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KIM Doo-Chul
 
Organization
Faculty of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology Professor
Position
Professor
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Degree

  • Master of Arts ( Seoul National University )

  • Doctor of Geography ( Nagoya University )

Research Interests

  • 住民組織

  • rural geography

  • 農村開発

  • depopulation

  • 日韓比較

  • Area study of Vietnam

  • International Labor Migration

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Geography

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Area studies  / Vietnam

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Human geography  / rural geography

Education

  • Nagoya University   大学院文学研究科博士後期課程   史学地理学専攻

    1993.4 - 1996.6

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    Country: Japan

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  • ソウル大学   大学院地理学科修士課程  

    1989.3 - 1991.2

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    Country: Korea, Republic of

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  • ソウル大学   社会科学部   地理学科

    1982.3 - 1989.2

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    Country: Korea, Republic of

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Research History

  • National Dong Hwa University   The Ph.D. Program in Asia-Pacific Regional Studies   Adjunct Professor

    2021.2

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    Country:Taiwan, Province of China

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  • Hue University   Honorary Professor

    2016.9

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  • IGU Commission on Sustainabilty of Rural Systems   Co-chair

    2012.8 - 2016.8

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  • Okayama University   Faculty of Environmental and Life Science   Professor

    2011.8

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  • Okayama-Hue International Master's Program on Sustainability of Rural and Environmental System   Coordinator

    2006.9 - 2012.3

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  • The University of Auckland   Department of Geography   Honorary Visiting Lecturer

    2001.3 - 2001.12

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  • University of Tsukuba

    2000 - 2002

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  • Okayama University   Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology   Associate Professor

    1999.4 - 2011.7

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  • Tohoku University   理学研究科   Research Assistant

    1996.7 - 1999.3

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  • 日本学述振興会 特別研究員

    1994 - 1996

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  • JSPS Research Fellow for Young Scientist

    1994 - 1996

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  • United Nations Centre for Regional Development(UNCRD)   UN Researcher

    1992.2 - 1993.8

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  • 国連地域開発センター 研究員

    1992 - 1993

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Committee Memberships

  • 日本学生支援機構   留学生交流事業実施委員会  

    2020.4   

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  • NPO法人岡山県国際団体協議会(COINN)   実行委員会・委員  

    2020.1   

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    Committee type:Other

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  • 地域地理科学会   幹事  

    1999   

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    Committee type:Academic society

    地域地理科学会

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  • 日本地理学会   編集委員  

    1998 - 1999   

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    日本地理学会

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  • 東北地理学会   編集委員  

    1996 - 1998   

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    東北地理学会

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Papers

  • Income Analysis of Robusta Coffee Farming in Sumbermanjing Wetan Subdistric Reviewed

    Yogi Pasca Pratama, Hurng-Jyuhn Wang, Doo-Chul Kim

    Proceedings of the 1st Bengkulu International Conference on Economics, Management, Business and Accounting (BICEMBA 2023)   148 - 157   2023.12

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    DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-328-3_18

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  • The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirement for Crops on Dryland Area: A Case Study for Coffee Plantation in Sumbermanjing Wetan Reviewed

    Yogi Pasca Pratama, Hurng-Jyuhn Wang, Doo-Chul Kim, Chun-Hung Lee, Lina Saraswati

    International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Publications   6 ( 3 )   40 - 46   2023.8

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  • Sedentarization program and everyday resistance to state intervention in Vietnam’s upland Reviewed

    Quy Le Ngoc Phuong, Doo-Chul Kim

    Nature, Society, and Marginality: Case Studies from Nepal, Southeast Asia and other regions   237 - 250   2023.1

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  • Why the Land Consolidation of Vietnam is Incomplete: A Case Study of Binh Dao Commune, Central Vietnam Reviewed

    DUONG Thi Thu Ha, KIM Doo-Chul

    Geographical Review of Japan Series B   95 ( 2 )   1 - 14   2022.12

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  • Contract Farming Through a Cooperative to Boost Agricultural Sector Restructuring: Evidence from a Rural Commune in Central Vietnam Reviewed

    Thi Thu Ha Duong, Doo-Chul Kim

    Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea,   25 ( 1 )   109 - 130   2022.4

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  • “Does an Agricultural Products’ Certification System Reorganize Vegetable Farmers? A case of VietGAP in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam Reviewed

    Doo-Chul KIM, Tuyen Thi Duong, Quang Nguyen, Hung The Nguyen

    Rural Transformations: Globalization and its Implications for Rural People, Land, and Economies   200 - 216   2022.3

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  • Management strategies for the catfish processing industry under the global economy-A case of Can Tho Province in southern Vietnam- Reviewed

    NGUYEN The Hung, HONDA Yasuko, KIM Doo-Chul

    Journal of Systematic Regional Geography   26 ( 2 )   1 - 22   2022

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    This study analyzes management strategies adopted by catfish producers in Socialist Republic of Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as Vietnam) to compete in the global market. Since their entry into the global market in 2000, catfish processing companies in the study area have faced three challenges: anti-dumping tax from United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the United States), the imbalance of supply and demand between aquaculture and processing companies, and growing quality standards for food safety. Data from the interviews with 16 catfish producers in province of Can Tho in the southern Vietnam show that these companies can adapt to changes in the global market by adopting one or some of the following strategies: establishing their own grow-out sites, obtaining quality certificates, expanding into new markets, and collaborating with other companies to export. The choice of strategies for their companies often depends on the size of the company. The bigger companies can access more stable sources of raw materials and thus produce high-value products that fulfill quality standards. Meanwhile, smaller companies face uncertainty in the supply of raw materials and often struggle to meet quality requirements and maintain stable exports. Differentiation is usually the means of survival for small companies. However, it might not be possible in this industry due to the high barriers of the global export markets. Therefore, strengthening cooperation with export companies should be considered as a critical strategy. Catfish processing companies have been improving their ability to solve various problems in the global market by responding to the mentioned-above three issues, and Vietnam's catfish industry is expected to continue to grow significantly in the future. However, it is expected that the stratification of the processing companies will further progress through the diversification of export destination markets and the response to global standard certificates.

    DOI: 10.24580/cck.26.2_1

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  • Effects of Location and Women's Life Stage on Rural Women's Groups:: A case of young mothers' groups of Japan Agricultural Cooperatives in Okayama Perfecture Reviewed

    HONDA Yasuko, OKAMOTO Ayaka, Kim Doo-Chul

    Journal of Systematic Regional Geography   26 ( 2 )   23 - 43   2022

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  • Depopulation, aging, and rural restructuring in Japan Invited Reviewed

    Doo-Chul Kim

    Journal of Depopulation and Rural Development Studies   33   1 - 17   2021.12

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  • Management strategy of catfish aquaculture under the global economy -A Case of Can Tho City in Southern Vietnam- Reviewed

    NGUYEN The Hung, HONDA Yasuko, KIM Doo-Chul

    Annals of the Association of Economic Geographers   67 ( 3 )   172 - 190   2021.9

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    This study clarifies the adverse effect of the globalization of the catfish market on Vietnamese catfish farmers, and their adaptive strategies. <BR>    Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam began to thrive in 1999 after the success of fry breeding technology. However, since the late 2000s, due to the instability of market demand and stricter food safety standards, the tendency of vertical integration by catfish processing/exporting companies has become stronger. Vietnamese catfish farmers have generally split into two groups. One group has switched to contract production with processing/exporting companies, while the other continues farming without such contracts (individual production). <BR>    Data collected through the survey of 45 catfish farmers in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam showed that their decisions of whether to continue individual production or to enter contract farming depend on their ability to access external resources such as feed supply with favorable conditions. Farmers with good financial capacity and social relationships continue individual production, which would make high profits but, at the same time, carries high risks due to price fluctuations. On the contrary, farmers who have insufficient capital and social relationships, and are vulnerable to market fluctuations, were forced to switch to contract farming in spite of lower profits in order to avoid market risks. <BR>    Farmers with low financial capacity tend to form connections with feed suppliers and processing companies or, in other words, to cope with this disadvantage with social connections. However, in the case of catfish farming, such substitution seems to be difficult due to the heavy dependence on feed and other inputs. Therefore, entering contract production is a vital strategy for low-capital catfish farmers.

    DOI: 10.20592/jaeg.67.3_172

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  • Impacts of Water Source Area Measures in Dam Construction on Local Communities:A case study of the Tomata Dam in Okayama Prefecture

    Onishi Tatsuya, KIM Doo-Chul, Honda Yasuko

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2021   72 - 72   2021

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  • Reconsidering rural land use and livelihood transition under the pressure of urbanization in Vietnam: A case study of Hanoi Reviewed

    Quang Nguyen, Doo-Chul Kim

    Land Use Policy   99   104896 - 104896   2020.12

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    Over the last two decades, land acquisition for urbanization has caused a huge loss of farmland on the fringes of Hanoi, Vietnam. Previous studies have often criticized this policy for pushing farmers out of farming and disrupting peri-urban endogenous development. This study provides a case report of a peri-urban commune in western Hanoi to show how this claim is misleading. We found that livelihood transitions in this commune took place early on, and this helped most local laborers prepare to move on from farming when urbanization sped up and land acquisition policies were implemented. As a result, they were able to adapt to farmland loss without experiencing major difficulties and to transform their livelihoods for the better. This early transition was popular in the peri-urban context of northern Vietnam, where the inherent lack of employment and income from farming as well as the favorable location induced local laborers to go beyond the villages in pursuit of new opportunities. They actively took advantage of the changes around them to find new means of livelihood in order to earn higher incomes. This study calls for improvements in the compensation scheme and urban planning processes to make urbanization and land acquisition policies work for people on the fringes of cities in northern Vietnam.

