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Making an Odorless City: The 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and the Transformation of Urban Odor Regulation (악취 없는 도시 만들기: 서울 올림픽과 도시 악취 규제의 전환)

  • WON, Chuyoung
    • Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.1-38
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    • 2020
  • This paper examines how South Korean government regulators and environmental scientists endeavored to improve the environmental quality of Seoul in preparation for the Olympic Games in 1988. When Seoul was nominated as a host city of the Summer Games in 1981, it was suffering from severe environmental pollution. The municipal government of Seoul and the Ministry of Environment initiated a series of pollution survey projects, which were followed by relevant regulatory procedures. One of the outcomes of these projects was the beginning of odor pollution regulation that used the Environmental Official Testing Method. Although the Pollution Prevention Act of 1963 made odor pollution such as unpleasant order, stench, and stink subject to environmental regulation, proper administrative procedures to reduce odor pollution were not in place until the 1980s. In order to reduce odor pollution in urban areas, governmental officers and environmental scientists tried to regulate odor-causing chemicals from factories. In June 1988, however, severe odor pollution was detected not from factories but from unregulated areas in Seoul, such as the waterside parks of the Han river, the downtown, and the marketplaces. The local regulators and scientists were concerned that the odor pollution could make a "wrong" impression on foreign athletes and visitors about the degree of "modernity" of Korea. This paper shows that the 1988 Summer Olympics was a transition point in the early history of odor regulation in South Korea, when the scope of odor regulation could be expanded.

Secondary Carotenoid Accumulation in Haematococcus (Chlorophyceae): Biosynthesis, Regulation, and Biotechnology

  • Jin Eon-Seon;Lee Choul-Gyun;Polle Jurgen E.W.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.821-831
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    • 2006
  • Unicellular green algae of the genus Haematococcus have been studied extensively as model organisms for secondary carotenoid accumulation. Upon environmental stress, such as strong irradiance or nitrogen deficiency, unicellular green algae of the genus Haematococcus accumulate secondary carotenoids in vesicles in the cytosol. Because secondary carotenoid accumulation occurs only upon specific environmental stimuli, there is speculation about the regulation of the biosynthetic pathway specific for secondary carotenogenesis. Because the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway is located both in the chloroplast and the cytosol, communication between both cellular compartments must be considered. Recently, the induction and regulation of astaxanthin biosynthesis in microalgae received considerable attention because of the increasing use of this secondary carotenoid as a source of pigmentation for fish aquaculture, as a component in cancer prevention, and as a free-radical quencher. This review summarizes the biosynthesis and regulation of the pathway, as well as the biotechnology of astaxanthin production in Haematococcus.

A Study on the Environmental control methods Expression in Korean Traditional Residence - Focusing on the courtyard-type - (한국전통 주거건축에 나타난 환경조절방식에 관한 연구 - 중정형을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Sun-Min;Hur, Bum-Pall
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, traditional residential architecture in South Korea appear to approach environmental regulation as part of ecological architecture of regional climate controlled environment, according to the characteristics and spatial arrangement, and material to the environment was described as a controlled manner. The scope of this study was not large scale housing construction from traditional chusagotaek, yunjeunggotaek, yangjindang, dokrakdang target was the case. Focusing on examples extracted from Korea first eco-friendly characteristics of traditional residential architecture is an extension of nature to explore space and yard space, and South Korea by way of environmental control that appears in traditional architecture, waterproof, moisture, solar radiation, sunlight, ventilation and air Attributes such as environmental regulation and environmental regulation of space, place and manner of materials were described. Korea's research through more traditional residential architecture of the environmental control and a wide range of environmentally friendly eco-construction was that appeared natural to use energy efficiently, it had been available. Later appeared on the Korea traditional architecture through research on environmental control of environmentally friendly ways to navigate and take advantage of the elements, through continuous research and eco-friendly construction to realize the traditional South Korea could provide a prototype of the modern, I thought I'd had.

An Improved Regulation Scheme Concerning Compost for the Development of Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (환경보전형 농업의 육성을 위한 퇴비화 법제개선에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Jae-Chun;Kang, Hun;Huh, Seok
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.15-29
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    • 1996
  • Composting is very important in practicing environmentally sustainable agriculture because compost application conserve soil and its fertility. Composting is also another important factor in achieving high national recycling goal above 20%. To encourage composting, it is necessary to revise current regulations on composting. Current regulation set the limit only for 4 metals and the limit is significantly strict, especially for lead, which dictates less than 150ppm. In this paper, authors suggested reasonable standard for some heavy metal concentration in compost taking into account other country's criteria.

