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A Space Making of Waterfront City focused on the Sustainable Campus on the Waterfront (워터프론트도시 공간조성방안 연구 -워터프론트 대학의 지속가능 캠퍼스를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Kumjin;Chu, Beom;Song, Changgeun
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.6-14
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    • 2017
  • The opportunity provided for design method and strategy of sustainable campus on the waterfront, is the purpose of this paper. Waterfront campus is an important issue as it seeks to revive the sustainability and to renew the facilities. This paper reviews an assessment of its success for waterfront campus in 10 principles such as waterfront, water and safety, climate & energy, green building and transportation, green labs and recycling, health and food, social economic sustainability, fund, human, smart, also concludes with the establishment of space making for the waterfront campus for future educational facilities on the waterfront; implementation of waterfront campus maserplan; building sustainable campus in adaptation to climate change; creative and resilient cooperation.

The Application of Indicator Sets of Urban Sustainability Based on System-Orientor Framework Concerning to Regionality in Korea and US (시스템-오리엔터 분석틀을 통한 도시 지속가능성 지표의 지역적 특성에 따른 적용방안 -한국과 미국을 사례로 하여-)

  • ;;D. Lanegran
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.382-401
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    • 2001
  • This paper intends to set up a standard sets of indicators based on system-orientor framework, in assuming urban place as a self-organizing system within which several subsystems are interlinked together. Also, The application guideline composed of normative-analytical-practical dimensions, is proposed how to put into practice a standard set of indicators according to the regional characteristics. In practice, Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province in Korea and St. Paul in Minnesota in US are selected for case studies in order to measure and evaluate urban sustainability. Both data availability for measured variables and establishment of minimum level and satisfactory level of sustainability are requested for furthermore researches.

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State-Owned Enterprises and Debt Sustainability Analysis: The Case of the People's Republic of China

  • Ferrarini, Benno;Hinojales, Marthe
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.91-105
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    • 2019
  • The paper aims to combine balance sheet analysis at the firm level with the International Monetary Fund's public debt sustainability assessment framework to assess state-owned enterprises' (SOE) leverage as a contingent liability to the public sector. Based on company data and the interest coverage ratio as a measure of debt at risk, aggregate baseline scenarios are projected to gauge the magnitude of SOE debt as a contingency. SOE's financial and debt ratios are first bootstrapped to generate firm-level distributions and then averaged into a fan chart of the economy-wide SOE contingent liability. Applied to the People's Republic of China as an example, the study finds that by the end of 2015 SOE leverage had grown to a substantial liability. However arbitrary the assumptions underlying these projections, it would appear that even if authorities had to mop up as much as 20% of SOE debt at risk gone bad, this would have been manageable at roughly 2.7% of the gross domestic product in 2016 or 5.5% by 2021. This projection framework is fully amenable to alternative assumptions and settings, which makes it a useful analytical tool to monitor contingent liabilities from non-financial corporate debt that have been building in emerging and advanced economies alike.

Improvement Alternative of Korean Environmental Assessment through the EA of the European Union (유럽연합의 EA에 비춰본 한국의 환경평가제도 개선 방안)

  • Kim, Im-Soon;Han, Sang-Wook;Park, Joo-Hyun
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.139-155
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    • 2006
  • The introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has strengthened and extended the value of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a fundamental tool for sustainable development. In particular, SEA helps to overcome the limitation of project EIA as a stand alone approach that is applied relatively late in the decision making cycle. SEA is applied to proposals of policy, plan, and/or programme when major alternatives are open. In Korea, similar to SEA, the Prior Environmental Review System (PERS) was introduced to overcome the limitations of the EIA, by checking the environmental impacts on major policy and administrative actions in the early stage of decision making process. SEA appears in various national, regional and international laws. SEA is addressed specifically in the UNECE SEA protocol to the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a transboundary context, as well as the European Commission SEA Directive (2001/42/EC). SEA is a valuable tool for integrating sustainability decisions into country's policies, plans and programmes. This paper reviews the policy direction for implementation of the SEA and efficient Environmental Assessment (EA) through integration of the PERS and the EIA.

Comparison of The Importance of Evaluation Items for Landscape Performance and Sustainability Using Analytic Network Process (ANP) (ANP기법을 이용한 조경성능 및 친환경 평가항목 중요도 비교)

  • Ryu, Myeung-Ji;Lee, Hyung-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2019
  • As international criteria and standards are required in the fields of design and construction, landscape performance must also be considered not only for the value of the landscape but also for providing quality assurance and sustainability. Given the lack of research on landscape performance, the present research was purposed to analyze the importance of potential assessment categories and items using an analytical network process. A list of assessment items, which is composed of 20 items and 6 categories, was derived through a literature review and a preliminary survey of 11 landscape professionals. An ANP model was established and a survey was conducted among 30 landscape practitioners to determine the weight of priorities considering the criteria. The results of ANP showed that the categories of site selection, preservation and health, and convenience had high priorities while materials had the lowest importance score. For the assessment items, a monitoring plan was the highest importance, followed by cultural/ historic preservation, management cost reduction, and natural ground areas. Despite the difficulties in quantifying landscape achievements, most respondents agreed that there needs to be an evaluation system for landscape performance in order to assure the quality and sustainability of landscape development. More research and discussion are needed to develop an assessment system for landscape performance that is applicable to Korean context.

