• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.751-763
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• 2015

Both the selection of indicators and weights for them are critical issues in the vulnerability assessment. This study is to assess the air pollution vulnerability focused on ozone for 249 local jurisdictions using weights calculated by the entropy methodology and then examine the applicability of the methodology. We selected indicators for air pollution vulnerability assessment and standardized them. Subsequently, we calculated weights of each indicator using the entropy method and then integrated them into the vulnerability index. The exposure indicators consider meteorological and air pollution factors and the sensitivity of the local jurisdiction include variables on vulnerable areas and environments. The adaptive capacity contains socio-economic characteristics, health care capacities and air pollution managemental factors. The results show that Hwaseong-si, Gwangjin-gu, Gimpo-si, Gwangju-si, Gunpo-si are among the highest vulnerabilities based on the simple aggregation of indicators. And vulnerability-resilience (VRI) aggregation results indicates the similar spatial pattern with the simple aggregation outcomes. This article extends current climate change vulnerability assessment studies by adopting the entropy method to evaluate relative usefulness of data. In addition, the results can be used for developing customized adaptation policies for each jurisdiction reflecting vulnerable aspects.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.130-130
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• 2001

산업사회의 발달로 말미암아 발생되는 여러 가지 문제 중 환경에 미치는 영향은 막대하다 하겠다. 특히 환경오염물질의 하수누출은 생태계뿐만 아니라 인간의 생명을 직접 혹은 간접적으로 위협하고 있다. 이러한 심각성을 인식하고 최근에 환경영향평가의 방법이 많이 개발되고 있다. 그러나 지금까지의 방법으로는 환경오염물질이 미치는 독성은 아직 미지수로 남아 있다. 이러한 분위기에 편승하여 환경독성 평가방법 중 어류 또는 포유류의 면역계에 대한 영향을 평가하는 방법을 개발하여 환경오염평가에 활용하고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.157-170
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• 2013

수질오염총량관리제 시행 하천에 대해서는 객관적이고 과학적 방법으로 유역내 각 지역의 오염부하량을 할당할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 대도시에서 배출되는 오염부하의 영향을 크게 받는 영산강수계의 중상류부를 대상으로 오염부하량 할당 방법에 대해 검토하였다. 오염부하량 할당을 위한 수질모델링은, 수질관리에 흔히 적용되어온 QUAL2E의 최근 판인, QUAL2Kw를 이용해서 수행하였다. 모델 적용 대상 지역의 각 reach의 수질매개변수는 QUAL2Kw의 자동보정 기능을 이용해서 추정하였다. 오염부하량 할당의 최적화는 유전알고리즘(genetic algorithm)을 이용하였고, 최소부하량 삭감법(least waste load removal allocation), 일정 부하량 이상 최소부하량 삭감법(least waste load removal over a certain value), 동일삭감률 할당법(equal removal rate)의 세가지 방법을 적용하고 비교 검토하였다. 동일삭감률 할당법은 다른 방법보다 유역 전체 부하량 삭감량이 훨씬 크기 때문에 효과적이지 않았고, 이 방법을 쓰기 위해서는 부하량 삭감대상인 각 소유역과 하수처리장을 그 규모와 특성에 따라 세분화할 필요가 있다. 동일삭감률 할당법의 적용시 세가지 범주로 나누어서 삭감률을 적용하였다. 오염부하량 삭감의 효율성을 감안할 때 최소 부하량 삭감법보다 일정 부하량 이상 최소부하량 삭감법이 더 적절한 것으로 검토되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.293-294
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• 1999

일반적으로 환경오염 하면 대기, 수질 토양오염과 같은 실외 오염을 의미하며, 우리 나라의 경우 대부분의 환경오염에 대한 연구가 이들에 집중되어 있다. 그러나 실질적으로 일반인이 실외에서 보내는 시간보다도 실내에서 지내는 시간 (70∼80％) 이 월등히 많으며, 외국의 여러 보고에 의하면 대기오염보다 실내공기 오염이 일반인의 건강에 미치는 영향이 훨씬 현저하다(Table 1), 그러나 우리 나라의 경우 환경에 관한 연구는 환경부에서 주도한 관계로 실외 환경오염에 집중되어 있다.(중략)

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.152-158
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• 2015

This paper investigated the membrane fouling potential at the state of passive adsorption which is no permeation with the test modules on COD (Chemical oxygen demand) loading rates, examined the recovery rate and resistance on membrane fouling by three cleaning manners of hydrophobic membrane in a bioreactor. The results showed that high COD loading led to the increase of extra-cellular polymeric substances and filtration resistance. The permeability resistance from 1st day to 63rd day was getting increased, however, the value of permeability resistance after 63th day during the operation period was almost same level at three COD loading rates, it was due that the biomass adhesion on membrane surface at the state of passive adsorption reached to the critical state. Also, the final recovery rates after three cleaning manners were 78%, 72% and 69% at the COD loading concentrations of 250 mg/L, 500 mg/L and 750 mg/L respectively, and then recovery rate by physical cleaning at Run 2 and Run 3 was decreased after 40th day, it proved that biomass cake, which is not easily removed, was formed on the membrane surface because of high COD loading rate and EPS concentration.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.64-72
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• 2007