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  • The Effects of Vietnam’s Tourism Development and Payments for Forest Environmental Services Policies on Local Livelihoods in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park Areas Reviewed

    Thi Khanh Van MAI, KIM Doo-Chul

    Geographical review of Japan series B   93 ( 1 )   1 - 10   2020.11

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    DOI: 10.4157/geogrevjapanb.93.1

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  • Farmers’ landholding strategy in urban fringe areas: A case study of a transitional commune near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Reviewed

    Quang Nguyen, Doo-Chul Kim

    Land Use Policy   83   95 - 104   2019.4

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    Farmers in peri-urban areas across Vietnam are experiencing rapid transformations in their livelihood and land use practices. Peri-urbanization is progressing rapidly, along with the risk of conversion of large amounts of farmland into non-agricultural land. Additionally, an increasing number of laborers are moving away from both agriculture and rural areas. Understanding households’ strategies in landholding and livelihood under such circumstances is crucial to the development and planning of these fringe areas. This study investigates the landholding behaviors of farmers in a transitional commune on the fringe of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Our data demonstrated that farmers delayed land transfers to their successors, adopted more flexible crop choices, and diversified their livelihoods in order to deal with the lower access to land and the outflow of labor from farming. The combination of these strategies helped farmers in Thanh Loi significantly in maintaining their landholdings and benefiting from increasing land prices, while keeping adequate levels of income. These findings suggest that peri-urban farmers should be viewed as economic entities that actively interact with the ongoing transition on the fringe to improve their own wellbeing rather than as passive peasants that are negatively affected by the process.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.01.038

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  • Balancing heritage and innovation: Pathways towards the sustainability of rural systems an introduction

    Ana Firmino, Doo Chul Kim

    BSGLg   69 ( 2 )   5 - 7   2017

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  • Revitalizing depopulated mountainous areas through endogenous self-organization: A case study of Kawane Village, Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture

    H. J. Bu, D. C. Kim

    Japanese Journal of Human Geography   62 ( 1 )   36 - 50   2010

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    Recently, the Japanese government initiated an administrative process which has resulted in the merging of municipalities across the country. Since then, the quality of services provided to inhabitants by the local government has declined in depopulated areas. As a result, it has been suggested that there may be a role for self-organization in the revival of local governance. In many depopulated areas, the distance between local government and the local community has continued to grow, and this has led to the newly established local government transferring certain responsibilities to the local community. Consequently, the reorganization of the local community has become indispensable. Kawane Village is located in the mountainous area of Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Despite having a rapidly aging population, this village has been particularly successful in revitalizing local governance through reorganization of the local community. This research examines a variety of the community activities involved, and the unique management methods behind them, in an attempt to ascertain the factors which have resulted in successful self-governance in this village. Since its establishment in 1972, the Kawane Promotion Association has experienced three crucial turning points. Initially, the Kawane Promotion Association, which had previously consisted of only a few households, encouraged every household in the village to become involved in the organization of cultural activities. Since the 1980s, the Kawane Promotion Association has begun to act as a representative for the local community, for example, in dealing with local problems and in communicating with the local government. Finally, since the 1990s, the Kawane Promotion Association has begun to manage private land resources and offer welfare services to individuals. The Kawane Promotion Association has instigated the development of eight related departments that are responsible for specific tasks or activities. This research shows that the success of the Kawane Promotion Association lies in its unique style of management, whereby there is no central authority ; instead, decision-making powers are transferred among units as required, ensuring full participation by local residents.

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  • Rural Poverty and Livelihood Changes under the Aquacultural Development around Tam Giang Lagoon, Central Vietnam

    Huu Ngu NGUYEN, Doo-Chul KIM

    Geog. Rev. Japan B   81 ( 1 )   79 - 94   2009

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    This research attempts to clarify the characteristics of the "poor" households in Phu An Commune, located on the shore of Tam Giang Lagoon, Central Vietnam. To understand the socioeconomic background of poverty in the area, the authors examine the changes in agriculture as well as shrimp aquaculture since the adoption of "Doi Moi", an open-door policy, in 1986. Then, the constraints which make it difficult for them to escape from poverty are discussed. The results of this study show that agricultural and aquacultural changes have diversified the locals' livehoods. The positive changes are reflected in the decline of the number of "poor" households as well as in their evaluation of their lives compared with 20 years ago. Nevertheless, there are still many constraints which cause the "poor" households to remain poor in spite of the remarkable economic growth during the last 20 years. Insight into the detailed situation of poverty in the area is given through the categorization of the residents by their livelihood: mobile gear fishing (usually called "Sampan people"), fixed gear fishing, farming, farming and fishing, and service. In the process of the "Doi Moi" policy and following the introduction of shrimp aquaculture around 1999, the water surface of Tam Giang Lagoon, which used to be an open-access common resource, was allocated to individuals for their exclusive use and exploited mainly for shrimp aquaculture. Due to these drastic changes in local resource, the "Sampan people", who have been engaged in only fishery in Tam Giang Lagoon, have changed their position in the commune from the greatest beneficiaries to those of sacrifices. Now the poorest in this area are those who engage in mobile gear fishing, the "Sampan people".

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  • Symposium II: Regional transformation after fiscal crisis in Korea

    Kamiya Hiroo, Kazutoshi Abe, Satoru Itoh, Doo Chul Kim, Shin Kajita, Shizuaki Shibuya, Takatsugo Yamamoto

    Geographical Review of Japan   80 ( 5 )   120 - 123   2007.4

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  • Some environmental issues caused by large-scale land reclamation projects

    Toshihisa Asano, Tatsuya Ito, Yukihiro Hirai, Toshihisa Asano, Osamu Matsuda, Doo Chul Kim, Seontae Hogn

    Geographical Review of Japan   78 ( 5 )   317 - 321   2005.4

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Books

  • 「山村の生活」再訪 : 岡山県北部・大地区の70年

    加賀, 勝, 青尾, 謙, 金 枓哲, ほか3人( Role: Joint author ,  第6章)

    吉備人出版  2022.9  ( ISBN:9784860696900

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  • 図説 世界の地域問題 100

    漆原, 和子, 藤塚, 吉浩, 松山, 洋, 大西, 宏治, 金 枓哲( Role: Contributor ,  第63章)

    ナカニシヤ出版  2022.1  ( ISBN:4779516137

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  • 自然の社会地理

    淺野, 敏久, 中島, 弘二, 小野, 有五, 石山, 徳子, Funck, Carolin, 菊地, 直樹, 伊賀, 聖屋, 河本, 大地, 金, 枓哲, Nguyen, Huu Ngu, 佐々木, 緑

    海青社  2013.3  ( ISBN:9784860992750

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  • Globalization and new challenges of agricultural and rural systems : proceeding of the 21st Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union (IGU) : Nagoya (Japan), August 2013

    金, 枓哲, Firmino, Ana, 市川, 康夫, International Geographical Union. Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems

    IGU Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems : Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University  2013  ( ISBN:9784904316108

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  • 地方自治復活後の韓国農村部における「場所マーケッティング」と地方財政

    金, 枓哲

    金枓哲  2009.4 

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  • The Development of Information Technology and the Process of Rural Informatization in Japan: A Case Study in Yamada Municipality in Japan

    Gerhard Gustafsson (eds.) Communication and Regional Development, Karlstad University Studies  2004 

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  • Enhancing self-organizing capabilities of rural communities

    in A.M. Bicalho and S.W. Hoefle (eds.), The Regional Dimension and Contemporary Challenges to Rural Sustainability, Laget-UFRJ/CSRS-IGU  2004 

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  • Mismatching Labor Information in Rural Industrialization of South Korea

    Gerhard Gustafsson (eds.) Communication and Regional Development, Karlstad University Studies  2004 

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  • 過疎政策と住民組織 : 日韓を比較して

    金, 枓哲

    古今書院  2003.2  ( ISBN:4772230300

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  • 韓国過疎山村における内生的住民組織の存立基盤―江原堂横城郡晴日面春堂1里を事例に

    石原 潤(編)『農村空間の研究(下), 大明堂  2003 

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  • Reality in Paradise: A Pilot Study of Korean Immigrants in New Zealand using the 1996 Census

    in Ishikawa,Y. and Montanari, A. (eds.): The New Geography of Human Moblity: Inequality Trends?, Home of Geography  2003 

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  • 過疎政策と住民組織―日韓を比較して

    古今書院  2003 

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  • Changes in Agricultural Land Use in the Sendai Metropolitan Area of Japan : 1970s-1990s

