• Title/Summary/Keyword: Environmentally sound management

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Dvelopment of assessment manual for Environmentally friendly Control of Waste in the Army (군 발생 폐기물의 친환경적 관리를 위한 평가 매뉴얼 구축방안)

  • Park Chung-Woo;Suh Sang-Wook;Lee Chan-Sik;Kim In-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.5 no.4 s.20
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    • pp.115-121
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to develop checklist and manual in order to control and manage military construction project in an environmentally friendly way during each stage in construction. The main contents of the study are as follows. 1) Checklists and manual are developed for reviewing the construction project in advance to meet environment codes and regulations during each stage of project. 2) Critical check points of environment management program focused on waste are identified. 3) A new construction paradigm in harmony with sound environment is established through the application of program for proactive waste control. The study also recommends that, as a future research, the development of a web-based manual be developed for more easy applications in general construction project.

The Role of Residents for the Sustainable Ecopolis and Ecovillage (지속가능한 생태도시 및 생태마을에서의 거주자의 역할)

  • 곽인숙
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.109-122
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    • 2001
  • This study was performed to identify the roles of residents for the environmentally sound and sustainable development, taco-polis(kologisches Bauen), eco-village and Symbiotic Housing. These buildings will achieve energy efficiency through design strategies such as passive solar heating system, natural cooling and day lighting. Their infrastructure will feature parking on the periphery, extensive pedestrian paths, outdoor ground lights that preserve stellar visibility, and environmentally sensitive technologies such as low writer use fixtures. And they will restore biodiversity while protecting the wildlife, wetlands, forests, soil, air and water. Their houses wile be designed to support home-based occupations, offering high-speed Internet access and other options to promote a localized, sustainable economy. To support and encourage the evolution of sustainable settlements, it is necessary to prepare constructing the physical facilities and the social functions relating with residents. The roles of residents are important to provide a high Quality lifestyle and to integrate a supportive social environment with a low-impact way of life. This study concluded the four main roles of residents for the sustainable of Eco-polis and Ecovillage. 1. Residents assist transition towards a sustainable society as eco-conscious consumers in the planning stage. 2. Residents live in a ecological way for the sustainable ecovillage. 3. Residents exchange information and education for increasing the community glue as a communication network. 4. Residents support and transmit their cultural vitality and tradition for the next generation. So, users are expected to encourage resident's participation in the planning, design, ongoing management and maintenance of the sustainable ecovillage.

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Present Status and Future Prospect of Environment Agriculture in Daeho Reclain ed Saline Area (대호간척지의 환경농업 추진현황과 발전방향)

  • Chae Je-Cheon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2001.09a
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    • pp.72-90
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    • 2001
  • Environment agriculture carried out from 1999 in Daeho reclaimed saline area, located in central east cost of Choongnam Korea, resulted in dramatic reduction of amount of nitrogen fertilizer and application times and amount of pesticides. The ecological status of Daeho reclaimed saline area was considered to still very sound from the results of ecological survey on flora and fauna. However, it was desirable to adapt precision agriculture for production of high eating quality of rice and preservation of Daeho ecosystem. Especially, precise application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer was recommendable for prevention of water pollution in environment rice cultivation by duck or mud snail or crab. The bioefficacy of Scirpus maritimus and Echinochloa crus-galli in paddy field of environment rice cultivation by duck or mud snail or crab in Daeho reclaimed saline area was revealed very low. Therefor, it was concluded that the pre-measures of reduction of natural weed population were necessary for successful environment agriculture. The most desirable and ideal environmentally sound agriculture in Daeho reclaimed saline area was performance of crop rotation, introduction of legume crops and green manure crops, and also, simultaneous management of crop production and animal husbandry for smooth flow of energy cycle within the closed Daeho ecosystem.

