한국지형학회지 (Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea)
- 제24권4호
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- Pages.103-115
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- 2017
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- 1226-4296(pISSN)
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뉴질랜드 그레이트 워크스의 탐방로 훼손 - 통가리로 알파인 크로싱, 루트번 및 케플러 트랙을 사례로 -
Deterioration of Hiking Trails at Great Walksin New Zealand - Case Study on Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Routeburn, and Kepler Tracks -
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김태호
(제주대학교 지리교육과)
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Kim, Taeho
(Department of Geography Education, Jeju National University)
- 투고 : 2017.12.02
- 심사 : 2017.12.18
- 발행 : 2017.12.30
초록
This paper shows the types of deteriorated hiking trails and degrading factors at three Great Walks such as Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Routeburn Track and Kepler Track in New Zealand. The deteriorated trails could be classified into gullying, widening, narrowing, branching and sidewall erosion. Department of Conservation carefully manages overland flows on trails for preventing surface erosion, thus the Great Walks show only a minor problem of gully on trails which is usually active in a mountainous area. Widening and branching of trails caused by tread erosion are not also developed due to the restriction of visitors as well as the management of rainwash. However, despite the detailed maintenance and prevention of an overuse of trails, some trails traversing steep slopes in a alpine zone under a periglacial environment are severely degraded along their sidewalls. It suggests that a unvegetated sidewall of trails has to be strictly managed in an early stage of occurrence and a slope-traversing section should be selected with more consideration when establishing a route of hiking trails.