*2008 KOCER！URP Symposium*

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*Poverty and Community*

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*Co-orgnized by *

*KOCER (Korea Center for City and Environment Research) *

*and URP (Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University)*

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*December 16 2008*

*Learning Hall, National Human Rights Commission of Korea *

*Schedule *

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1:30 - 2:00 Registration

2:00 - 2:20 Welcome by

Seong Kyu Ha (Director General, KOCER)

Toshio Mizuuchi (Vice Director, URP)

2:20 - 3:40 Presentation

Chair: Seong Kyu Ha (Chung-Ang University / Director General, KOCER)

Does the Adoption of a Spatial Perspective Contribute to the Study of Poverty?

Toshio Mizuuchi (URP)

Residential Areas of People from Chosun in Japan after WW II and Forced Evictions

Takuya Motooka (URP)

'New Town Projects' in Korea and Housing Rights

Won Ho Lee (Korean Coalition for Housing Rights)

Children in Poverty and their Housing Problem

In Ok Hong (KOCER, Senior Researcher)

3:40 - 4:00 Break

4:00 - 5:40 Discussion

Commentators:

Yingfang CHEN (Department of Sociology, East China Normal University, Shanghai)

Wing-Shing TANG (Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University)

Young Hwan Lee (Department of Social Welfare, SungKongHoe University)

Chan Jin Lee (Lawyer)

and Audience

*Venue: *

Learning Hall, 11th Floor, National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Gumsegi Building, No. 16, Euljiro 1-ga. Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea, 100-842