    Developing Sustainable Rural System  2001 

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  • Rural Development and Endogenous Self-Oranization in the Context of the Far-East Asia

    Local Knowledge and Innovation,MARG  1999 

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  • 過疎地域の変貌と地域の内発的対応に関する日韓比較研究-住民組織の変容と地方行政の役割に注目して

    博士論文  1997 

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  • Changes and Responses of Depopulated Remote Areas-A Comparative Study between South Korea and Japan with Special Emphasis on Self-organizing Capabilities and Local Governments

    Doctoral dissertation.  1997 

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  • The Impact of International Conservation Schemes on Wetland Management in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Tram Chim National Park, Vietnam

    MAI Van Thi Khanh, KIM Doo-Chul

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2024s   240   2024

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    This study explores the influence of international conservation schemes on wetland management in a developing country. Using Tram Chim National Park (TCNP) in Vietnam as a case study, a mixed-methods approach including in-depth interviews with 10 local conservation managers and semi-structured interviews with 30 community members is employed. Research results have shown that since 2003, international conservation schemes have acted as catalysts for reshaping Vietnam's wetland management policies, aiming to enhance community engagement and contribute to wetland’s conservation and sustainable utilization. The evolution of wetland management policies in Vietnam has transitioned from state-based management to co-management involving local communities. Nonetheless, these policy-level transformations have not been effectively translated into practical co-management or Wise Use practices. The resource use groups, conceived as part of co-management, yielded only transient gains in augmenting community participation in TCNP’s wetland management. The development of tourism as a manifestation of Wise Use practices has demonstrated only partial efficacy as the beneficiaries of local tourism did not include impoverished individuals relying on wetland resources. Despite the long-standing recognition of local communities’ role in wetland conservation due to international schemes and national policies, the execution of wetland management in the TCNP has remained entrenched in the fortress conservation paradigm without actively encouraging community participation in managing wetland resources. Based on the findings, this study concludes that without a fundamental shift in internal paradigms within the host country, international conservation endeavors can only generate transient co-management systems and incomplete Wise Use practices in developing countries such as Vietnam.

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  • Is the argument of“Disappearing Regional Localities” a reality? Or political propaganda?

    KIM Doo-Chul

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2024s   249   2024

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  • Challenges of ESD learning at a high school in mountainous areas:A case study of Okayama prefecture,Japan

    OKAMOTO AYAKA, KIM Doo-Chul, HONDA YASUKO

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2018   20 - 20   2018

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  • Shopping Behavior of Elderly People in Hilly and Mountainous Area : A Case in Aba District, Tsuyama city, Okayama Prefecture

    23 ( 2 )   10 - 15   2017.12

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  • Impact of Hydropower Dam Construction on Local Governance and Livelihood Change : Case Study of a Katu Ethnic Village in Central Vietnam

    23 ( 1 )   1 - 17   2017.6

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  • Customary Rights of Local Community on the Wetland Resources: The case study of a Ramsar Site in Jeju Island, South Korea

    KIM Doo-Chul

    GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES   72 ( 3 )   134 - 140   2017

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  • Rural Depopulation and Social Change in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China

    KIM Doo-Chul

    ABSTRACTS of the Annual Meeting, The Human Geographical Society of Japan   2017   86 - 87   2017

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  • Negotiating the state-making in Vietnam borderland-case study of an ethnic minority group in central Vietnam

    Trinh Nguyen Minh Anh, Doo Chul Kim, Fumikazu Ubukata

    BELGEO   2016 ( 4 )   2016

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    The human geography of Vietnam's upland area has been transformed significantly during the last 40 years due to the increasing control from the central government. We argue that State territorialisation, understood as a strategy of State-making and assertion of the State's authority, has the tendency to marginalise, socially and politically, local ethnic minority peoples by excluding them from indigenous social and economic geography and the use of natural resources. At the receiving end of these official policies, the local ethnic minority people do not passively accept their marginalisation but are able to initiate the use of traditional cross-border cultural resources to improve their condition. By analysing the tolerance from local official towards illicit cross-border activities daily carried out by local people, the case study provides some insights on the dynamics of power struggle between the State and local people. We concluded that local ethnic minority peoples actively re-negotiate with more powerful State and economic actors and re-shape local border politics while the State is not always uncompromising and monolithic as it is usually portrayed.

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  • The State of the Rubber and Acacia Farmhouse in the Vietnam:A Case Study of Bing Duong Houng Binm, Hue

    DATAI Hisashi, NIKAIDO Yuko, UBUKATA Fumikazu, Le Ngoc Phuong Quy, KIM Doochul

    Japanese Journal of Farm Management   54 ( 3 )   109 - 114   2016

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  • Image of Ramsar sites in Japan : results of an Internet survey <Articles>

    Asano Toshihisa, Kim Doo-Chul, Ito Tatsuya, Hirai Yukihiro, Kagawa Yuuichi

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    Japan has joined the Ramsar Convention since 1980. Up to now 46 wetland sites in Japan have been registered as the Ramsar sites as of the September 2013. Though the Ramsar Convention aims at not only conserving wetlands but also "wise-use" of wetlands, discourses on Ramsar sites seem to be focused on conservation rather than "wise-use". Particularly in Japan, registering a wetland to the Ramsar Convention hardly contributes to regional economies and/or tourism as a model of "wise-use". This paper attempts to give a clue on why "wiseuse" as an objective of the Ramsar Convention has rarely been realized in Japan. To answer this question, we conducted the questionnaire survey through the Internet on the impression of wetlands as tourist destinations as well as the perception toward the Ramsar Convention. The results are as follows. 1) Registration to the Ramsar Convention in Japan does not necessarily contribute to increasing tourists in wetlands. This is partly due to low-level recognition to the Ramsar sites of Japan. 2) The Ramsar Convention tends to be perceived as a regulation for environmental conservation. It is not widely recognized as a tool for sustainable development. 3) Tourist activities in wetlands are not diverse. 4) Those who were willing to participate in wetland conservation activities were the minority. 5) Those who wanted to actively participate in wetland conservation activities tended to have strong interests in "nature" and most of them had volunteer experiences for environment conservation. 6) Those who wanted to indirectly participate in wetland conservation activities tended to regard registration to the Ramsar sites as one of global brands.

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  • Korean Diaspora in Vietnam: Assimilation, Segregation and Compromising

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    ABSTRACTS of the Annual Meeting, The Human Geographical Society of Japan   2013   94 - 95   2013

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  • Residents and Environmental Conservation of the Upo Wetlands Ramsar Site, Republic of Korea

    Asano Toshihisa, Kim Doo-chul, Hirai Yukihiro, Kagawa Yuichi, Ito Tatsuya

    E-journal GEO   8 ( 2 )   223 - 241   2013

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    The Upo swamp, which was registered as a Ramsar Convention wetland in 1998, is the second Ramsar wetlands site in the Republic of Korea. This research aimed to clarify the process of Ramsar wetlands registration and the local governance established afterward for the environmental conservation of the Upo swamp, focusing on the impacts on local residents' livelihoods and their perception of the Ramasar registration.<br>In the process of the Ramsar registration as well as the crested ibis breeding grounds project, the conservation activities for the Upo swamp have been implemented in a top-down style. Moreover, ecological virtues have been overemphasized in the establishment of local environmental governance for the Upo swamp, paying little attention to coexistence with local residents. This has resulted in significant spatial segregation between the conserved Ramsar site (the Upo swamp) and the surrounding villages in the Upo area, although residents have interacted for hundreds of years with the Upo swamp for their livelihoods. The local residents have been frustrated by this bureaucratic protectionism. They agree on the importance of wetlands protection, although they feel that they have not sufficiently participated in the benefit sharing from the Ramsar registration, in spite of a huge increase in tourist numbers to about 800,000 per year. The potential for tourism in the Upo swamp is evaluated very highly, with its rich biodiversity and beautiful landscape. Benefit-sharing mechanisms with local residents should be established in the Upo area, while conserving its environmental virtues.

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  • Terraced paddy expansion and cultivation by ethnic minorities in Sapa, Vietnam

    Kanda Tatsuya, Nguyen Huu Ngu, Nguyen Huu Van, Yotsumoto Yukio, Kim Doo-Chul, Isoda Yuzuru

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2013a   100031   2013

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  • Some Current Features of Geography in Korea

    KIM Doo-Chul

    Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)   121 ( 5 )   815 - 823   2012

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    This study reviews current trends and issues in geography and geography education in Korea. The first geographers' society was established in 1945 after the country was liberated from Japan. Despite its short history, geographical studies in Korea have sharply increased during the last 60 years. Against this background, the features of geographical studies in Korea can be summarized as follows: first, geography in Korea was required to emphasize its character as a science of the nation until the 1980s due to its geopolitical situation. Since the 1990s, however, the mainstream of geography in Korea has focused on area studies in other countries. This is partly due to the globalization of the Korean economy and an increase in the number of geographers studying abroad, especially in the United States. It should also be noted that radical geography has contributed to the linearization of Korean society since the 1980s.

