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Performance Assessment of Three Turfgrass Species, in Three Different Soil Types, and their Responses to Water Deficit in Reinforced Cells, Growing in the Urban Environment

  • Ow, L.F;Ghosh, S.;Chin, S.W.
    • Weed & Turfgrass Science
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.338-347
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    • 2015
  • Reinforcement cells are used to aid grass growth and taken together, this serves to extend greenery beyond the conventional spaces of lawns, tree pits, gardens, and parks, and is advantageous to urban cities since space for greening is often limited. Drought has variable effects on plant life and the resilience of turf to drought resistance also varies with species. Changes in photosynthetic ability were more pronounced for media rather than grass species. The media of sand without organic matter was found to be least suited for drought resistance. Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and digital image analysis (DIA) data were generally in favour of Zoysia species as oppose to A. compressus. In A. compressus, selective traits such as, a more extensive root system and lower specific leaf area (SLA) were not an underlying factor that assisted this grass with enhanced drought resistance. Generally, WUE was found to be strongly related to plant characterises such as overall biomass, photosynthetic features as well as the lushness indexes, and specific leaf area. This study found a strong relationship between WUE and a suite of plant characteristics. These traits should serve as useful selection criteria for species with the ability to resist water stress.

A study on the headloss of filter media for treatment of Road Runoff (도로노면 유출수 처리를 위한 여과에서의 여재별 손실수두 특성)

  • Choi, Weon-Suk;Song, Changsoo;Kim, Seog-ku
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.697-704
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    • 2008
  • Stormwater runoff from urban road area as non-point source has a tendency of including lots of pollutants at initial rain period. Recently, there are several cases of having installed treatment facilities for reducing pollution discharge from the impervious cover in urban area to prevent watershed environment from getting worse. The filtration type among non-point source treatment systems has been known as one of the most efficient system for treatment of non-point source pollutants. Therefore, various kinds of filter media such as expanded polypropylene(EPP), granular activated carbon, zeolite, perlite, illite, sand, gravel has been developed. This study was conducted to verify performance and hydraulic characteristics of filter media as measures for non-point source. The experiment was carried out to evaluate applicability and variation of 4 kind of most popular filter media(EPP, GAC, Zeolite, Perlite) in headloss with elapsed time and influent flow rate and to obtain data base that could be used to establish management plan for road runoff treatment. In experiment by tap water, it showed that EPP and perlite those are floatable materials showed stable operating performance and lower headloss than the others.

Production of Environment-friendly Artificial Media for Agriculture Using Urban Sludge (도시발생 슬러지를 이용한 환경친화적 인공배지 생산)

  • 김선주;윤춘경;양용석
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.102-111
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    • 1998
  • Large amount of sludge have been generating in the process of water and wastewater treatment in urban area, and it has been making many environmental problems. Currently almost of sludge is landfilled, and since sludge is difficult to handle and dehydrate, the permeated water from the filled-in ground contaminate the surrounding soil and groundwater which may cause serious environmental and sociological problems. The organic component in sludge can be almost removed through the heat treatment process, and the final product is called artificial soil or artificial media according to the temperature control. To produce artificial media using sludge, chabazite and lime were used as an additive, and the mixture of sludge & additives was thermally treated in the firing kiln at about 800~1, 100。C for about fifteen minutes. The physical and chemical characteristics of the produced artificial media were analyzed, and it showed that it can be used as an artificial media for plant production or soil conditioner for farmland. The concentrations of the toxic heavy metals in the artificial media were lower than the soil quality standard for farmland. The characteristics of produced artificial media, using the mixture of sludge and additives through the heat treatment, is similar to the natural chabazite and soil. The analyzed result of the mineral composition of artificial media showed that it has a characteristics similar to natural stable soil, so the produced artificial media may be applied to farmland or water culture without causing adverse effect. Therefore this study showed that the above process can be a feasible alternative for sludge treatment.

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Factor Analysis for Activating Game Based Digital Urban Theme Park (게임 기반 도심형 디지털 테마파크의 활성화를 위한 요소 분석)

  • Ra, Gunju;Sung, Junghwan
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2015
  • The increasing interest in digital leisure with virtual reality has led to the emergence of digital based urban theme park. Since there were some game type based digital theme parks, which ended up failed in Korea, we analyzed game and space factors for game based digital theme park by drawing upon Maslow's need theory and the hero's journey by Joseph Campbell. We anticipate our research for analysis of game based theme park provides important groundwork on designing various digital urban theme park.

A Study of Applied Digital Media in Street Environmental Design (가로환경디자인에 있어서 디지털미디어의 활용에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hyuk-Soo;Hong, Kwan-Seon
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.18 no.1 s.59
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2005
  • Fast developing digital technology is Having an enormous societal influence, creating a porous new world without boundaries. This phenomenon applies to a whole range of fields, including culture, politics and even our daily lives. Urban Street cannot be excluded from this world-transforming change. Digital technology is changing the physical structure, growing patterns, function and role of the Urban Street. As a result, Urban Street should now be freeing themselves from the old-world functionalism, which has been pursued uniformly under the names of rationality and efficiency. We have, then, to think about the culture of the Digital Urban Street,'that is, the digital life style, which is tangibly generated in the concrete city space, and which must be prepared for further digitalization. This paper argues that the street must be understood as a communications centre, because digital technology has created a new communications style. Also, this paper focuses on how the physical environment of Urban Street will evolve with regard to both function and appearance. In conclusion, studying the ubiquitous space, it also looks at how existing urban planning and space design should lead to the further development of Urban Street using digital technology, as well as to the role this technology will have in the future.

