues the 'technical stability of Internet Infrastructure', which made its standardization take as long as 10 years. As a result, a variety of standards and services are proposed in the marketplace, which engendered inefficient competition and domain name-related disputes such as cybersquatting, technical instability and confusion of users. In addition, the government agencies fail to present the appropriate policies adjusting multiple interests of different stakeholders.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.91-113
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• 2002

We report and analyze the Korean physicians' recent general strike over the implementation of the Separation of Prescribing and Dispensing Practice (SPDP) in which more than 18,000 private clinics and 280 hospitals participated. Utilizing game-theoretic models of bargaining we explain why the Korean physicians were so successful in organizing intense collective action against the government and securing very favorable policy outcomes. In particular, we highlight the role of distributional conflict among social actors in shaping the details of institutional reform. The introduction of the SPDP was a necessary first step in the overall reform of health care system in Korea. However, the SPDP was perceived to be a serious threat to the economic viability of their profession by the vast majority of Korean physicians who had long been relied on the profits from selling medicines to compensate for the loss of income due to the low service fee under the previous health care system. The strong political coalition among heterogeneous physicians enabled them to organize an intense form of collective action, the general strike. Thus, physicians were successful not only in dragging the government to a bargaining table, but also winning in the bargaining and securing an outcome vastly favorable to them. On the other hand, the lack of an overall reform plan in the health care policy area, especially the finance of the National Health Insurance and the need for maintaining an image as a successful reform initiator, motivated the government to reach a quick resolution with the striking physicians.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.827-834
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to provide scientific data to support policy making on core area management in national parks, particularly to resolve conflict regarding trail closure, by analyzing the physical characteristics of trails in the Seoraksan and Songnisan National Park on the Baekdudaegan mountains. For the analysis, we surveyed 112 points selected from three sections and one section of closed trails in Seoraksan and Songnisan, respectively (17.1 km in total). The surveyed trails had, on average, trail width of 0.98m, baresoil width of 0.84 m, maximum erosion depth of 11.6cm, and trail slope of 14.2%. Of 53 out of 112 surveyed points (47.3%), we found exposed roots. Only 47 points (42.0%) did not show any type of physical deterioration. The magnitudes of deterioration in the surveyed closed-trail are relatively lower than those in open-trail in other national parks and are similar to those of ridge trails on the Baekdudaegan mountains.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.289-300
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• 2009

In contrary to the expectation of which it has a role to increase the transparency of and the responsibility of self-governing, the participatory budgeting even though aggravates perfunctoriness of participation and local conflicts in Korea. The problems are caused not from the institutional vices of participatory budgeting but from others which each part of people, participating in the budgeting process, have a misunderstanding on the participatory budgeting. Under the consideration that the misunderstandings of citizen and local officials are one of main reasons of a derailing of the participatory budgeting, the study aims to examine empirically the gap between the citizen's understanding on the participatory budgeting and the official's, focused on Daeduck-ku, Daejeon.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.353-366
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to present the fundamental direction in training social work supervisors. First it defined the competency of supervisors and by analyzing the contrasts between the present situation and points for compensation, the study searched for alternative solutions to reinforce the role of supervisors. The research was conducted by interviewing 7 Focus Groups, the 20 Delphi questionnaire panel, and the 213 social workers in the community welfare centers. This study multilaterally evaluated the opinions of all supervision interested parties and as a result, defined the core supervisor competence in the areas of knowledge, skill, and attitude(KSA). The main characteristics to be improved were found to be supervisors' leadership, supervision knowledge, self-recognition. conflicts arbitration skills, the communication skills, the team work skills, and the main attitudes of consistency, patience and openness. This study is significant that it presented specific direction in the developing training courses for supervisor, researching the detailed education demands and analyzing the application of the supervisor's competency model in the organization.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.319-327
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• 2015

This study can be summarized as follows : First, main participant, procedure and method of redevelopment of Inner port shall be additionally reviewed. Demands of stakeholder of Incheon Inner Port are actively accommodated to avoid the disruption in undertaking the project. Second, it must ensure the adequacy and appropriateness of policies regarding the redevelopment of the Inner Port in Incheon. It is necessary to obtain consent of people on this project. Third, appropriate system must be established to undertake the project. For this purpose, the governance system shall be built to collect the opinions of the people. The conclusions of this study are as follows. The national master plan and modify plans of Port redevelopment have been being undertaken based on Port Act. Incheon Inner Port redevelopment has been showing slight discrepancy with that of other ports. It's the essential part to coordinate the opinions and needs between the parties prior to the establishment of a redevelopment plan. This can be settled when it's warranted for dock workers to secure the job, and for port companies to provide replaceable piers as the precondition. In addition, eco-friendly waterfront leisure space shall be planned and alternative policies shall be arranged with accommodating the needs of local residents and merchants.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.30-37
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• 2012

This paper assessed environmental impact of tidal power plant construction in the western sea of Korea, and diagnosed problems of the related assessment. We also proposed key assessment items (scoping) and system improvement for environmental impact assessment (EIA). The establishment of a broad consensus of the appropriateness and a clear purpose for business is an important aspect of the aptness of using the waters, and the aggressive collecting of opinions of the stakeholder and institutions will have to be fulfilled. In addition, we presented the following scoping plan in order to minimize the negative effects of the marine ecosystem and the conflict between the people who work in the fishing industry which result due to the construction of the tidal power plants. (1) the change in seawater exchange rates and the aspect of erosion/sedimentation which result from the change in the velocity of running fluid, (2) the destruction of spawns/habitats of fish due to the damage of tidal flats, (3) fishery resources, impacts of fishing grounds, and the spread of suspended sediments, etc. will have to be applied to the key assessment items(scoping). In addition, every citizen will have work hard for an establishment of an active plan which achieves the harmony and balance of environmental preservation and for the policy to be applied through changing their consciousness of environmental preservation.