• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-18
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• 2008

If there is no choice but to be urbanized, we should examine how human interference has had influences on the area to keep the river environment safe and stable. This study is aimed at finding improvement by examining the effect of human interference in Gapcheon river in Daejeon, which is developing fast. Distinctive features of human interference in Gapcheon river are followings. First, middle and upper reaches of Gapcheon river are being maintained and restored focusing on flood control but are scheduled to develop city and channel. Second, the rear area of middle and lower reaches of Gapcheon river is already developed into an urban district and solidified into artificial stream for leisure activities installing the artificial structure for fun. Third, lower reaches of Gapcheon river are in an unstable condition because of straightening waterway and developing rear area of river. Up to now, geographical features and bio-diversity of Gapcheon river has been ruined by the artificial management of river centered for technical engineering. From now on, followings should be considered for management of urban river. First, it is focused on maintaining eco system by itself than usage for human. Second, natural features of rear area of river should be taken into consideration and should be preserved before developing urban city and hills, back marsh, channel deposit and swamp to directly have an influence on river.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.359-368
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to examine distribution and damages of the trails of inquiry of urban natural parks. Those parks were located at south-north green corridor at Incheon being mountainous type of urban natural parks that were core area of urban ecosystem preservation to of urban natural parks that citizens recently made use of them as nature experience type of leisure and recreation place from time to time, and to supply basic material deciding on the ways to improve the trails of nature preservation type. The survey sites included Geyang Park, Baekma Park, Yaksa Park, Munhak Park and Cheongryang Park. The number of main trails was 42 at Geyang Park, 43 at Baekma Park, 9 at Yaksa Park, 28 at Munhak Park, and 22 at Cheongryang Park, and it was excessively more than optimum needed: The number of branch trails of the parks seemed to increase. The bared trail width in average of the roads was 3.5m, while maximum depth in average was 21.3cm. The trails were thought to be deteriorated rapidly without systematic maintenance. The 5th and 6th grade of the impact rating class that required restoration because of serious deterioration occupied 19.6∼78.0%. Based on the findings, the study suggested ways to improve and manage the trails of inquiry of urban natural parks that were placed at south-north green corridor at Incheon.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.463-463
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• 2022

도시하천은 급속한 경제성장과 개발 등 여건변화에 따라 크게 변화되어왔다. 이에 하천은 본연의 모습과 가치를 잃고 인공적인 모습으로 변해 하천의 주요 기능인 자정작용, 생태계 건강성 유지 등의 기능을 잃고 도시 활동에 따른 오염물질에 노출되어가고 있는 실정이다. 이로 인한 부정적인 영향으로 도시민의 삶의 질과 만족도 또한 하락되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 부산의 대표하천인 수영강을 대상으로 도시하천 수질 개선을 위한 도시민의 지불의사를 추정하였다. 비시장가치를 추정하기 위해 조건부가치측정법(CVM, Contingent Valuation Method)을 적용하여 수질개선에 따른 지불의사(WTP, Willingness To Pay)를 파악하고 경제적 가치를 추정하였다. 가상시나리오는 EPA, water quality ladder의 개념을 이용하여 현재 수영강 수질이 오염된 물(4등급)이라고 가상시장을 설정하고 낚시가 가능한 수준(2등급)까지 개선을 시키고자 할 때의 지불의사를 물었다. 이때 지불수단은 기부금의 형태로 연 1회 향후 5년간 지불기간을 설정하였다. WTP 모형추정은 KDI에서 제시하고 있는 로지스틱분포 함수와 스파이크 모형을 사용하여 WTP를 추정하였다. 스파이크 모형의 추정결과 평균 지불의사액은 12,255원으로 부산광역시 전체 가구 수인 1,392,291가구(2019년)에 적용할 경우 향후 5년간 연 170억 원의 재원을 확보할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 지불의사 추정결과 수영강 인접 지역주민의 지불의사가 높게 추정되었고, 부산시민이 수영강을 자연과 생태보전 기능하천으로 인지하고 있음(56.5%)을 고려 할 때, 하천환경개선을 통한 지불의사의 상승은 도시하천 가치 향상이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 도시민의 기대수준 충족과 더불어 도시하천 가치상승을 위한 부족한 재원까지도 조달 할 수 있는 방안의 기초를 마련 할 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.632-645
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• 2014