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Strategies to Reduce Environmental Pollution from Animal Manure: Nutritional Management Option - Review -

  • Paik, I.K.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.657-666
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    • 1999
  • The first option in manure management is developing an environmentally sound nutritional management. This includes proper feeding programs and feeds which will result in less excreted nutrients that need to be managed. Critical components that should be controlled are N, P and minerals that are used at supranutritional levels. Amino acid supplementation and protein restriction reduce N excretion in the monogastric animals. Supplementation with enzymes, such as carbohydrases, phytase and proteases, can be used to reduce excretion of nutrients and feces by improving digestibility of specific nutrients. Growth promoting agents, such as antibiotics, beta-agonists and somatotropin, increase the ability of animals to utilize nutrients, especially dietary protein, which results in reduced excretion of N. Some microminerals, such as Cu and Zn, are supplemented at supranutritional level. Metal-amino acid chelates, metal-proteinates and metal-polysaccharide complexes can be used at a much lower level than inorganic forms of metals without compromising performance of animals. Deodorases can be used to avoid air pollution from animal manure. Nutritional management increases costs to implement. It is necessary to assess the economics in order to find an acceptable compromise between the increased costs and the benefits to the environment and production as well.

Contemporary Organic Contamination Levels in Digested Sewage Sludge from Treatment Plants in Korea : (3) Organophosphorus Insecticides (우리나라 하수 및 폐수 처리 슬러지의 유기인계 살충제의 함량)

  • Hong Gi-Hoon;Lee Kang-Young;Chung Chang-Soo;Lee Hyun-Kyung
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.229-236
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    • 2006
  • Organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) contents in the sewage sludge derived from the residential and industrial areas were determined in order to characterize contemporary organic contamination levels as a part of the ongoing development of the environmentally sound sewage sludge management strategy in Korea. OPPs were extracted from freeze-dried sludges in a ultrasonic extractor. The extracts were cleaned-up by florisil column and subsequently fed into gas chromatograph/nitrogen phosphorus detector (GC/NPD) for determining OPP contents. Diazinon, dimethoate, disulfoton, EPN, malathion, methyl parathion, parathion, phorate and sulfotep were present in the appreciable amount in the domestic sewage sludges. The sum of the 9 OPPs in the sewage sludge varied from 534.8 to 15552.1 ${\mu}g/kg$, dry wt..

WTP Analysis for Environmental Improvement of Waterfront (워터프론트 환경개선을 위한 WTP 분석 - 부산의 해수욕장을 중심으로 -)

  • 김가야
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.1197-1206
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    • 2003
  • As growing importance and concern of waterfront, we have tried to study its landscape, accessibility, landuse and so on as well as its environmentally sound and sustainable development. In fact we had been under the false thought that it always gaves what we wanted, and it was neglected in its economic value. This paper/looks at one alternative, the non-market value generated by management of waterfront as public resources. We consider the question : how much are people willing to pay to improve, how much are people want to improve\ulcorner The contigent valuation method was implemented during Sep. 9 to 14 in 3 beaches ; haeundae, Gwanganri, Songjeong. They are representative waterfronts which have been widely known and visited. We find out that households are willing to pay about 12,000-16,000 den per year for improving nature elements and inviting more valuable functions about 3 beaches. Especially Ive pay attention to difference between cognitive and comprehensive satisfaction 3 beaches and their substructural factors satisfaction such as natural environment, public facilities, recreational facilities and etc.

Anaerobic Bioconversion Potential of Blue Crab Processing Waste and Wastewater(I) (꽃게(Blue Crab) 가공 식품 제조 공정상 발생된 폐수 및 폐기물의 혐기성 생분해 가능성(I))

  • Lee, Hyung-Jib
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.54-62
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    • 1997
  • Disposal of blue crab wastes represents a significant problem to processors, who are limited with respect to acceptable disposal alternatives. Anaerobic bioconversion technology was investigated to determine an environmentally sound and economic disposal method for these wastes. In the study ultimate methane yield for total crab solid waste was $0.180m^3/kg$ VS added and biodegradation rate constant was $0.15day^{-1}$. Methane yield of the bench-scale reactor operated on similar feedstock was $0.189m^3/kg$ VS added and biodegradation rate constant was $0.06day^{-1}$. These results indicate that anaerobic bioconversion of blue crab wastes was technically feasible. Use of anaerobic bioconversion technology can be an attractive option for blue crab processing waste management. The by-product methane gas could be used for maintainign a number of processing operations (i.e., heat for cooking, or keeping temperature of digester constant).

