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Estimating the Economic Value of Function for Public Benefits on Practice of Organic Farming - Using Choice Experiments (유기농업의 공익기능에 대한 경제적 가치 평가 -실험선택법을 적용하여-)

  • Yoo, Jin-Chae;Kong, Ki-Seo;Yeo, Sun-Sik;Seo, Myung-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.291-313
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    • 2010
  • The objective of this paper is to apply choice experiment methods to estimate non-market value of organic farming and its policy implication. A preliminary survey shows that the attributes of organic farming are reduce environmental pollution, bio-diversity improvements, cultural diversity improvements and maintain local community, reduce green-house gas emissions, energy saving, landscape improvements and tax for organic farming improvement policy. Questionnaire was eight different choice sets presented to each respondent. Implicit values of the attributive levels of organic farming have been calculated into tax money costs per house. This paper compared the six feasible scenarios in terms of willingness to pay per year. This study is expected to contribute to government's organic farming policies and quantitative information related to practice of organic farming.

A Study on Use of the Urban Rooftop Biotope as a Place for Environmental Education - Focusing on 'Jageun-Nuri' Rooftop Biotope of UNESCO House in Seoul - (도시 옥상 비오톱의 환경교육적 활용을 위한 연구 - 유네스코 회관 '작은누리'를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Seung-Yoon
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.18 no.3 s.28
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    • pp.33-44
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    • 2005
  • This study aims to explore the possibility of using the urban rooftop biotope as a place for environmental education, focusing on 'Jageun-Nuri' Rooftop Biotope of UNESCO House in Seoul, which was established in April 2003. To verify this possibility, both the monitoring of change in the landscapes and bio-diversity of the biotope and a questionnaire survey on users' awareness were undertaken. As a result of the monitoring, diverse changes in landscape and an increase of bio-diversity necessary for environmental education were observed. The results of the awareness survey recognized that users were satisfied with the landscapes of the biotope and their concerns about environment and ecosystem increased due to their visits. Users also thought the biotope could be an appropriate place for environmental education.

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An Invitation to Critical Mathematics Education by Ole Skovsmose (2011)

  • Kim, Sangmee
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.159-164
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    • 2022
  • Critical mathematics education has developed in many directions and has a broad range of approaches. There will probably be many different ways of expressing critical mathematics education. The book, An Invitation to Critical Mathematics Education by Ole Skovsmose (2011) has elucidated critical mathematical education by discussing and reinterpreting its concerns and preoccupations. He reinterprets thoughts and arguments that have been taken for granted and premised in mathematics education, and also discusses unquestioned widespread notions by associating them with his projects or specific practices carried out by him and his colleagues. This review intoduced and examined his crucial notions of critical mathematics education, such as "Diversity of situations," "Students' foreground, Landscapes of investigation," "Mathemacy," and "Uncertainty." These notions will make you to meet his theories with his pratices and look back on something overlooked in mathematics education.

A Study on the Distribution of Vegetation and Assessment of Green Naturality of Taeanhaean National Park (태안해안국립공원의 식생분포 및 녹지자연도 사정에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Koo-Kyoon;Kim, Young-Sun;Kim, Chul-Eui
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.108-116
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    • 2010
  • This study was conducted to investigate the actual vegetation and Degree of Green Naturality(DGN) in Taeanhaean National Park in 2009. The actual vegetation of the surveyed site was classified into eleven plant communities and the others. Substitutional forest were classified into six plant communities; Pinus thunbergii community, P. densiflora community, Deciduous Broadleaf Forest, P. densiflora-Deciduous broadleaf Forest, etc. and the afforested lands were classified into five forest types: P. thunbergii, P. thunbergii-P. rigida Forest, Robinia pseudoacacia Forest, etc. The area of DGN 8 consisted of 40.66% while the area of DGN 9 consisted of 13.7% when compared with land area of Taeanhaean National Park. For the recovery of natural landscape and biological diversity of Taeanhaean National Park needs to be managed for eliminate to the exotic plants.

Increasing Diversity of Evolvable Hardware with Speciation Technique (종분화 기법을 이용한 진화 하드웨어의 다양성 향상)

  • Hwang Keum-Sung;Cho Sung-Bae
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.62-73
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    • 2005
  • Evolvable Hardware is the technique that obtains target function by adapting reconfigurable digital' devices to environment in real time using evolutionary computation. It opens the possibility of automatic design of hardware circuits but still has the limitation to produce complex circuits. In this paper, we have analyzed the fitness landscape of evolvable hardware and proposed a speciation technique of evolving diverse individuals simultaneously, proving the efficiency empirically. Also, we show that useful extra functions can be obtained by analyzing diverse circuits from the speciation technique.

Case Analysis and Applicability Review of Parametric Design in Landscape Architectural Design (조경 설계 분야에서 파라메트릭 디자인의 사례 분석과 활용 가능성)

  • Na, Sungjin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2021
  • The act of design in landscape architecture consists of a concept within a designer's mind, technical representations, and finally, a process of construction. In the 4th Industrial Revolution, the design process is facing many changes due to the rapid development of computer technology and the IT ecosystem. Computer technology was initially developed for simple functions, such as mathematical calculation and graphic representation. However, after the spread of Personal Computers, starting with IBM and Macintosh, programming languages and hardware rapidly developed, algorithms and applications became specialized, and the purpose of using computers became very diverse. This study diagnoses issues concerning the functions and roles that new design methods, such as computational design, parametric design, and algorithmic design, can play in landscape architecture based on changes in the digital society. The study focused on the design methodology using parametric technology, which has recently received the most attention. First, the basis for discussion was developed by examining the main concepts and characteristics of parametric design in modern landscape architecture. Prior research on the use of parametric design in landscape architecture was analyzed, as were the case studies conducted by landscape design firms. As a result, it was confirmed that parametric design has not been sufficiently discussed in terms of the number and diversity of studies compared to other techniques investigated by landscape design firms. Finally, based on the discussion, the study examined specific cases and future possibilities of the parametric design in landscape architecture.

