제주도에 대한 무지의 반성과 그로 인해 새롭게 알아가는 즐거움이 이 책을 집필한 계기이다. 그리고 많은 관광객들이 제주도의 카페와 맛집, 아름답고 이국적인 풍경만 즐길 것이 아니라 제주도만의 역사, 문화, 생태도 이해하였으면 하는 바람도 집필의 계기이다. 이 때문에 책의 내용도 제주도의 독특한 관방시설인 환해장성과 연대, 제주도만의 문화가 녹아있는 무덤과 용천, 그리고 제주도만의 생태인 곶자왈을 중심으로 구성하였다. 또한 ‘전문가가 아닌 일반인들이 조금 더 깊은 전문적인 지식으로 제주도를 맥락적으로 이해하는 데 도움이 되도록 하자’라는 생각으로 기술하였다.

저자 : 송언근 경북대학교 지리교육과 학사, 동대학교 대학원 석·박사 대구교육대학교 교수. 한국지리환경교육학회장 뉴질랜드 크라이스트처치 교육대학 연구 교수 《대구 신천 유로의 지형 발달》 (2018) 《아는 답사에서 느끼는 답사로》 (2018) 《지역 이해를 위한 전통향토음식 답사의 과정별 주요 요소 구성》 (2017) 《1910년대 신천 좌안 충적평야의 하계망 특성》 (2017) 《대구 신천 유로 변화의 지리학적 해석》 (2017) 《이공제 위치와 대구 신천 분류 하천의 관계》 (2017) 《답사 코스 개발을 통한 역사적 주제의 시·공간적 접근》 (2016) 《사전조사가 탐구적 답사에 미치는 영향》 (2016)

책을 내면서 ㆍ 3 I. 제주의 관방시설 / 9 1. 환해장성 ·······························································11 1) 누가, 언제, 왜 환해장성을 만들었는가? ······························14 2) 남아있는 환해장성 ··················································23 (1) 신산 환해장성 ···················································23 (2) 온평 환해장성 ···················································27 (3) 화북(별도) 환해장성 ·············································40 (4) 조천 환해장성 ···················································51 (5) 애월 환해장성 ···················································65 2. 연대 ···································································83 1) 연대는 봉수대와 어떻게 다른가? ·····································87 2) 연대의 구조 ·······················································100 II. 제주의 무덤과 용천 / 105 1. 무덤 ··································································107 1) 무덤 위치: 삶과 죽음이 공존하는 공간 ······························109 (1) 지형과 토지 이용 ···············································109 (2) 토지 이용과 무덤 입지 ··········································118 2) 무덤 구조: 죽은 자를 위한 진짜 집 ·································124 2. 용천 ··································································135 1) 중산간 지역의 물 환경과 주민 생활 ································137 2) 해안 지역의 물 환경과 주민 생활 ···································153 (1) 취락과 용천 ····················································153 (2) 용천과 지질 ····················································158 (3) 용천과 주민의 삶 ···············································168 3. 문화 공간으로서 무덤과 용천 ·········································173 III. 제주의 숲, 곶자왈 / 181 1. 곶자왈의 의미와 발달 ·················································183 1) 곶자왈은 무엇인가? ················································186 2) 왜 곶자왈이 되었는가? ·············································191 2. 곶자왈의 가치 ························································195 1) 지하수 함양의 보고 ················································197 2) 개발의 완충지역 ···················································200 3) 해안에서 중산간 지역 사이 숲의 생태적 원형 ·······················204 3. 곶자왈의 답사 대상 ···················································211 1) 지하수 함양 지형 ··················································211 2) 곶자왈 생태 특성 ··················································221 (1) 판근 현상 ······················································221 (2) 식생과 생태 ····················································226 참고문헌 ·····························································233