• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.269-282
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• 2016

Watershed area can be submerged due to constructions and management of dams, and these change can impact not only on ecosystem and environment of river basin area but also on local climate. This study is conducted to construct and classify climate zones of Andong Dam watershed where the area is submerged due to the construction of the dam. By applying Principal Components Analysis (PCA) and Getis-Ord $Gi^*$ statistics, three climate zones were classified for the result. Each zone was then analyzed and validated with climatic and geological features including topography, land cover, and forest type map. As a result of the analysis, there was a difference in temperature, elevation, precipitation and tree species distribution among the zones. Also, an analysis of land cover map showed that there were more agricultural land near Andong Reservoir. This study on the climatic classification is considered to be useful as the basis for decision-making or policy enforcement regarding ecosystem, environmental management or climate change response.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.464-464
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• 2021

우리나라는 최근 도시지역의 광역화로 인해 시가화 지역이 지속적으로 증가하고 있으며, 이로 인해 증가한 불투수면적은 이수 및 치수 측면에서 다양한 문제를 야기하여 유역의 물순환 체계를 왜곡하고 있다. 더불어 하천의 건천화에 따른 하천 유지유량의 감소 및 공공수역으로 방출되는 오염물질의 증가는 하천의 다양한 환경적, 생태학적 문제를 야기하고 있다. 따라서 최근에는 유역 물순환 관리가 국가 물관리 정책의 핵심 전략으로 부각되고 있으며, 적절한 물순환 관리를 위해서는 물순환 건전성이 취약한 우선관리 유역을 도출하고, 해당 유역을 중심으로 보다 체계적이고 통합적인 유역관리 기술이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 유역 물순환에 영향을 미치는 주요 요소들을 기후, 수문, 수질 및 사회·경제적 요인 측면으로 구분하고, Pressure-State-Response (PSR) framework를 적용하여 각 요소 별 주요 평가 지표들을 압력 (Pressure), 상태 (State) 및 반응(Reponse) 요인으로 분류하였다. 또한 전국 소권역 단위에 대하여 각 지표들을 분석하여 기후, 수문, 수질 및 사회·경제적요인 별 물순환 건강성 점수를 산정하였다. 한편, 지역 및 요인별 물순환 건강성 점수를 기반으로 핫스팟 분석 (Hot Spot Analysis)을 수행하여, 통계적으로 유의미한 패턴을 나타내는 지역을 중심으로 우선관리가 필요한 지역을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서 도출한 물순환 건강성 평가 요소별 점수 및 핫스팟 분석 결과는 향후 물순환 우선관리 지역 선정에 있어 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.37-44
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• 2019

This study was conducted to identify the distribution characteristics of small village wetlands in Geumsan County, an inland mountain zone, and comparing with Seocheon County, a coastal plain area with different ecological environment characteristics. Using Arc-GIS (v10.1) the village wetland code was extracted to derive the possible location of the village wetland, and the final distribution of the village was obtained by performing indoor judging work based on satellite images, aerial photographs, topographical maps, Korea Land Information System (KLIS), land use level, land cover degree (division), and land use status by local surveying and indoor analyzing. Although Geumsan County (576.66km2) is more than 60% larger than Seocheon County (358.04km2), 607 villages in Geumsan County and 570 villages in Seocheon County are capable of making similar levels of 106.5% of wetlands, but only a fraction of those in Seocheon County were found to be 67.6%. The density of the village wetlands was much lower than that of Seocheon County, a coastal plain area, because there were many mountainous areas in Geumsan County, and most of the wetlands temporarily created for water supply were removed during the analysis phase of the Jeongsa Image, so the actual wetlands of the village were judged to be only two-thirds different from those of Seocheon County.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.311-321
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate effect of stream channel naturalness on ecological health by using environmental factors and Fish Assessment Index (FAI) in the Han River of South Korea. These samples and data have been released from the research project titled Stream/River Ecosystem Survey and Health Assessment, which was conducted in 444 sites in the Han river watershed from 2008 to 2016. All samples were classified into five groups according to a degree of morphological changes of stream. Water chemistry analyses indicated a decline in water quality by decreasing stream channel naturalness, it is assumed that channelized stream was vulnerable to aquatic pollution compared to the natural meandering stream. In the result of frequency of dominant species, sensitive species and insectivore such as Zacco koreanus, Rhynchocypris kumgangensis and Pungtungia herzi were frequently dominated in the natural meandering stream while tolerant species and omnivores such as Carassius auratus and Cyprinus carpio were more dominated in the channelized streams. The FAI in the channelized stream shows decline to average of $46{\pm}25$ compared with that of the natural meandering stream ($80{\pm}20$). The decrease in FAI was highly influenced by changes in matrixes of fish assemblage structure such as number of sensitive species (M3), portion of omnivores (M5) and insectivores (M6). Moreover, annual average FAIs from 2008 to 2016 were significantly correlated with water chemistry, especially TN, TP and BOD ($r^2=0.59$, p<0.0001). Taken together, all the results suggest that the stream channelization could negatively impact on the water quality and fish assemblage structure, leading to degradation in aquatic ecosystem health.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.268-287
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• 2022