Bird Species Diversity Analysis According to the Type of Forest Vegetation (산림식생유형에 따른 조류 종다양성 분석)

  • Park, In-Hwan;Kim, Yu-Hoon;Cho, Kwang-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2012
  • For this paper, a study targeting 9 forest patches in Dangjin to suggest for the wild birds, was conducted. The correlation between the emergence of wild birds and the forest vegetation was analyzed, and the patterns of forest vegetation for the improvement of species diversity were suggested by classifying wild birds and foraging guild by the type of forest vegetation. As for the characteristics of the wild birds emerged, more species and bigger population appeared in the vegetation type of mixed stand forest where the natural deciduous broadleaf trees and evergreen needleleaf trees coexisted in the large scale vegetation area. Thus, it was known that the advent of summer migratory birds and resident birds were affected the most by forest patches and vegetation types. As for foraging guild, the larger the forest paches the more the species and the population of the wild birds inhabiting in shrubs and bushes.

Changes in nocturnal insect communities in forest-dominated landscape relevant to artificial light intensity

  • Lee, Hakbong;Cho, Yong-Chan;Jung, Sang-Woo;Kim, Yoon-Ho;Lee, Seung-Gyu
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.218-227
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    • 2021
  • Background: Artificial light at night has recently been identified as a major factor adversely affecting global insect diversity. Here, we compared the insect diversity in Gwangneung Forest Biosphere Reserve, specifically in the Korea National Arboretum (with no artificial light at night), with that of three nearby urban sites with a gradient of artificial light at night (five locations at each site). We analyzed the effects of the artificial night lighting index, mean annual temperature, and field light intensity (lux) at night on the insect community structure. Results: The urban sites generally exhibited higher species richness and abundance as well as clear indicator species compared with the control site. The size distribution of the collected insects markedly differed between the control and the three urban sites. The abundance of herbivorous and omnivorous insects increased and decreased, respectively, with the increase in light intensity. Species richness of herbivorous and omnivorous insects was likely correlated with the field light intensity at night and artificial night lighting index, respectively. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the association between nighttime environment and marked changes in insect community structure and revealed consequent transition of ecosystem services by changes in trophic group composition.

A Case Study of Quarry Rehabilitation and Restoration in Europe -With Four Quarry Rehabilitation Cases in France and Austria- (유럽지역의 광산복구·복원 사례 연구 -프랑스, 오스트리아의 4개 광산 복구사례를 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Kyunghoon;Kim, Nam-Choon;Nam, Sang-Jun;Yoon, Kisu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.76-84
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    • 2002
  • This report is the summary of case studies about four quarry rehabilitation and restoration works in France and Austria. In Europe, the rehabilitation program should be prepared before quarrying, and this program should be meet with the expectations of stakeholders (owners, neighbors and NGOs), and the requirements of ecological restoration and environmental protection of the government. This program integrates the concept of sustainable development as well as the often exceptional potential for enhancing ecological diversity offered by quarries. Subsequently, the long-term rehabilitation effort is coordinated as closely as possible with quarrying operations, and finally the site is shut down, all measures are taken to ensure the long-term future of the rehabilitated site. The coordinated restoration project applicable to sections where quarrying operations are still in progress confines the working area to keep the visual impact of the quarry to a minimum. The re-established sites offer such great ecological diversity that they were classified as special plant and wildlife ecological zones. Wide range of rehabilitation alternatives offer opportunities to combine environmental preservation goals with social benefits. The actions include agriculture/forestry, recreational/educational developments and other uses.

Criteria selection of urban forestry sustainability evaluation in the view of ecology (생태적 측면에서의 도시림 지속성 평가 지표 선정)

  • Lee, Soo-Dong;Kim, Dong-Pil;Choi, Song-Hyun;Oh, Jung-Hak;Hong, Suk-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.472-483
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    • 2014
  • Major cities have strengthened their efforts to improve the environmental function of the urban forest through aspects of quantity and quality. Yet, it is difficult to propose both long-term improvement and management policy direction continuously due to a lack of evaluating method that social needs could be reflected. After all, effective strengthening of the function of an urban forest, composed of social and biotic environments, is essential to create evaluation criteria. Such data reflects a quantity variation and identifies the distribution and habitation of biotic sources as well. An assessment of utilization possibilities presents such values as a green connectivity, an ecological healthiness, and usage and access opportunities. Consequently, this research was executed to create an urban forest sustainability index that proposes a management and policy direction based on the evaluation of quantity and quality aspects. This study was processed by the following steps: a degree of importance of ecological aspect, a sub-classification index choice, and an examination of adequacy. This research was conducted from premises that urban forest had another functions comparisons to a natural forest. As a result, a criteria of sustainability should be considered to evaluate an ecological aspect, as well as the social and management aspects regarding human disturbance. This research is designed to develop an evaluation index for ecological aspect. In order to evaluate the ecological healthiness of an urban forest, a vegetation index considers aspects of related rarity, damage possibility, naturalness, area, and diversity. In a wildbird index-related study, forest duration and area were selected. Finally, a variance analysis is presented, inclusive of stability, naturalness, diversity, potentiality, and possibility of wildlife inhabitation, which is indicative of an urban forest sustainability index.