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Regulation Standard of Fine Particles and Control Techniques of Emission Sources (미세먼지 관리기준과 발생원별 관리방안)

  • Park, Haewoo;Jo, Young Min
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.486-503
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    • 2013
  • This paper has comprehensively reviewed fine dust control technology from emission sources. Owing to the stringent national regulation, domestic industries have made consistent efforts to develop the high efficiency facilities since 1960s. In these days, harmful particulate pollutants including dioxins and PAHs as well as $PM_{2.5}$ are also of critical interests in government and civic groups. In addition, simultaneous treatment of gas and particles is being widely studied. It is believed that hybrid facilities which integrate a few advanced equipment may meet the atmospheric guidelines.

Study on the Pollution-heaven Hypothesis Focusing on Pollution-Intensive Industries (환경규제 강화로 인한 산업재배치 효과에 관한 연구 -오염다배출산업을 중심으로-)

  • Lho, Sangwhan
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.121-144
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to test pollution-heaven hypothesis on the korean pollution-intensive industries, that is, textile and clothing, petrochemical and primary metal industry. The empirical study examines that foreign direct investment(FDI) of korean pollution-intensive industries regresses on couple of exogenous variables and the environmental regulation on FDI. As the environmental regulation is not directly observed, it uses $CO_2$ emissions as the pollutant. The results of the study show that the environmental regulation in a host country is an insignificant determinant of FDI for the korean polluting industries. That is, they do not support Leonard (1988), Xing and Kolstad (2000) that the hypothesis is a significant for heavily polluting industries.

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Metropolitan Area Development Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment in Korea : With Special Reference to Pusan and Asan-Bay Metropolitan Area Development Planning (광역개발계획과 환경영향평가 : 아산만권 및 부산권 광역개발계획을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.47-57
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    • 1995
  • This study analyzes the problems of environmental laws, development planning laws, Metropolitan Area Development Planning(MADP), and the level of environmental pollution at Pusan and Asan-Bay Metropolitan Area where MADP will be realized in the near future. In order to prevent the environmental pollution by realization of MADP, Environmental Impact Assessment Act and environmental impact assessment systems in Korea should be revised so as to reflect the followings. First, the impact of national landuse planning change on the environment should be considered at the beginning of environmental impact assessment procedures. Second, the overlapping and greater impact of many projects, whose part is the subject of environmental impact assessment, upon surrounding metropolitan area should be simultaneously evaluated and the environmental pollution protection and abatement alternatives must be made according to the above impact of the projects. Thirdly, total effluent regulation of water pollution, air pollution and solid wastes should be enforced based on the self-purification of the metropolitan area environment.

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A Study on the Relation Between Environmental Regulation and Green SCM Utilization of Exporting SMEs in South Korea (환경규제와 수출 중소기업의 Green SCM 활용의 영향 관계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chang-Bong;Sim, Su-Jin;Jung, Jae-Woo
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.183-211
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    • 2017
  • Recently, as the environment-friendly factors has become more important than before. In other words, the new model in trade has emerged as an important issue. At the same time, environmental trade is emerging as a new barrier due to the increasing international trade environmental regulation linked with environment. International trade environmental regulation has a huge impact on the whole industry, so if you can not cope with it in a timely manner, you can suffer great damage. Therefore, global export and import companies are required to manage green supply chains, and companies need to reestablish strategic systems throughout supply chain management with renewed awareness of the importance of eco-friendliness in the international trade environment. In this study, we investigated how companies perceive international trade environment regulation and how this affects the use of Green SCM.

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Impacts of Corporate Network Building and Strategic Learning for Environmental Management on Business Performance

  • Kim, Youngshim;Jung, Hyung-Shik
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.267-276
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    • 2021
  • This study discovered the effects of strategic learning and network building on a company's environmental management performance. According to the results, the environmental awareness of the company and competition threats within the industry did not significantly affect the establishment of environmental strategy, whereas the consumer's sensitivity to the environment and the environmental regulation of the government did. The environmental awareness of the company and the consumer's sensitivity to the environment were found to greatly impact a company's network building. which is closely related with the utilization of multimedia system and technology. In addition, it was found that the establishment of corporate environmental strategy had a significant effect on network building and strategic learning, but network building did not significantly affect strategic learning, indicating a difference. Finally, corporate strategic learning affected environmental management performance, suggesting an importance in accumulating strategic learning capabilities to increase environmental management performance.