• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2013

Objectives: The mass media play a crucial role in risk communication regarding climate change. The aim of this study was to investigate the trend in journalistic reports on climate change in the daily newspapers of Korea. Methods: We selected 9 daily newspapers in Korea, which according to the ABC Association, represented 77% of newspaper circulation, out of a total of 44 Korean daily newspapers. The collected articles were from 2009 to 2011. All of the articles were sorted into the following 8 categories: greenhouse gas, climate change conventions, sea level rise, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change synthesis reports, expected damage and effect, use of fossil fuels, global warming, and mitigation or adaptation. A chi-squared test was done on the articles, which were counted and classified into cause, effect, and measurement of climate change according to the newspaper's majority or minority ownership structure. Results: From the 9 selected newspapers, the number of articles on climate change by month was greatest in December 2009. Generally, the articles vague about climate change (lack of precise data, negative or skeptical tone, and improper use of terminology) were much more common than the articles presenting accurate knowledge. A statistical difference was found based on ownership structure: the majority-owned newspapers addressed the cause of climate change, while the minority-owned newspapers referred more to climate change measurement. Conclusions: Our investigation revealed that generally Korean daily newspapers did not deliver accurate information about climate change. The coverage of the newspapers showed significant differences according to the ownership structure.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.585-600
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• 2011

South Korean central government has launched the first comprehensive climate change policies in 1999, and they have been renewed every three year. The third policies ended in 2007. However, it is quite rare to analyze whether the climate change policies are effective against climate change. In this context, this paper aims at analyzing the effectiveness of climate change policy which was launched for seven years from 1999 to 2007 in South Korea. The effectiveness analysis of policy can be done in terms of the individual policy and/or all policies being synthesized as a comprehensive unit. Employing the latter methodology, this paper analyzed the effectiveness on the basis of economic growth as independent variable, greenhouse gas emission as dependent variable, and energy use and its process as intervening variable. Seven analytic indicators covering the three variables were selected on the basis of two points in time before and after climate change policy having been launched. The seven indicators were analyzed in terms of three aspects. They were the change in the state of each indicator, the effectiveness of climate change policy from 1999 to 2007, and the effectiveness process from 1999 to 2007. The effectiveness process was analyzed in terms of the relational context and its flow processing path. Economic growth was advanced remarkably with increase in the total consumption of energy. As a result, greenhouse gas emission increased. However, energy efficiency increased with significant decrease in energy intensity, carbon intensity, and energy elasticity. The expansion of new and renewable energy over total energy supply was not effective significantly on the decrease in greenhouse gas emission. The processing path of climate change policy being effective advanced toward increase in energy efficiency through energy intensity rather than toward sustainable development. Such a way of the effectiveness of climate change policy implies that most policies focused on adaptation rather than on mitigation.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.291-302
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• 2015

Vulnerability due to climate change depends on the concentration of carbon dioxide emissions over several upcoming decades. The objective of this study is to estimate the concentration of greenhouse gases and air pollutants in 2100, while also accounting for expected socio-economic changes in Korea. First, we intend to prepare scenarios for possible socioeconomic changes in Korea: business as usual (BAU), high growth and low growth. Secondly, we aim to predict services demands in residential?commercial sector, transportation sector, industrial sector for each scenarios. Finally, the emissions of LLGHG and SLCP will be estimated on the basis of the predicted service demands. The study results project that in Korea, LLGHG emissions will be approximately $660Mt\;CO_2\;eq$. and SLCP emissions will be approximately 3.81 Mt, -including black carbon (BC) by 2100. The transportation and industrial sectors are the major source for LLGHG emissions, and the residential and commercial sector serve as the SLCP source. Later, additional studies on the cost and benefit of mitigation should be carried out by comparing the reduced use of materials that cause climate change as a result of reduction policies and the socioeconomic cost.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2011

기후변화 홍보 및 교육 콘텐츠로 활용되도록 수치모델을 시각화 설계하여 KML로 전자 출판하는 인터페이스 구현에 대하여 연구하였으며 그 결과 Arrow KML, BWS KML, DI KML을 콘텐츠화 하였다. Arrow KML은 선행연구로부터 도출된 시각화 설계를 개선하여 바람장미와 같은 정보를 제공하였고 개개의 바람기호에 대한 속성정보를 조회하고 활용할 수 있도록 하였다. 더불어 사람들이 느낄 쾌적성의 변화를 불쾌지수(DI) KML로 콘텐츠화 하였다. 출판된 콘텐츠가 여러 공간정보와 통합되어 시각화되고 실무에서 활용할 수 있도록 Google Earth를 기반으로 출판될 KML 자료 용량 계산식을 제시하였으며 Arrow KML 콘텐츠들의 Scale Factor 조정을 통한 표출효과 비교 및 백터형 KML과 아이콘 KML의 표출 효과 비교를 통해 출판 목적에 따른 활용방법을 제시하였다. 관련 연구 및 콘텐츠들은 과학적인 예측자료를 시각화하여 제공하였기 때문에 국민들과 소통하고 협업하는 콘텐츠로 다양하게 활용될 것이다. 더불어 보다 친숙한 기후변화 지수 및 실무에서 활용도와 가치가 높은 KML 콘텐츠가 보급 될 수 있도록 연구범위를 확장할 것이다.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.340-351
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• 2013