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Research on Environmentally-Sound Erosion Control Works(II) -The Management and Guidelines of Riparian Zone in Japan- (환경(環境)과 조화한 사방사업(砂防事業)(II) -일본(日本)에 있어서 수변지역(水邊地域)의 관리(管理)와 지침(指針)-)

  • Chun, Kun-Woo;Kim, Kyoung-Nam;Seomun, Won;Yeom, Kyu-Jin;Ezaki, Tsugio
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.112-127
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    • 1998
  • A meeting for Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering took place, from May 20-21 in Sapporo, Japan, with the presentations of 21 special topics and 185 general papers. Special topics consists of 6 copies on volcanic disaster prevention, 6 copies on the activity report of Earthquake Erosion Control Engineering Society, 5 copies on the management and guidelines of riparian zone and 4 copies on debris disaster occurred in 1997. General papers consists of 10 copies on slope stability, 10 copies on slope failure, 9 copies on earthquake, 41 copies on environmental erosion control, 25 copies on debris flow, 11 copies on warning and refuge, 10 copies on erosion control plan, 11 copies on erosion control project, 10 copies on erosion control facility, 12 copies on volcanic erosion control, 4 copies on revegetation technology, 4 copies on forest hydrology, 4 copies on avalanche, 4 copies on landslide, 18 copies on debris flow and 2 other copies presented by international student. Among the special topics, 5 papers with the titles of the function and structure of riparian zone, the interactive relation of flood and riparian zone, the management method of channel and river forest for controlling debris flow, the forest restoration efforts by native population, the law and social issue for building river riparian zone were presented in the subsection of "The Management and Guidelines of Riparian Zone". Thus, this article summarize and introduce the presented contents which are very important and can be referred to keep environmentally sound-river in the erosion control field.

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The Cultural and Environmental Unsoundness of the Chinese Public Squatting-Type Toilet: A Case Study toward a Sustainable Excreta Treatment System

  • Chang, Jin-Soo
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.131-138
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    • 2014
  • The inconvenient truth of sustainable public squat toilet culture varies among nationalities. This culture may be comfortable to the people of China, yet uncomfortable to the non-Chinese, according to the adequate environmental management in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (YKAP), northern China. We conducted a series of field surveys and individual interviews (Chinese n = 1,000 and non-Chinese [foreign visitors] n = 100) on several aspects of the public squat toilet: structural properties, waste disposal methods, important factors, and overall satisfaction level. The significant factors in response to the public squat toilets were cleanliness, odor, toilet paper, temperature, soap, other facilities, and presence of cubicles. These factors should be policy priorities of the local government. In addition, 66.2% of Chinese and 91% of foreign visitors desired type E toilets (two full-high partition walls and a door). The results illustrate the nature of a sustainable and beautiful approach to the culturally and environmentally sound management of various types of public squat toilet in YKAP. The government needs to focus on the future-oriented and excreta treatment management of the sustainable toilet culture for residents and visitors of YKAP.

Evaluation of Korea\`s Sustainable Development by the System Ecology(II) -Simulating the Future of Korea\`s Natural Environment and Economic Development- (시스템 생태학적 접근법에 의한 한국의 지속적인 발전가능성 평가(II) -한국의 자연환경과 경제활동에 대한 미래예측-)

  • 이석모;손지호;김진이
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 2001
  • A macroeconomic minimodel was simulated to analyze the effect of global exchange on the Korea\\`s economy. The simulation results illustrate some of the consequences of public policy and some insight into current world problems. All computer simulation runs made under various conditions suggest that the Korea\\`s system in the near future may be strongly influenced by the favorable availability of outside resources, while the national power and assets may be declined by indigenous environmental stock depletion. The borrowed capital allows the temporary money stock to increase and the national assets to grow faster and a little higher, as using up the environmental resources more quickly. Later, when the debt is paid off, the foreign exchange holdings may not go so high. For the environmentally sound and sustainable development, over 75% of total economic production should be invested to the natural resource management. Therefore, the economic structure of Korea should be transferred from the present industrial structure to social-economic structure based on ecological-recycling concept.

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