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Visitors' Evaluation of the Forest Trail Facilities by Applying Universal Design Concepts (유니버설디자인을 적용한 숲길 보행시설에 대한 이용객 평가)

  • Cho, Woo;Yoo, Ki-Joon;Choi, Song-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.78-89
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    • 2009
  • As 'design for all' and 'adaptable design', universal design is highly demanded to be adopted in neighborhood forest trail. The research areas were Mt. Doeum in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk Province and Mt. Anma in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province which were equipped based on 7 principles of universal design. The purpose of this research is providing baseline data for effective formulation of forest trail using universal design through visitors' evaluation on forest trail facilities by importance-performance analysis. Visitor's evaluation was achieved through questionnaire survey, and total 247 pieces of subjects were used for the analysis, 114 pieces from Mt. Doeum in Pohang and 113 pieces from Mt. Anma in Chuncheon. The residential areas of the respondents were mainly near each mountain - Mt. Doeum and Mt. Anma. According to the responses, nature study and education were the biggest reasons for the respondents' visits to Mt. Doeum, and so was the health to Mt. Anma, which are representative types of visiting behavior to nearby forest trails. The mean of importance was shown to be 3.87 while that of performance was 4.04, being a little higher than importance's, in importance-performance analysis of Mt. Doeum. This result suggests that the responders placed positive value on the forest trail applying universal design. It is necessary to improve the safety and convenience of guidance-safety handrail, make information sign easy to understand, and introduce an interpretive sign meeting the visiting purposes of visitors. Also, the management to make the road surface flat is in demand for the accessibility to forest trail. The mean of importance was 3.92 and that of performance was 3.99 in Mt. Anma, which suggests the necessity of improvement in safety of pavement material and boundary safety facilities.

A Study on in Influence on the Memory-Based Judgement and Purchase Intention upon Temporal Distance and Prior Kowledge in Preannouncing Strategy (시간적 거리와 사전지식에 따른 프리어나운싱 전략이 기억에 근거한 판단과 구매의도에 미치는 효과)

  • Han, Kwang-Seok
    • Management & Information Systems Review
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.99-118
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    • 2014
  • This study is a product launch strategy Preannouncing companies associated with temporal distance( in the near future/ distant future) and prior knowledge level(high knowledge/ low knowledge), the memory - based judgments(Global product judgment/ Discrete product judgment) and the purchase intention appears, the difference between the empirical verification of what was discriminatory. The study, first, Preannouncing main effect of temporal distance on judgments remember the difference between the purchase intention and consistent global product judgment is more discrete product judgment were higher awareness, purchase intention is higher. Second, Preannouncing high level of product knowledge in global product judgment showed that compared to discrete product judgment. In addition, low levels of knowledge than a discrete product judgment that global product judgment and purchase intention shown that a high level of consumer knowledge through systematic information processing and the road leads to higher purchase attitude. Third, Preannouncing according to the temporal distance and level of knowledge about the interaction effect results in the near future in terms of the high level of knowledge consumers global product judgment was higher than the discrete product judgment. On the other hand, a low level of knowledge of conditions in the distant future, consumers are more discrete product judgment recognized global product judgment showed that high.

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A Study on CSV of Social Economy and Consumer Perspective (사회적경제와 소비자 관점의 공유가치창출(CSV) 연구)

  • Lee, Young-Il;Kim, Young-Shin
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.13 no.12
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    • pp.53-63
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    • 2015
  • Purpose - Recently, creating shared value (CSV) has attracted attention through plan sustainability and the growth of corporate management. Porter and Kramer (2011) defined the core concept of CSV as social value, economic profits, improvements in the economic social condition, and reinforcing competitiveness. The purpose of CSV, which is to pursue economic profits through a social solution to the problem, agrees with managing the objective of a social enterprise that prioritizes the pursuit of profits through the realization of a social purpose. Today, CSV studies focus on CSR and sustainability and reinforce competitiveness. However, few studies focused on the social economy. Precedent studies examined CSV using a company example, and few studies exist from the perspective of consumers and the point of view of a market society. Research design, data, and methodology - Therefore, this study examines CSV in comparison to a background of the social economy. This study also investigates and analyzes the concept of social value from the point of view of consumers, social problems, consumption value, corporate value, and the influence of consumers. This article develops three hypotheses. Hypothesis 1 investigates the correlation with social innovation that consumers thought as being necessary for social innovation by a company. Hypothesis 2 is used to confirm the influence of consumers in CSV. Therefore, this article investigates the influence of consumers on consumption action for companies that are indifferent to social problems. Hypothesis 3 is used to verify the correlation between the value that consumers demand through consumption and the corporate value that companies pursue other than profits. The three hypotheses were adopted and met the standard for suitability. Results - The importance of the CSV study from the consumer perspective was confirmed using the influence of consumers on CSV. Because the objective of company activities is either the consumer or the market, the influence that extends to interactions between the company and consumers to ensure the success of a business is significant. Regarding the CSV study, because it was an initial study, various approaches are subsequently developed. However, conceptual and practical case studies on CSV currently exist that may be used to verify the factors that comprise CSV. Therefore, the company example may enable verification of the factors that influence the composition of CSV through identification from the consumer perspective. In addition, studying CSV as an action result (of consumer satisfaction, of a company's profits and competitiveness, and of society's cancellation of a social problem) may enable the realization of a practice paradigm as opposed to simply thought and faith. Conclusions - First, this study confirms the social value of a business through the feasible and common pursuit of consumers by corporations. Second, customer influence accounts for an important part of CSV. Third, shared value commonly provides a necessary advantage to consumers, corporates, and society, and contributes to the economy and healthy social development. Fourth, corporates can conduct a business, generate profits, and realize value through improvements in social problems and by addressing their competitive strengths and weaknesses.

