• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.35-51
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to improve the previous groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment method, apply it to the study area, and select priority areas for groundwater management based on the quantitative analysis of groundwater contamination vulnerability. For this purpose, first, the previous 'potential contamination' based on groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment method was upgraded to the methodology considering 'adaptation capacity' which reduced contamination. Second, the weight of groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment factors was calculated based on the analytical hierarchy process(AHP) and the result of survey targeting groundwater experts. Third, Gyeonggi-do was selected as the study area and the improved methodology and weight were implemented with GIS and actual groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment was carried out. Fourth, the priority area for groundwater contamination management was selected based on the quantitative groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment diagram. The improved detailed groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment factors in this study were a total of 15 factors, and 15 factors were analyzed as new and improved weight with higher 'adaptation capacity' than the assessment factor corresponding to the previous 'potential contamination' in the weight calculation result using AHP. Also, the result of groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment in Gyeonggi Province using GIS showed that Goyang and Gwangmyeong which were adjacent to Seoul had a high groundwater contamination vulnerability and Pocheon and Yangpyeong County had a relatively low groundwater contamination vulnerability. In this study, the previous groundwater contamination vulnerability assessment was improved and applied to study areas actually. The result of this study can be utilized both directly and indirectly for the groundwater management master plan at national and local government level in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.1-13
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• 2006

The aim of the study is to assess groundwater pollution hazard of Pohang city using the DRASTIC system developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Hydrogeological spatial databases of the system include information on depth to groundwater, net recharge, aquifer media, soil media, topographic slope, hydraulic conductivity, lineament and potential pollution source. With GIS based on these hydrogeological databases and the DRASTIC system, the regional groundwater vulnerability of the study area was assessed. Then the vulnerability was overlaid with potential pollution source and the regional groundwater pollution hazard was assessed by administrative district. From the results of the study, areas where need the counter plan for groundwater pollution and where should be managed for the groundwater pollution, are identified.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.446-446
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 수질오염 관리 측면에서 유역의 취약성을 평가하고 우선 관리가 필요한 지역을 선정하는 기법을 수립하고자 한다. 수질은 다양한 요인에 의해 영향을 받기 때문에 오염의 취약성을 평가하기 위해 다기준 분석 기법을 적용하였다. 다기준 평가기법은 다양한 평가 항목이 포함되는 의사결정 문제에 유용하다. 연구 절차는 평가 항목 및 가중치 결정, 항목별 평가자료 구축, 수질오염에 대한 취약성 평가 후 수질오염 관리가 필요한 유역 선정의 단계로 구성하였다. 평가 대상은 814개 소유역이다. 평가 프레임워크는 오염원, 확산 과정, 수자원 현황의 3개 그룹으로 구성되며, 각 그룹에 대한 하위 평가 항목을 선정하였다. 오염원 그룹은 중앙 및 지방 정부에서 제공하는 오염원 조사 결과, 농업 분야 자료, 토지 사용 현황 등을 적용하였다. 확산 과정 그룹은 강우, 토지 피복, 토양 등의 데이터를 사용하였으며, 수자원 현황은 하천의 흐름, 수질 및 수생 생태계 현황 등이 반영되었다. 유역 단위로 모든 항목에 대하여 가중치를 반영한 점수를 집계하고 취약지역을 선정하였다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1-16
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• 2008

There are generally two types of groundwater vulnerability assessments. Intrinsic vulnerability is based on the assessment of natural climatic, geological and hydrogeological attributes and specific vulnerability relates to a specific contaminant, contaminant class, or human activity. Several methods to assess groundwater vulnerability, which are based on hydrogeologic setting and socio-economical environment, have been developed in USA and Europe. A Modified-DRASTIC model including a lineament factor has been developed in South Korea, but it still has some limitations. To develop a solid and applicable method in this country, many data of quality, hydraulic features, GIS data, and pollution source, produced from a Basic Survey based on Article 5 of the Groundwater Act and other research projects, need to be collected, analyzed and verified introducing the previous methods.

• 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.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.223-230
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• 1997

DRASTIC system developed by U.S.EPA, is widely used for assessing regional groundwater pollution susceptibility by using hydrogeological factors such as depth to water, net recharge, aquifer media, soil media, topography, vadose zone media, hydraulic conductivity. The system can be applied to site selection of well or waste disposal and landuse for groundwater protection. In this study, hydrogeological spatial database of Younggwang area about topography, drainage, well, geology, soil and landuse was constructed using GIS (Geographic Information System) and regional groundwater pollution susceptibility is analyzed using the spatial database and GIS overlay technique.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.741-749
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• 2017

This study aims to provide the technical considerations and implications for the development of soil vulnerability assesment tool based on the review of existing tools and case studies applied both domestically and internationally. For this study, we specifically investigated the basic theories and major features implemented in the screening models abroad. In contrast, one case study of prioritizing the vulnerable districts was presented to identify the research trends in Korea. Our literature review suggested that the characteristic of target areas and contaminants needed to be properly incorporated into soil vulnerability assessment because the current tools in Korea neglected these properties which prevented this tool from being used as a correct measure of soil management and prevention. We also reached the conclusion that in terms of technical aspect, the soil vulnerability assessment tool should be developed based on the physical theory and environmental data that were varied over space and time so that the end-users were able to readily and effectively screen soil vulnerability over large areas. In parallel with technical improvement, great effort needed to be devoted to develop an integrated environmental information system that increased the availability of data and shared various types of environmental data through enhanced multi-agency collaboration.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.247-247
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• 2012