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  • Why Japanese women choose to work in Vietnam?

    KAMIYA Hiroo, KIM Doo-Chul, TUCHIYA Jun

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2011s   104 - 104   2011

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  • Spatial Differences of Environmental Controversies and Alignment of Environmental Movements: Saemangum Tidelands Reclamation in Korea

    Geographical review of Japan series A   82 ( 4 )   277 - 299   2009

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    A huge area has been in the process of reclamation in the Saemangum area, Cholla North province, Republic of Korea, since 1991. The controversy concerning the objective as well as the value of the tidelands has become a heated issue nationwide. Agencies of the environmental movement and local grassroots organizations have protested the reclamation project, arguing that the project lacks a clear objective and will lead to destruction of the largest tidelands in the country.<br>This paper aims to examine the temporal space structures of environmental controversies which are socially constructed with regard to regional development issues. The authors clarified the temporal changes in the “Saemangum controversy” through newspapers and key informant interviews over the last five years according to the three different spatial dimensions of national, regional, and local.<br>The results showed that the points of issue concerning environmental problems with different spatial dimensions constitute multiple structures, varying with the arena of controversy. If an environmental problem is variable according to a spatial dimension as well as a temporal one, the key to solving lies in how to develop the structure of controversy, not in determining the fundamental aspects of the environmental problem.

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  • Aquaculture development with the change of resources management in Tam Giang lagoon, Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Viet Nam

    Ngu Nguyen Huu, Doo - Chul KIM

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2007f   73 - 73   2007

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    Tam Giang lagoon, one of the biggest in Asia, is located in Thua Thien Hue Province, Central Viet Nam. Its area is about 22,000 ha with a length of 70 km along the coast, connected to 5 of 8 districts in Thua Thien Hue Province, comprising 32 communes. Approximately 300,000 inhabitants (18% of provincial population - 2006) live around the lagoon in 326 villages. Around 195,000 people are directly involved in lagoon activities, and 7,500 labourers specialising in lagoon exploitation. About 10,000 people take the lagoon surface to be their residence. Since aquaculture has been regarded as a suitable alternative, fishers wanted to convert natural lagoon areas into the cultured fisheries areas with high valuable species. Opening scale of aquaculture area, types of culture and participation of social classes has set the complicatedness of resource management, environmental and socio-economic issues. It effects directly or indirectly on the change of lives of local people, widening the gap between the poor and the rich around the lagoon. The purpose of this paper is to examine the change of resource management of local communities and environmental issues under aquaculture development. Simultaneously, we discuss how to manage and develop suitable lagoon by community-based resources management in the Tam Giang lagoon. This research used questionnaires, field observation, and interview with fishers, farmers, leaders of communes and experts from relevant agencies in Thua Thien Hue Province to analysis and evaluate. The data and related documents were gathered on March and September, 2006.

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  • Rural poverty in Vietnam: A case study of Phu An Commune, Thua Thien Hue Province

    Ngu Nguyen Huu, Doo - Chul KIM

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2007s   164 - 164   2007

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  • Change in Saemangum Reclamation problems and the anti-project movements

    ASANO Toshihisa, KIM Doo-Chul, ITO Tatsuya, HIRAI Yukihiro

    Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers   2007s   139 - 139   2007

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  • Place Marketing as the New Strategy of Rural Development after the Economic Crisis in Korea

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  • 近年の地方分権と地域開発ー地方整備局への権限委譲を中心に

    科学研究費報告書『構造改革期における農山村・人口減小地域の変動と政策課題』   55-65   2005

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    金 科哲

    立命館言語文化研究   17-1、55-58 ( 1 )   55 - 58   2005

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  • 韓国農村の内側

    金 斗哲

    歴史と地理   584 ( 588 )   61 - 69   2005

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  • Environmental issues caused by large land reclamation projects in Japan and Korea

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  • The Conservation Policy for Rice Terraces in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

    KIM Doo-Chul, JUNG Chiyoung

    ( 64 )   26 - 26   2003.10

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    地域地理研究   8   1 - 11   2003

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  • Mountainous Areas in the 21^<st> Century : A Proposal based on the Endogenous Self-Organization Framework

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    大韓地理学会誌   37-2 ( 143-160 )   2002

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  • <Original article> Changes of agricultural production under the rice reducing scheme in an area reclaimed after the World War II in Tohoku, Japan : a case study

    Sekine Ryouhei, Kimu Douchuru, Ooba Satoshi

    Fukushima geographical review   44、21-28   21 - 28   2001

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  • Investigating the effects of employment-housing change on migration: Evidence from Japan

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    International Journal of Population Geography   7 ( 3 )   189 - 212   2001

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    The effect of employment growth on internal migration depends on corresponding adjustments of the local housing market. If employment growth in a geographical area is accompanied by a sharp increase in housing prices, the net outcome may be net out-migration rather than migration gain. In the present paper, this concept is tested using statistical data available for 47 prefectures in Japan. The analysis covers the two five-year periods of 1983-87 and 1988-92, and confirms that the use of a combined representation of employment and housing variables makes it possible to improve considerably the performance of an empirical migration model. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley &amp
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  • Imformatization in Rural Areas : A case Study of Yamada-mura, Toyama Prefecture

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  • Impact of informatization on rural community: A case study of Yamadaa Village, Toyama Prefecture

    KAMIYA Hiroo, YAMADA Harumichi, KIM Doo-Chul, HUH Woo-Kung

    59   44   2001

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  • 20世紀北朝鮮における土地利用・被覆変化-平壌周辺200Km四方を対象とするパイロット・サーベイー

    LU/GECプロジェクト報告書(]G0006[),国立環境研究所   281 - 288   2000

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  • Regional process of Dependency and Changes of Endogenous Self-organization in a Depopulated Remote Area : A Case Study of Namiai Village,Nagano Prefecture,Japan

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    The Human Geography(Jinbun-Chiri)   52-1 ( 1 )   28 - 50   2000

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    This study analyzes the regional process of dependency and changes of endogenous self-organizations in a depopulated remote area of Japan, via the case of Namiai village, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Namiai village lost almost half of its population during the period 1952 to 1995. As a result, the population of the village was reduced to 778 persons in 1995, with the aged ratio (over 65 years old) being almost 30%. Since the 1960s, in an attempt to counteract depopulation, Namiai village has implemented a pioneering and grass-roots resort development. As a result of grass-roots efforts, tourists in this village have increased from 80 thousand persons in 1967 to currently 300 thousand persons. This rise in tourism is related to an increase in employment and income. At its peak, more than 100 persons were employed by the resort-related facilities, where the total population was less than 800 persons. Rapid depopulation was thus curtailed. As the tourist industry grew, however, it fell under the control of the logic of capital. This in turn prevented the voluntary involvement of residents. From the 1970s, the Central Government of Japan started to implement financial transfers to local governments on a large scale. As a result, with subsidies from the Central government the village government was able to continue investing in the resort development. In other words, the village government didn't need to negotiate with the residents on their policies. But at times these policies opposed the wishes of the residents who needed more investment in education, helth and other public services for themselves rather than for tourists. And the village government no longer needed to organize people for the community mobilization. As a result the foundation of the village government changed from the community to the Central government. In the meantime, with the increase in public investment, only the construction sector could continue growing rapidly. Finally, the owners of construction companies appeared as a new political elite, with the result that unnecessary public construction by subsidy increased. In short, the resort development of Namiai village deteriorated to a situation of dependency. This was due to an over-emphasis on economic aspects such as employment while ignoring social aspects such as organizing the development actors. The institutional intervention resulted in two conflicting phenomena - the strengthening of the financial autonomy of municipal governments and the weakening of self-reliance capabilities. As a result, most of the traditionally endogenous organizations of a community have been disorganized or reorganized under the leadership of the municipal government. The endogenous self-organizations thus changed roles to pseudo-organizations of the local government.

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  • Land-use/cover Changes of North Korea in 20 Century-A Pilot Survey of 200km×200km Area around Pyongyang -

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  • Can local government substitute for rural community? -An alternative framework for rural development in the context of the East Asia-

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    Geographical Review of Japan, Series B   72 ( 2 )   100 - 110   1999.12

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    Comparing the remarkable economic growth of Japan and South Korea (hereafter, Korea), many scholars have adopted the modernization theory and/or the stages theory of development. They argue that development is about the modernization of traditional societies. Moreover, it is also widely accepted that developing countries could and should learn from the pioneer countries that have already developed. However, they fail to explain the opposite side of the remarkable economic growth in both countries
    namely rapid depopulation and wide collapse of rural communities. This study is an attempt to build an alternative theoretical framework for sustainable development of rural communities in East Asia, focusing on Japan and Korea. The endogenous self-organization that functions as a substantial social unit for rural development is emphasized. To accomplish this purpose, a case from each country is introduced and interpreted in an alternative way. The cases demonstrate that endogenous self-organizations function as a coordinator in policy implementation. While the two countries differ from each other in their method of local government intervention, the comparison of the two cases shows that rural development initiated by a local government cannot be sustainable without enhancing endogenous self-organizations. Ironically, it could be argued that no intervention strengthens the self-organizing capabilities of a rural community.

