• KIEAE Journal
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2012

Recently, public concerns about renewal of abandoned sites centered in Industrial Heritage are increasing in Korea. For this reason, the purpose of this study was to analyze characteristics of renewal methods of public space using abandoned sites. To achieve the proposed goal, the first part of this study focused on showing public properties involved in the fundamental reasons for the birth and life(persistence) of abandoned sites, which testified that they should be regenerated into public spaces to maximize the potentiality of abandoned sites. Upon preliminary analysis, main values of public space renewal were drawn through the analysis of the selection criteria, type of information about selected works, and classification system in 'The European Prize for Urban Public Space' hosted by the CCCB(Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona). Then, 427 projects participating in this prize from 2000 to 2010 were analyzed to identify characteristics of each level (site-program, process and space). Although this study was limited to the analysis of European projects, it proved that citizens' lives and activities should be involved in projecting-practicing-designing of renewal project using abandoned sites to create a successful public space.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2001

With reducing coal mining industry the number of coal mine sites between 1988 and 1998 was dropped from 347 to 12. Since the abandoned coal mine sites have been kept without any cares, they have raised various environmental and safety problems. Then, Korean government initiated a special law in 1995 for enhancing economic conditions and solving environmental problems with promoting developmental projects in the abandoned mining sites. As a result, casino business in Chungsun area has been opened to publics, and other large-scale developments such as ski slopes and resorts are planned. In addition, Boryung area in Chungchung province also will launch a large-scale project building golf courses. Based on this developmental trend, it is expected that lots of large-scale developments in other places will be taken place. In general, the large-scale developments have caused various environmental problems, and, thus, environmental aspects should be considered in a decision-making process. This paper examine the status of the abandoned mine sites in Korea and U.S. and suggests the alternatives of its utilization.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 폐광산지역의 오염특성 조사와 평가를 위한 지구화학적 접근방법에 대하여 정리ㆍ기술하였다. 폐광산지역의 주요 오염원은 갱내수, 광석, 광미 및 선광을 위해 사용한 화학약품 등이고 산성광산배수의 배출, 광산폐기물의 유실, 유해성 침출수의 배출, 광미와 분진의 분산 등에 의해 중금속이 이동/확산되어 주변토양, 퇴적물, 지표수, 지하수, 생태계에 광역적/지속적으로 심각한 영향을 미친다. 따라서 오염원, 주변 토양, 지표수, 지하수 등에 대한 화학분석, 광물학적분석, 광산산성배수 예측실험, 물리/지화학탐사와 같은 현장실험 등의 방법을 이용한 조사를 통해 폐광산이 주변 환경에 미치는 잠재적이고 실제적인 영향이 조사$.$평가 되어야한다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2013

In Korea, many paddy fields in mountainous area have been abandoned because of their low accessibility and rice price and the abandoned paddy terraces have changed into natural lentic wetlands. To understand the relationship between characteristics of environmental conditions and early development of plant community in abandoned paddy terraces, we investigated at four well-maintained abandoned paddy terraces in 3 different climatic zones in Korea. Soil texture of abandoned paddy terraces was mostly kinds of loam and electric conductivity of soil was also similar among abandoned paddy terraces. On the other hand, contents of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and calcium in soil were relatively low and significantly different among abandoned paddy terraces. Water depth was different within sites and inter-sites. Although environmental conditions including climate, soil condition and water depth were different among abandoned paddy terraces, the compositions of plant communities were relatively similar in all abandoned paddy terraces. 55 dominant taxa out of 141 recorded species were commonly recorded over sites and they were mostly perennial obligate wetland plants and facultative wetland plants. 8 taxa out of 55 dominant taxa occurred at all abandoned paddy terraces with over 10% coverage. Several site-specific species occurred at site, which have some area with deep water level. This result indicates that early development of plant community in abandoned paddy terraces of similar water regime is similar in the entire area of Korea even though environmental conditions such as climate, biogeographic history and soil are different.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.38-50
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• 2010