기후변화로 인한 자연재해의 증가에 관한 정부간 협의체를 중심으로 국제적인 기후변화 예측에 대한 연구 및 자연재해 저감에 관한 논의들이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기후변화에 의해 자연재해가 더욱 심화됨에 따라 재해에 취약하게 노출되어 있는 방글라데시를 사례지역으로 재해의 유형을 파악하고, 우리나라의 재해저감 기술과 방재관련 기법 등을 응용하여 국제원조의 지원 방안을 모색하였다. 방글라데시는 국토의 1/3이 해수면보다 낮기 때문에 배수가 어려우며, 조수 파동과 해수 침투, 사이클론의 위험이 복합적으로 나타나는 지리적인 특성을 지니고 기후변화로 인한 자연재해의 피해가 매년 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 특히 피해가 집중되는 해안지역은 해수면상승의 위협과 3년 주기로 심각한 사이클론의 피해가 일어나며, 상대적으로 빈곤한 사람들이 거주하는 지역으로 인명피해가 크게 일어나는 지역으로써, 재난의 피해를 저감하기 위해 국제적 원조를 필요로 하고 있다. 우리나라의 선진화된 기술과 자연재해저감 기법을 지원함으로써 개도국의 자연재난에 의한 피해를 감소시키는 데 일조를 하는 것은 국제사회에서 협력 구도를 정립하는 데 중요한 역할을 할 것이다.

• 한국재난관리표준학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2009

과거 우리나라의 재난관리는 재해가 발생한 후 이에 대한 복구를 수행하는 사후복구에 중심을 두었다고 볼 수 있으나, 현재는 과거와 같은 사후복구가 아닌 재해발생을 미리 예측하고 이에 대한 정보를 일반인에게 전파하여 재해발생에 따른 피해를 최소화 하는 재난관리시스템 구축에 중점을 두고 있다. 그리고 최근에 전 세계적으로 발생되고 있는 재난은 과거에 비해 그 규모나 피해 정도가 대형화되고 있는데 이는 산업발달과 인구의 증가 등에 따른 기후변화가 주된 원인으로 작용하고 있기 때문이다. 본 연구를 통해 기후변화 적응을 중심으로한 국제기구 및 유럽 방재선진국의 재난관리 사례를 분석, 국내 실정에 적합한 미래 재난관리 표준시스템 구축을 위한 방안과 대안을 기술하고자 한다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.85-97
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• 2019

Background: Despite the increasing role of dry forests in climate change adaptation and mitigation, these versatile resources has got less attention in the national and regional planning, their potential to enhance the local and national economy has been overlooked, and their contribution to sustainable environmental management has not been recognized. Hence, the objective of this study was to assess the socioeconomic contribution of dry forests and forest products to climate change adaptation in the Liben Woreda, Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. Methods: For this study, an integrated qualitative and quantitative approach was used. A total of 74 households from villages in the Bulbul, Boba, and Melka-Guba kebeles were randomly selected for the household survey. Results: Results showed that 75% of the respondents in the area indicated that climate change has become their major sources of vulnerability, where drought has been manifested in the form of crops failure and massive death of livestock particularly cattle species. The main income strategies of the study households include livestock, crop, forests such as gum and resins, firewood and charcoal and non-farm activities such as in the form of petty trade, wage and aid. The average total household income was ETB 11,209.7. Out of this, dry forest income constituted 15% of the total income. In addition to using dry forests as rangeland for livestock, the communities collect wood for construction, fodder, traditional medicine, and forest food both for subsistence and for sale. On the other hand, dry forest products could be considered as less vulnerable, rather resilient livelihood strategies to climate- and environment-related risks compared to livestock and crop production such as in the face of drought periods. More than 48.6% of the households argued that the income generated from dry forests increased substantially due to increment in the level of engagement of family members in forest based income activities. On the other hand, 35.8% of the households responded that livestock production, particularly camels and goats, have been making the livelihood strategies of the respondents more resilient indicating the shift made from grazers browsers to livestock. In general trends show that, the trends of livelihood dependency on dry forest were highly increasing indicating the importance of dry forest income in responsse to frequent droughts. Conclusions: Dry forest income has been becoming crucial livelihood staretgy in response to frequent droughts in the study area and hence, it is important to improve the management of dry forests for livelihood enhancement, while also securing their long-term ecological functions.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.279-290
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• 2013