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  • Process of Regional Adaptability to the Policy of Reducing Production in a Rice Growing Region : A Case Study of Towa-Cho, a Municipality in Iwate Prefecture, Japan

    SEKINE Ryohei, KIM Doo-Chul, OBA Satoshi

    Annals of The Tohoku Geographycal Asocciation   51 ( 4 )   273 - 290   1999

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    After World War II, Japan increased its institutional efforts to improve the technology of rice production. As a result Japan experienced a remarkable increase in the domestic yield of rice. Since the middle of the 1960s the overproduction of domestic rice has raised nationwide concern. To prevent the decrease in the domestic price of rice due to overproduction, Japan implemented the Policy of Reducing Production (Seisan Chosei). Under this policy, the acreage of rice planted paddy fields has been strictly restricted respectively at each level of farmhouses, agricultural settlements, and municipalities. With this policy a farmer can receive a subsidy for planting crops other than rice on a paddy field. The subsidy received is based on the type of substitute crop. The Government has guaranteed pastures to receive the highest subsidy.<br>In this article the process of regional adaptability to the Policy of Reducing Production is discussed with regards to the impact of a farmer's organization and the condition of the agricultural land. To accomplish this, the municipality of Towa-cho, where rice production is predominate, was selected as the study area. To examine the impact of a farmer's organization and the condition of the land, two agricultural settlements within Towa-cho were selected: Momonosawa and Motomachi.<br>Before the 1970s a large-scale reclamation had been carried out at Momonosawa. A farmer's cooperative for mutual use of agricultural machinery had not been organized at this settlement. The farmers had individually adopted agricultural machinery such as a cultivator, a tractor, a rice planting machine and a combined harvester. The use of this type of machinery would alleviate the time spent on farming and allow the farmers to manage more time so they can pursue other potential sources of income outside of farming. As an adaptation to the policy, crop conversion from rice to pasture has been the general tendency of the farmers since the 1970s. However, after the 1990s there has been a regional overproduction of pasture at Momonosawa. This in turned has forced farmers to change from pasture to a lower subsidy crop. As a result the "adjusted paddy field" (Chosei-suiden, a paddy field where no crops are planted) has been increasing at Momonosawa. It should be noted that there is a cultural propensity for Japanese farmers to resist abandoning a paddy field.<br>The conversion from paddy field to pasture is also a common practice at Motomachi. In contrast to Momonosawa, a well-developed farmer's cooperative has been established at Motomachi since the 1970s. Within Motomachi there are varying functioning levels of farmer's cooperatives. To examine the possible impact of the of a farmer's cooperative in more detail, three hamlets within Motomachi have been selected: Yakata, Nakada and Oki. In Yakata, the farmer's cooperative is very weak. Due to this weakness the lower class farmers have tended to abandon agricultural activities except for the cultivation of a paddy field for self-sufficiency. As a result fallow and abandoned fields have increased since the 1990s. In Nakada, the farmer's cooperative had been well developed but has weakened over time. The decrease in the farmer's cooperative membership played a key role in it's weakening. Despite the weak farmer's cooperative, it helped hinder the development of fallow or abandoned fields there. In Oki, a strong farmer's cooperative has been developed. They have demonstrated a collective behavior toward adapting to the policy. As opposed to converting paddy fields to pastures, a large-scale collective production of high-returned crops, such as cucumber and alley, has been implemented. This is an example of the possibility of maintaining regional agriculture despite of severe circumstances brought about by policies such as the Policy of Reducing Production.

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  • Process of Regional Adaptability to the Policy of Reducing Production in a Rice Growing Region : A Case Study of Towa-Cho,Iwate Prefecture,Northeastern Japan

    Ryohei SEKINE, Doo-Chul KIM, Satoshi ORA

    Quarterly Journal of Geography   51 ( 4 )   273 - 290   1999

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    After World War II, Japan increased its institutional efforts to improve the technology of rice production. As a result Japan experienced a remarkable increase in the domestic yield of rice. Since the middle of the 1960s the overproduction of domestic rice has raised nationwide concern. To prevent the decrease in the domestic price of rice due to overproduction, Japan implemented the Policy of Reducing Production (Seisan Chosei). Under this policy, the acreage of rice planted paddy fields has been strictly restricted respectively at each level of farmhouses, agricultural settlements, and municipalities. With this policy a farmer can receive a subsidy for planting crops other than rice on a paddy field. The subsidy received is based on the type of substitute crop. The Government has guaranteed pastures to receive the highest subsidy.<br>In this article the process of regional adaptability to the Policy of Reducing Production is discussed with regards to the impact of a farmer's organization and the condition of the agricultural land. To accomplish this, the municipality of Towa-cho, where rice production is predominate, was selected as the study area. To examine the impact of a farmer's organization and the condition of the land, two agricultural settlements within Towa-cho were selected: Momonosawa and Motomachi.<br>Before the 1970s a large-scale reclamation had been carried out at Momonosawa. A farmer's cooperative for mutual use of agricultural machinery had not been organized at this settlement. The farmers had individually adopted agricultural machinery such as a cultivator, a tractor, a rice planting machine and a combined harvester. The use of this type of machinery would alleviate the time spent on farming and allow the farmers to manage more time so they can pursue other potential sources of income outside of farming. As an adaptation to the policy, crop conversion from rice to pasture has been the general tendency of the farmers since the 1970s. However, after the 1990s there has been a regional overproduction of pasture at Momonosawa. This in turned has forced farmers to change from pasture to a lower subsidy crop. As a result the "adjusted paddy field" (Chosei-suiden, a paddy field where no crops are planted) has been increasing at Momonosawa. It should be noted that there is a cultural propensity for Japanese farmers to resist abandoning a paddy field.<br>The conversion from paddy field to pasture is also a common practice at Motomachi. In contrast to Momonosawa, a well-developed farmer's cooperative has been established at Motomachi since the 1970s. Within Motomachi there are varying functioning levels of farmer's cooperatives. To examine the possible impact of the of a farmer's cooperative in more detail, three hamlets within Motomachi have been selected: Yakata, Nakada and Oki. In Yakata, the farmer's cooperative is very weak. Due to this weakness the lower class farmers have tended to abandon agricultural activities except for the cultivation of a paddy field for self-sufficiency. As a result fallow and abandoned fields have increased since the 1990s. In Nakada, the farmer's cooperative had been well developed but has weakened over time. The decrease in the farmer's cooperative membership played a key role in it's weakening. Despite the weak farmer's cooperative, it helped hinder the development of fallow or abandoned fields there. In Oki, a strong farmer's cooperative has been developed. They have demonstrated a collective behavior toward adapting to the policy. As opposed to converting paddy fields to pastures, a large-scale collective production of high-returned crops, such as cucumber and alley, has been implemented. This is an example of the possibility of maintaining regional agriculture despite of severe circumstances brought about by policies such as the Policy of Reducing Production.

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  • The Changes of Agricultural Management and Reducing Acreage under Cultivation in Towa-Cho, Iwate Prefecture.

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    Quarterly Journal of Geography   50-2   157 - 159   1998

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  • The Geography of the Changes in Agricultural Land Use in the Sendai Metropolitan Area, Japan : An Examination of the Topographic Characteristics Using the Geographical Information System

    Yuzuru Isoda, Doo Chul Kim, Keigo Matsuoka

    The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, 7th Series(Geography)   48 ( 1-2 )   35 - 64   1998

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    This study explored the changes in agricultural land use in the Sendai metropolitan area since the 1970s using the Geographical Information System. The study area, being a regional center for the Tohoku region, has experienced rapid urban expansion since the 1970s. It was found that notwithstanding the transfer of 18% of arable land to urban use, there has been a slight increase in arable land due mainly to the reclamation of forests into pasture. Urban development in the study area occurred mainly on forest-covered hills, and it was arable land unsuited for agriculture that had been released for urban developments. The development of arable land suitable for agriculture has been slower than expected, considering the rapidity of urban expansion during the study period. An extrapolation of the changes in arable land use since the 1970s suggests that paddy fields and dry fields close to existing urbanized areas are likely to be urbanized by 2020 ; whilst arable land unsuitable for either agricultural or urban use, and arable land newly developed since the 1970s are likely to be abandoned.

