• 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.

• Journal of Urban Science
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.61-70
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• 2018

Incheon, South Korea, is a rapidly growing port city that has long held an important role in the country. While for most of its history it has been considered more of a coastal extension of Seoul, it is now trying to grow from that role and become a global city. National and local initiatives and acts have led to the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ). This large zone connects three smaller districts into one large project. The goal of the project is to assert Incheon as its own city and go beyond its role as merely a gateway to Seoul. However, as most large-scale projects go, there are multiple issues and constraints faced by the IFEZ. This paper analyzes the project and gives critique on how the project could possibly achieve its goal more quickly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.218-220
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• 2009

인터넷의 발달로 인해 현대의 사회와 도시는 인터넷 이전의 사회와는 확연히 다른 모습으로 변화하게 되었다. 이러한 사회적 배경을 바탕으로 세계의 여러 나라와 도시들은 기존의 도시 기능으로는 타 국가와 도시에 대한 경쟁우위를 가지기 힘들어졌다. 이러한 시대의 요구를 충족 시켜줄 수 있는 것이 바로 u-City의 출현이다. 각국과 도시들은 여러 사업체와의 제휴를 통하여 활성화된 투자환경을 조성하고 특화된 사업 모델을 통해 차별화된 서비스를 제공하고, 좁게는 도시민의 편의와 삶의 질을 향상 시키고 더 나아가 지역산업활성화를 도모하여 경쟁력을 높이는데 많은 노력을 하고 있다. 이연구의 목적은 이러한 지능기반 사회를 추구하는 u-City의 발전이 무조건 사회에 장점만을 반영할 것인가와 u-City와 기존도시와의 정보통합관리 및 정보와 조직의 연계방안에 대한 발전방안 살펴보고 어떤 방향으로 이루어져야 하는지 생각해보는 것이 본연구의 목적이다.

• Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
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• v.23 no.11 s.198
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• pp.65-69
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• 2005

• The Journal of Bigdata
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.83-97
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• 2023

Project evaluation is the process of evaluating the progress and results of a project. Smart city projects can be divided into system components (infrastructure, services, platforms), or projects can run simultaneously for multiple services. In addition, services are developed and expanded through additional projects. In order to ensure that the smart city, which is composed of various projects, proceeds in accordance with the goals and strategies, periodic project evaluation is required during the project implementation process. The smart city project evaluation system proposed in this paper is designed to provide comprehensive and objective indicators by reflecting various factors that must be considered for projects occurring in all stages of planning, design, construction, and operation of smart cities. The indicators derived from the evaluation system can be used by decision makers to determine the direction of smart city project development. In addition, it is designed so that the performance of the project can be evaluated interim before the end of the project and the feedback obtained from it can be reflected. To introduce the application method of the smart city project evaluation system proposed in this study, the evaluation system developed in this study was applied to the smart city project case of Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ). Based on the evaluation results, items that can maximize the improvement effect of each smart city project item were presented, and the direction of smart city project implementation was suggested. By utilizing a smart city project evaluation system that reflects the characteristics of smart city projects that are composed of multiple projects, comprehensive planning and management of smart city projects will be possible, and this study will serve as a reference for identifying priority improvement factors for projects.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.32-36
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• 2009

This project located in IFEZ(Incheon Free Economic Zone) is the first central heating and cooling type for high-rise residential building in korea. The design was performed as the joint venture between Cosentini from U.S.A and wooowon, and our design concept was to save energy. LEED application from USGBC is going on in progress for the first residential building in korea. Careful attention was paid from schematic design for not a durability of structural and architectural, but also durability and safety of M.E.P.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.49-66
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• 2005

KT는 2004년 7월 정보화신도시추진단을 발족, 2005년 1월 U-City추진단으로 그 사업 범위를 확대하면서 인천 경제자유구역의 U-City사업, 부산 U-City USP(U-City Strategic Planning)프로젝트, 화성 동탄 디지털시티 구축 및 흥덕, 대전, 광교, 광주, 울산, 제주 등 전국의 지자체를 대상으로 U-City 구축사업을 추진하고 있다. 본 고에서는 이중 대표적인 사례인 인천경제자유구역의 U-City사업과, 부산 U-City 프로젝트의 추진현황 및 사례를 살펴보고 그 의의를 짚어보고자 한다.

• 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.