• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2012

A study surveyed to visitor's user behavior and importance-satisfaction in the Provicial Wando-arboretum. As the results of the research, Most of the visitors are 40s and 50s and live in Jeonnam Region, Gwang-ju. The purpose of their visit was recreation, leisure or experience of a warm-temperate forest. Also the mean of importance was 3.94 and the mean of satisfaction was 3.51 in the Wando-arboretum. It appeared necessary for items of program development, homepage management and amenities including public toilet. The research results are expected to suggest efficient management measures. And expects with the research result that will be the possibility of raising the qualitative satisfaction of the visitor.

• 한국환경생태학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경생태학회 2009년 학술대회 논문집 2호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2009

Japan is one of the major forest-rich countries in the world with two thirds of its national territory covered with forests. The various functions of forests, including the prevention of global warming, conservation of national land, recharging of water resources, and maintenance of biotic diversity, play an important role in our safe, secure, and comfortable living. With the increasing national expectations on the role of forests to contribute to the prevention of global warming and "Accelerating forest carbon-sink measures to achieve Kyoto Protocol Commitment", it is necessary to make efforts toward a large-scale forest regeneration in order to secure an absorption of 13 million carbon tons through forest carbon sink for the achievement of the target of six percent reduction under the Kyoto Protocol. Most importantly, however, is to accelerate the measures for forests as absorption sources, including thinning and other forestry management activities. However, there is a situation, among others, where thinning is not implemented properly due to the decreased willingness of forest owners to manage forests, because of the long-term low demand for domestic lumber and lumber prices. In addition, forestry workers are aging and decreasing in number. Thus, the circumstances surrounding forestry are severe. It is necessary for the protection of our precious forests to make efforts to create and maintain forests with activities that involve citizens such as the "National Movement for Utsukushii Mori Zukuri(Fostering Beautiful Forests)".

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.615-623
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• 2014

Increases of public attention on healthy environment lead to the regulation of indoor air quality such as Clean Healthy House Construction Standard. This standard covers emission of total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) (e.g., formaldehyde, benzene, and toluene), ventilation, and use of environmentally-friendly products or functional products. Moisture absorption and desorption abilities are a recommended functionality for improving indoor air quality. In this study, moisture absorption and desorption capacities of carbonized board from wood-based panels and other materials were determined by using UNT-HEAT-01 according to ISO 24358:2008. Pine had higher moisture absorption and desorption capacities ($49.0g/m^2$ and $35.3g/m^2$, respectively) than hinoki cypress, cement board, gypsum board, oriented strand board, and medium density fiberboard (MDF). The moisture absorption and desorption capacities differed considerably according to the wood species. After carbonization process at $400^{\circ}C$, the absorption and desorption ability of MDF increased to 38% and 60%, respectively. However, moisture absorption and desorption capacities decreased with increasing carbonization temperature, but they were still higher than original MDF. Therefore, it is suggested that carbonization below $600^{\circ}C$ can improve moisture absorption/desorption capacities.

• 농촌계획
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2020

Recently, public awareness regarding mountain villages' landscapes is increasing. Thus, this study aimed to provide standards for conservation, management and creation of mountain village landscape by characterizing and classifying those exist. 286 mountain villages' data were collected and 19 variables - extracted from GIS spatial information and statistic data of mountain villages, chosen as right sources according to former studies - were utilized to conduct factor and cluster analysis. As a result of the factor analysis, 7 characteristics of the mountain villages' landscapes were defined - 'Location', 'Cultivation', 'Ecology·Nature', 'Tourism', 'Residence', 'Recreation'. The K-means cluster analysis categorized the mountain villages' landscapes into four types - 'Residential', 'Touristic', 'General', 'Environmentally protected'. The classification was examined to be appropriate by field assessment, and basic guidelines of mountain village landscape management were set. The results of this study are expected to be utilized planning and implementing regarding mountain village landscape in the future.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2006

