• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.107-119
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• 2011

Applied Geomorphology can be addressed quickly social needs. Therefore, it should be a lot of research on the applied geomorphology in order to have a distinct academic nature of the geomorphology. From this perspective, From this perspective, I think very important that it studied up to now look at the performance of the applied geomorphology. The proportion of applied geomorphology is only 0.6 percent of published papers in all areas of geography and 18.3 percent of geomorphology. Sharp increase in this proportion since the 2000s that, it is not nothing to do with the demands of modern society. The tourism sector in the topic of the applied geomorphology were most common, related papers with environmental conservation and disaster were followed. Nowadays, all academic studies must meet the needs of the social. Therefore, studies for the applied geomorphology should be extended in the future to grow number of researchers and expand research-based of the geomorphology.