This paper criticized the recent Korean 'creative economy policies' focused on regional developmental implications. Even though the policies targeted to promote ICT new startups and build virtuous circle of ICT industrial ecosystem in Korea as a whole, the outside regions of the Seoul-Busan industrial axis where the bases of ICT industries are very weak would suffer from systematic exclusion in ICT investments and deepening regional disparities. Second, ICT-centered policies would selectively affect or operate commensurate with the size of regions in this low-growth, after-financial crisis age. Third, the possibilities of regional insularity and lock-in in these low levels of 'related variety' regions would worsen the industrial competitiveness. Lastly, the policies should be reoriented to fortify region-based creative economic ecosystem based upon triple helix learning region.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.126-133
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• 2020

In accordance with the implementation of the sunset provision to cancel the designations of urban park sites that remained unexecuted for a prolonged period until 2020, the park sites in the city center, which account for 90% of the long-term unexecuted urban facilities subjected to the provision, are currently on the verge of development. The total area of the 204 park sites that will disappear in Seoul as a result of this provision is 95 ㎢; moreover, 116 of these are privately-owned. It is expected that the possible changes in the use of these park sites could result in reckless development and reduction of green space, which would ultimately affect the ecosystem. This study applied the InVEST model to calculate the changes in the fixed carbon amount before and after the implementation of the sunset provision to estimate the economic value of these changes. The study focused on Jongno-gu in Seoul because it has the most unexecuted park sites subjected to the lifting of the designation. The research findings show that the fixed carbon amount provided by the unexecuted park sites in Jongno-gu was 374,448 mg, prior to the implementation of the sunset provision; however, the amount was estimated to decrease by 18% to 305,564 mg after its execution. When calculated in terms of average value of the real carbon price, this translated into a loss of approximately 700 million won. In addition, considering the social costs including both climate change and the impact on the ecosystem, an economic loss of approximately 98 billion won was projected. This study is meaningful because its predictions are based on the estimation of fixed carbon amount according to the implementation of the sunset provision in Jongno-gu and scientifically calculates the value of ecological services provided by the parks in the city. This study can serve not only as a basis during the decision-making process for policies related to ecosystem conservation and development, but also as an evidentiary material for the compensation of privately-owned land that is designated as urban park sites and was unexecuted for a prolonged period.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.693-702
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to present the problems of urban ecosystem imbalance in Seoul and the need to restore housing functions through comparison with Manhattan, New York, which grew earlier than Seoul and has been striving to solve urban problems and restore urban ecosystems. The residential status in urban commercial use areas was investigated through analysis of the total amount of residential space, characteristics of each type of residential building, and distribution of residential buildings. Through this, it can be seen that most of the space in Seoul's historic city center is biased toward commercial roads, and there are significantly insufficient high- and high-density mixed-use buildings suitable for urban dwellings compared to Manhattan's. In addition, it can be seen that the complex building in the historical city center of Seoul is located adjacent to the outskirts of the target site. In conclusion, Seoul's historical city center does not provide an appropriate residential space for creating an urban ecosystem, and it is necessary to come up with measures to restore housing functions.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.5_3
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• pp.1043-1060
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• 2023

An acceleration of climate change in recent years has led to increased attention towards 'blue carbon' which refers to the carbon captured by the ocean. However, our comprehension of marine ecosystems is still incomplete. This study classified and analyzed global marine eco-provinces using k-means clustering considering carbon cycling. We utilized five input variables during the past 20 years (2001-2020): Carbon-based Productivity Model (CbPM) Net Primary Production (NPP), particulate inorganic and organic carbon (PIC and POC), sea surface salinity (SSS), and sea surface temperature (SST). A total of nine eco-provinces were classified through an optimization process, and the spatial distribution and environmental characteristics of each province were analyzed. Among them, five provinces showed characteristics of open oceans, while four provinces reflected characteristics of coastal and high-latitude regions. Furthermore, a qualitative comparison was conducted with previous studies regarding marine ecological zones to provide a detailed analysis of the features of nine eco-provinces considering carbon cycling. Finally, we examined the changes in nine eco-provinces for four periods in the past (2001-2005, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2016-2020). Rapid changes in coastal ecosystems were observed, and especially, significant decreases in the eco-provinces having higher productivity by large freshwater inflow were identified. Our findings can serve as valuable reference material for marine ecosystem classification and coastal management, with consideration of carbon cycling and ongoing climate changes. The findings can also be employed in the development of guidelines for the systematic management of vulnerable coastal regions to climate change.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.1-27
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• 2004

