• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2021

England's green belt policy as it delivered its framework to designating the development restriction zones(DRZ) in Korea is the key to address issues which try to change green belt boundary or/and housing development. Therefore it should necessarily be reviewed on the understanding of how England has been formulating a national policy to deal with the issues focusing on opportunities for housing development and recreation. This study explored the discourse and framework of England's green belt policy as well as driver changes of housing development and recreation. Results show several characteristics of England's green belt policy which are civil society consensus on conservation and management, limited small-scale housing development through management of release rates, a systematic procedure for application and approval, open-recreation space expansion and utilisation under the premise of conservation of natural green areas, and management structure by the involvement of NGO organisations. Therefore, five suggestions can be delivered to developing Korea's DRZ frameworks: first, preceding social consensus on the preservation value of development-restricted zones, second, addressing housing shortages in different alternatives e.g.) environmental-friendly small-scale housing, third, institutionalising the total proportion of release, fourth, establishing an open-recreation space, fifth, introducing expanded public-private partnerships. Ultimately securing the legitimacy of the nation's development-restricted zone system can contribute positively to the environment preservation and human health by promoting public leisure activities in terms of the recent increase in external activities caused by the Covid-19 crisis. Concluding remarks are here that the understanding of England's green belt policy can be delivered to and help formulate domestic policy addressing current issues.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.176-198
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• 2018

Environmental issues are among the most critical issues nowadays. These issues are no longer confined to individual countries, and international society has been progressing in building global dialogues since the early 1970s. Within these international efforts, Germany and Japan have played essential roles in global environmental governance. However, there are major differences in nation-level environmental policies in both countries. Governance based on network structure is more efficient than that based on hierarchy for solving complex problems. The network structure is formed through horizontal cooperation among various autonomous actors, and the relationship intensity among actors is one of the key concepts in the governance. Using social network analysis as a framework to explain complicated societal structures explains how interaction among actors creates networks, and these networks further affect their interactions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the structure of environmental policy governance as collaborative governance in Germany and Japan. To address this goal, this paper analyzes the relationship between the informational dimension of governance networks and its complement resource-sharing networks in both countries. The results show that the information-sharing networks have lower-level network influence on the resource-sharing networks as higher-level networks even if not all of the information factors have singular influences. The results suggest that the information-sharing networks may be one of the pieces of the puzzle for explaining this phenomenon in environmental governance in Germany and Japan.

• 무역학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.105-118
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• 2019

In the past two decades, due to the rapid fluctuations in the oil supply and demand in Northeast Asia as well as a surge in oil prices in the early 2000s, Korea has been developing the Northeast Asia Oil Hub project as a national project. This project was promoted based on the policy consideration that the nation's energy security and regional development can be promoted by establishing an oil hub in Northeast Asia that can eventually replace Singapore as East Asia's oil logistics hub. Following the construction of a large-scale oil storage facility in Yeosu in 2013, the main project in Ulsan has suffered many difficulties due to environmental changes such as the supply and demand of oil and political factors. The survey, which investigated the performance, problems, and prospects of the oil hub project, illustrates that scores of all sectors are of average level. In terms of performance and prospects, policies such as facility investment, law, and system improvement were determined to be rather high while operational areas such as value-added activities, profitability, and marketing activities were perceived as having more serious problems by respondents. In conclusion, despite the strong potential of Korea's oil hub based on its geographical location, facilities, and oil product capacity, there are problems related to policies, institutions, and investment. In the future, the oil hub business should be reviewed by considering environmental factors, and a drastic improvement plan for attracting foreign investors and oil traders should be established.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.341-356
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• 2015

