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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2016.25.2.141

A Study on the Estimation of Environmental Carrying Capacity and Sustainability in National Land using the Emergy Synthesis  

Kim, Nam-Kook (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Chang, Yoon-Young (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.25, no.2, 2016 , pp. 141-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted laying the focus on finding the mutual action between the substantial ecological value and economic system in the national land, and calculating the environmental carrying capacity and sustainability of the national land using the emergy synthesis. Particularly, this study pays attention watchfully to the reality that the analytic framework to analyze sustainability is not arranged well, as the concept of sustainable development considering environmental carrying capacity, which becomes a widely discussed topic today, is defined differently according to the subjective views of respective researchers, and the situation which needs in-depth evaluation on the interaction between nature and economy which becomes the fundamental of sustainable development. This study also aims at groping for correct direction for the national land development by calculating the environmental carrying capacity and index value which is appropriate to the national land and providing the framework for preparing the policy to induce the sustainable use and management of the national land. The concept of emergy synthesis which is used for the evaluation of environmental carrying capacity and sustainability in the national land, as in this case, can notify the information on current situation of the national land as well as explain how the national land transforms according to time pass (the role of information synthesis), and gives knowledge if the national land policies advances toward the direction of sustainable development (the role of policy evaluation and observation). Emergy synthesis also can take role for selecting best policy on the process of decision making on the exploitation of the national land (the role on the process of decision making).
Keywords
National land; Environmental carrying capacity; Sustainability; Emergy synthesis;
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