• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.14-14
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.28-28
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• 2004

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.786-801
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• 2013

This study aims to elucidate features of the geography assessment of France in which geography has a high status in school curriculum. The main data for analysing are the geography examinations(1999-2013) of the Baccalaur$\acute{e}$at. In terms of objectives of the assessment, the exams put emphasis on promoting cultural knowledges of students and developing their competences in graphic languages. In terms of formal aspect, the exams take a simple layouts to raise a readability, use variable test tools, especially an essay and a 'croquis'. They also emphasize students self-directedly constructing and representing geography knowledges and their inquiry abilities with geography materials. In terms of contents aspect, the exams mainly cover subjects of political-economic geography, particularly a spatial organization, a development inequality and the world powers in global contexts or macro spatial scales. One of a distinguishing characteristics of Baccalaur$\acute{e}$at's History-Geography examinations is that it designs to keep balance between two parties; history and geography.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.295-308
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• 1996

1. Retrospect of Political Geographic Studies since Liberation, 1945 : 1) Period from 1945 to mid 1960s : There was not political geography as a science in Korea at the time of liberation from Japan 1945. At that time were not pure political geographers in Korea. In 1947, Moon-Hwa Pyo, economics professor, published a book titled Outline of Korean Geopolitics. This book was a first one in the field of political geography and available at that time in the logical descriptions. Bok-Hyon Choi was a first political geographer who in 1959 wrote a book titled Political geography for the collegians of Seoul National University. Professor Choi introduced American-style political geography through the book above mentioned. In 1963, Kie-Joo Hyong published an article titled "Korean Unification: Possibility from the Geopolitical Viewpoint" which was a first article published by Korean young scholar who studied geography in this country. 2) Period from late 1960s to late 1980s : Both Yoon Cha and Duck-Soon Im published frequently several articles of political geography or geopolitics respectively in 1968-1969. And they issued geopolitical disputes on Korean geopolitical structure and an application of rimland theory to Korean peninsula in 1969 through a magazine named Joung-Kyong Younku (the political and economic researches). The disputes played an important role of showing political geography (or geopolitics) to political sciences especially international political Science. Active researches still continued in 1970s. In that atmosphere the first Korean book of political geography written by a post-liberation scholar (Duck-Soon Im) titled Principles of Political Geography was published in 1973. This book was influenced much by American political geography after Second World War. In 1980s, the researches continued more actively. Especially administrative districts, capital cities, and sub-capital cities were frequently studied during this period. 3) Period from late 1980s to Present: Recent Studies : 1985 was a year of much production of articles of political geography. The first Ph.D thesis of political geography published in the same year in our country. And since 1985 produced many M.A. articles. Several categories of esearches of political geography was made in the period from late 1980s to present. Capital cities, Korean unification, administrative districts, urban politics, elections, sub-capital cities, and defense walls were important research categories. Reviewing the researches from 1945 to present. I found eight categories of political geography in Korea: capital cities, administrative districts, geopolitical structure of Korean peninsula, division and unification of Korea, sub-capital cities, defense walls, elections, and urban politics. Each category includes several scholars respectiveiy. 2. Study Tasks and Prospects in Korean Political Geography: In relation to Korean circumstances there are three study-tasks. The first task of Korean people is unification of two Koreas. Political geographers of Korea must al survey titled Survey Methods of Human Geography for collegians. This book was first one on survey part in Korea. The book however, is insufficient in comprehensiveness in aspects too. I think that the important tasks of general-synoptic human geography in Korea are \circled1 publication of comprehensive books of human geography in the aspects and methodologies for collegians and \circled2 acceptance of academic world of human geography in Korea of variety in methodologies of human geography for future progress. progress.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.310-325
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• 2012