Expressways are often upgraded by widening the lanes and/or by reshaping the roads to be more linear for faster travel time. However, during the process of improving the route of the expressways, the areas where the old expressways used to be are often unused and abandoned. When these neglected sites are left alone, they often become dump sites causing pollution and impacting the surrounding environment. Therefore, it is important to restore the abandoned expressway sites to its full natural beauty. In this study, the abandoned expressway at the Soksa interchange in Pyungchang county, located in Kangwon province was studied for establishing the model of ecological restoration project. Considering the characteristics of the site, the target flora species was chosen to be Quercus species and the target fauna species as amphibians. After the target species were carefully chosen, each species' habitat requirements were studied in order to figure out the appropriate methods toward habitat restoration specifically for these species. In addition, to determine the most efficient method toward restoration of abandoned expressways, the study utilized the planting hole techniques, the crack techniques, and the colonization techniques. In terms of the spatial organization, public education program is incorporated at the main entrance area and the programs for experimenting, and developing vegetation and habitat restoration techniques are placed in the vicinity. In the master plan-to provide natural ecosystem at the site-ASCON (asphalt concrete) was removed first, then plans for restoration including species' habitat restoration were established. Furthermore, the project included plans for improving water quality polluted through non-point source considering the surrounding nearby road and farm lands. Finally, the study established a planning process that will experimentally apply to the abandoned expressway restoration method. In the future, there will be a continuous monitoring of the methods applied to verify if the restoration methods are effective. Also, new restoration techniques should be available according to a variety of abandoned expressways' characteristics.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2022

본 연구는 지형 및 토지피복에 따른 묵논습지의 분포 특성을 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 충남도 서산시, 당진시, 보령시, 태안군을 대상으로 GIS와 현장답사를 통해 묵논습지를 찾아내어 경사도와 고도 및 토지피복유형에 따른 분포현황을 분석하였다. 연구결과, 4개시군의 묵논습지는 총106개로 확인되었고, 각 묵논습지가 위치한 지점의 평균 고도는 38.85m(S.D. 32.76)이고 평균 경사도는 6.27˚(S.D. 5.39), 총면적은 24,200km²로 나타났다. 경사도 5˚ 미만의 평지에 63개(12,121.07km²), 5~10˚ 27개(9,524.15km²) 등 10˚ 미만의 평지 또는 완경사지에 90개(84.9%)의 묵논습지가 분포하고 있었다. 면적은 21,645.22km²로서 전체 묵논습지 면적의 89.5%에 이른다. 고도 25m 미만의 저지대에 48개(12,326km²), 50m미만 29개(4,909.4km²) 등으로서, 모두 77개(72.7%)의 묵논습지가 고도 50m 이내의 저지대에 분포하고 있으며, 면적으로는 17,235.8km²로서 전체 묵논습지 면적의 71.2%에 이른다. 묵논습지 환경요인 중 경사도와 고도 사이에 통계적으로 상관관계는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 토지피복 분류에 따라서는 인공초지(38), 논(33), 밭(22) 등에 많이 분포하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.93-108
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• 2013

This study is aimed to prepare the effective detail survey methods(Phase II) of abandoned metal mines through the contamination assessment for mine types and facilities in the abandoned metal mine areas. The study sites of 12 abandoned mines are located in Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do and those were chosen among 310 sites that the Phase II survey was conducted from 2007 to 2009 after considering the results of Phase I for abandoned mines scattered all over the country. 12 study sites were classified into four types; Type I sites only have pit mouth. Type II sites have pit mouth and mine-waste field. Type III sites have pit mouth and tailing sorting field. Type IV sites have pit mouth, tailing sorting field and concentrator(s). In forest land, paddy soil and farm land of Type I, As and Cd were showed average concentration, and Cu and Pb were high on the pit mouth area in one mines where the pit mouth was developed within 500 m. In the mines of Type II, Cu and Pb were showed average concentration too, but As and Cd were slightly high in pit mouth and mine-waste field. The mines of Type III which had grinding particle process through physical separation milling or hitting showed similar tendency with Type II. However, mines of Type IV pit mouth, mine-waste field and showed various results depending on defining the contamination sources. For example, if contamination source was pit mouth, the mixed results of Type I, II, II were showed. In tailing sorting field which was regarded as the most important source and having high mobility, however, if there were no facilities or it was difficult to access directly, field sampling was missed occasionally during phase I and phase II survey. For that reason, the assessment for tailing sorting field is missed and it leads to completely different results. In the areas of Type I mines, the concentration of heavy metals exceeded precautionary standards of soil contamination or not within 1,000 meters of pit mouth. Nickel(Ni) was the largest factor of the heavy metal contamination in this type. The heavy metals except Arsenic(As) were shown high levels of concentration in Type II areas, where pit mouth and mine-waste field were operated for making powder in upriver region; therefore, to the areas in the vicinity of midstream and downstream, the high content of heavy metals were shown. The tendency of high level of heavy metals and toxic materials contained in flotation agent used during sorting process were found in soil around sorting and tailing field. In the abandoned-pit-mouth area, drygrinding area and tailing sorting field area, the content of Cupper(Cu) and Zinc(Zn) were higher than other areas. Also, the contaminated area were larger than mine reclamation area(2,000 m) and the location of tailing sorting field was one of the important factors to estimate contaminated area.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.71-85
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• 1997

