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Low Impact Urban Development For Climate Change and Natural Disaster Prevention

  • Lee, Jung-Min;Jin, Kyu-Nam;Sim, Young-Jong;Kim, Hyo-Jin
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.54-55
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    • 2015
  • Increase of impervious areas due to expansion of housing area, commercial and business building of urban is resulting in property change of stormwater runoff. Also, rapid urbanization and heavy rain due to climate change lead to urban flood and debris flow damage. In 2010 and 2011, Seoul had experienced shocking flooding damages by heavy rain. All these have led to increased interest in applying LID and decentralized rainwater management as a means of urban hydrologic cycle restoration and Natural Disaster Prevention such as flooding and so on. Urban development is a cause of expansion of impervious area. It reduces infiltration of rain water and may increase runoff volume from storms. Low Impact Development (LID) methods is to mimic the predevelopment site hydrology by using site design techniques that store, infiltrate, evaporate, detain runoff, and reduction flooding. Use of these techniques helps to reduce off-site runoff and ensure adequate groundwater recharge. The contents of this paper include a hydrologic analysis on a site and an evaluation of flooding reduction effect of LID practice facilities planned on the site. The region of this Case study is LID Rainwater Management Demonstration District in A-new town and P-new town, Korea. LID Practice facilities were designed on the area of rainwater management demonstration district in new town. We performed analysis of reduction effect about flood discharge. SWMM5 has been developed as a model to analyze the hydrologic impacts of LID facilities. For this study, we used weather data for around 38 years from January 1973 to August 2014 collected from the new town City Observatory near the district. Using the weather data, we performed continuous simulation of urban runoff in order to analyze impacts on the Stream from the development of the district and the installation of LID facilities. This is a new approach to stormwater management system which is different from existing end-of-pipe type management system. We suggest that LID should be discussed as a efficient method of urban disasters and climate change control in future land use, sewer and stormwater management planning.

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Heavy Rain and Flood Prevention in Urban (뉴스초점: 집중호우와 도시지역 홍수방어)

  • Jeong, Sun-Gil
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.43 no.6
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    • pp.31-34
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    • 2010
  • Recently, due to localized heavy rain and flash floods in urban areas is becoming more frequent flood damage. To prevent flood inundation damage, to formulate the diverse directions in connection with the drainage system of buildings, roads, sewerage, pump stations, detention (retention) pond, and streams is very important. In addition, it is important for the uniform design criteria, the consistent of hydrologic and hydraulic analysis method, and a flood disaster mitigation systems connected with structural and nonstructural measures. To accomplish this, the method such as installation of storage facilities, infiltration facilities, and underground water tank, the optimal size of the design gutter and grate of the road, ensure the capacity of pumping stations, and the installation of a flood control channel into the deep underground requires comprehensive measures dimension in urban areas.

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Improvement of Countermeasures for Slope Failure Mitigation in Korea (국내 사면붕괴 방지대책 선진화 방안)

  • Park, Dug-Keun;Kim, Tai-Hoon;Oh, Jeong-Rim;Han, Tae-Gon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 2005
  • Korea has been suffering from various natural disasters. Slope-stability related disasters such as landslides usually occur during typhoon and torrential rain season. Types of slope-stability related disasters can be classified as failures in cut slopes along constructed roads, landslides in natural terrain, and retaining structure failures in urban area. This paper summarizes human casualties for the last 29 years in Korea, reviews field studies for the disaster sites that caused human casualties due to torrential rains in the Summer of 2005, analyzes causes of slope-stability related disasters and includes recommendations for an effective management system.

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A Study on Disaster Recognition and Feasibility of Disaster Prevention Based on Place Names (지명을 통해 본 재해인식 및 방재 가능성 탐색)

  • Kim, Sun-Hee;Park, Kyeong
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.457-473
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    • 2010
  • Patterns and regional distribution of disaster-related place names have been analyzed to confirm the recognition and probability of disaster and to explore the possibility of disaster prevention measures. 106 terms and 37,901 place names related to disaster and prevention measures have been collected from the Korean gazetteers "Hanguk Jimyeong Chongnam". Based on this, some conclusions have been drawn: firstly, place names related to the geomorphic processes and prevention measures are more common than any other disasters; secondly, place names related to heavy rain, flooding and drowning are most common. Analysis of the regional distribution pattern shows that disaster-related place names are most common in Jeolla and Gyeongsang Provinces and general place names reflecting environmental concern such as water, sand, plain, rain and dam are distributed evenly throughout the whole country; howe, r, place names such as dumbeong, gureong, yeoul, tan(灘), bangjuk, je(堤), and ji(池) are restricted to the specific region, which shows that place names reflects the locational and toprn sucic ainuations. Case st, anindicates that prevention measures should be focused on tributaries and srill villeys conaid ring that disasters originated from the combination of weather and landform conditions are most common throughout the whole country.

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An Implementation for Disaster Information Service and Search Function based on Smartphone Application (스마트폰 앱기반 재난정보 서비스 및 검색기능 구현)

  • Lee, Jung-Ki;Kim, Chang-Soo
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.273-280
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    • 2012
  • Recently, our society is affected by frequent occurrence of disaster such as local heavy rain and landslide. So, disaster organization and facility are stepping up their efforts to establish an effective disaster information system. Especially, researches of smartphone based disaster information service are conducted actively because smartphone becomes an ubiquitous to society and has various advantages. However, in general, these services only provide simple disaster information and do not consider several elements that is desired by the situation and conditions. Therefore, this paper establishes efficient disaster information service through implementation of application that connect disaster collection system and ability to search disaster information according the terms desired of user.

