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Review on Soil Erosion and Loss Management System of the Calgary City Government, Albert, Canada (캐나다 앨버트 주 캘거리 시의 토사관리제도에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, Youngchul;Kim, Lee-Hyung;Hwang, Sung Woo
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.163-175
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, soil erosion and soil loss management system (SMS) of the City of Calgary in Albert, Canada was reviewed. Regulatory basis supporting this soil management system, permit process and conditions, guidelines and principles for the SMS, and monitoring and repair duties, inspection were discussed. Permit process in the City of Calgary is handled mainly by Urban Development Division, in which special task force called CPAG (Coorporative Planning Application Group) (if necessary circulated through related subdivisions). Inspects all the permit conditions and decides permit or refusal, and LUM (Land Use and Mobility) advertises the approval, if there is no appeals, permit is released to developers. If permit is rejected, applicant can appeals Development Appeal Board, it can approve or reject. In addition to permit, the city has manual for soil management plan, which includes BMP selection, design, monitoring, maintenance, and inspection activities. Perfect SMS policy does not necessarily guarantee relieving the soil-particle related pollution problem, but in Korea, we have to recognize that construction works during development is potentially the most destructive stage of environmental pollution. The central and local governments must make preparations for the effective and tight regulations and ordinance which is appropriate for regional social-economic conditions.

Regional Development and the Improvement of Water Quality using Bivalves in Lake Suwa (Japan) (조개를 이용한 일본 수와호의 수질개선과 지역발전의 역사)

  • Okino, Tokio
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.47 no.spc
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2014
  • Lake Suwa is a natural lake which is well-known for sightseeing and fisheries. It had suffered severe eutrophication during 1960s and 1970s with the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms and the extinction of some benthic animals. Since 1980 water quality has been improved due to efforts of local government, scientists, and citizens. Of various methods that were attempted to improve the water quality of Lake Suwa biological methods received much attention, because it can improve the lake ecosystem integrity and fisheries in addition to the water quality. The aim of this paper is to introduce the biological methods for water quality improvement that had been employed in Lake Suwa, Japan, and their contribution to the economic benefit of local residents. Until now a significant restoration of water quality has been achieved, but there are insufficient recovery of the sediment and biota due to anoxic hypolimnion of the lake. This study proposed suspended cage culture of bivalves as a feasible method of water quality improvement. Increased grazing by bivalves will contribute to the improvement of water quality and fisheries production, which will contribute both to the ecological restoration and economy of local residents.

The Loads and Biogeochemical Properties of Riverine Carbon (하천 탄소의 유출량과 생지화학적 특성)

  • Oh, Neung-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.245-257
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    • 2016
  • Although rivers cover only 0.5% of the total land area on the Earth, they are windows that show the integrated effects of watershed biogeochemistry. Studies on the loads and properties of riverine carbon have been conducted because they are directly linked with drinking water quality, and because regional or global net ecosystem production (NEP) can be overestimated, unless riverine carbon loads are subtracted. Globally, ${\sim}0.8-1.5Pg\;yr^{-1}$ and ${\sim}0.62-2.1Pg\;yr^{-1}$ of carbon are transported from terrestrial ecosystems to the ocean via rivers and from inland waters to the atmosphere, respectively. Concentrations, ${\delta}^{13}C$, and fluorescence spectra of riverine carbon have been investigated in South Korea to understand the spatiotemporal changes in the sources. Precipitation as well as land use/land cover can strongly influence the composition of riverine carbon, thus shifting the ratios among DIC, DOC, and POC, which could affect the concentrations, loads, and the degradability of adsorbed organic and inorganic toxic materials. A variety of analyses including $^{14}C$ and high resolution mass spectroscopy need to be employed to precisely define the sources and to quantify the degradability of riverine carbon. Long-term data on concentrations of major ions including alkalinity and daily discharge have been used to show direct evidence of ecosystem changes in the US. The current database managed by the Korean government could be improved further by integrating the data collected by individual researchers, and by adding the major components ions including DIC, DOC, and POC into the database.