The number of species and forest area has decreased as urbanization is progressed. The landscape degradation was examined by analyzing vegetation map, satellite image and characteristics of actual vegetation. The study was conducted in Mt. Baekja and its surroundings located on Gyeongsan city, southeastern Korea. As the result of landscape analysis, agricultural field was a characteristic attribute of the study area. Lowlands of this study area were occupied by agricultural field and various plantations. For 15 years from 1987 to 2002, forest area decreased from 2,072.9 ha to 1,853.2 ha, and shape index and fractal dimension of vegetation patches increased from 1.32 to 1.65 and from 1.05 to 1.09, respectively. Pinus densiflora Siebold & Zucco. community showed the highest species diversity, whereas Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carriere community showed the lowest species abundance. As forest management implications, monitoring of endangered plant species (Jeffersonia dubia (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Baker & S.Moore), and restoration of lowland forest from plantation to natural forest were discussed. Further, establishment of greenways utilizing existing streams, roadside, and public facilities were recommended.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제112권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

Urbanization and industrialization associated with rapid economic development have resulted in air pollution in urban areas, which adversely affects human health and the environment around the world. Growing awareness of the health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) has led to the emergence of urban greening as a promising eco-friendly, nature-based solution to reduce the concentration of PM (especially PM_2.5) to which individuals are exposed, thereby promoting public health. In this review, we highlight fundamental insights about PM and recent research on the ability of urban greening to capture PM. Reports from the scientific literature on PM published from 1992 to 2021 were retrieved from Google Scholar. Here, we explore some of the main complex relationships between leaf traits and the ability to retain PM for research or management to optimize greenspaces.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.385-396
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• 2021

This paper investigated the satisfaction of agro-healing and analyzed its willingness to participate in agro-healing in the future. First, a survey of intentions to participate in agro-healing found that the ratio of participation was 55.6% (125 people). It is analyzed that more than half of teenagers who have experienced agro-healing programs are willing to participate again. Second, a survey of satisfaction with agro-healing showed the highest improvement in agricultural awareness, including increased public interest value of agriculture. This can be seen as a way to raise public awareness of agriculture, as well as the effects of mental and physical health recovery, social integration contributions, and social safety contributions. Third, an analysis of the effect of awareness on the willingness to participate in agro-healing showed that the less significant it was, the higher the awareness, the higher the willingness to participate. In other words, various information delivery means, such as public relations measures, should be prepared to raise awareness of agro-healing. Fourth, it can be seen that those with low satisfaction with expected effects such as health recovery, social safety, social integration, and improved agricultural awareness have a clear difference in their willingness to participate in the future. In other words, the higher the satisfaction level of the agro-healing program, the higher the willingness to participate in the agro-healing industry in the future.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.52-67
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• 2011

본 연구는 산불진화헬기 조종사에게 필요한 지리정보를 식별하고, 식별된 지리정보를 공공기관의 자료로부터 획득하는 방안에 대하여 연구하였다. 산불진화헬기 조종사들은 7개의 자연지리 정보와 13개의 인문지리 정보를 필요로 한다. 이 중 국내 공공기관에서 제공하고 있는 지리정보들을 활용했을 때 다음의 15개 정보를 획득할 수 있다. 표고와 주요 고지군, 하천(이상 자연지리 정보), 인구밀집 및 도시지역, 도로, 국립공원경계, 행정경계, 연료 재보급시설, 담수지, 문화재, 가스충전소, 주유소, 탄약고, 지상 송전선, 철탑 정보(이상 인문지리 정보)이다. 자연지리정보 중 조류서식지 정보는 구축이 필요하고 시정, 풍향, 풍속 정보는 제한적으로 획득 가능하므로 보완책이 필요하다. 인문지리정보 중 연료 추진 재 보급지 정보는 공공기관에서 제공하고 있는 지리정보를 활용한 GIS 공간분석으로 획득할 수 있다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제110권3호
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• pp.462-477
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• 2021

