• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1-12
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• 2014

This study has analyzed overseas projects of building rural communities using vacant houses. It is aimed at identifying the roles of NPO in the community-building projects and providing implications applicable to Korea. In recent years, there has been a spike in the number of vacant houses in rural areas. It is due to rapid urbanization and uneven distribution of the population across the country. Those are the reasons that prompted community-building projects. To solve the vacant house issue, there has been rising interest in building communities through vacant houses as rural resources and effectively integrating them as useful resources. However, the roles of key entity that pursues community-building projects using vacant houses have not been discussed sufficiently. Thus, this study deals with the 'Vacant House Recreation Project of NPO Corporation in Onomichi' in Hiroshima, Japan. Through the case study, the following are introduced as NPO's roles in community-building projects using vacant houses. First, pursuing promotion and attracting attention by making the utilization of vacant houses sensational; system improvement; offering information. Second, enhancing the perception of local residents by offering local services using vacant houses; offering community-building items. Third, forming a place of public discussion to solve conflicts during community-building projects using vacant houses; offering alternatives to building communities. Above all, such roles have led to the key status of NPO during its community-building projects using vacant houses. It offers the following implication for Korea: Future vacant house-related policies for rural revitalization should be done from community-building standpoint and include establishing the roles of NPO.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.65-74
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• 2006

This research tried to grasp present condition of domestic corporation's society contribution activity and grope desirable direction of society contribution activity hereafter. As analysis result, establishment of the responsible department or human power in charge for society contribution activity is insufficient, and depend on contribution activity of simple donation than to administer program directly, result of contribution activity is not linked with corporation's purpose or result and practical use of network with similar organization for society contribution was proved by low. Desirable direction of domestic corporation society contribution activity is as following hereafter based on analysis result. First, corporation must put in good order inside system with an establishment of the responsible department for society contribution, security of human power in charge and introducing education program for training specialist. Second, corporation must select specific field with capacity that corporation is holding and improve result of society contribution activity as concentrated investment. Third, corporation must construct network with various similar groups and organizations including NPO/NGO and heighten consummativeness of society contribution activity through mutual interchange and cooperation.

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.126-131
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• 2009

The purpose of this research is to find out The Support Program for Helping the Homeless Reintegrate-a separate program from the homeless supporting system in which Tokyo Metropolitan is emphasizing the existing job-producing support- and its significance and possibility. For this purpose, this research was performed a literature review of the summary of the project and conducted an interview survey for private organizations(social welfare corporation, NPO corporation, etc.) which were involved in the project, and its users. This research looked into the importance and effect of Housing First Policy which is putting emphasis on the necessity of the personally needed support(life support, and work-finding support) after having to secure housing more preferentially than anything else in order for the homeless to keep up a stable living in supporting the homeless. According to Tokyo Metropolitan, 81.6% of the homeless, who were actually involved in this project, were found to make their living continuously at a district based on self-support through finding work and livelihood protection benefits, etc., thus being able to confirm its politic possibility; however, there still remain some issues to be solved in such as, housing level and continuous support of finding work.

• Conservation Science in Museum
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• v.4
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• pp.1-16
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• 2003

For the conservation treatment of the Central Asia mural painting which is to be exhibited in the new museum in Yongsan, we analyzed the pigments used in this mural painting and examined to identify the species of the straw in the wall. We also analyzed the species of the wood of the wooden protective frame and the material of the paper in it, in order to review the material and technique of the conservation treatment performed before the mural painting had been brought to the National Museum of Korea in 1916. The results were as follows: the black pigments of Bon4075 and Bon4078 is carbon(C); the white pigment on the background is gypsum[Ca(SO)₄(H₂O)₂]; the red pigment is lead oxide(Pb₃O₄) and hematite(Fe₂O₃) etc. The straw, which had been mixed into the wall to prevent the wall from cracking, was proved to be either wheat straw or oats straw. The wooden protective frame, which protects the mural painting now, was proved to be made of Salix, Populus, Cryptomeria japonica and pine. The paper discovered in the frame was proved to be made of the bark of a mulberry.