Accuracy and Economic Evaluation for Utilization of National/Public Land Actual Condition Survey Using UAV Images (국공유지 실태조사 활용을 위한 UAV 영상의 정확도 및 경제성 평가)

  • Lee, Sang Chan;Kim, Jun Hyun;Um, Jung Sup
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.175-186
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    • 2017
  • In this study was to survey method of national/public land actual condition survey to utilization of UAV, in order to evaluate the economic and accuracy. we carried out the comparative evaluation of the cadastral status surveying in terms of accuracy of parcel checkpoint, economical costs. The results are summarized as follows. First, average position error of the orthoimage was 0.033m in X error, 0.023m in Y error when the RMSE average calculated 0.046m from the intersection of plane distance connections. Secondly, it was appeared the accuracy of the orthophotograph is 0.076m at the maximum RMSE of the UAV orthoimage check point and 0.042m at the minimum RMSE compared with the VRS-GNSS survey results. Thirdly, when the allowable error specified in the implementing regulation of the current cadastral survey is applied, all of the checkpoint of 0.360m tolerance corresponding to the scale of 1/1,200 is satisfied. Finally, UAV utilization method in national/public land actual condition survey is 26,497,436(KRW) cheaper than cadastral survey method for In the economic evaluation of national/public land actual condition survey. Therefore, as a result of this study shows that the method of utilizing UAV in the national/public land actual condition survey satisfies legal standards in terms of accuracy and economical aspect is a way to further reduce the local government budget.

Knowledge of Cervical Cancer Screening among Health Care Workers Providing Services Across Different Socio-economic Regions of China

  • Di, Jiang-Li;Rutherford, Shannon;Wu, Jiu-Ling;Song, Bo;Ma, Lan;Chen, Jing-Yi;Chu, Cordia
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.2965-2972
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    • 2016
  • Background: China carries a heavy burden of cervical cancer (CC) and substantial disparities exist across regions within the country. In order to reduce regional disparities in CC, the government of China launched the National Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Rural Areas (NCCSPRA) in 2009. Critical to the success of the program are the health care workers who play a pivotal role in preventing and managing CC by encouraging and motivating women to use screening services and by providing identification and treatment services. This study aimed to assess cervical cancer knowledge among these health care workers at the county level in maternal and child health (MCH) hospitals across different socio-economic regions of China. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted and self-administered questionnaires were sent to all health care workers (a total of 66) providing cervical cancer screening services in 6 county level MCH hospitals in Liaoning, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces, representing eastern, central and western regions of China; 64 (97.0%, 64/66) of the workers responded. ANOVA and Chi-square test were used to compare the knowledge rate and scores in subgroups. Results: The knowledge level of the respondents was generally low. The overall combined knowledge rate was 46.9%. The knowledge rates for risk factors, prevention, clinical symptoms, screening and diagnostic tests and understanding of positive results were 31.3%, 37.5%, 18.1%, 56.3% and 84.4%, respectively. Statistically significant differences in scores or rates of CC knowledge were seen across the different regions. The total and sectional scores in the less developed regions were statistically significantly lower than in the other regions. Conclusions: The majority of the health care workers who provide CC screening service in NCCSPRA at county level MCH hospitals do not have adequately equipped with knowledge about CC. Given the importance of knowledge to the program's success in reducing CC burden in rural women in China, efforts are needed to improve the knowledge of health care workers, especially in less developed regions.

Measuring Destination Image Components and Segmenting the Market of Forest Region Festival : The Case of Acasia-Honey Festival in Chilgok (산촌지역축제(山村地域祝祭)의 관광지(觀光地) 이미지 구성요인(構成要因) 측정(測定)과 시장분할(市場分割): 칠곡군(漆谷郡) 아카시아벌꿀축제(祝祭)를 대상(對象)으로)

  • Han, Sang-Yoel
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.90 no.6
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    • pp.747-755
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    • 2001
  • This study was analyzed the destination image and tests of image value of forest region festival by segmenting the market. A field survey was conducted during the Acasia-Honey Festival days in Chilgok, the famous acasia-honey products place, from May 12-15, 2001. In this study, 20 image items on five-point Likert scale were examined through factor analysis using a sample of 394 visitors. Four factors were identified as follows : environment, behavior-facilities, festival programs, and products. The author observed if there were statistically significant differences of destination images between the first-time and the repeat visitors, between residents and non-residents, and between purchasers and non-purchasers of acasia-honey products. The results indicated that repeat visitors and residents group had a more positive image of behavior factor such as hospitality and information for festival. And, the author found that purchasers of acasia-honey products had more positive image of product as well as environment factor such as special atmosphere, nostalgia, natural attractions, local culture, and novelty. For these results, it is possible to conclude that local government must effectively provide the festival visitors with well-defined information such as festival contents and schedule, also, develop the programs involved unique attributes of forest region festival to improve festival image.

