• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.73-96
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• 2013

This aim is to explore the change of lifestyle caused by climate change and develop available adaptation policies against climate threats in Central Asia with the perspective of nomadism, which depends entirely on natural ecosystem. This article also attempts to pinpoint the dynamics between nomadic lifestyle and adaptation options for the resilience of nomadic community against climatic change threats. The adaptation options and opportunities as well as the impacts of land use change and nomadic pastoralists' lifestyle caused by climate change cannot be overemphasized. We suggest that nomadic lifestyle may aggravate the degree of vulnerability to climate change threats, whereas the capacity of nomad to successfully adapting to new environment in developing countries can be superior to that of settler lifestyle in one place in developed countries.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.3-20
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• 2013

Recently, impacts and damages of extreme climate change have already affected on worldwide. Thus adaptation and action plan are essential concepts in minimizing the impacts of climate change. In order to introduce climate change adaptation decision-making measure, the need for high-quality and integrated information system within adaptation policy has increased enormously. However, most of adaptation information is based on different sources and various backgrounds. Currently, domestic climate change information is disseminated from about 132 internet sites and most of them are limited to general information of climate change, rather than information that are based on scientific evidence. Also, there are some difficulties in updating new resources. Reliable climate change information is provided from different agencies, which makes users difficult to locate right information they need. As a progress to overcome the limitations of these problems, we carried out a feasibility research on integrated information system for climate change adaptation. For the objectives, our solutions are as follows. First, we analyzed definition of climate change adaptation and climate change adaptation information. Second, we suggested integrating the information system for adaptation and phased implementation plan for establishing integrated information system for climate change. Finally, we verified the establishment of integrated support system based on policy applications of integrated information system. This system will provide an integrated climate change information and be a very useful tool to support the decision making process of effective climate change adaptation policies.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.179-188
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• 2010

To cope with various issues in the aspect of climate change adaptation of UNFCCC, Korea began preparing a Five-year National Climate Change Adaptation Plan in 2010 to be implemented from 2011~2015, for the purposes of securing a concrete system to adapt to climate change. Compared with the policies and measurement tools of developed countries, Korea's climate change adaptation capabilities suffers from a number of limitations including insufficiencies of basic information, human resources for research on climate change, and technology in risk and vulnerability assessment. At the same time, Korea maintains superior information technology systems, and comparatively strong climate change adaptation technologies. Recently, with the establishment of the Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change as a specialized research organization in climate change adaptation, Korea has upgraded its ability to adapt to climate change and to provide support to other Asian countries which are vulnerable to climate change. In consideration of the close relation between climate change adaptation policy and technology development with the environmental industry, Korea's pursuit of cooperation and technical support for developing countries in the Asia region can be seen as the commencement of a long term investment for the nation's future. International cooperation on climate change adaptation between countries in the region can build a mutually complementary and integrated partnership in business, research, education, and other areas. Furthermore, Korea can also participate in the exploration of common issues as landmark projects that can attract global interest with developing countries.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.19-28
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• 2017

This study has intended to perform comparative analysis of climate change adaptation-related recognition between public officials and citizens in ChungCheongBukDo-Province, Korea. To reach this goal, we identified difference between the two groups by prioritizing target group's adaptation policies for climate change, and analyzing climate change adaptation-related recognition in each sector. Climate change adaptation policies can have great policy utility when the boundaries between policy makers and detainees are blurred. Therefore, this study has suggested some measures to reduce the recognition gaps between the target groups by analyzing the characteristics of the groups.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.139-151
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• 2014

It is increasingly supported by scientific evidence that greenhouse gas caused by human activities is changing the global climate. In particular, the changing climate has affected human health, directly or indirectly, and its adverse impacts are estimated to increase in the future. In response, many countries have established and implemented a variety of mitigation and adaptation measures. However, it is significant to note that climate change will continue over the next few centuries and its impacts on human health should be tackled urgently. The purpose of this paper is to examine domestic policies and research in health sector in adaptation to climate change. It further aims to recommend future research directions for enhanced response to climate change in public health sector, by reviewing a series of adaptation policies in the selected countries and taking into account the general features of health adaptation policies. In this regard, this study first evaluates the current adaptation policies in public health sector by examining the National Climate Change Adaptation Master Plan(2011~2015) and Comprehensive Plan for Environment and Health(2011~2020) and reviewing research to date of the government and relevant institutions. For the literature review, two information service systems are used: namely, the National Science and Technology Information Service(NTIS) and the Policy Research Information Service & Management(PRISM). Secondly, a series of foreign adaptation policies are selected based on the global research priorities set by WHO (2009) and reviewed in order to draw implications for domestic research. Finally, the barriers or constraints in establishing and implementing health adaptation policies are analyzed qualitatively, considering the general characteristics of adaptation in the health sector to climate change, which include uncertainty, finance, technology, institutions, and public awareness. This study provides four major recommendations: to mainstream health sector in the field of adaptation policy and research; to integrate cross-sectoral adaptation measures with an aim to the improvement of health and well-being of the society; to enhance the adaptation measures based on evidence and cost-effectiveness analysis; and to facilitate systemization in health adaptation through setting the key players and the agenda.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.410-410
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• 2019

