In this thesis, a list of aspects or characteristics of sustainable development awareness
in a society was made from a literature review of the history of sustainable development,
theories and practices on sustainable development, and sustainable development in
anthropology. An historical review of tideland reclamation in Korea and key informant
interviews about the Saemangeum Tideland Reclamation Project were conducted. It was
an effort to show that the Saemangeum Project became the first national controversy over
sustainable development in South Korea by applying the list of aspects or characteristics
of sustainable development awareness. This study was carried out in an attempt to seek a
way of studying sustainable development from an anthropological point of view. The
results of this study indicated that the majority of aspects or characteristics of sustainable
development awareness had emerged in the early and middle 1990s when the
Saemangeum Project became a national controversy over the environment versus
development. Broadening the research area of sustainable development by focusing on a
human behavior, awareness, is the main contribution of this study to the anthropological
study of development. The thesis concludes with the possibility of a comparative study
between countries where mud-flats are a significant natural resource to deepen
understanding sustainable development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1722 |
| Date | 02 June 2009 |
| Creators | Choi, In Huck |
| Contributors | Werner, Cynthia |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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