• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.355-376
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• 2007

The aim of this study is to examine the changes of approach methods of research framework in the history of Korean economic geography during the last fifty years($1956{\sim}2005$). The five factors that have influenced Korean economic geography are Korean geography, European, American, and Japanese geography, fundamental theories of economics and business administration, regional problems, and culture. The study of Korean economic geography can be divided into four periods: 'period of cradle of economic geography($1956{\sim}1962$)', 'period of establishment of economic geography(1963$\sim$later 1970s)', 'period of leap of economic geography(the former half of 1980s$\sim$the former half of 1990s)', and 'period of transition of economic geography (since later 1990s)'. And research framework of Korean economic geography has changed from the regional structure theory in 'period of leap' to the spatial system of economies and network theory in 'period of transition'. Spatial system of economies and network theory consists of spatial system of world economies, spatial system of national economies, spatial system of regional economies, spatial network of enterprise economies, and spatial network of information economies.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.471-473
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• 2012

This special issue is planned to introduce the recent academic state of the Korean geography, as the 32nd International Geographical Congress (IGC) in Cologne, Germany, 2012 is approaching. Korean Geographical Society successfully hosted the 29th IGC 2000 in Seoul and had a chance to introduce trends and achievements of korean geographers at the time. This issue is to review the achievements of korean geography research for the past ten years, and to overview the academic prospect of the korean geography.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.554-567
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• 2004

Since the 1980s, the academic interests on the regional geography have been renewed. This trend is usually called 'Renaissance' of the regional geography. Given this context, to explore diverse theories and methodologies in the regional geography is of much significance. Particularly, to examine the regional geography in Germany widens the understanding of not only the history, strength, and weakness of the regional geography, but also the discipline's status in the field of geography. This paper discusses the regional geography in Germany before World War II, focusing on varieties of theories and methods as well as the historical trajectory of the German regional geography. This discussion may well be significant in that 'Laenderkunde' became an important paradigm in the discipline of geography in Germany during the pre-World War II period.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.305-323
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• 2015

The main purpose of this paper is to explore the paradigm shifts of landscape studies in Anglophone cultural and historical geography. By analyzing the work of the Berkley School in the 1950s and 1960s, the advance of humanistic geography in the 1970s, the revival of cultural geography in the 1980s ("new cultural geography"), and the recent development of non-representational geography, this paper demonstrates that the paradigms of landscape studies in Anglophone cultural and historical geography have been changed. By giving buoyancy to the concept of 'Affect'-a kind of 'spatio-bodily-magnetic relation'-as an essence of non-representational geography, I provide an easy way for understanding the implications of non-representational geography. In addition to this, re-conceptualising Non-Representational Theory (NRT) based non-representational geography as 'Kyung-Chi Jirihak' in Korean lexicon context, it is suggested that what the directions of landscape studies of cultural and historical geography of Korea should be and how it can be set up in the paradigm shifts.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.288-302
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• 2013

This paper aims to compare and analyze the undergraduate geography curriculums of Korean and American universities. is rarely offered as an undergraduate geography subject in both Korean and American universities. This may be due to the fact that the four fields of geography(human geography field, physical geography field, regional geography field, and other geography field) are not easily able to be integrated and taught as an independent geography subject. The ratio of the subject number of human geography field(39.4%) is greater than that of physical geography field(24.5%) at the geography departments of Korean universities, but the ratio of the subject number of physical geography field(32.8%) is a little more greater than that of human geography field(29.4%) at the geography departments of American universities. The ratio of the subject number of regional geography fields at the geography department of American universities(18.1%) is greater than that of Korean universities(13.8%), so more stress seems to be laid on the field of regional geography in American universities than in Korean universities. Although the geography curriculums of Korean universities seems to follow generally those of American universities, this paper reveals that there is also differences between the geography curriculums of Korean and American universities in terms of their emphasis on four fields of geography. The differences could be explained by the historical context of the geography departments of Korean universities during the last half a century.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.40 no.6 s.111
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• pp.770-788
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• 2005