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  • Administration Area System and Policy Process in the Republic of Korea : Focus on Rural Areas

    KIM Doo-Chul

    Journal of Systematic Regional Geography   3   79 - 86   1998

  • 韓国の行政区域体系と政策過程-農村部を中心に-

    地域地理科学   3   79 - 86   1998

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  • 過疎の概念について

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    季刊地理   50-2   157 - 159   1998

  • 隣接過疎山村における過疎対策の展開と内生的住民組織-長野県下伊那郡の浪合村と平谷村との比較-

    地域問題研究   54   16 - 24   1997

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  • Economic Growth, Migration and Rural Depopulation in the Republic of Korea : Comparison with Japan's Experiences

    KIM Doo-Chul

    Regional Development Studies   3   239 - 259   1997

  • Tackles against Depopulation and Endogenous Self-organization-Case studies and their Comparison

    54   16 - 24   1997

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  • Regional Characteristics of Depopulated Areas in Korea- From a comparative perspective with Japan's experiences

    Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Systems   305 - 315   1996

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  • Current Trends and Issues in Studies of Rural Depopulation Areas in Korea

    Doo chul Kim

    THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY(Jinbun-Chiri)   47 ( 1 )   21 - 45   1995

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    The main issue in the rural geography of Korea has been the regional impacts of rapid rural-urban migration. In the process of industrialization since the 1960s, rural areas lost more than half of their population during the period 1970-90. Depopulation rates were about 25% in the 1970s and 35% in the 1980s. As a result, almost all of rural Korea, excluding areas near metropolitan areas, have been undergoing depopulation at rates in excess of 3% per year. In this paper, the current research on rural depopulation of Korea has been reviewed with three sub-themes, that is, its cause, the pattern of rural-urban migration, and regional impacts. The rural areas in Korea were transformed to scarce population areas as a result of the rapid rural-urban migration since the 1960s. The main cause of rural-urban migration has been the urban-oriented national policy, the so-called growth centre strategy. The national planners selected a few metropolitan areas as growth centres and fostered a regional disparity. This led to the migration of, particularly, highly educated rural youths to urban areas seeking non-agricultural occupations and increased incomes. In addition, remote mountainous areas in which most of the underground resources are found, have been experiencing more severe depopulation since the 1970s, due to the new energy policy, namely, the transfer from a coal-oriented to a petroleum-oriented policy and the restrictions placed on utilization of forest areas. In this process, the most severe depopulated areas in Korea shifted from plain agricultural areas near metropolitan areas (1960s) to remote mountainous areas (1970s and the first half of the 1980s) and agriculture areas remote from metropolitan areas (after the latter half of the 1980s). With this background, the pattern of rural-urban migration in Korea can be characterized as follows from the current research. © 1995, The Human Geographical Society of Japan. All rights reserved.

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  • 韓国における農山村の人口減少に関する研究の動向と課題

    人文地理   47 ( 1 )   21 - 45   1995

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    17   41 - 58   1990

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  • Economic Impacts in the Development of Tourist Resorts-A Case Study of Paekam Hot Spring

    Journal of Geography(Jirihak Nonchong)   17   41 - 58   1990

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  • ベトナム・メコンデルタにおけるグローバル果樹産地の形成過程および土地制度との関係

    Grant number:18K01140  2018.04 - 2022.03

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)  基盤研究(C)

    金 どぅ哲

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    Grant amount:\4290000 ( Direct expense: \3300000 、 Indirect expense:\990000 )

    本年度は昨年度の成果を踏まえて、調査対象地であるティエンジャン省・チャウタン 郡・ヴィンキム村における果樹産地の形成過程と地域社会の変容に関する現地調査を行った。また、ヴィンキム村の特産物であるスターアップルの流通経路を確認するため、ホーチミン市を中心に市場調査を並行して行った。主な成果は下記のとおりである。
    ヴィンキム村は、かつては一般的なメコンデルタ農村のように自給的な水田農業に依存していたが、1980年代半ば以降急激にスターアップルを中心とする果樹栽培へと転換させた。現在は、果樹栽培の大幅な拡大によって、村内には水田として利用されている農地が全く無い。このような果樹生産集積地が比較的短期間に形成された要因としては、世帯当たりの水田面積が小さく生活に必要な収入を得るためには果樹生産へ転換せざるを得なかったという自然環境的な要因のほかにも、1980年代以降に大消費地(ホーチミン市)への陸路でのアクセスが可能であったことや仲買人による分業化が市場システムの構築へとつながったことが挙げられる。
    一方、ヴィンキム村のスターアップルは全国的な知名度を持っているにもかかわらず、サプライチェーンの未成熟により、消費地では他地域のスターアップルと混じってしまい、知名度の優位性が十分に発揮できない状況であった。また、ヴィンキム村のスターアップル生産農家の多くは認証制度(VietGAPなど)を受けているが、独自のサプライチェーンが構築されておらず、認証制度のメリットも実現されていない。

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  • 集落再編の国際比較と生活空間論による再考

    Grant number:16H01963  2016.04 - 2021.03

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(A)  基盤研究(A)

    小島 泰雄, 金 どぅ哲, 佐藤 廉也, 今里 悟之, 作野 広和, 中川 秀一, 筒井 一伸, 磯田 弦, 中條 曉仁, 中辻 享, 吉田 国光, 小方 登, 山村 亜希

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    Grant amount:\38350000 ( Direct expense: \29500000 、 Indirect expense:\8850000 )

    本研究課題の3年目にあたる本年度は、1月12日に京都大学楽友会館において国際シンポジウム International Workshop for the Reorganization of Rural Settlement System を開催した。科研メンバーに加えて、国内と海外(イギリス・エチオピア・ラオス)から研究者を招聘し、日本、中国、韓国、スコットランド、エチオピア、ラオスにおける集落再編の国際比較をめぐる討論を通して、研究成果の国際交流を実現するとともに、集落再編と農村の地域特性が深く結びつく様態に関する認識共有が醸成されたことは、今後の農村研究の展開に対する貢献として特筆されよう。
    6月に刊行された「月刊地理」(古今書院)において「変わる農村と田園回帰」の特集を組んだ。科研メンバーによる日本における農村変化のフロンティアを理論・実証・実践の3つの位相から地理学的に定位した論考を掲載することにより、地理学界内部における研究の方向性を示すとともに、地理教育関係者などひろく社会一般に対しても研究成果を発信することとなった。
    10月5日~7日に東京日本橋等において「都市と地方・農村を結ぶしかけ―東京の拠点を訪ねる」と題した臨地研究集会を開催し、農村の商品化の諸相について討論を行った。とくに都市の側で農村交流にかかわるキーパーソンを採訪したことは、農村研究の新たなフィールドの存在を印象づけるものであった。
    このほか科研メンバーはそれぞれのフィールドにおける調査研究を進め、多数の論著を発表している。

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  • Migrating Korean Chinese and changes of national identities

    Grant number:26370925  2014.04 - 2017.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    KIM Doo-Chul

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    A majority of Korean Chinese identify themselves as "Korean" nation with "Chinese" citizenship. These multi identities varies according to the relation with others. International labor migration of Korean Chinese to South Korea have experienced more than a couple of decades. At present, social segregation of Korean Chinese communities has been observed in South Korea.
    Due to international labor migration of Korean Chinese since 1990s, most of Korean Chinese' villages in rural areas have experienced severe depopulation. As a result, Han Chinese have replaced the agricultural labors of Korean Chinese in those villages and they have converted paddy fields to dry fields.

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  • Rethinking of wise-use of wetland

    Grant number:25284166  2013.04 - 2016.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    ASANO TOSHIHISA, ITO TATSUYA, KIM DOO-CHUL, HIRAI YUKIHIRO, KAGAWA YUICHI, FUNCK CAROLIN

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    We investigated the use and conservation of Ramsar wetlands in Japan, Korea, Europe and Vietnam. Ramsar Convention, despite being one of the system which is established internationally, there are some differences due to country on its acceptance side. Japan and South Korea are similar. However, in Japan, local administration is so conscious of reducing the influence on the inhabitants that the effect of natural protection by Ramsar registration is thin. On the contrary, in South Korea, the government, with an emphasis on nature protection, strongly suppresses the residents to use the wetlands. In Germany and France, the Ramsar Convention has been buried under the new EU's protection system. In Vietnam, the wise use means the management of residents in order to prevent the illegal use of the natural resources, while regional development or environmental education for children is important as wise use in developed countries.

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  • Geographical research on the change of regional structure in Northeast China

    Grant number:24401035  2012.04 - 2015.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    KOJIMA YASUO, AKIYAMA Motohide, ONODERA Jun, MATSUMURA Yoshihisa, TAKAHASHI Kentaro, YANAI Masaya, OGATA Noboru, KIM Doo-chul, ABE Yasuhisa, SHIBATA Youichi, ISHIDA Yo

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    This research has been aimed at revealing the change of regionl structure in Northeast China through geographical surveys for three years. Field surveys were carried out in three different area in Jilin province, Changchun in the first year, Songyuan in the second and Yanji in the third year. While the agriculture and rurality remain the character of frontier as modern exploitation, the urban development changed the axis from the dependence on resource and manufacture to the acceleration of consumption. Multiple changes of regional structure were showed by this research.

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  • Korean Diaspora in Vietnam: Assimilation, Segregation and Compromising

    Grant number:23520954  2011 - 2013

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    KIM DOO-CHUL

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    Grant amount:\5070000 ( Direct expense: \3900000 、 Indirect expense:\1170000 )

    This research aims to clarify the characteristics of Korean diaspora living in Hochiminh City, Vietnam, and their social and spatial assimilation, segregation and compromising processes as well. The Korean diaspora living in Hochiminh City are characterized as follows: the majority of them immigrated in order to find a new business chance or a job; those who have been staying in Vietnam less than 5 years occupy more than 50%; their Vietnamese language abilities are not good enough, however, more than 60% of them satisfy with the living in Vietnam; Most of Korean diaspora living in Hochiminh City concentrate in a specific area such as Phu My Hung, a famous foreigners' new town, with accelerating spatial segregation. As a result, most of them regard themselves as a temporary resident except so-called a "Korea-Vietnam Family" which is consist of a Korean and Vietnamese couple.