In this paper we attempt to explore the institutional and clutural milieu of high-tech venture business cluster in Daegu City and provide policy implications for creating sustainable high-tech venture businesses cluster. Although since 1998 the Korean government has made explicitly a great deal of efforts to help attract and create high-tech new start-ups in non-capital cities such as the support of business incubating centers and the establishment of real service centres, it reveals that such policies are not so successful in creating a sustainable venture ecology. One of the most critical resions is that such policies are centred simply on building physical infrastructure such as incubating space and service centre with less concern with promoting venture business cluster reflecting cultural and institutional specificities in a given region. In this respect we argue that the focus of industrial policies to support promoting high-tech venture business clusters in non-capital cities urgently need to move towards to make it for firms to encourage entrepreneurship driving innovation and to create social capital incucing trust and networks amongst firms, universities, public &privite supporting agencies, together with the building up of physical infrastructure the existing policies have done.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.83-92
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• 2022

The 2020 summer extreme flood severely disturbed the riparian ecosystem of the Seomjin River. Some trees were killed by the flood impact, whereas others have recovered through epicormic regeneration after the disturbance. At the same time, several tree individuals newly germinated. This research aimed to explain the recovery of the riparian ecosystem by spatial proximity between each tree individual of different characteristics, such as "dead", "recovered", and "newly germinated". A spatial point pattern analysis based on K and g-functions revealed that the newly germinated trees and the existing trees were distributed in the spatially clumping patterns. However, further detailed analysis revealed that the new trees were statistically less attracted to the recovered trees than the dead trees, implying competitive interactions hidden in the facilitative interactions. Habitat amelioration by the existing trees positively affected the growth of the new trees, while "living" existing trees were competing with the new trees for resources. This research is expected to provide new knowledge in this era of rapid climate change, which likely induces stronger and more frequent natural disturbance than before. Environmental factors have been widely used for ecosystem modeling, but species interactions, represented by the relative spatial distribution of plant individuals, are also valuable factors explaining ecosystem dynamics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2010.03a
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• pp.981-983
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• 2010

도시 개발로 인한 불투수면의 증가 등으로 도시 수문환경의 변화와 물순환 시스템의 훼손 등이 발생하고 있다. 이러한 현상은 도시 홍수 위험의 증가, 유출량의 증가, 증발산량의 감소, 토양 침투량의 감소와 더불어 토양생태계, 지하수환경 및 하천 환경 등에 영향을 미친다. 여기에 비점오염원의 증가로 인한 하천 등의 수질 및 수생태계 영향 등 전반적으로 도시환경에 미치는 영향은 지대하다. 이에 기존의 중앙집중식 빗물관리에서 벗어나 발생원에서 빗물을 관리하는 자연순응형의 분산식 빗물관리 방식 및 그 시스템의 적용은 미국과 독일을 비롯한 유럽에서 정책화되어 있다. 이들 국가에서는 이러한 시스템의 적용에 따른 효과 모니터링을 추진하고 있는 상황이다. 우리나라는 이러한 자연형 물순환 시스템의 도시 적용을 이제 시도하고 있으며, 그 일환으로 아산신도시에 적용을 위한 사전 데이터 확보를 위해 식생수로를 아산지역의 주차장 유출수를 처리하기 위해 설치하였다. 본 연구에서는 주차장 유출수 관리를 위한 발생원 처리 시설인 식생수로의 설치, 운영 등에 대한 내용을 소개하고자 한다.