Landscape Fragmentation of Circular Greenspace in Cheongju and Requirements for a Sustainable Development (청주시 환상녹지의 경관 파편화 실태와 지속가능한 녹지관리 방안 모색)

  • Kim, Jai-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.79-97
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    • 2012
  • This study examines on the impact of biodiversity in circular greenspace of Cheongju city since 2002 greenbelt release. Research has carried out to investigate the biotope pattern change with landscape fragmentation. Major landscape fragmentation has occurred with development of residential sector and build-up of major highways. Settlement has been expanded to the entire area connected to urban district excluding the eastern forest. North-south district shows high road density, where inter-regional roads meet in the cross-section. It is found that landscape fragmentation impact on species richness as well as population size of the species varies depending on the animal species. The birds show high species richness in N2, N3, N4, S2(north-south zone) even with high fragmentation rate. This can be explained that birds can access to aquatic environment where they can find abundant food resources. The amphibians and the reptiles show almost no zonal variation in species richness than the birds. The more a zone fragmented in small patches, the species richness of the amphibians and the reptiles also tends to be declined. Information accumulation on biodiversity for integrating landscape planning in urban planning, various level of community participation in decision making process, and cross border cooperation with neighbouring Cheongwon-gun will be required for sustainable greenspace management of Cheongju City.

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Vegetation of Mujechi Moor in Ulsan: Actual Vegetation Map and Alnus japonica Population (울산 무제치 습원의 식생: 현존식생도와 오리나무 개체군)

  • Kim, Jong-Won;Kim, Joong-Hoon;JeGal, Jae-Chul;Lee, Youl-Kyong;Choi, Kee-Ryong;Ahn, Kyung-Hwan;Han, Seung-Uk
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.99-103
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    • 2005
  • Actual vegetation map drown with the scale 1 to 100 and Alnus japonica population in Ja-neup and Woong-neup of the Mujechi moor were described in order to monitor long-termly and preserve permanently, where is a very rare Molinietea moor and a legally protected area. A total of 3036 plots of 5m $\times$ 5m were surveyed during summer 1996. Thiessen polygons of 1491 alder trees were derived from the plot data. Actual vegetation map was illustrated by 6 cover types such as needle spike-rush type, moor-grass type, alder-moor type, eulalia type, oak forest type, and exposed site. Molinia grasses native to the moor and Miscanthus grasses alien to the moor are reciprocally dominant. The area of Molinia grasslands was rapidly in decline and alder population size was dramatically in increase in the moor, particularly in Woong-neup. In Molinietea moor preservation more attention should be focused on the regulation of a nutrient rich soil from forest road and fire.

Technical Advances in Robotic Pavement Crack Sealing Machines and Lessons Learned from the Field (도로면 유지보수를 위한 크랙실링 자동화 로봇의 개발과 응용 -현장적용을 통한 실험 결과 분석을 중심으로-)

  • Kim Young-Suk;Carl T. Haas;Sung Baek-Jun;Oh Se-Wook
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2000
  • Crack sealing, a routine and necessary part of pavement maintenance, is a dangerous, costly, and labor-intensive operation. Within the North America, about ${\$}200$ million is spent annually on crack sealing, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) spending about ${\$}7$ million annually (labor alone accounts for over 50 percent of these costs). Prompted by concerns of safety and cost, the University of Texas at Austin, in cooperation with TxDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed a unique computer-guided Automated Road Maintenance Machine (ARMM) for pavement crack sealing. In 1999, successful field tests have been undertaken in 8 States around the U.S. This paper first describes significance of the automated crack sealing and technical advances in automated crack sealers including the ARMM, developed in the U.S. It then discusses the ARMM's field implementation and performance evaluation results, and improvements and modifications suggested through the technology evaluation during the field trials. Current research efforts and future work plans in its further development are also presented in this paper.