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  • Rice terrace expansion by ethnic minorities of the Vietnamese Northern Uplands and their livelihood sustainability

    Grant number:23520972  2011 - 2013

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    ISODA Yuzuru, KIM Doo-chul

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    Grant amount:\4940000 ( Direct expense: \3800000 、 Indirect expense:\1140000 )

    Analysis of land use change based on satellite image and farm household survey in upland area of Sapa, Vietnam revealed that (1) rice terrace expanded and roughly doubled since the 1970s and is still expanding; (2) newer rice terraces are developed on steeper slopes; (3) rice yeilds are not necessarily low in those newer paddies, depending on chemical fertilizer use and amount; (4) ethnic minorities in the area adopted hybrid rice that doubled the yield; (5) cash income from tourism and cardamon sales are contributing to modernization of subsistence farming, in buying seeds, fertilizers and machines; (6) despite rapid population growth of 3% per annum for the last 40 year, agricultural extensification and intensification enabled output growth exceeding the population growth.

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  • Political geography study on preservation and utilization of Ramsar wetlands

    Grant number:22320171  2010 - 2012

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    ASANO Toshihisa, ITO Tatsuya, KIM Doo-chul, HIRAI Yukihiro, KAGAWA Yuuichi

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    Ramsar wetlands are used strategically as a resource for regional development. In Japan, compared with such Geopark and world heritage, Ramsar wetlands are taken as "system for nature preservation" and Ramsar sites utilized actively (economically) are less. In Korea, The difference in the attitude to between wetlands to develop and wetlands to preserve is big. Social interest in the use of wetlands is higher than in the preservation of wetlands. On the other hand, in the nature reserves, there is acase in which top-down environment management as a type of segregation is done, in contrast to Japan.

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  • Comparative Study on Depopulated Areas in Japan and South Korea under Neoliberali Neoliberalism: Focusing on Policies and Self-organization

    Grant number:20520686  2008 - 2010

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    KIM Doo-Chul

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    Grant amount:\4420000 ( Direct expense: \3400000 、 Indirect expense:\1020000 )

    For the last three years, the author have conducted the fieldworks in Japan and South Korea, where rural development policies have oriented to Neoliberalism. The main interests of this study lies on how self-organization in depopulated rural areas have changed under Neoliberal policies. In South Korea, Maul, a fundamental organization in rural areas have undertaken administrative agglomeration in terms of organizing principal and decision making processes as well. In the case of Japan, however, the local government initiated a restructuring process of self-organization, which has led to the newly established local government transferring certain responsibilities, to the local community.

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  • Common resource management and environmental problems of the wetlands in East Asia

    Grant number:19500883  2007 - 2009

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    ASANO Toshihisa, ITO Tatsuya, KIM Doo-chul, HIRAI Yukihiro

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    For the last three years, the authors have conducted the fieldworks in Japan, Korea, China and Vietnam where the water environmental problems have been occurred. As a result, the presence of local governance such as participation of civil organizations into the decision making process of resource management, has impacted on the speed of policy-making on environmental protection and resource exploitation of lakes/tidelands in the four countries. Moreover, not only environmental policies but also regional development with regard to environmental issues should be considered especially for the comparison among the four countries.

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  • Place Marketing as a New Strategy of Rural Development and Local Finance

    Grant number:17520537  2005 - 2007

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    KIM Doo-Chul

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    This research aims to clarify the effects of place marketing strategy as a new regional development scheme in rural Korea, which has experienced extremely fast changes since the Economic Crisis in 1997, looking specifically at Hampyong County in South-Cholla Province.
    The purpose of place marketing is the creation of a new image and marketing this image as a local resource, with the aim of helping to increase the regional economy. Developing the image of the region as a commercial good, based upon the current social demands, and selling this image, rather than local produce, achieves this.
    The success of the Hampyong county Butterfly Festival was mainly attributed to the local government's creation and marketing of an entirely new placeness within a short time, based on the current social trend of eco-tourism. The Hampyong County Butterfly Festival is an important example of place marketing simply for the fact that prior to its inception the area had no relationship to butterflies. This case study of the Hampyong County Butterfly Festival supports the speculation that placeness is a perceived characteristic of a certain place and is capable of being intentionally modified and/or created to fill the social requirements at that time.
    Along with the South Korean case, in Toyooka town, Japan, the Oriental White Stork has been successfully reintroduced to the wild. To facilitate this, the local farmers have slowly been restoring their agricultural practices to more environmentally friendly methods and the local government has worked towards restoring the natural habitat. This research also addressed the relationship between the Oriental White Stork and humans from the viewpoint of environmental history, and clarified the twisted attitudes toward environment and agriculture in the Toyooka region. Finally, the two cases were compared from the viewpoint of regional development strategy as well as local finance.

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  • The Transformation of Traditional Notions of Geography in East Asia and Its Environs Caused by the Introduction of the Modern Discipline of Geography

    Grant number:16202023  2004 - 2006

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

    SENDA Minoru, NARUMI Kunitada, WATANABE Yoshio, AKIYAMA Motohide, HUJIMAKI Masami, NOMA Haruo

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    The results of our research group are as follows.
    (1) We could find some traces of East Asian traditional geography.
    The idea of feng shui has been adopted to settlement and house building in East Asia such as especially in southern region of China, Korea and Okinawa.
    (2) Asian people's view of the world was expanded by the acceptance of European geography.
    (3) The geography of colonial countries was modernized by the influence of geographical thought of suzerain.
    (4) East Asia in early modern age was the object of research by European geographers. Such as for Asian agriculture, their method lacked the native view of rice cultivation.
    (5) Nowadays geography education of universities in East Asia is practicing by the system of European or American method. Geographical contribution to national planning is depends on the significance of geography which the country recognize.

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  • Social Change of local cities and rural areas of Korea after the IMF crisis in Korea

    Grant number:15401031  2003 - 2005

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    KAMIYA Hiroo, YAMADA Masahiro, ABE Kazutoshi, ITOH Satoru, SHIBUYA Shizuaki, KIM Doo-Chul

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    1)After the IMF crisis, branch offices have been abolished and reorganized in Korea. As a result, the position of Seoul in Korean urban system has jumped up than before. Conversely, the positions of local cities have been lowered.
    2)Viewing from the transportation network, it is not clear whether the IMF crisis has affected the local cities of not. The networks of highway bus transportation, railroad transportation and road access have been much improved within the two decades.
    3)The labor market in Daegu has been strongly affected by the IMF crisis. Because the local economy of Daegu was heavily depend upon the textile industry, and the textile industry in Korea was strongly export oriented. The scale of establishment has shrunk, and the full time male blue-workers have been replaced by the casual workers. But in Daegu, the replacement process from the full-time workers to the casual workers has not seen, but only the female blue-workers in the textile industry have been decreased.
    4)New location of industry into the rural areas has been promoted by the IMF crisis. But the net effects are rather fragmentary.
    5)Production areas in agriculture have grown during the high economic growth era in Korea. Migration from metropolitan areas to rural areas has been temporarily increased, but at a total, the number of migrants was not so much.
    6)Regional development policies promoted by the local governments have been activated since the IMF crisis, but this can not be separated from the devolution process after 1995.

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  • A geographical study of environmental issues caused by large-scale land reclamation projects in Japan and Korea

    Grant number:15500684  2003 - 2005

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    ASANO Toshihisa, ITO Tatsuya, KIM Doo-chul, HIRAI Yukihiro

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    The aims of this study are to clarify the geographical background of environmental issues caused by large-scale land reclamation projects and to show the process of social construction of the environmental issues. The results are summarized as follows.
    1.In Korea Seamangum land reclamation project is going. This project is one of Korean southwest coastal zone development in order to expand food production. But environmental destruction by the project is expected so immense that many people worry about the effect of it on regional or East Asian environment and strong protest movements have occurred. Seamangum problem is one of most serious environmental issues in Korea.
    2.Environmental movements in Korea follow in the wake of the pro-democracy movement. So these are very active and supported by various social classes. The national environmental organizations play a leading role of protesting against Seamangum project.
    3.There are economic disparities between provinces in Korea. Cholla province where Seamangum project are planned is underdeveloped area and Cholla people have extravagant expectations. Seamangum becomes one of symbols of Cholla development whether benefit of this project is big or small.
    4.In Cholla province there are some villages against the project. The residents are linked to tideland in the project area economically or culturally. And they were not compensated sufficiently. They are one of strong resistance forces but more recently become isolated.
    5.There are interesting differences and common points between Korean reclamation problems and Japanese problems. For example, the system of public works or local resident's expectation for public works are very in common, but the environmental movements are very different each other. The difference of the movement is seemed suggestive for the study of Japanese environmental movements.