본 연구는 도시 메타볼리즘 관점에서 기후변화에 대응하기 위한 향후 도시계획의 방향을 모색하는데 그 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 크게 이론고찰과 사례연구로 구성되어 있으며, 이론고찰은 기후변화대응 도시계획의 패러다임 및 도시 메타볼리즘의 개념 및 특성을 살펴보았다. 사례연구는 에너지 절감 및 자원 폐기물의 효율적 이용에 대한 계획수립 및 실천방안이 적극적으로 실현되고, 지역을 선정하여 투입 에너지 최소화, 재생 가능한 에너지 활용, 폐기물 재활용, 자원 재이용의 네 가지 측면을 분석의 틀로 하여 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 모든 사례에서 본 연구에서 제시한 도시 메타볼리즘 체계가 구축되어 있었다. 또한, 사례마다 주력하는 계획요소가 다른 것을 발견할 수 있었는데, 이는 각 지역의 여건을 고려하여 쉽게 얻을 수 있고, 활용이 쉬운 자원을 이용하는 계획을 중점적으로 적용하고 있었다. 이에 향후 메타볼리즘 관점의 기후변화대응 도시 계획을 수립하기 위해 가장 먼저 고려되어야 할 부분은 지역의 주변 환경 및 여건분석을 통해 지역의 잠재력을 극대화 시킬 수 있는 요소를 선택적으로 도입해야 한다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2016년도 학술발표회
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• pp.204-204
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• 2016

Thailand had set the National Water Management Strategy which covered main six areas in the next 12 years, i.e., by priority: (1) water for household, (2) water for agricultural and industrial production, (3) water for flood and drought management, (4) water for quality issue, (5) water from forest conservation and soil erosion protection, (6) water resources management. However due to the climate change impact, there is a question for all strategies is whether to complete this mission under future climate change. If the impact affects our target, we have to clarify how to mitigate or to adapt with it. Vulnerability assessment was conducted under the framework of ADB's (with the parameters of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity) and the assessments were classified into groups due to their different characteristic and the framework of the National Water Management Strategy, i.e., water supply (rural and urban), water for development (agriculture and others), water disasters (floods (flash, overflow), drought, water quality). The assessments identified the parameters concerned and weight factors used for each groups via expert group discussions and by using GIS mapping technology, the vulnerability maps were produced. The maps were verified with present water situation data (floods, drought, water quality). From the analysis result of this water resources management strategy, we found that 30% of all projects face the big impacts, 40% with low impact, and 30% for no impact. It is clear that water-related agencies have to carefully take care approximately 70% of future projects to meet water resources management strategy. It is recommended that additional issues should be addressed to mitigate the impact from climate risk on water resource management of the country, i.e., water resources management under new risk based on development scenarios, relationship with area-based problems, priority definition by viewpoints of risk, vulnerability (impact and occurrence probability in past and future), water management system in emergency case and water reserve system, use of information, knowledge and technology in management, network cooperation and exchange of experiences, knowledge, technique for sustainable development with mitigation and adaptation, education and communication systems in risk, new impact, and emergency-reserve system. These issues will be described and discussed.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.394-410
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 우리나라의 극한고온, 극한저온, 극한강수의 발생 빈도 및 규모를 지역별로 분석하고 이에 대한 기후지역을 구분하였다. 열대일수는 해안보다 내륙에서 많았고, 서리일수는 고도와 위도의 특성이 잘 나타났다. 호우 일수는 남해안과 제주도에서 많았고, 경상북도 일대에서 적게 나타났다. 이후 주성분 분석과 군집분석을 통해 연구기간의 전 후반기 시기별 변화와 최근 30년 평균(1981~2010년)에 대한 극한기후지수에 대한 기후지역을 구분하였다. 열대일수의 경우 남북 방향으로 구분된 특징을 보였으며, 서리일수는 동해안 및 서해안, 제주도가 하나의 지역으로 구분되었고 호우일수는 경기도 및 강원도 이남 지역에서 동서 방향으로 구분된 특징을 보였다. 본 연구를 통하여 다양한 분야에서 기후변화 적응 및 완화에 대한 대응체계 마련에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.