• Journal of Arbitration Studies
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.121-145
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• 2008

Northeast Asia is increasingly making a transition to distinctive and crucial region in the 21st Century and growing into one of world's top three economic spheres along with the EU and NAFTA. In 2003, Korean government announced the Northeast Asian economic hub country plan as an important agenda. As a means of coping with the changing global environment, Korean government designated Incheon in 2003 as the country's first Free Economic Zone ahead of Busan and Gwangyang Bay in the south of the country because Incheon has a geographical advantage linking North America and Europe with Incheon International Airport and Incheon Seaport. The purpose of this paper is to make research on establishment and operation of an arbitral body entitled ${\ulcorner}International Arbitration Center{\lrcorner}$ (IAC) within Incheon Free Economic Zone(IFEZ). For the purpose of this, the writer in this paper, reviewed the necessity of the IAC's establishment and its legal basis as well as the role and function of the Center. Also, the writer presented plans for how to operate the IAC and how to cooperate with the key arbitral organizations of foreign countries for the settlement promotion of commercial disputes including trade and investment. With development of the IFEZ, world-renowned enterprises will invest in the Incheon economic bloc and conduct economic activities, business operation, marketing, logistics, financing, etc. In this connection, diverse types of commercial disputes are expected to occur between foreign companies entering the IFEZ and Korean firms. In this connection, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board(KCAB) has been operating its liaison office in the IFEZ since 2004. However, in view of the increasing arbitration demand, the IAC should be set up in the IFEZ in the near future by the positive support of the government in the respect of both administration and finance because the free economic zone-related law provides for the installation of arbitration organization. For the success of the IAC, the Center will have to provide not only good quality of arbitral services that can satisfy arbitration parties but also need to conduct researches and make efforts so that arbitration can be utilized well in the IFEZ. If the IFEZ can provide advantageous business environments to those multinational enterprises intending to the Incheon economic bloc, the IAC will also contribute to the settlement of commercial disputes arising from the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea in view of the geographical advantage and logistic benefit of the IFEZ. Finally, this paper also suggests a new model for a joint dispute resolution system by the initiative of Korean government and Korean arbitral organizations for the settlement of commercial disputes within Northeast Asia, for which the CAMCA(Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas) of NAFTA can be a good example.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.86-90
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.7-23
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• 2019

Smart cities are expanding their spatial scope to urban areas and regions. Linking regional economic development strategies beyond the borders with smart city planning can lead to cooperation and economic development between regions and countries as well. The purpose of this study is to suggest cooperation and regional development of the three nations - Korea, North Korea and China - through the Yellow Sea Rim Smart Region. To this end, smart city strategies and economic development plan with implementation status in the three countries including special economic zones have analyzed that could be the spatial basis of the smart region. On the west coast of Korea facing the Yellow Sea, lots of projects related to smart cities are actively underway in Saemangeum, Yellow Sea Free Economic Zone(YESFEZ), and Incheon Free Economic Zone(IFEZ). Although the political situation is still uncertain, North Korea is analyzed to have economic and technical potential in the west coast connecting Haeju, Nampo, and Sinuiju. In Liaoning and Shandong provinces of China, smart city projects have been actively promoted in recent years especially in the state-supporting industrial cities. Restoration of economic cooperation between South Korea and China, linkage of transportation networks, vitalization of cross-border cooperation projects between China and North Korea centered on Dandong and Sinuiju, and the connecting of smart city infrastructure and services for China and South Korea's economic cooperation process will make the Yellow Sea Rim as a world prosperous economic region. However, it is necessary to establish and operate a governance system through long-term planning for transnational consultation and establishment of a promotion organization.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.327-349
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• 2012

