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http://dx.doi.org/10.13087/kosert.2019.22.6.97

Evaluation indicators for the restoration of degraded urban ecosystems and the analysis of restoration performance  

Sohn, Hee-Jung (Interdisciplinary Program in Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University)
Kim, Do-Hee (Environmental Planning Institute, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University)
Kim, Na-Yeong (Interdisciplinary Program in Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University)
Hong, Jin-Pyo (Woo Young Environment & Development, Co., Ltd.)
Song, Young-Keun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology / v.22, no.6, 2019 , pp. 97-114 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the effect of urban ecosystem restoration projects by evaluating the short-term restoration performance of the project sites, from both qualitative and quantitative evaluations. In this study, for the qualitative evaluation, we derived the evaluation frame from previous studies and literature. For the quantitative evaluation, the changes in ecological connectivity after the restoration project were described using landscape permeability and network analysis. In addition, changes in habitat quality after the restoration project were evaluated by using InVEST Habitat Quality Model. These evaluations were applied to the three natural madang (ecological restoration) projects and two ecosystem conservation cooperation projects. As a result, three categories, 10 indicators, and 13 sub-indicators were derived from literature as the evaluation frame for this study. In the case of quantitative evaluation of restoration performance, habitat quality increased by 45% and ecological connectivity by 37% in natural-madang, and habitat quality by about 12% and ecological connectivity by about 19% in ecosystem conservation cooperation projects. This implies that the ecological restoration project can increase the ecological connectivity and the habitat quality of degraded sites even in a short period of time by improving the land-cover and land use. The results by applying the evaluation frame indicated that ecological and environmental factors and the ecological functions were improved by the restoration works, even though the magnitude of performances were diverse depending on the specific evaluation items, project type, and site characteristics. This study clarified that the success of ecological restoration project should be assessed by both of the short-term and long-term goals, which can be achieved by the maintenance and sustainable management, respectively.
Keywords
Ecological restoration; Ecological connectivity; Network analysis; InVEST; Habitat quality; Urban ecology;
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