• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.239-244
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.194-204
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• 2007

The purpose of this paper was to propose a Topographic Position Index(TPI) method for predicting forest wetlands, and also to test the suitability of the predicted forest wetlands by comparing with the existing wetlands in Ulaju-gun and Gyengsangnam-do. A prediction of the spatial distribution of forest wetlands was accomplished by TPI grids from Digital Elevation Model(DEM), and the classification results of slope position and landform categories in study area using the TPI values. According to the results of predicting forest wetlands distribution by TPI method, the predicted area in case of less than $5^{\circ}$ flat slope criteria occupied 0.1%($1.38km^2$) of the total area, and 3.5%($37.1km^2$) of total area in below $10^{\circ}$ slope criteria. According to the results of the suitability analysis by comparing the predicted area with the existing forest wetlands, the suitability value (0.066) of the predicted area with less than $10^{\circ}$ flat slope criteria was the highest, but the predicted area in case of less than $20^{\circ}$ had the lowest value(0.019).

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.795-811
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• 2014

Stream piracy is one of the dynamic geomorphic processes in the mountainous area. If many stream piracies were concentrated in a certain region, the concentrated distribution of those might reflects the geological structure and tectonic movements of that region. In this study, the stream piracies identified in the lower areas between the Chiri and the Deokyoo mountainous areas were analyzed in relation with the tectonic line from Kwangju to Pohang and the so-called Hansan Mountains. The stream piracy at the Subunchi occurred between the lower-altitude, higher-gradient upper reach of the Seomjin-River flowing on the lower-level basin and the higher-altitude, lower-gradient upper reach of the Geum-River flowing on the higher-level basin. The geomorphic evidences concerning the stream piracy and the human responses to the headward erosion might be found in the vicinity of stream piracy site. Together with the Deunbongsaem(the source fountain of Geum-River), the Subunchi at which the geomorphic processes of stream piracy could be identified in a small area will be a good site for the geography education as well as the geo-tourism.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.389-400
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• 2000

20세기 초에 고토가 설정한 우리나라의 산맥체계는 지질학적 증거의 뒷받팀이 부족했다. 그후 일본 지질학자들은 그의 산맥체계에 수정을 가하게 되었으나, 수정은 그가 설정한 틀의 범위내에서 이루어졌다. 중.고등학교 지리교과서의 산맥지도가 보여주는 산맥에는 두 종류가 있다. 하나는 지반의 융기에 의해 형성된 태백.소백.낭림.함경산맥으로 산세가 웅장하고 산줄기가 분명하며, 한반도의 골격을 이루고 있다. 다른 하나는 태백.낭림의 척량산맥에서 서해안까지 길게 뻗어내린 갈비뼈 모양의 산맥들이다. 중국방향 및 랴오뚱방향의 이들 산맥은 경동지형의 고위평탄면이 해체되는 과정에서 형성된 것으로 연속성이 약하고 구간에 따라서는 확인하기 어려우며, 처음부터 잘못 설정된 거이다. 산맥지도는 산지의 분포를 보여주는 것인데. 척량산맥 서쪽에는 이들 산맥과 관계없이 분포하는 산지가 오히려 더 많다. 산맥지도에는 하천도 그려져 있으나 하천은 산맥에 가려서 잘 드러나지 않는다. 갈비뼈모양의 산맥을 아예 없애고 그 대신 하천을 뚜렷하게 그려 넣어도 훌륭한 지도가 만들어진다. 하천은 오늘날 수자원으로서 매우 중요하다.

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.195-196
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• 2005

본 연구는 산경표에 기초한 최근 한국 산맥논의를 검토하였다. 산경표는 풍수지리학에 기초를 둔 우리나라 전통 산맥 체계로 분수계 체계이다. 이 체계에 기초를 둔 논의들은 하천이 산맥을 절단하고 있는 것을 받아드리지 못하며, 이 체계의 중심 맥인 백두대간은 많은 기원이 다른 산맥들을 연결하여 이름하고 있다. 지형학에서 산맥은 구조 운동이나 차별 침식의 결과로 형성된 산지의 선적 배열이다. 같은 원인에 의하여 형성된 산지의 선적 배열을 하나의 산맥으로 이름을 부여하고, 형성 원인이 다르거나 방향성이 다른 것을 합쳐서 하나의 산맥으로 이름 하지 않는다. 지형학에서 정의되는 산맥은 선행 하천에 의해 절단될 수 있고, 분수계 이동 현상도 일어나기 때문에 산맥이 분수계와 일치하는 것은 아니다. 따라서 백두대간이란 이름은 우리나라의 상징성을 표현할 때 사용하고, 교과서에서는 우리나라의 지형을 설명할 때는 기존의 산맥체계를 사용해야 할 것으로 본다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.87-96
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• 2007