This paper examined the strategic inward foreign direct investment and business performance in free economic zone. attractive of segment and country's competitive advantage were as proxy for the matrix of appropriateness. The marketing differentiation, inducement promotion, incentive, and business support were as proxy for the business performance. Based on the analysis of one hundred twenty cases, the following results were found. First, based on the attractive of segment and country's competitive advantage, the types of four segments was drawn. Second, the segment 4 have a significantly difference on their business performance. Third, strategic foreign direct investment have a significantly high difference on their marketing differentiation but a significantly low difference on their business support. Finally, the business performance, in order of performance, have a significantly difference on their marketing differentiation, inducement promotion, incentive, and business support. Limitation and suggestions for further are also highlighted.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.1-27
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• 2012

As more manufacturing and global businesses are being pulled into the port area, the idea of a Port Business Valley (PBV) is being pondered as it would create jobs and added value. The PBV would be centered around the harbor and be connected to the port, a logistics district, an industrial district, and the city. The resulting domestic and foreign investment in logistics, industry, business, tourism, living, etc. would vitalize the geographical characteristics of Incheon Port. It would also generate the largest amount of ripple effects between industries in the PBV. However, up until recently, the most frequently offered examples of planning that have helped logistics of a port to grow that have used a PBV have been those of Busan New Port and Gwangyang Port. However, this study is the result of the recent inception of the idea of creating a PBV centered around Incheon Port and the need for experts to develop a plan for such a PBV in Incheon by conducting a site specific study. The aim of this study is to set up the concept of PBV and establish PBV model of Incheon Port. In addition, this study identifies construct factors and their strategies for establish PBV of Incheon Port and then, shows the key factors and related-strategies on Fuzzy-AHP analysis from a survey of logistics experts with Incheon Port.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.263-285
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• 2011

Despite the process of neoliberalization has made a decisive influence on our society as a whole, there seems little interests in neoliberal urbanization and entrepreneurial urban projects promoting it. This study is to see relationships between neolibealization process and recent urbanization and urban policies in terms of entrepreneurial city mediating them. In particular, this paper tries to reconceptualize entrepreneurial city as corresponding to privatization and commodification, financialization, state redistribution, and management and manipulation of crises which Harvey(2005) suggests as four main features of neoliberalization process in general and 'accumulation by dispossession' in particular, and to characterize it in terms of 'creative destruction' and of 'entrepreneurial governance'. As examined in the later part of this paper, recent cases of these entrepreneurial urban projects in S. Korea include volatility of land and housing price in the Capital region and urban regeneration and newtown projects, project for free economic zones construction in Incheon and other 5 regions, project for SOC construction heavily relying on private investment, in particular project financing pursued nationwidely including Daegu, and project of urban cultural marketing to promote capital inflow tacitly as well as to enhance urban imagine explicitly.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.305-315
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• 2013