Human being has used place names to differentiate one place from another. Place names are the products of collective human cognition in that a place name is chosen when it successfully represents the identity of a place. In addition, place names have been changed by the competition and struggle between social agencies and the political imperatives of hegemonic groups to impose their identity on the places. Recent geographic studies on place names have focused on the social and political processes behind the change of place names. In this vein, the purpose of this study is investigating the debates on the decision of city names in the process of the administrative reorganization in mid 1990s by the lens of political geography. Residents in cities and counties tried to justify their arguments by emphasizing historical backgrounds and popularity of their names. Additionally, economic power and potential were mobilized for the political resources to win over the battle over city names. The result, however, shows that the decision of newly consolidated cities' name was mainly made by the amount of political resources, such as population and number of seats in local assemblies. Several regions tried to use city names to negotiate with counterparts. In sum, the decision of place names is the product of political competitions, and the place name becomes the symbol of territorial identity. Place names have been in the center of disputes in local politics even after the name was decided, which suggest further studies on reasonable solution to mitigate the disputes to be expected when additional reorganization of administrative districts.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.683-695
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• 2004

It is generally found that geography majors' progression in society has a very limited scope in Korea and this is one of the causes of lessening geographers' job market. As an attempt to draw a solution to this problem, this paper, by a close examination of the French case, tries to discuss the possibility of geographers' participation in the public sector. Geographers' participation in political and social issues has long history. They acted as providers of geographical knowledge on human and physical features of the world and also as counsellors for effective administration and politics. French geographers evaluate that it is the characteristics of geography that enable geographers to progress into the public sector. They also perceive that such fields as regional development, environment, economy, tourism, international politics are possible ones for geographers. Some implications can be drawn from this case study to extend geographers' participation in the pubic sector in Korea; it is required to sustain open mind to every field of social sciences, to improve specialized as well as generalized knowledge on geographical features, and to provide practical knowledge on spatial analysis and management.

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.51-54
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• 2002

다국적 기업들에 의해 주도되고 있는 여러 다른 신흥공업국의 자동차 산업과 달리, 한국의 자동차 산업은 국내기업들의 주도하에 성장하여왔다. 정부의 민족주의적, 보호주의적인 산업정책을 바탕으로 몇몇 자동차 대기업들이 성장하여 국내에서 자동차의 생산과 시장에서의 유통을 지배하여 왔던 것이다. 하지만, 2000년 4월 프랑스 기업인 르노가 삼성 자동차를 인수하면서, 이러한 경향에 변화가 생기기 시작하였다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.182-188
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• 2003

인간의 여가행동에는 여러 유형이 있겠지만, 그 중 시공간적 행동패턴이 가장 잘 드러나는 것은 아마 여행일 것이다. 이러한 이유 때문에 지리학에서는 여행행태를 시공간적으로 분석하는 연구들이 국내외에서 적지 않게 진행되어 왔다. 그러나 우리나라에서는 자료수집의 어려움 때문에 과거사람들의 여행 행태를 살펴보는 연구가 거의 이루어지지 못했는데, 이러한 상황에서 필자가 주목한 것이 '유산기'이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.259-266
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• 2003

1) 연구배경 및 연구 목적 보행권 및 이동권은 인간의 기본권 중 하나이다. 지난 수십 년 간 보행약자1)들은 그들이 가진 장애 때문에 자유로이 이동하지 못하였고, 그 결과 정치적, 경제적, 사회적, 문화적으로 소외되어 온 것이 사실이다. 현실적으로, 휠체어 이용자들이 타인의 힘을 빌리지 않고 스스로의 힘으로 이동하는 것은 거의 불가능하다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.125-128
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• 2003

우리나라는 수도권 중심의 거점성장 정책을 통한 경제발전을 추진해 왔다. 거점성장 정책이 경제발전은 가져 왔지만 수도권의 인구집 중을 유발하였다. 수도권의 인구집중이 산업 부문에서는 노동력 공급의 긍정적인 측면으로 작용하지만, 정치ㆍ사회적 측면에서는 환경문제, 정책적 지원의 부담을 함께 가져온다 또한 인구의 편재로 인해 타지역과의 불균형을 유발하는 문제점도 내재한다. (중략)