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Interdependence and Check in East Sea Rim: Focused on Border Trade n Transitional Nations (환동해권 지역사회의 상호의존과 견제: 제이행국가 접경지역의 대외경제교류 중심으로)

  • Choi, Youngjin
    • International Area Studies Review
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.293-321
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    • 2012
  • This study aims to examine how institutions has been formed to deepen interdependence and to keep check in trade on the border regions of East Sea Rim between the macro structure and micro behaviors. The transitional nations such as China, Russia, and North Korea adjacent to the East Sea Rim exhibits unique characteristics in terms of transaction governance structure. While the regional economy in northeast China is still overwhelmed by the stated-owned enterprises(SOEs), it strongly encourages the private economic trade to form institutional economy through the border trade port and peddler trade market. Thus trade is shaped by the mixed governance. In far east Russia, whereas the SOEs are in charge of exporting oil, gas etc., private firms and small scale traders are importing household items, so that it can also be called as the mixed governance, while informal social networks simultaneously work. In North Korea, for the trade, since the firms are mainly required to have the permits from the different levels of government, it is regarded as the hierarchical governance. The institutional economics seems to well explain the changing agencies and their influence on the trade among the regions in the East Sea Rim.

A study on The Organizational Characteristics of SMEs on Market Performance through the Acceptance of Open Innovation -Focused on Woman's SMEs- (조직의 특성이 개방형 혁신 수용을 통한 시장성과에 미치는 영향 - 여성기업을 중심으로 -)

  • Seo, Yong-Mo;Hyun, Byung-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.11
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    • pp.131-141
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    • 2019
  • This study is an empirical analysis of the characteristics of the organization and the performance of the company. The characteristics that make up the culture of a company's organization determine its success. Overcoming the company's closed cultural characteristics, entrepreneurial orientation, delegation, openness of organizational culture, and R&D capabilities have a positive impact on the company's performance. These characteristics of the company also play a positive role in embracing open innovation to generate innovative results. The characteristics of a company positively consider the acceptance and utilization of external resources. These variables proved that the nature of a company's organization is a factor in generating a company's performance. In this process, open innovation and the acceptance of external resources also proved to be a positive factor in generating corporate performance. The contents of this study provide an academic basis for the variables that build corporate organizational culture and provide a practical attitude to the role of leaders in managing corporate organizational culture. This study is focused on women's SMEs. n future research, the overall characteristics of the company will be considered. In addition, this study attempts to verify by applying various variables for generating performance of domestic SMEs by reflecting overcoming regional limitations.

Calculation of Appropriate Number of Parking Lots for Cultural and Assembly Facilities - Focused on the Gwangju Metropolitan City Movie Theater - (문화 및 집회시설 적정 주차면 수 산정에 관한 연구 - 광주광역시 영화관을 중심으로 -)

  • Jin, Tae-Hee;Kwon, Sung-Dae;Jin, Il;Ha, Tae-Jun;Lee, Hyung-Mu;Lee, Gang-Seok
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.551-557
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    • 2021
  • Attached parking lots installation criteria is determined by use, total floor area, etc. according to the Parking Lot Act and local government ordinances. However, with traffic demand increase inconvenience about use of culture and assembly facilities have been raised. When planning number of parking lots for cultural and assembly facilities, legal parking lots and unit parking lots are used, but this causes inconvenience and traffic problems on the surrounding roads, because reality and convenience are not considered. Therefore, this study intend to present an realistic number of parking lots calculating equation for movie theater in Gwangju Metropolitan City. After investigating number of parking lots, number of screens, number of seats, total floor area, bus route and illegal parking for a cultural facility in Gwangju Metropolitan City, prediction model for calculating number of parking lots was presented using SPSS regression analysis. As a result of comparing prediction model and unit method, the prediction model was be closer actual cumulative parking space, so prediction model verification was completed. Based on the model verified in this study, Realistic number of parking lots will be installed. However, due to limitations of research on specific areas, research on various facilities should continue in consideration of regional, population, and urban characteristics

The effect of Self-sufficiency Project on Participants' Self-reliance and Satisfaction -Focusing on Self-sufficiency Participants in Ulsan Metropolitan City- (자활사업이 참여자의 자립의지 및 만족도에 미치는 영향 -울산광역시 자활참여자 중심으로-)

  • Park, Ju Young
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.580-594
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact on self-reliance and satisfaction of participants participating in the self-sufficiency business program of the Ulsan Metropolitan Regional Self-Sufficiency Center. A self-filled questionnaire was surveyed on self-sufficiency participants in five Borough and Country in Ulsan for 4 weeks from September 1 to 30, 2020, and final 233 copies were used in the actual analysis. As a result of the study, first, the percentage of positive responses of the participants was found to be good at 71.7%, for questions on the degree of support to the government, local governments, and administrative welfare centers. Second, in response to a system or service that would like to be supported or needed in the future, support for living expenses and support for health and medical expenses appeared and as a result of gender difference analysis, it was confirmed that there was a significant difference between support for children's education expenses and support for housing funds. Among the factors of the participant's psychological self-reliance(self-control, confidence, and willingness to work), the factor of self-control was the most significant factor, followed by confidence and willingness to work. Overall satisfaction with work was the highest among 9 satisfaction items such as salary and working hours.