A nation has a sovereign right to develop and use its natural resources according to its policies with regard to development and the relevant environment. A nation also has an obligation not to harm other countries or damage environments of neighboring countries as consequences of such actions of developments or use of natural resources. However, international precedents induce a nation to take additional actions not to cause more damages from the specific acts causing environmental damages beyond national borders, when such acts have economic and social importance. That is to say that there is a tendency to resolve such issues in a way to promote the balance between the mutual interests by allowing such actions to continue. A solution to China's Three Gorges Dam dilemma based on a soft law approach is more credible than relying on a good faith approach of national responsibilities and international legal proceedings since the construction and operation of the dam falls within the category of exercising national sovereign rights. If a large scale construction project such as the Three Gorges Dam or operation of a nuclear power plant causes or may cause environmental damage beyond the border of a nation engaged in such an undertaking, countries affected by this undertaking should jointly monitor the environmental effects in a spirit of cooperation rather than trying to stop the construction and should seek cooperative solutions of mutual understanding to establish measures to prevent further damages. If China's Three Gorges Dam construction and operation cause or contain the possibility of causing serious damages to marine environment, China cannot set aside its national responsibility to meet international obligations if China is aware of or knows about the damage that has occurred or may occur but fail to prevent, minimize, reverse or eliminate additional chances of such damages, or fails to put in place measures in order to prevent the recurrence of such damages. However, Korea must be able to prove a causal relationship between the relevant actions and resulting damages if it is to raise objections to the construction or request certain damage-prevention actions against crucial adverse effects on the marine environment out of respect for China's right to develop resources and acts of use thereof. Therefore, it is essential to cumulate continuous monitoring and evaluations information pertaining to marine environmental changes and impacts or responses of affected waters as well as acquisition of scientific baseline data with observed changes in such baseline. As China has adopted a somewhat nonchalant attitude toward taking adequate actions to protect against marine pollution risks or adverse effects caused by the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam, there is a need to persuade China to adopt a more active stance and become involved in the monitoring and co-investigation of the Yellow Sea in order to protect the marine environment. Moreover, there is a need to build a regular environmental monitoring system that includes the evaluation of environmental effects beyond borders. The Espoo Convention can serve as a mechanism to ease potential conflicts of national interest in the Northeast Asian waters where political and historical sensitivities are acute. Especially, the recent diplomatic policy advanced by Korea and China can be implemented as an important example of gentle cooperation as the policy tool of choice is based on regional cooperation or cooperation between different regions.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.809-817
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• 2010

온실가스 감축을 위해서는 배출활동을 억제하거나 배출집약도를 개선시키는 다양한 기술의 도입의 개발 보급을 촉진하는 정책의 도입이 필수적이다. 이처럼 온실가스의 저감을 위한 다양한 정부개입을 '기후정책'이라 하는데, 그 이론적 속성과 더불어 각 국가 고유의 상황에 따라 정책의 상대적 유효성이 결정된다. 온실가스 배출분석은 일정 기간에 국가 전체의 온실가스 배출을 전망하고, 이를 기초로 다양한 기후정책의 온실가스 감축효과를 평가하는 과정이다. 배출분석은 국가 온실가스 배출에 대한 기준년도 배출량 산정, 목표 시점까지의 배출추이에 대한 기준 배출량, 그리고 이러한 미래 배출량에 변화를 초래하는 다양한 기후정책 시나리오에 대한 평가 등으로 구성된다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 기후정책의 유형과 그 평가 선택기준을 고찰하는 한편, 우리나라의 온실가스 배출추이와 부문별 감축여건을 분석하였다. 이러한 연구는 우리나라의 국가 온실가스 감축목표 설정 및 기후정책 운용에 있어서 유용한 기반을 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.501-508
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• 2005

연안해운과 관련한 최근 환경 변화는 남북해운합의서 발효에 따른 남북물류의 증대 가능성과 환황해권, 환동해권의 동북아 연안 부상 등을 언급할 수 있다. 그러니, 연안해운에 대한 국가 정책의 소외는 우리나라라 물류거점화 되는데 많은 문세점을 노출하고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해소하고 외항과 연안간 균형발전을 도모하여 우리나라가 동북아 물류거점화 할 수 있는 방안을 크게 연계수송체제의 강화. 연안해운의 체질강화 및 정부의 체계적인 지원정책으로 구분, 제시하는 것이 본 연구의 목적이다. 연구결과에 의하면, 첫째로, 연계수송체계를 강화하기 위해 거점항만내에 연안피더 전용선석의 구축으로 연안피더운송의 연계성 강화가 필요하며 둘째로, 언안부두에 화주즐 유인할 수 있는 공동장치장 및 하역설비를 대폭 보강하여 일괄 서비스체제의 확립, 노후 비경계선의 Ro-Ro 선 혹은 고속컨테이너선으로의 대체. 화물선에 대한 면세유 공급과 각종 세제의 실질적인 혜댁부여로 환경 친화적이며 균형있는 외항-연안 물류사슬체계(Logistics Chain System)를 갖추는 것이 필요한 것으로 나타나고 있다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.504-511
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• 2007