In this study, a Ridge Distinction Program was developed to improve the elevation standard, which is one of standards for mountainous districts conversion permission regulated by the Management of Mountainous Districts Act. To distinguish mountainous districts from other land types, this program assumed that the lower end of the mountainous districts is the outlet points where catchment size is 30ha. Also the program used the halfway line between the ridge and the lower end of the mountainous districts to recognize the upper slope areas. To prevent potential errors within the classification process, the areas that were classified as non-mountainous districts by the current forest type map were removed. According to the classification results by using the developed program, the 58% of the mountainous districts ($696,300m^2$) was classified into the upper slope area, while the only 3% of the mountainous districts ($30,956m^2$) were classified by adopting the current standards for the mountainous districts conversion permission. This result shows that the size of the upper slope areas tends to be altered by the standards defining the area. Therefore, for better acceptance of the Ridge Distinction Program in the associated fields, it is necessary to prove the effectiveness of the program and to revise the current standards for the mountainous districts conversion permission.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.222-237
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• 2022

This study was performed to predict change of forestland area in future to 2050 based on System Dynamics Model which is based on feedback loop by causal relationship. As forestland area change in the future depends on potential forestland conversion demands, each demand type of forestland conversion such as agricultural, industrial, public and residential/commercial use was modeled using annual GDP, population, number of household, household construction permission area (1981~2019). In results, all of conversion demands would have continuously decreased to 2050 while residential and commercial land would be reduced from 2034. Due to such shortage, eventually, total of forestland in South Korea would have decreased to 6.18 million ha when compared to current 6.29 million ha. Moreover, the forestland conversion to other use types must be occurred continuously in future because most of forestland is owned privately in South Korea. Such steady decrement of forestland area in future can contribute to the shortage of carbon sink and encumber achievement of national carbon-neutral goal to 2050. If forestland conversion would be occurred inevitably in future according to such change trends of all types, improved laws and polices related to forestland should be prepared for planned use and rational conservation in terms of whole territory management. Therefore, it is needed to offer sufficient incentive, such as tax reduction and payment of ecosystem service on excellent forestland protection and maintenance, to private owners for minimizing forestland conversion. Moreover, active afforestation policy and practice have to be implemented on idle land for reaching national goal 'Carbon Neutral to 2050' in South Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.51-53
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• 2007

• Journal of Korean Society of societal Security
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• v.1 no.4
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• pp.57-64
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• 2008

Korea has been suffered from serious damages of lives and properties, due to landslides that are triggered by heavy rains in every monsoon season. This study developed the physically based landslide prediction model which consists of 3 parts, such as slope stability analysis model, groundwater flow model and soil depth model. To evaluate its applicability to the prediction of landslides, the data of actual landslides were plotted on the areas predicted on the GIS map. The matching rate of this model to the actual data was 84.8%. The relation between hydrological and landform factors and potential landslide were analyzed.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.843-857
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• 2008

This study analyzed distribution of natural disaster and trend of related climatic elements in mountainous region of Gangwon-do. In mountainous region of Gangwon-do, there have been 27 natural disasters of which heavy rainfall have the leading cause for the last 5 years(16 times in 2003-2007). It has been 9 natural disasters in Jinbu-myeon Pyeongchang-gun, the most frequent area. The mountainous region has been larger natural damage than its surrounding regions and there has been more damage at higher altitudes. While the heavy rainfall have caused damage over the northwest of mountains, most typhoons have damaged southern part of mountains. Most mountainous region suffers from strong wind but damage by snow is small. In mountainous region of Gangwon-do, annual precipitation, intensity of precipitation and heavy rainfall days have been increasing since 2000 and this tendency is significant in its intensity. However, annual snowfall, snowfall days and heavy snowfall days have been clearly decreasing since 2000. In case heavy rainfall accompanies strong wind, the damages are larger in mountainous region of Gangwon-do. Therefore it is important to be prepared for heavy rainfall and strong wind.