현재 우리나라에서 휴 폐광된 광산수는 약 500여개가 넘는 것으로 추정되고 있다. 휴 폐광된 광산은 경관의 저해 및 분진발생, 중금속에 의한 토양, 지하수 및 하천오염, 산성광산 배수의 생선, 지반붕괴 등 안전사고의 위험 등의 환경문제를 안고 있다. 국내에서 조사된 일부 휴 폐광된 금속광산의 오염현황을 보면 폐석 방치, 침출수, 갱내수의 유출, 인근 하천 및 토양의 중금속 오염, 시설물의 붕괴위험을 안고 있는 폐광산이 상당히 발견되고 있다. 휴 폐광된 광산의 관리대책으로서는 법규를 정비하여 토양환경보전법에 광산지역의 토양오염기준 복원기준 등이 설정되어야 한다. 또한 광산폐수, 폐기물을 적절히 처리해야 하며 지반침하대책 및 폐광의 지하공간 활용 등에 관한 연구가 진행되어야한다. 이러한 대책을 추진하기 위해서는 무엇보다도 먼저 휴 폐광에 대한 조사가 선행되어야 하며 오염복원순위의 설정, 재원 및 전문인력의 확충이 필요하다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2000

This study was carried out to develop technologies of restoration and revegetation through monitoring the change of vegetation after setting up 3 type experimental sites on abandoned coal-mine lands. According to the results of 7 month's monitoring, sown species and a variety of invading species appeared at experimental sites. Moreover, the number of species, individuals and the ratio of coverage increased as time passed on. After 5 months, each experiment sites showed the result of successful revegetation. The most effective sites was treated by overspreading 1 cm loam soil on coal minesoil. As a result of this study, it is considered that the revegetation of abandoned coal-mine lands can be achieved effectively by making the minimum of foundation layer and improving the efficiency through mechanized construction. Besides, it is recommended to use native and early stage-succession species adapting themselves to coal minesoil, such as Gramineae, Leguminosae, Compositae and etc.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2006

As the imports of foreign agricultural products are liberalized and the consumption of agricultural products declines, abandoned rice paddy fields continues to rise. However, such abandoned rice paddy fields has not been precisely surveyed yet. In this backdrop, a necessity to develop technology to utilize such abandoned rice paddy fields has emerged. Utilization of abandoned rice paddy fields as wetlands may be a good example. This study aimed to survey the current status and characteristics of wetlands created within abandoned rice paddy fields by selecting abandoned rice paddy fields throughout the nation and conducting field surveys on the sites that had transformed into wetlands. The abandoned rice paddy fields almost transformed into wetland and the types of wetlands transformed from abandoned rice paddy fields were mainly Inland/Moutain/Depression/Abandoned rice paddy fields/Marsh/Phragmites communis community and Inland/Moutain/Depression/Abandoned rice paddy fields/Swamp/Salix koreensis community. Abandoned rice paddy fields that had transformed into wetlands was depending heavily on waterways for water supply than other reservoirs and lakes do. Abandoned rice paddy fields transformed into wetlands was most observed in mountainous area. Abandoned rice paddy fields are because agricultural land is no longer profitable due to international and social changes and is not cultivated as government policy. Wetland period and dimension originated from abandoned rice paddy fields are very various and its surrounding land its mostly forest and the next largest follow roads and rural community. The abandoned rice paddy fields transformed into wetlands is mostly deserted currently. Despite their value as wetlands, no restoration and utilization efforts are made in Korea today. Therefore, it is imperative to conduct a precise current status survey on these areas and introduce management and restoration plans at the government level in the case of important habitats.