기후변화로 나타나게 될 댐 저수지의 수질 및 생태환경 변화에 대한 분석은 국가 수자원관리 측면에서 우선적으로 대비해야할 중요한 문제로써, 수자원을 안정적이고 효과적으로 관리 및 활용하기 위해서 기후변화로 인한 댐 저수지의 수환경 변화의 정확한 분석과 취약성 평가가 필수적이다. 이러한 기후변화로 인한 신뢰성 있는 영향평가를 위해서는 기후변화시나리오 분석, 댐 유역의 오염물질 유출을 시 공간적으로 해석할 수 있는 유역 모델과 댐저수지로 유입된 이후 오염물질 거동 분석을 위한 저수지 모델이 필요하며, 특히 다양한 기후변화 시나리오하에서의 미래 전망과 발생가능한 취약성을 예측 및 평가하는 기술을 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 총 7개의 다목적댐 유역과 저수지에 대하여 기후변화로 인한 신뢰성이 있는 영향평가를 위해서 기후변화 시나리오의 상세화를 통한 상세지역의 기후예측, 댐 유역 모형에서의 유출, 토사 및 오염물질예측과 저수지모형을 통한 미래의 저수지내 오염/영양물질순환 및 분포예측을 통해 기후변화에 의한 다목적댐 취약성을 평가하고자 한다. 총 7개의 다목적댐 유역의 기후변화 시나리오 적용에 따른 유출변화 및 하천수질 전망을 위해 인공신경망 방법에 의해 상세화된 기후자료를 검보정된 SWAT 모형에 적용하였다. 이때, 기준년에 해당하는 Baseline 기간은 인공신경망 학습기간(1990-2010)과 동일하게 모의하였으며, 미래 분석기간 역시 마찬가지로 2011-2040, 2041-2070, 2071-2100의 3개 기간으로 구분하였다. 또한, 미래 전망결과에 대한 분석은 각 30년 일별 모의결과에 대한 월 평균, 계절 평균으로 분석하였다. 유출변화 전망은 댐유역별 월별 총유입량 변화와 함께 유황분석을 통해 미래 댐유입량에 대한 규모 및 변동성 분석을 실시하였으며, 하천수질 변화 전망을 위해 호소유입 하천의 Sediment, TN, TP 월별 오염부하량 변화 분석을 실시하였다. 또한 댐유입 총량에 대한 변동성을 분석한 후, 저수지수질모델의 입력경계조건에 해당하는 각 댐저수지 유입 하천의 미래 유출량 및 수질농도 변화를 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.101-112
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• 2003

This paper designs and implements the management system that can calibrate the contamination vulnerability of the ground water, using an object oriented data model. Geographic-objects are specified by features extracted from an applicable geographic domain, and geographic-fields are defined by chemical factors extracted from each driven water. To show the topological relationships among the geographic-objects and the geographic-fields, this paper attach the weight and the ratio of the drastic model to chemical factors represented on the land use digital map and the ground water digital map. The geographic feature class, administrative boundary class, land use class and driven water class consist of a class composition hierarchy for evaluating the convenient contamination vulnerability calibration with spatial relationships among the well objects. Therefore, this management system for evaluating the contamination vulnerability can also contribute to the application of other natural environments.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.77-91
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• 2008

In this study, we developed a technique of applying DRASTIC, which is the most widely used tool for estimation of groundwater vulnerability to the aqueous phase contaminant infiltrated from the surface, and a groundwater flow model jointly to assess groundwater contamination potential. The developed technique is then applied to Buyeo-eup area in Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. The input thematic data of a depth to water required in DRASTIC model is known to be the most sensitive to the output while only a few observations at a few time schedules are generally available. To overcome this practical shortcoming, both steady-state and transient groundwater level distributions are simulated using a finite difference numerical model, MODFLOW. In the application for the assessment of groundwater vulnerability, it is found that the vulnerability results from the numerical simulation of a groundwater level is much more practical compared to cokriging methods. Those advantages are, first, the results from the simulation enable a practitioner to see the temporally comprehensive vulnerabilities. The second merit of the technique is that the method considers wide variety of engaging data such as field-observed hydrogeologic parameters as well as geographic relief. The depth to water generated through geostatistical methods in the conventional method is unable to incorporate temporally variable data, that is, the seasonal variation of a recharge rate. As a result, we found that the vulnerability out of both the geostatistical method and the steady-state groundwater flow simulation are in similar patterns. By applying the transient simulation results to DRASTIC model, we also found that the vulnerability shows sharp seasonal variation due to the change of groundwater recharge. The change of the vulnerability is found to be most peculiar during summer with the highest recharge rate and winter with the lowest. Our research indicates that numerical modeling can be a useful tool for temporal as well as spatial interpolation of the depth to water when the number of the observed data is inadequate for the vulnerability assessments through the conventional techniques.