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A Study on the Type and Sense of Place of the Lighting Design of Urban Public Space (도시 공공공간 조명디자인 유형과 장소성에 관한 연구)

  • Ma, Dong Qing;Yoon, Ji Young
    • Korea Science and Art Forum
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    • v.27
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    • pp.101-114
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    • 2017
  • Based on the relationship between urban public space, urban lighting and the sense of place, this paper aims to analyze the lighting environment types with the sense of place and their characteristics. First, with the theory study as the research foundation, it extracts six spatial factors of public space lighting design and then analyzes 12 relevant cases on the basis. Finally, it divides the 12 cases into four types, Basic types, Storytelling, Interactive and Multi-Media and analyzes the core design factor and characteristics of various types. The results show that: first, functionality, sustainability and aesthetics are the basic factors to realize the urban public space lighting places. Second, the six cases of "Storytelling" show that the theme of specific areas, namely the exploration of "story" is conducive for lighting design to form clear and definite environment recognition. Third, for "Interactive" and "Multi-Media", the intervention of new media technology and new lighting way has made the wide expansion of urban lighting design connotation and extension. The research results show that strengthening the urban location performance by the lighting design could improve the city image, which provides the basis for the development of urban public space lighting design.

Otemachi(大手町) Sequential Urban Redevelopment Project

  • Itoh, Toshio
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2017
  • Otemachi(大手町) is the region where it plays a pivotal role in Japanese economy as representative head offices of companies including financial insurance, general trading, information and communication newspaper media are concentrated. However, regenerating the entire region from worn-out infrastructures of buildings and city into the fresh and vibrant foothold in international business was the problem to be solved. In this situation, was examined on the basis of administrative agencies and relevant enterprises to reconstruct office buildings in phases without ceasing business functions and activities by utilizing the large-scale vacant land occurred from the relocation of the national public institutions. The independent administrative institution 'Urban Renaissance Agency(UR)' has completed the examination of industrialization and participation request for the commencement of the project. In this article, The overview of , the new form of project promoted and cooperated by officials and people, is introduced by UR (Urban Renaissance Agency) reorganizing the land exchange and infrastructure through the land readjustment project, and at the same time, procuring capital and building office buildings in solidarity with private development enterprises and financial institutions.

A study on Regional Disparity of Youth Cultural Welfare (청소년문화복지 지역격차연구 - 충청지역을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim Minjung;Song Jumi
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.42 no.11
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    • pp.61-84
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to present foundational data to promote the cultural welfare status of youth. The actual condition of the youth's cultural welfare was investigated by investigating the degree of youth's cultural welfare satisfaction and needs by regional groups. A total of 1486 questionnaires were used for the final data analysis. The analysis revealed the following results. 1. Actual conditions of adolescents cultural welfare. 1) Among various cultural activities, adolescents find leisure and social activity, artistic, mass media and video-media activities very boring and one-sided, Instead, they have greater interest in computer- and Internet-related activities, such as getting and sharing information and communication. 2) While adolescents living in urban areas benefit from well developed social infra-structure, those living in rural areas seldom take advantage of it. 3) The obstacles against cultural welfare of the youth can be categorized as: 'lack of money,' 'lack of time,' and 'lack of cultural facilities. ' In urban areas 'lack of time' becomes an issue, whereas in rural areas 'lack of money' and 'lack of cultual facilities' are important. 2. Degree of cultural welfare satisfaction of the youths. Youths generally appear either 'unsatisfied' or 'neutral' concerning their satisfaction degree about leisure and social activity parts, and art and play-activity paris. On the other hand, they appear 'neutral' concerning their satisfaction degree about computer- and Internet-related information and communication parts, and mass- and video-media activity parts. In addition, urban youths show a higher degree of satisfaction than rural youths. 3. What the youths need To improve their culture welfare status, they need a lot of supplements for cultural activity in the form of cultural infra-structure. Regarding the cultural infra-structure, rural youths need more than urban youths.

The Attitude of Family Economic Management in Urban and Rural Household (도시와 농촌주부의 가정경제관리태도에 관한 비교연구)

  • 서병숙
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.89-105
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    • 1981
  • The aim of this study is to analyze the attitude of family economic management in urban and rural household and how it effect to each household. It was investigated the attitude of housewife for the family economy planning purchase, consumption and utilization of the resources by questionnaire. For the analysis, usable respones(410 from urban and 264 from rural housewife) were verified. The result of investigation if as follows ; 1. the housewives in urban and rural have attitude of purposal purchase in general. the information for the new products and prices are usually got6 by mass media. the urban wives keep records more than rural housewives. 2. They have reasonable behavior in purchase but when they select the goods, urban housewives prefer to the goods made by well-known company and rural housewives consider the prices. Otherwise the rural housewives take more the cooperative buying than urban housewives. 3. In urban they save some money regularly but in rural they can rarely save. the housewife manages all money for living expenses in urban, but in rural they do not so. 4. Human resources and nonhuman resorces are utilized in rural house better than the urban but especially household equipments are not used completely in both case.

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