This study is aimed to provide the preliminary data for conservation and management of wintering site for Anser fabalis population in Cheongna Area, Incheon Free Economic Zone, Korea through analyzing the relationship between the biotop structure of its wintering site and behavior characteristics. The main types (size and ratio) of the biotope in Cheongna Area, Incheon Free Economic Zone are reed wetlands ($6,093,762m^2$, 47.8%), rice fields without rice straw ($2,927,916m^2$, 23.0%), and rice fields with rice straw ($1,915,655m^2$, 15.0%). According to the survey carried on 13th Feb., 2013, total 33 species and 6, 535 individual birds were observed and among of them, the dominant bird was Anser fabalis showing 5,128 indiviuals, 78% of total population. As the result of analyzing the migratory route of Anser fabalis, the bird moved from roosting site to foraging site before and after sunrise and from feeding site to roosting site before and after sunset. According to the analysis of interrelation between habitat characteristics and biotope types of the bird, population density was the highest in reed wetlands among habitat types and individual appearance was the highest in water-filled rice field melting ice. The bird ate the roots and bulb of hydrophytes in reed wetlands and showed various behaviors like eating dropped grains, resting and sleeping in water-filled rice fields and eating dropped grains and resting in rice fields with and without rice straw. It is shown that the number of Anser fabalis appearing in rice fields is depended on the presence of dropped grains than types of rice field.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1462-1466
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 청라지구 경제자유구역 개발사업의 일환으로 지구내 하천 및 공원에 최적의 주운시설을 도입하기 위한 방안을 모색하였다. 유역의 일반현황 및 국내외 사례조사를 통해 현재까지 진행된 주운관련 사례를 분석하여 적용가능성을 검토하였으며 이수, 치수, 환경 측면에서 주운시설 도입을 위한 종합적인 검토를 수행하였다. 물수지분석, 담수량 및 손실량 파악, 물갈이율 조사 등을 통해 필요수량을 파악하였으며, 산정된 필요수량 확보를 위해 하수처리장 고도처리수, 상수원수, 상수도, 유역관리 등의 다각도의 수량확보 방안을 검토하여 적용가능방안을 제시하였다. 또한 하천수질현황, 국내외 수질기준, 생태계 친수환경에 미치는 영향을 고려하여 목표수질을 설정하였으며, 유역, 하천, 호수공원 및 내부수로 등에 적용가능한 수질보전방안을 제시하였다. 인근하천, 중앙호수 공원, 내부수로를 동시에 고려하여 유역통합관리 차원의 치수안전성 확보 방안을 제시하였으며 주운시설 도입에 따른 추가적인 치수안전성 확보방안을 검토하였다. 특히 간척지라는 지역적 특수성을 고려하여 항구적인 치수 및 이수 대책의 필요성을 제시하였으며, 지속 가능한 개발을 위해 최첨단 유지관리 시스템의 도입 및 안전시설 확보를 통해 재해로 부터 안전한 주운계획을 제시하였다. 향후 청라지구-서해-굴포천 방수로-한강을 잇는 해상과 연계된 주운 개발을 통한 광역운하망 구축 방안을 제고하였다. 향후 주운시설의 도입에 따라 도시의 어매니티 증진과 친수도시 구현, 물순환 확보와 치수에 안전한 방재도시 수립이 가능할 것으로 판단되며 이를 통해 지속가능한 신도시 개발의 초석이 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1259-1263
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• 2008

인천청라 경제자유구역내의 중앙호수공원을 대상으로 100년빈도 홍수시 Off-Line저류지로써 횡월류부에 가동보 설치에 따른 공촌천 홍수조절효과를 분석하였다. 서해조위 및 배수갑문 운영 등의 다양한 변수를 고려해야 하는 본 하천의 특성상 흐름상태의 시 공간적 변화를 고려하고 Off-Line 저류지 해석에 있어 실제 지형을 충분히 반영할수 있는 HEC-RAS 부정류 해석을 수행하였다. 부정류 모의 시 가동보의 도복을 합리적으로 검토 하기 위해 도복발생 시간을 기준으로 2단계에 걸쳐 부정류 모의를 수행하였다. 즉, 1단계에서 호수공원 횡월류 Weir높이를 가동보 높이로 고정하고 부정류 모의를 수행하여 공촌천의 호수공원 횡월류부 지점의 수위가 가동보 높이와 같아지는 시간을 찾고, 2단계에서 그 시간을 기준으로 호수공원 횡월류 Weir높이를 가동보가 없을 때의 높이로 부정류 모의를 수행하여 공촌천의 내수위를 검토하였으며, 가동보가 설치되지 않았을 때의 결과와 비교하여 가동보 설치에 따른 홍수조절효과를 분석하였다. 본 연구방법에서 검토된 공촌천 내수위의 적정성을 검토하기 위하여 배수갑문 운영에 따른 수위 변화를 모의 할 수 있는 Gate 모형으로 공촌천 하류의 배수갑문 지점에 대한 내수위를 산정하였으며, 하천 상류구간의 배수영향을 HEC-RAS를 이용한 부등류 모의를 추가적으로 수행하여 본 연구방법의 결과와 비교 검토하였다. 공촌천의 내수위 비교를 통한 홍수조절효과 분석결과 $2{\sim}3cm$ 정도의 홍수조절 효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었으며, 본 연구에서 제안한 방법이 가동보 설치에 따른 홍수조절효과분석 시 적용이 가능하리라 판단된다.