This study reports newly discovered seven forest wetlands in the western part of the Korean Demilitarized Zone-Civilian Control Zone ecoregion. The wetland assessment criteria proposed by National Arboretum were adopted to evaluate four fields: vegetation and landscape, biogeochemical cycle, hydraulics and hydrology, and social-cultural-historical landscape and disturbances. Among seven wetlands located in Gimpo and Paju, five were of the fallow field type and two were of the natural type. A total of 474 plant species were recorded, including nine rare plants, such as the Carex capricornis Meinsh. ex Maxim. Three forest wetlands were sorted into A-grade, three into B-grade, and one into C-grade. Monitoring forest wetlands scattered across the border area ruled by military regulations can be challenging; still, as forest wetlands with high conservation value turned out, further investigations through remote sensing and cooperation by the relevant agencies will be required.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.126-133
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• 2017

This study analyzed hydrological changes of stormwater runoff of Seolleung Jeongneung zone according to the application of LID system based on landscape Architectural technology. The results are as follows. First, when flooding occurred in Gwanghwamun in July 27, 2011, the maximum instantaneous rainfall amount was 183 mm/hr recorded at 10:00 on 27th for 10 minutes, and it was confirmed that rainfall intensity more than three times as high as the maximum rainfall of 57.5 mm/hr. Second, it is possible to control peak flow rate in the case of 1,500mm of soil thickness, so that it is possible to improve the vulnerability of flood damage in Seolleung and Jeongneung zone when applying the LID system. Third, in the berm height scenario, peak flow rate control was not controled in all depth level models, but the first stormwater runoff was delayed by 4 hours and 10 minutes compared to the soil thickness scenario. It was interpreted as a relatively important indicator the soil thickness for the initial stromwater runoff reduction and the berm height for the peak runoff. Through this, the systematic adaptation of landscape-friendly ecological factors within the cultural property protection zone could theoretically confirm the effects of flood disaster prevention.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.139-159
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• 2019

This survey was conducted from May 2017 to August 2018 as part of the National Marine Ecosystem Surveys sponsored by MOF (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries) and KOEM (Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation). The survey was conducted at 157 stations including intertidal zones, coastal sand dunes and beaches. A total of 72 species of halophytes were identified and the total vegetated area was $1,813,546m^2$ in coastal waters of Korea. In the west coast region, Suaeda japonica was the dominant species, Phragmites communis in the southern coast, and Carex kobomugi in the east coast. Phragmites communis was the most dominant with $1,136,643m^2$ (62.7%) in the whole surveyed area. The top 11 dominant plants are Phragmites communis, Suaeda japonica, Suaeda maritima, Zoysia sinica, Carex kobomugi, Elymus mollis, Suaeda malacosperma, Phacelurus latifolius, Triglochin maritimum, Carex pumila and Carex scabrifolia, and Phragmites communis and Suaeda japonica accounted for 75.9% of the total vegetated area. The distribution of halophyte on the coast of Korea was determined by the habitat types rather than the climate ranges, and there was a difference in the species diversity and habitat range of the halophyte depending on the habitat diversities within the same area.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.11
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• pp.925-932
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• 2021