Humans are exposed by a range of pollutants in soil via exposure routes such as ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. Risk assessment is a process of evaluating the adverse health effects of chemicals as a result of exposure to stressors, and it is a very useful tool to establish the cleanup goals in contaminated lands. In the exposure assessment that is one of main process in risk assessment, exposure factor plays a significant role to quantify the intake of soil pollutants. However there is a very limited study about the exposure factor applicable to Korea. In this study, we compared the exposure factors applied by the developed countries including the United States and representative European countries, and suggested the exposure factor that might be suitable in our situation. The exposure factors considered in this study include average lifetime, body weight, (exposed) skin surface area, life time, skin absorption, soil-skin adherence factor, and soil ingestion rate. This information is needed to quantitatively estimate the intake of soil pollutants in contaminated lands.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.751-758
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• 2019

This study tested various assumptions that simplified the configuration of the numerical model for unsaturated zone's contaminant transport to simulate the pathway to exposed point. This study investigated the contaminant migration through in the pollutant exposure pathway of vadoze zone for risk assessment of the contaminated site. For the purpose, generic scenarios as well as contaminant-based scenarios were simulated using the numerical code for transport of the contaminant in the pathway. The finite-difference one-dimensional transport with adsorption and biodegradation were considered, and it also assumed that the initial concentration was also depleted over time. The results of the generic-scenario show that as the groundwater infiltration rate decreases, the longer the path from the source to the groundwater level, the lower the concentration at the point of inflow into the groundwater level. In particular, in the case of high biodegradation rate and rapid depletion of pollutant sources, statistically outliers were found in the simulated results and generic scenarios was good at prediction.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.1 no.1 s.1
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• pp.171-180
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• 1993

Concern about nonpoint source pollution associated with urban storm water has led to the development of new tools for better water quality planning. This paper presents an application of a geographic information system (GIS) for urban water quality study. The GIS was used to manage land use data for nonpoint source pollution modeling and to aggregate pollutant loadings within various types of geographic units. An empirical water quality model was used to estimate pollutant loadings based primarily on land use. A land use coverage was created by updating an old coverage through interpretation of recent photography. This land use coverage was also used to record all pollutant loadings for each land use polygon. Storm sewer maps were digitized and interpreted to create a coverage of storm sewer basins and sub-basins. By overlaying pollutant loadings with the sewer sub-basin layer, aggregated pollutant loadings for major sewer outfalls were calculated. Based on the loading information, critical areas of excessive pollutant loadings were located and the effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to control pollutant loadings were evaluated.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.313-313
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• 2021

남·북한강 상류 수계에는 만대지구, 가아지구, 자운지구, 도암호유역, 골지천유역, 대기지구 등 총 6개의 비점오염원관리지역이 지정되어 있으며, 비점오염원관리를 위한 관리대책 및 시행계획에 따라 지속적으로 비점오염저감시설이 설치·운영되고 있다. 그러나, 기후변화에 따른 집중호우 등의 원인으로 뚜렷한 비점오염 저감효과가 나타나지 않고 있으며, 개별 비점오염 저감시설의 명확한 저감효율이 정량화되지 않아 탁수저감 기여도 및 효율성 평가 시 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 문헌연구를 통하여 비점오염저감시설별 저감효율 제시가 미흡하였던 시설 중 돌망태, 식생토낭에 대해 실험을 진행하였다. 저감효율 평가를 위해 경사도 3%, 사면 폭 4 m, 사면길이 22 m의 시험포를 조성하였다. 강우시 발생하는 유출수를 대조구와 비교하였으며, 영농시기를 고려하여 영농작업을 병행하여 실시하였다. 제거효율법을 통한 저감효율 산정 결과 돌망태와 식생토낭의 SS항목은 80.5%와 73.7%로 저감효율이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며, BOD는 71.2%, 60.2%, T-N은 70.5%, 64.7%, T-P는 63.7%, 63.1%로 나타났다. TOC는 46.8%, 38.8%로 다른 항목에 비해 상대적으로 낮은 저감효율이 나타났다. 부하량합산법을 통한 저감효율 산정 결과 돌망태와 식생토낭의 T-N 항목은 78.6%와 70.8%로 저감효율이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며, BOD는 77.5%, 65.4%, SS는 76.7%, 67.8%, T-P는 68.4%, 63.7%로 나타났다. TOC는 62.7%, 44.6%로 시설별 뚜렷한 차이가 나타났다. 제거효율법과 부하량합산법을 이용하여 저감효율을 분석한 결과 모든 항목에서 40%이상의 저감효율이 나타났으며, 돌망태가 식생토낭에 비해 저감효과가 좋은 것으로 분석되었다. 경사면의 흙탕물 저감을 위해서는 비점오염저감시설의 설치가 우선되어지나, 탁수저감 기여도 및 저감효율 제시를 위한 정량화는 장기간의 모니터링이 필요하기 때문에 지속적인 모니터링을 통한 효율평가가 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단되며, 본 연구 결과는 향후 비점오염저감시설 설치에 따른 유역 내 오염물질 발생 모의를 위한 모델링의 기초차료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.839-846
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• 2016

Since oil leakage is one of the most common nonpoint pollution sources that contaminate soil in Korea, the capacity of soil microbial community for degrading petroleum hydrocarbons should be considered to assess the functional value of soil resource. However, conventional methods (e.g., microcosm experiments) to assess the remediation capacity of soil microbial community are costly and time-consuming to cover large area. The present study suggests a new approach to assess the toluene remediation capacity of soil microbial community using a microbial diversity index, which is a simpler detection method than measuring degradation rate. The results showed that Shannon index of microbial community were correlated with specific degradation rate ($V_{max}$), a degradation factor. Subsequently, a correlation equation was generated and applied to Michaelis-Menten kinetics. These results will be useful to conveniently assess the remediation capacity of soil microbial community and can be widely applied to diverse engineering fields including environment-friendly construction engineering fields.