본 연구는 뉴스 기사와 사설의 빅데이터 분석을 통해 거시적 관점에서 국내 산림 정책의 변화와 산림에 대한 사회적 인식 변화를 고찰하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 광복 이후인 1946년부터 2017년까지 7시기로 구분하여 중앙지와 경제지에 보도된 총 13,570건의 '산림' 관련 데이터를 수집하였고 키워드 및 구조등위성 분석(CONCOR: CONvergence of iterated CORrelations)을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 첫째, '산림' 키워드의 기사 및 사설의 연도별 보도 건수 비율은 전반적으로 증가하였다. 둘째, 보도 분야에 있어서 '산림' 관련 뉴스 데이터는 1기(1946~1966년)에는 사회면에 집중되었다가 2기(1967~1972년)부터 5기(1988~1997년)에는 사회면과 경제면으로, 6기(1998~2007년)에는 문화면까지, 7기(2008~2017년) 이후에는 정치면까지 보도 비율이 높아지는 등 산림 관련 이슈가 다양한 분야로 확장되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 시기별로 정책적 패러다임의 변화가 사회적 인식 또한 크게 변화시키고 있음을 확인하였다. 1~2기에 사회적으로는 산림녹화, 보호에 관한 정책보다 생계에 직접적으로 체감되는 문제를 우선적으로 인식하였고 3~6기에 걸쳐서 경제성장을 이룩하면서 산림정책에 대한 계획적·과학적 조림의 필요성 인식(3기), 환경보호에 대한 인식(4기), 국토 보전에 대한 인식(5기), 환경·생태적 관점에서의 인식(6~7기)으로 확장되는 양상을 보였다. 본 연구는 산림에 관한 정책과 이에 대한 대중의 사회적 인식이 의미화되어 반영된 뉴스 빅데이터 자료를 활용하여 구명하였다는 데 의의가 있다. 향후 사회적 이슈를 도출하는 수단으로서 사설뿐 아니라 블로그, 유튜브 등 다양한 사회관계망 서비스(SNS;Social Network Service)의 텍스트 빅데이터와 GDP와 같은 시대별 경제지표를 더불어 활용한다면 대중의 담론, 인식 등을 좀 더 깊이있게 분석할 수 있으리라 판단된다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2017

In flight particulate matter particularly emissions generated by incomplete combustion processes has become a subject of global concern due to the health problems and environmental impacts associated with them. This has compelled most countries to set standards for coarse and fine particles due to their conspicuous impacts on environment and public health. This contribution therefore explores forest fire emissions and how its particulates affects air quality, damage to vegetation, water bodies and biological functions as architects for lung diseases and other degenerative illnesses such as oxidative stress and aging. Soot was collected from simulated forest fire using a clean glass surface and carefully transferred into amber vials for analysis. Volatile components of soot were collected over 10 mL dichloromethane and analyzed using a QTOF Premier-Water Corp Liquid Chromatography hyphenated to a mass selective detector (MSD), and Gas Chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer (GC-MS). To characterize the size and surface morphology of soot, a scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used. The characterization of molecular volatiles from simulated forest fire emissions revealed long chain compounds including octadec-9-enoic acid, octadec-6-enoic acid, cyclotetracosane, cyclotetradecane, and a few aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene and naphthalene). Special classes of organics (dibenzo-p-dioxin and 2H-benzopyran) were also detected as minor products. Dibenzo-p-dioxin for instance in chlorinated form is one of the deadliest environmental organic toxins. The average particulate size of emissions using SEM was found to be $11.51{\pm}4.91{\mu}m$. This study has shown that most of the emissions from simulated forest fire fall within $PM_{10}$ particulate size. The molecular by-products of forest fire and particulate emissions may be toxic to both human and natural ecosystems, and are possible precursors for various respiratory ailments and cancers. The burning of a forest by natural disasters or man-made fires results in the destruction of natural habitats and serious air pollution.