Environmental Cooperation with the Distribution of Urbanization between South and North Korea

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Purpose: This study aims to lay the foundation for a comprehensive direction to solve future environmental problems through framework research on environmental cooperation according to distribution of urbanization between South and North Korea. Research design, data and methodology: For methodology, North Korea’s legal system to cope with disasters is taken into consideration. This study also analyzes a series of processes related to North Korea’s disaster management through case study, and draws policy measures for North and South Korea’s cooperation scope and methods. Results: The results support that North Korea is very vulnerable to environmental disasters due to food shortages, economic sanctions, and enormous natural disaster damages including flood damages occurring each year, because of the lack of disaster prevention infrastructure such as river maintenance. Conclusion: At the current time when North and South Koran exchange and cooperation increase, a disaster management cooperative system is needed for the areas where South and North Korea manage through division. It also suggests that there is a need to establish regulations and procedures for support items in advance for a quick response to disasters in North Korean region.

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