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Development of block-type sidewalk pavement system using snow-melting system (융설시스템을 이용한 조립식 보도포장 기술 개발)

  • Park, Kyungmo;Lee, Jeonguk;Kim, Changduk
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.136-143
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    • 2015
  • Snow-melting system has been applied not only to roads for car traffic but also to pavement for the pedestrians safety reason in some of the developed countries such as USA and Canada based on countermeasures against Natural Disasters Act revised in 2000. Even though this system was introduced in korea in 2006 and has been partly applied to car traffic roads, there is few places that the system has been applied. Therefore, in this research a snow-melting system with a block-type to cover a pavement that efficiently transfers heat form heat rays to the top of a pavement and protects the heat rays. A quality check showed that compression and bending strength was improved approximately 5 times stronger and 7 to 10 times more absorption rate than the KS(Korea Industrial Standard) requirement. Moreover, only 10 minute was required to increase temperature above zero with a block-type snow-melting system whereas approximately 180 minute was spent with the existing system. This research is expected to contribute to environmental issues and reduce accidents on a slippery road.

Development of interception capacity equations according to grate inlet types (빗물받이 형상에 따른 차집량 산정식 개발)

  • Choi, Sung Yeul;Eom, Kwangho;Choi, Seungyong;Cho, Jaewoong
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.49 no.10
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    • pp.851-861
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    • 2016
  • Recently, natural disasters, which are hard to predict and prevent, are rapidly increasing due to climate change worldwide. Particularly the damage scale of urban areas is increasing because of local torrential rainfall. In urban areas, the rain water cannot flow to pipes well due to the high percentage of impervious areas by the indiscriminate development. As a result, the inundation damage is getting higher in urban areas. So we need to characterize the interception of the grate inlets to ensure good drainage in impervious areas. But Korean installation criteria of grate inlets does not reflect road and drainage sector characteristics so the grate inlets do not function properly in many areas. In this study, we suggest the interception capacity equations about grate inlets through hydraulic experiments in various conditions. Therefore, the interception capacity changes are analyzed according to bearing bar slopes of grate inlets, grate inlet sizes and shapes and connecting pipe numbers. Though this, we developed the interception capacity equations about domestic grate inlets.

Development of a Traffic Condition Index (TCI) on Expressways (고속도로 소통상태지수 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Bok, Gi-Chan;Lee, Seung-Jun;Choe, Yun-Hyeok;Gang, Jeong-Gyu;Lee, Seung-Hwan
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.85-95
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    • 2009
  • Congestion on expressways is increasing in spite of continuous road construction. In enlargement of expressway capacity to lessen congestion, a long period is needed and in the case of traffic congestion, it would be impossible to avoid long periods of traffic congestion. So, it is necessary to cope with traffic congestion through continuous traffic condition monitoring, analysis of the causes of congestion and the development of alternatives before traffic conditions worsen. A congestion index that can express traffic operating conditions measurably is needed to monitor those conditions. Thus, in this research, a new congestion index, the Traffic Condition Index (TCI), is developed. TCI is able to evaluate roads that have different grades (or design speeds) and to judge traffic condition as good, fair and poor (congested). In addition, TCI has merits in that it can strengthen the function of existing Freeway Traffic Management Systems (FTMS) and can be applied to congestion management easily: TCI calculates congestion intensity and severity using data obtained from existing FTMS. In order to validate TCI, it was applied to the Kyungbu Expressway and the Seohaean Expressway. As a result, TCI shows a good performance in the aspect of applicability and ability of presentation of traffic conditions compared with travel speed and Travel Time Index (TTI).

Optimal Landing Location and Skid Trail Network Selection in Timber Harvesting Area (목재수확작업지의 적정 집재장 선정 및 작업로 배치)

  • Ji, Byoung-Yun;Oh, Jae-Heun;Park, Sang-Jun;Hwang, Jin-Sung;Cha, Du-Song
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.195-203
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    • 2011
  • Forest in the our country is in the age that needs positive operation in order to foster economical forest. Multiple operations for making valuable forest should be conducted steadily and timely from afforestation to harvesting. In order to execute these kinds of forest operations, the construction of skid trail network that can be effectively used as a pathway for forestry machine and working space is necessary. To investigate facility effect of skid trail network, we executed the location of skid trail network through centroid method by GIS for 50ha of harvesting workplace in mechanized model forest located in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province. As a result of this research, skid trail density in this area changed from 79m/ha with current method to 42m/ha with improved method. It appeared that skid trail density with improved method is nearly half of current method even though the cutting area is the same as the current cutting area. Also, skidding distance changed from 117m with current method to 57m with improved method. It appears that skidding distance with improved method is nearly half of current method even though cutting area was enlarged in adjacent tending cutting area.