In this article, major research trends are examined mainly from articles published in Journal of the Korean Geography, academic society journals of sub-fields in geography and Ph.D. dissertations in geography of universities in Korea. Based on the research trends up to current point, issues and research directions in order to raise the status of Korean Geography in the twenty first century are prospected. Sixty years of Korean Geography can be divided into 4 periods such as before 1970s, during the 1980s, during the 1990s, and the period after the 2001. Each period of time revealed distinct aspects of development both quantitatively and qualitatively. For the last 60 years, the study of Korean Geography has gone through enormous changes in the number of articles with dynamics and variety in contents and methodology, breathing with the changes of the Korean society. Experiencing urbanization and industrialization along with rapid economical growth, the study of Korean Geography has progressed by analyzing the issues and problems of national space and conducting various researches from the case studies for problem-solving to the theoretical and policy oriented studies. The key-words such as 'knowledge based information society', 'aged society', and 'the era of globalization' will be realized in the twenty flit century. And environment-friendly policies for sustainable development will be more stressed in a globalized world. In order to provide research methods and alternatives suitable for newly transformed global society and for utilizing the essence of Geography in the future, the studies on Korean Geography should actively focus on integrative studies between physical and human geography, on interdisciplinary studies, on regional studies related to foreign countries and North Korea, and on the establishment of Korean geographical theory and model.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.514-521
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• 2012

In this paper, three general academic issues in Korean biogeographical studies were comprehensively reviewed: 1) relationship between environmental factors and plant distribution, 2) past vegetation and climate 3) interaction between humans and environment. Biogeography in Korea is poorly developed field and has been generally ignored by geographers in Korea. The future for biogeography in Korea however seems promising and Korean biogeographers have a great opportunity to develop their field. To attract more prospective graduate students into biogeography and train them would be very important for the gradual and persistent development of geographical biogeography in Korea.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.123-137
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• 2006

Die Geographie der Freizeit und des Tourismus in Deutschland ist eine relative junge Teildisziplin innerhalb der Geographie des Menschen, wenn auch bereits 1905 der Begriff der 'Fremdenverkehrsgeographie' eingefuehrt wurde. Angesichts der Forschungsrichtung hat diese Teildisziplin in dem letzten Jahrhundert mehrere Phasen durchlaufen. In der ersten Phase ihrer Entwicklung, die etwa von den 1920er-bis in die 1960er-Jahre dauerte, herrschte die 'Fremdenverkehrsgeographie' vor. Ab Anfang der 1970er-Jahre hat sich in der zweiten Phase die 'Geographie des Freizeiverhaltens' (Muenchner Schule der Sozialgeographie) durchgesetzt. Darauf folgte die 'Tourismusgeographie' und endlich in der vierten Phase etablierte sich die 'Geographie der Freizeit und des Tourismus'. Die Entwicklung der deutschen Geographie der Freizeit und des Tourismus in den letzten ca. 100 Jahren praesentiert nicht nor einen nachhaltigen Wandel und die Erweiterung in dem inhaltlichen Schwerpunkt der Forschung, sondern stellt auch eine zunehmende Bedeutungsaufschwung der Freizit und des Tourismus in der modernen Gesellschaft dar.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.13
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• pp.28-35
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• 1976

한국의 경제지리학을 회고하고 전망하기전에 언급의 한계를 명백히 하고저 한다. 첫째는 해방이후 전세계적인 경제지리학의 연구동향을 간단히 일별하면서 그 속에 처하여 있는 한국 경제지리학의 위치를 확인하는 것이고, 둘째는 경제지리학이라 하더래도 그 연구범위는 매우 광범위하므로 이 중에서 연구의 성과가 비교적 현저하다고 볼 수 있는 농업지리 및 공업지리분야에 중점을 두고 언급하려는 것이다. 특히 전후에 두드러지게 나타난 인구지리분야와 응용경제지리학분야에 대해서는 별도로 집필되고 있기 때문에 여기에서는 제외했으며, 지리학이 아닌 타과학에서 미친 영향도 적지 않으나 역시 본고에서는 전문적 지리학연구에만 한정했다. 셋째로, 본고에 동원된 자료는 전문적 학술지에 의존하였으나 가능한 범위까지는 석사논문 수준도 취급의 대상이 되었으며 교재적 성격을 띤 단행본도 이에 포함이 되었다. 단 정책용역의 성격을 띤 보고서류는 그 종류나 수에 있어서 월등하지만 공간이 아닌 경우가 많으므로 업적은 여하간에 취급의 대상에서 배제하였다.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.86-98
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• 2009

Han-Ki Choi($1803{\sim}1877$), who was a scholar in Joseon dynasty, understood geography into a synthetic category of chorography, cartography, earth science and fengshui. He focused on chorography and map as a leading position in geography. The purpose of the research of Han-Ki Choi was to examine the way of Heaven, and then to make clear the way of Humanity. The identity of the geography for Han-Ki Choi was a practical science that useful for the ruling over the country and the welfare of people. He emphasized the nature of relationship with humans in geography. The system of Han-Ki's Chi-hak came from the basis of a geography, on the contrary, his geographical works were accomplished on the ground of the Chi-science. The chorography, Chi-hak of the earth and the earth science were composed into systematic organization for achieving the goal of the Chi-geography.