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  • Changes of rural, mountainous and depopulated areas and problems of regional policy in the age of restructuring.

    Grant number:15520497  2003 - 2004

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    TSUTSUMI Kenji, NISHIHARA Jyun, OKAHASHI Hidenori, NISHINO Toshiaki, SEKIDO Akiko, KIM Doo-chul

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    Through the present time of restructuring, in depopulated regions such as mountainous villages and former coal mining regions, they are experiencing very big social and economic changes. Just under the situation our project intends (1) to examine regional policies, (2) to sum up the present actual problems in these areas, and (3) to prospect the direction of the changes and effective polices for them.
    All the members of this project have had meetings for three times and exchanged information and suggestion each other.
    Kenji TSUTSUMI organized this project and he researched in mountainous areas and had two opportunities of presentation at international conferences. Hidenori OKAHASHI researched in mountainous villages and wrote a review article about regional policy for mountainous areas. Jyun NISHIHARA had positive chances to study in the former coal mining regions and industry-decaying areas, and he also wrote an article about revitalization of such regions. Toshiaki NISHINO worked hard about policies for forestry in Japan. He makes much of fluvial basin areas for redeveloping the decaying industry there-forestry. Akiko SEKIDO researched about agricultural landscape, which has a high value for sightseeing in Hokkaido. And Doo-Chul KIM investigated political system of divisions of the national government of Japan. Also he researched the environmental issues around Isahaya Bay.
    Our team sees regional functions for daily living and local industry in depopulated areas very important. So social ties and social capital in the new meanings are vitally central for people there. And sustainable development there can be possible by the self sustaining and also by from the outer helps (of/from NPO's or so). In near future national regional policies also have been changed the purposes for depopulated areas self sustaining. But there are a lot of very weak communities and municipalities. Then the regional policies for them must be think much of inner and outer efforts to sustain the regions.
    Our project also has constructed database for policies and projects about such regions revitalization and sustainabilities.

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  • 戦後国土開発の日韓比較-折衷型開発パラダイムと過疎地域の形成過程に注目しつつ-

    Grant number:13780058  2001 - 2002

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 若手研究(B)  若手研究(B)

    金 どぅ哲

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    本研究は日本と韓国における国土開発の類似性と異なる結果に着目し、(1)両国の戦後国土開発を開発パラダイムの観点から比較・検討し、類似点と相違点を明らかにするとともに、(2)「折衷型開発パラダイム」への転換後の結果の違いを、実行計画への反映と実際の財政配分および地方行政の役割といった3つの側面から比較・検討し、「折衷型開発パラダイム」の可能性と限界を明らかにするものである。
    以上のような研究目的を鑑み、今年度は昨年度の成果を踏まえ、国土開発の成果の比較分析を行った。すなわち、(1)地域別の建設受注額と種類や地域内生産と家計消費の経年変化等を分析し、国土開発計画の成果を定量的に把握した。(2)地方行政の裁量権の拡大など非定量的な側面を評価するため、地方行政に権限が委ねられる地方交付税の経年変化を分析した。(3)国土開発計画の策定に関わる専門家に対する深層インタビューを行い、国土開発計画における技術的な側面とイデオロギー的な側面を突き止め、計画と実行そして結果との乖離の原因を比較分析した。(4)過疎対策関連の財政投資の経年変化を比較分析し、過疎地域の形成・維持と国土開発との関連について検討した。
    以上の分析から、次のような成果が得られた。すなわち、(1)韓国における国土開発は、1990年代の第3次国土総合開発計画以降「地方分散型開発戦略」を標榜しているが、地域別の建設受注量は依然として京釜軸(ソウルと釜山をつなぐ地域軸)及び東南臨海地域に集中している。しかし、1990年代後半以降全羅南道および江原道にも地方中心都市を中心に局地的に建設受注量を伸ばしていることは注目に値する。一方、家計消費の推移は1990年代後半の金融危機の時期を除けば、飛躍的に増加している。(2)自治体の歳入に占める地方交付税の比重は全般的に増加しているものの、基礎自治団体である「郡」の管轄区域が広範に及ぶため、ミクロレベルでの地方交付税による財の配分にはいまなお課題が残る。(3)しかしながら、全般的な傾向としては韓国の国土開発も1990年代以降日本と同様に「折衷型開発パラダイム」にシフトしていると言える。

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  • 韓国の農村工業化はなぜ兼業化を伴わないのか-戦後日本の農村工業化との比較-

    Grant number:11780060  1999 - 2000

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 奨励研究(A)  奨励研究(A)

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    今年度は平成11年度の成果を踏まえて、韓国の農工団地の典型的な事例として慶尚南道陝川郡に位置する「栗谷農工団地」とその周辺地域に対するフィールドワークを行った。また、農村工業化の日韓比較のため、富山県八尾町と鳥取県日南町における現地調査もあわせて実施した。主な研究成果は次の通りである。
    1.栗谷農工団地は1987年に農工団地の指定を受け、1990年から操業を始めており、現在19の企業に474人の従業員が働いている。最寄りの大都市であるテグからの通勤は不可能であるため、生産職はほとんど地元出身であるが、管理職および熟練労働者は大都市から招いてこなければ確保できず、熟練労働力の不足は深刻である。立地企業のほとんどは中間財を下請けで生産する、従業員30人未満の零細企業であり、雇用の波及効果が及ぼす範囲は陝川郡の郡庁所在地である陝川邑とその周辺といったごく限られていた。
    2.1997年以降の韓国における金融危機以降、栗谷農工団地にも企業の倒産が相次ぎ、1998年頃まで稼働率は55%まで落ち込んだが、最近輸出の好調を追い風に回復に向かっている。
    3.陝川郡では行政(郡庁)が求人・求職の斡旋を行い、成果を上げているが、日雇いのが多く低賃金であるため、大都市への移出・転職が多く、人口減少の歯止めにはなっていない。
    4.また、それぞれの企業の技術水準と地元住民の雇用状況との関連でみると、明らかな傾向が認められる。すなわち、技術力の低い生産工程を持つ企業は、付帯施設の費用が削減できる上、必要な労働力を迅速に確保できるというメリットから地元住民の雇用を希望するが、技術力の高い生産工程を持つ企業は、地元住民の場合、農繁期での無断欠勤など労働倫理が希薄であるという理由で地元住民の雇用を控えるという両極の現象が見られる。
    こうしたことは本研究の仮説であった、「地域労働市場をめぐる供給側(地域住民)と需要(誘致企業)とのミス・マッチ」を支持することであり、その原因の一つは外部から移転してきた企業が該当地域のライフパターンと調整(regulation)されていないことと言えよう。
    以上のような結果を日本の事例と比較してみると、日本の場合は周辺的でありながらも地域との連携により着実に技術力を高めてきた企業が中枢をなしているが、韓国の場合は依然として低賃金と行政の誘導策に依存する企業が多いと言えよう。

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  • 過疎地域における内生的住民組織の変容と地方行政の役割-大分県湯布院町と山形県小国町の事例

    Grant number:09780110  1997 - 1998

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業 奨励研究(A)  奨励研究(A)

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    今年度は山形県小国町において過疎問題への対応をめぐる政策プロセスや住民組織のあり方を中心に調査を行った.さらに,山村のみならず平野農村における過疎問題との比較も行うべく,水田単作農村である岩手県東和町での調査をも並行して行った.今年度の調査により得たおもな成果は以下の通りである.
    1. 山形県小国町の面積は東京23区よりもやや広く,一時期には115を数えるほどの集落が町全域に散らばっており,昭和30年代以降激しい人口流出が生じたが,その空間的構造は町役場所在地を中心に同心円構造をなしていた.こうした問題に対処すべく小国町では拠点集落方式による集落再編成が行われた.すなわち,二次生活圏(町全域),一次生活圏(主に旧村),基礎集落圏の3段階に定住体系を築き,それぞれの中心を拠点集落として諸施設を整備しようとするものであった.しかし集落の移転は,結果として都会への挙家離村を促し,過疎を促進する結果となってしまった.また,旧滝集落からの移転によって形成された幸町の例から,内生的住民組織は移転先においても伝統行事の担い手として引き継がれていることが確認できた.
    2. 岩手県東和町における生産調整は牧草転作を主な態様として推移してきたが,1990年代は牧草転作以外の態様を迫られている.農家個別的な農業生産が展開している開田地域では,調整水田の増加が特徴的であるが,総じて圃場条件の優劣が生産調整の対応を規定する.伝統的水田地域では,政策的な受け皿として設立された生産組合の特性ごとに,農家の階層分化の度合いが異なり,生産調整態様の推移にも差異がみられる.組合の形骸化によって下層農家の脱農化が進行している館では粗放的な態様が増加しているのに対し,生産調整に対して集団的な対応をとる沖では,組合農家の農地を有効に利用し,高収益の見込める作物を導入することで,牧草に依存しない生産調整態様が可能となっている.

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  • 日韓比較文化論

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  • Camparative Study of Culture and Society between Korea and Japan

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