기후변화는 전 지구적인 환경문제 중 하나이며 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 4차 평가보고서에서는 인류가 직면한 최대 위협이라고 하였다. 또한, IPCC는 현재 기후변화에 의한 영향은 명백히 나타나고 있으며 향후 기후변화에 의한 기상이변 예측과 적응 정책 및 조치가 중요하다고 권고하였다. 적응 정책 및 조치를 위한 기후변화의 영향분석은 우리나라에서도 많이 진행하고 있으나 개별 및 분류의 선형의 순차적 관계에 따라 개발 및 적용되고 있다. 기후변화는 자연생태계와 인간 활동의 복잡한 상호작용에 의해 발생하기에 개별적 연구 보다는 타 부문의 영향 및 결과가 환류되고 반영되어야 한다. 따라서 기후변화 영향평가는 농업, 물, 산림, 생태, 건강 등 다양한 부문 내/간 상호작용을 고려할 수 있는 통합 평가 방법이 필요하다. 통합 평가를 위해 플랫폼 개발은 필수적이며, 신속한 분석을 위해서는 개별 부문의 상세모델을 모방한 메타모델이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 미래 기후변화에 따른 영향을 통합적으로 평가하기 위한 메타모델을 개발하고, 상호 연결을 통해 다양한 연계양상을 평가하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.818-829
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• 2010

This paper provides an extensive overview of the literature on economic analysis of climate change, and thereby provides direction for effective adaptation policies for Korea. The paper first gives a comprehensive look on the estimation of economic costs of climate change as given by various research. Following, the paper examines the choice of measures that are used in the economic analysis of climate change by different sectors, including agriculture and human health. The paper also compares and discusses the various analytic results with a focus on Korea in order to shed light on where Korea stands. Finally, the paper examines current literature on adaptation polices in response to climate change, and by examining how such research has evolved and deepened with time, provide directions for the research on adaptation policies for Korea.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.44-52
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• 2019

The frequency and severity of damage caused by extreme climate events are increasing due to climate change. If the infrastructure is not prepared for the risks of climate change, property loss may occur in the facility itself and its surrounding areas. Therefore, climate change adaptation technology should be introduced to reduce future losses. Policy makers need to understand the economic impacts of each technology in order to select an appropriate option. Both the primary damage, which is the direct damage to the facility, and the secondary damage, which is the damage to the surrounding area due to climate change, should all be identified for understanding the economic impact from adaptation. This paper presents a procedure for deriving primary and secondary damage reductions from introducing adaptation technologies and suggests a methodology for evaluating adaptation technology specific to each infrastructure.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.249-249
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• 2012

기후변화의 영향으로 폭우발생 빈도 및 강도는 최근 들어 급증하고 있다. 빈번히 발생하는 대형 폭우에 의해 도시는 홍수와 산사태 등 많은 자연재해가 발생하고 있다. 최근 도시에서 발생한 대형 폭우재해의 1차적인 원인은 도시방재시설물 설계빈도를 상회하는 집중호우이지만, 방재를 고려하지 않은 도시계획 및 설계가 피해를 가중시킨 것으로 판단되고 있다. 대형화 및 일상화되어가는 폭우재해에 적응하기 위해서는 하수관거, 제방 등 전통적인 방재시설물 설계기준을 상향조정하는 구조물적 대책뿐만 아니라, 도시의 토지이용, 공원, 녹지, 광장, 도로 등의 구성요소를 활용하여 우수유출 저감 및 지연시켜 최대홍수량을 낮추는 비구조물적 적응방안도 필요하다. 기후변화에 따른 폭우재해에 도시차원에서 효과적으로 적응하기 위해서는, 다양한 폭우재해 적응 도시계획 및 설계기법을 개발하고, 그 효과를 시뮬레이션 할 수 있는 시스템 개발이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 개발된 홍수 및 산사태 관련 시스템들과 연계하고 정부의 다양한 부처에서 구축된 DB를 최대한 활용하여 폭우에 의해 발생하는 도시 홍수와 산사태 피해지점과 피해 영향권을 분석뿐만 아니라 폭우재해 적응 도시계획 및 설계기법을 효율적으로 적용할 수 있는 관리지역을 도출하고, 관리지역에 폭우재해 적응 도시계획 및 설계기법 적용시 효과를 분석할 수 있는 기후변화 폭우재해 적응 도시조성 시뮬레이션 시스템 개발방향을 제시한다.

• 열린충남
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• s.61
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• pp.16-22
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• 2013