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Analysis of Water Infrastructure Sustainability Index: Using Weighting and Cluster Analysis

물 인프라 지속가능성 지수 분석: 가중치 분석과 군집분석을 활용하여

  • 류재나 (한국환경정책.평가연구원 물국토연구부) ;
  • 강대운 (한국환경정책.평가연구원 물국토연구부)
  • Received : 2017.12.14
  • Accepted : 2018.04.16
  • Published : 2018.06.01
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to raise the necessity of ensuring sustainability of water infrastructures in economic, social and environmental sectors by using index that evaluates the sustainability centering on water supply and wastewater utilities. This study identified sub-indexes that should be stressed among different indexes in economic, social and environmental aspects and those indexes were compared by each clusters of cities. The principal component analysis was used to calculate the weights of the sub-indexes, and the k-mean cluster analysis was conducted to classify the clusters. As a result of the weighting analysis, financial independence, service revenue ratio, subsidy ratio, population coverage ratio, deterioration, stream/river ecosystem health and river water quality were found to be the major variables in assessing sustainability. Cities were then classified into two groups using the k-mean cluster analysis. The overall sustainability scored high in the economic sector was relatively satisfactory, but it was necessary to improve the environmental sustainability. The group with relatively good environmental sustainability showed low score in the overall sustainability and required improvements in the economic sector.

본 연구의 목적은 상하수도 시설을 중심으로 한 물 인프라의 지속가능성을 평가하는 지수들을 활용하여 경제, 사회, 환경적 측면에서의 지속가능성을 평가하고 지속가능성 확보 필요성을 제고하기 위함이다. 경제, 사회, 환경적 지수 중 중요하게 고려해야할 세부지수들을 파악하고, 전국 지자체를 유형화하여 집단 간 특성을 비교분석하였다. 세부 지수의 가중치 산출은 주성분 분석을 활용하였으며, 지자체를 유형화하는 과정에는 K-평균 군집분석을 시행하였다. 가중치 분석 결과, 전체 12개의 지수 중 재정자립도, 자본수입비율, 보조금비율, 서비스보급률, 노후화율, 수생태건강성, 하천수질이 지속가능성을 평가하기 위한 주요한 변수로 분석되었으며, 특히, 경제부문 지수의 영향력이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 다음으로는 군집분석 결과를 통해 지자체를 크게 두 가지 유형으로 분류하였고, 각 유형 별 특징을 살펴보았다. 먼저 경제부문의 지속가능성이 우수한 집단에서는 환경부문에 대한 개선이 필요한 것으로 나타났지만, 대체로 지속가능성 상태가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 환경부문이 우수한 집단에서는 지속가능성 상태가 열악한 지자체가 많이 포함되어 있으며, 특히, 경제부문 상태를 향상시키기 위한 집중적인 노력이 필요한 것으로 보인다.

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