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Land Use Policy
Peer-reviewed publication
February 2021
Republic of Korea

Driven by the development of information and communications technology as well as the spread of social networking services (SNS), access to spatial information has changed the way people select sites or areas.

Peer-reviewed publication
January 2021
Republic of Korea

Identifying how the urban environment affects pedestrian volume is a traditional urban planning topic. Recently, because of climate change and air pollution, interest in the effects of urban microclimates has been increasing. However, it is unclear whether the effects of microclimate on pedestrian volume can vary depending on the urban environment.

Peer-reviewed publication
December 2020
Republic of Korea

Most election pledges require a significant budget for their implementation. In the case of a candidate for the head of a local government who presented his pledges related to urban planning by subdividing them into voting districts, we tested how the size of the budget committed to the voters affected the votes.

Peer-reviewed publication
September 2020
Republic of Korea

Mapping the characteristics and extent of environmental conflicts related to land use is important for developing regionally specific policies. However, because it is only possible to verify the frequency of conflicts on a specific predetermined subject, it is difficult to determine the various reasons for conflicts in a region.

Peer-reviewed publication
May 2020
Republic of Korea
Norway
Global

Seoul, a city in South Korea, experiences high particulate matter (PM) levels well above the recommended standards suggested by the World Health Organization. As concerns about public health and everyday lives are being raised, this study investigates the effects of land use on PM levels in Seoul.

Peer-reviewed publication
February 2020
Republic of Korea

Time and costs are often the most critical constraints in implementing a development impact fee (DIF) for local infrastructure installation planning in South Korea. For this reason, drafting quality plan alternatives and calculating precise DIFs for improvement remain challenging.

Journal Articles & Books
December 2019
China
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Japan
Mongolia
Republic of Korea
Russia

Deforestation, land degradation, and unsustainable land management threaten our lives and are responsible, both directly and indirectly, for many economic, social and environmental issues. In particular, countries in Northeast Asia face the growing threats of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD).

Peer-reviewed publication
May 2019
Republic of Korea

Recreation and tourism are important ways that people interact with and derive benefits from natural environments. Understanding how and where nature provides recreational opportunities and benefits is necessary for management decisions that impact the environment.

Journal Articles & Books
February 2019
Cameroon
Republic of Korea
Switzerland
United States of America
Philippines
Malaysia
Chile
Germany
China
Italy
Indonesia
Australia
Thailand
Congo
Argentina
India
Pakistan
Gabon
Brazil

This edition of Unasylva comes in the wake of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20,which, among other things, produced a document called The Future We Want.