Membership Overview

Regular Member

An individual who meets one of the following conditions, is recommended by a regular member of KPA, and finally approved by the council:

• One who has a bachelor’s degree in the field of urban and regional planning and has been engaged in the planning profession;
• One who has a minimum of 10 years working experience in the field of urban and regional planning; or
• One who is considered to have the status equivalent to one of the above conditions.
  Lifetime membership would be granted to a regular member who pays the lifetime membership fee as below.

Associate Members

A college student who is majoring in urban and regional planning, urban design, recommended by a regular member of KPA, and finally approved by the council.

Procedure of Joining KPA

• Online Application for Membership
• Payment of Membership Fee (using the KPA electronic payment system)
• Approval of Membership Application
• Completion of Application

Member Benefits

• Subscription to Urban Information Service (monthly) and Journal of Korea Planning Association (7 issues per year) (limited only to the subscribers)
• Discounted registration fees for conferences, seminars and forums
• Invitation to conferences, seminars and forums
• Support for hosting conferences and conducting research
• Consulting with urban and regional planning
• Submission of journal papers to Journal of Korea Planning Association (associate member can submit a paper as a co-author, not a first or corresponding author)
• Online access to various documents and data
• Acquisition of printed proceedings of conferences, seminars and forums (on demand)

Fees

Contact Information

Ms. Songi Han (Tel: +82-2-568-1812, Fax: +82-2-563-3991, E-mail: ssongi@kpa1959.or.kr)

Member Distribution