A Study on the Estimation of the Design Flood for Small Catchment in Jirisan (지리산 소하천유역의 홍수량 산정에 대한 고찰)

  • Chang, Hyung Joon;Kim, Seong Goo;Yoon, Young Ho;Kim, Min Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2022
  • The frequency of localized heavy rain is increasing due to the influence of abnormal climate that is rapidly increasing in recent years. As a result, the difficulty of safe water resource management is increasing and human and material damage is increasing. Various countermeasures are being established to reduce the damage caused by localized heavy rain, but small-scale mountain catchments are experiencing many difficulties due to the lack of a basic plan. Therefore in this study the risk of flooding was evaluated using the rainfall-runoff model in the Yu-pyeong catchment national park among national parks in Korea. As a result of the analysis, it was simulated that flooding occurred in the Yu-pyeong catchment of Mt. Jirisan when rainfall with a recurrence frequency of 50 years or more occurred, and it was confirmed that there was a high risk of structures, safety facilities and trails.

A study on the disaster countermeasures considering the psychological impact of rural residents (재난에 따른 농촌주민의 심리적 영향을 고려한 재난대책 방안)

  • Seo, Eunyoung;Kim, Yeounjung;Lee, Young-Kune;Park, Miri
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual change, disaster awareness, and psychological stress of rural residents who experienced natural disasters, and to find measures to cope with the disaster of rural residents. The subjects of this study were rural residents living in Cheongju city, Chungcheongnamdo province, which suffered direct or indirect damage due to heavy rain in July, 2017. Survey and interview methods were used. There were significant differences in perception of disaster according to gender, and many residents were suffering from post traumatic stress. Finally, the present study suggests directions for growth after the disaster of rural people.

A Study on the Meteorological Disaster of Fisheries and Ocean Institution in Jeju Island (제주도 수산해양시설의 기상재해에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Young-Wha;Kim, Jun-Teck;Ko, Hee-Jong
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.137-149
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    • 2006
  • The typhoon, heavy rain, blizzard, storm and heavy snowfall had the main caused of natural disasters occurred in Korea from 1993 to 2002. Among them, typhoon has responsible for biggest disaster, recording about 47.4% of total economic damage. Typhoons concentrated mostly in the months from June to October. The average occurrence number in those months ranged from 3.9 to 5.5 based on 30 years of record(1971-2000). However, the numbers increased from 4.0 to 6.2 during the most recent 10 years(1991-2000). Jeju province, among others in Korea, was most frequently affected by typhoon which occurred 23 times during the period of 1991-2000. Typhoons which occurred from July to early August have passed mostly through the west of Jeju, whereas, those of late August to September have passed through the center and eastern sea area of Jeju. The typhoons 'Ramasun' and 'Rusa' caused severe damage in Jeju area in September 2003 and the surge heights were +39cm and +77cm, respectively. The main cause of the damage was surge height which was highly associated with the tidal phase at the time of typhoon passage. The damage caused by typhoon on the aquaculture, fishing boat and harbor cosatline wall around Jeju Island which was amounted to be 417 billion won(\) during the recent 3 years(2002-2004)

Estimation of the National Burden of Disease and Vulnerable Population Associated with Natural Disasters in Korea: Heavy Precipitation and Typhoon

  • Han, Hyun-Jin;Kim, Jong-Hun;Chung, Soo-Eun;Park, Jae-Hyun;Cheong, Hae-Kwan
    • Journal of Korean Medical Science
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    • v.33 no.49
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    • pp.314.1-314.15
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    • 2018
  • Background: Despite its growing significance, studies on the burden of disease associated with natural disasters from the perspective of public health were few. This study aimed at estimating the national burden of disease associated with typhoons and torrential rains in Korea. Methods: During the period of 2002-2012, 11 typhoons and five torrential rains were selected. Mortality and morbidities were defined as accentual death, injury and injury-related infection, and mental health. Their incidences were estimated from National Health Insurance Service. Case-crossover design was used to define the disaster-related excess mortality and morbidity. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were directly assessed from excess mortality and morbidity. Results: The burden of disease from typhoons increased with the intensity, with 107.7, 30.6, and 36.6 DALYs per 100,000 per event for strong, moderate, and weak typhoons, respectively. Burden of disease from torrential rains were 56.9, 52.8, and 26.4 DALYs per 100,000 per event for strong, moderate, and weak episodes, respectively. Mental disorders contributed more years lived with disability (YLDs) than did injuries in most cases, but the injury-induced YLDs associated with strong typhoon and torrential rain were higher than those of lower-intensity. The elderly was the most vulnerable to most types of disaster and storm intensities, and males younger than 65 years were more vulnerable to a strong torrential rain event. Conclusion: The intensity of torrential rain or typhoon was the strongest determinant of the burden of disease from natural disasters in Korea. Population vulnerable may vary depending on the nature and strength of the disasters.

A Basic Study on Reginal Prediction Model for Building Damage Costs acrroding to Hurricane (태풍에 따른 지역별 건물피해액 예측모델 개발 기초연구)

  • Kim, Boo-Young;Yang, Seongpil;Kim, Sang ho;Cho, Han Byung;Son, Kiyoung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.253-254
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    • 2015
  • Currently, according to the climate change, the damages due to the hurricane is more increased than before. In this respect, several countries have been conducted the studies regarding the damage prediction model of buildings to minimize the damages from natural disaster. As hurricane is the complex disaster including a strong wind and heavy rain, to predict the damage of hurricane, various factors has to be considered. However, mostly research has been conducted to consider only hurricane properties. Therefore, the objective of this study is to develop the regression model for predicting damages of buildings considering geography, socio-economy, construction environment and hurricane information. In the future, this study can be utilized to developing damage prediction model for building from hurricane in South Korea.

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