Cognitive Mapping with Local Residents in Search of Resources for Sustainable Ecotourism - With a Focus on Villages Located around Upo Wetland Protection Area-

place attachment;spatial cognition;community participation;wise use;land use zoning;mutual relation;community mapping;ecotourism;sustainability;Upo wetland;공간인지;공간인식;주민참여;현명한 이용;용도지역지구;습지보호지역;우포늪;생태관광;토평천;712

환경대학원 환경조경학과 ;

University:서울대학교 대학원

关键词: place attachment;    spatial cognition;    community participation;    wise use;    land use zoning;    mutual relation;    community mapping;    ecotourism;    sustainability;    Upo wetland;    공간인지;    공간인식;    주민참여;    현명한 이용;    용도지역지구;    습지보호지역;    우포늪;    생태관광;    토평천;    712;   

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美国|英语

来源: Seoul National University Open Repository

【 摘 要 】

-Abstract-Today, minimizing environmental impact while promoting resident participation in cultural district, environmental history and natural environment wisely is called ecotourism. Ecotourism was introduced as an alternative of existing public tourism, however, majority of ecotourist attractions(ETA) failed to operate and manage effectively due to top-down governance and continuous conflict with the local residents. Ministry of Environment have designated 20 ETA since 2013, unfortunately, the reality of the sustainable management is not well activated. Designated ETA not only have been polluted, it also have potential to get polluted in near future, and get constant complaints from local residents. Also, based on various researches on sustainable management of ecotourism, have pointed out lack of local residents’ participation and suggested increasing local residents’ participation in the process of management planning and operating management.Upo wetland of Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do Province in Korea is one of the ten ETA that has been designated as wetland protection area and Ramsar wetland. Even though precious ecological value has been proved, the wetland has only been focused on conservation with strict regulations, which caused conflicts with the local residents. Therefore, for setting sustainable management of ecotourism, local residents’ participation is desperately needed.The purpose of this research is to reconstruct land use zoning for sustainable ecotourism of Upo wetland with local residents’ participation. Also, to establish spatial planning for entire operation and sustainable management. Adjacent the wetland and the villages as ETA by setting the upper stream area of Upo wetland such as Daedae, Kwandong, Hyojeong and Soya village as research site is essential. The research method is divided into two steps. First, mapping cognition of the local residents of the research site, then generated the combined cognitive maps and analyzed how the local residents feel about the environment of their area. Cognitive map was set through open interviews with the local residents in advance, then proceed the mapping with generated items. To reconstruct sustainable ecotourism of Upo wetland, cognitive map and existing land use zoning was compared. Based on the local residents’ interview responses, ecotourism program has been suggested. Geographic Information System(Arc GIS 10.1) was used during the process of reconstructing mapping and land use zoning. Using cognitive mapping in this research supported comparative analysis of reconstructed land use zoning and existing land use zoning. As a result, local residents’ participation highly affected reconstruction of land use zoning. The contents are listed as follows.1. Balancing realistic regional economy activities andconservation of nature. 2. Grasping the specific reasons and improvements ofenvironmental damage.3. Discovering ecotourism resources and potential resources though local residents’ voluntary participation.4. Increasing willingness of local residents’ program participation. This research examined the effect of local residents’ participation. As a conclusion, ecotourism with the local residents is more practical. Nonetheless, other areas should establish more participation of local residents for improved operating management plan. Government ministry, local government, and other related organizations need to pursue sustainable ecotourism with local residents. With high expectation, it is anticipated that ecotourism provides both conservation of nature and regional economy activities.