Built-out issue of copper processing appearing recently in the Paldang watershed is a critical problem to deteriorate the basic framework of national water management policy as well as to be simply a copper-related problem. Up to now, Korea government has invested hard and relevant upstream areas have been victimized readily in a variety of field to comply its goal of 'Safe Water Supply'. Because of the reason, the desirable water quality level of the Paldang watershed has been maintained regardless of its dense population. Paldang drinking water management policy is based on residents' understanding which is considered as a 'social capital'. The issue raised in the aspect of water quality management policy should be reviewed on the basis of the 'social capital' concept. One regarding semiconductor industry as a potential industry to export many products in 10 years insists that the industry not be a simple private business but be a prominent part for national competitiveness. There is no doubt about this opinion. However, a nation should support environmental right-to-life of its people prior to any other tasks. In other words, it is really risky to give up people's right due to economic benefits. Therefore, it should not happen to trade 'life', the dignity of man, with national competitiveness which is likely to be preferred in these days. In addition, coherent policy not to destroy 'social capital' promoting Paldang drinking water resource management policy should be maintained.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2017

Over the past centuries, industrialization in developed and developing countries has had a negative impact on global warming, releasing $CO_2$ emissions into the Earth's atmosphere. In recent years, the transportation sector, which emits one-third of total $CO_2$ emissions in the United States, has adapted by implementing a climate change action plan to reduce $CO_2$ emissions. Having an environmental policy might be an essential factor in mitigating the man-made global warming threats to protect public health and the coexistent needs of current and future generations; however, to my best knowledge, no research has been conducted in such a context with appropriate statistical validation process to evaluate the effects of climate change policy on $CO_2$ emission reduction in recent years in the U.S. transportation. The empirical findings using an entity fixed-effects model with valid statistical tests show the positive effects of climate change policy on $CO_2$ emission reduction in a state. With all the 49 states joining the climate change action plans, the U.S. transportation sector is expected to reduce its $CO_2$ emissions by 20.2 MMT per year, and for the next 10 years, the cumulated $CO_2$ emission reduction is projected to reach 202.3 MMT, which is almost equivalent to the $CO_2$ emissions from the transportation sector produced in 2012 by California, the largest $CO_2$ emission state in the nation.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.26-35
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• 2001

We are, now in the 21st century, that environmental preservation and the campaign for bio-diversity protection are very important issues the government must deal with as nation's main policy. To make road and building construction, housing land service, construction of golf fields, and various development works, we have made artificial topographical alterations and as a result, the cut-slop has been increased. However, without the proper study and clear planning, revegetation for the stability of the cut-slop has worked out. These efforts now are causing derangement of an ecosystem and spoiling the nature without considering for ecological adaptation. Therefore, we are going to find out the Revegetation Method to Cut-Slopes considering both the ecological adaptation and harmony with the nature.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2021

이 연구는 COVID-19 판데믹 전후 즉, 2019년부터 2021년 현재까지의 해운경기와 동향분석을 통해 이번 컨테이너 해운호황을 면밀히 분석하고 그 원인을 알아보았다. 또한 이 연구는 우리 해운기업이 포스트 코로나 시대에 지속가능한 성장을 위해 정책방향을 제언하였다. 연구 결과, COVID-19 확산이 유발한 수요감소에 대한 대응으로 선사들이 선박가동중단(idle)을 늘렸다는 언론 보도와는 다르게 스크러버 설치를 위해 가동중단선박이 급속히 늘어난 것을 확인하였다. 이 연구에서 제언한 정책방향으로는 선박공급과잉의 원인 분석과 해운산업 증요성에 대한 전국민적 공감대 확보가 필요하다는 것이었다. 구체적으로 첫 번째, 해운정책으로 인해 오히려 선박공급과잉이 심화되었는지 알아볼 필요가 있다는 것, 두 번째, 해운정책의 기조 특히, 호황기 정책 기조를 재검토할 필요가 있다는 것, 세 번째, 불황기 공급확장 정책 이외에 호황기 공급조절 정책과 같은 해운정책의 포트폴리오를 구성해야 한다는 것 등이다. 마지막으로, 정책 당국과 해운 관련 국책연구기관의 해운경기 예측력을 제고시켜야 하며, 지속적으로 선사CEO 대상 선박투자 세미나를 개최하고, S&P 전문가 및 해운시장 분석가를 양성해야 할 것을 주장하였다.