A drought-flood abrupt alternation event is an overlapping extreme event that is harder to cope with than a single event of drought and flood. It is also expected to have a significant adverse impact on ecosystems as well as industries and agriculture. However, there has not yet been a comprehensive study that characterizes the drought-flood abrupt alternation events in Korea. Therefore, this study employed a standard weighted average precipitation (SWAP) index, which is efficient to analyze not only individual events of drought and flood but also the drought-flood abrupt alternation events considering various time scales. The SWAP standardized the weighted average precipitation (WAP) by adding temporal weights to the precipitation. The SWAP indices were calculated for middle-sized watersheds of the Han River basin using the area average precipitation during 1966 and 2018. The severity K was calculated to represent the relative regional severity considering normal rainfalls, and used to characterize the drought-flood abrupt alternation in the study areas. The results indicated that 20 of the 30 middle-sized watersheds in the Han River basin were confirmed to increase the severity of drought-flood abrupt alternation over time. Considering the frequency and severity of drought-flood abrupt alternation events in each watershed, vulnerable areas and dangerous areas due to drought-flood abrupt alternation were identified, for example, the Upstream Namhan River (#1001).

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.2005-2009
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• 2008

하천수변조사는 하천수변의 물리 화학 생물학적 특성 파악과 이들의 상호 연관성 및 변화양상을 분석하기 위한 기초자료 수집과정이다. 하천수변조사는 치수 및 이수기능뿐아니라 하천환경 기능을 보전, 재생 및 복원시키고자 하는 하천정비사업에 이용되고 있으며, 이에 따라 하천정비기본계획, 하천환경정비사업 등에서 많은 조사가 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 수집된 자료의 형태가 대부분 도면이나 이미지 형태로 관리되고 있어 향후에 수변의 변화 상태를 갱신하기가 어려운 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 행정중심복합도시 권역내의 국가하천, 지방하천, 소하천을 대상으로 하천수변조사를 실시하였으며 조사결과의 체계적 관리를 도모하기 위하여 하천수변조사지도 DB 구축과 이를 관리할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구의 성과는 단기적으로는 하천환경정비시 보전 및 복원 방향의 설정, 하천의 현재 상황을 파악하고 이를 공사 진행에 반영, 공사 과정 중에서 하천의 반응상태를 파악하여 사업진행이나 방식을 개선하는데 활용될 수 있다. 장기적으로는 행정중심복합도시 조성 전후의 하천환경 및 생태변화상을 제공할 수 있고 자연친화적인 하천환경 관리를 위한 하천환경정보를 제공할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.2015-2018
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• 2008

도시에서 하천의 모습은 시대와 함께 변화하여 왔다. 치수의 대상이 되어 제방이 높아 졌고 사람들의 생활에서 조금씩 떨어져 나왔다. 고 밀도화가 진행되는 도시지역에서 치수사업으로 하천정비를 하면서 하도의 직강화 및 콘크리트라이닝이 일반적이 되었고, 하천을 복개하여 주차장이나 도로로 이용하게 되어 도시 생태계를 단절하고 도시인들의 정서를 황폐하게 만들었다. 이에 본 연구는 부산의 23개의 복개하천 중 주요 복개하천 20개소를 선정하여 복개하천의 관리 실태조사 및 복원가능성을 평가하였다. 평가방법으로는 해당하천을 총괄지수, 제방지수, 생태지수, 하천지수로 나누어 평가함으로써 부산시내 하천평가 및 복원가능성을 제시하였다. 연구순서로는 부산시 하천을 크게 4개의 권역으로 나누고 각 하천에 대한 문헌조사, 현장조사 후 하천평가(도시하천의 하천평가기법 개발 및 적용, 2007 윤세의)를 실시하였다. 평가 결과 도시화가 많이 진행된 유역을 가진 하천 일수록 모든 지수들이 낮게 나와 하천총괄지수와 도시화의 진행정도는 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구는 도심복개하천의 기초자료로서의 활용, 복개하천의 이용실태를 파악하고 개선방안을 제시해 기초 자료로서의 활용에 목적이 있다.