Implication Measures between Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development Indicators (전략환경영향평가와 지속가능한 발전 지표의 연계방안)

  • Hong, Sang-Pyo
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.63-76
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    • 2016
  • In 2015, Summits of State and Government at United Nations General Assembly agreed to set the world on a path towards Sustainable Development(SD) through the adoption of the 2030 Agenda. 2030 Agenda adopts 17 Sustainable Development Gooals(SDG) to achieve 3 pillars of social security, economic efficiency and environmental integrity. Sustainable Development Indicators(SDI) which are suggested by UN SDSN(United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network), have been developed for measuring SDG implementation, by which Sustainability Assessment(SA) can be accomplished to check through more holistic approaches to poverty alleviation, social inclusion and environmental management. In Korea, Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment(SEIA) has been applied to PPP(policy, plan, program) by 'Ministry of Environment', whereas 'National Land Planning Assessment(NLPA) which is one sort of SEA has been implemented to evaluate PPP of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport'. Although SEIA and NLPA have been utilized as decision-making support tools for stakeholders including high authorities, the reference criteria of these institutions are not considered as convincible and communicable. Evaluation criteria of alternatives which are core principles for SEIA and NLPA seem so ambiguous and unscientific. Through incorporation of SDI into SEIA, a convenient, quick and credible diagnosis of the key dimensions of SD comprising social equity, economic development and environmental management, can help develop a shared understanding of priorities of implementation of SDG.

Assessment of Water Resources Sustainability in a Watershed Using Integrated Index (통합지수를 이용한 유역의 수자원 지속가능성 평가)

  • Kang, Min-Goo;Lee, Gwang-Man;Kim, Jeong-Kon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2005.05b
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    • pp.507-511
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구에서는 수자원 지속가능성 지수(WRSI)를 금강유역에 적용하여 소유역별 수자원 지속가능성을 평가하였다. WRSI의 적용을 위하여 금강유역을 주요 계측지점의 위치와 자료수집의 용이성을 고려하여 27개의 소유역으로 분할하였다. WRSI 산정의 효율성과 정확성을 확보하기 위하여 소유역별 사회, 경제, 환경과 관련된 통계자료에 대한 GIS 주제도를 구축하였다. WRSI를 구성하는 지표들의 표준화는 적정확률분포형을 적합도 검정을 실시한 후 초과확률을 산정하는 방법을 적용하였다. WRSI를 이용하여 금강유역의 소유역별 수자원 지속가능성 지수를 산정한 결과, 금강유역의 소유역별 수자원 지속가능성 지수는 하류에 위치한 유역들보다 상류에 위치한 유역들이 큰 값을 나타냈다. 수자원 지속가능성 지수의 지표들간의 상관관계를 분석하기 위하여 상관분석을 실시한 결과, 사회적 공평성 세부지수를 구성하는 지표들과 유지관리 능력 세부지수를 구성하는 지표들간의 상관성이 높은 결과를 나타냈다.

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The Study on the Institutional Trend and Introduction of SEA in Korea (전략환경평가의 제도화 동향과 국내 도입 방안)

  • Kim, Im-Soon;Kim, Yoon-Shin;Seo, Yong-Seok;Chang, Sung-Oun;Choi, Won-Wook;Han, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.171-188
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    • 2003
  • Environmental Impact Assessment(ElA) in Korea has been used to improve environmental conservation and decision-making since environmental impact statement(EIS) was introduced in 1981 with the promulgation of the Environmental Preservation Act in 1977. which replaoed the Pollution Control Act legislated in 1%3. Together with a rapid growth of environmental perception as well as the diversification of development activities, however, it has recently bring about a strong demand for a new assessment process related to the strategic level of policies, plan, programs. In order to overcome such a limit in ElA system, Prior Environmental Review System(PERS) was introduced for assessment of administrative plans mainly concerned with development projects in 1993. In 1999. the regulations for PERS have been established by an amendment of the Basic Environmental Policy Act.Therefore the foundation of EIA system to integrate environmental concerns in planning processes and project works has been refonned. However the results of the execution of PERS were somewhat insuffident due to the institutional and technical matters. As the world's attention turns to sustainability and the considerations of cumulative effects, the concept of strategic envirorunental assessment(SEA) has taken on more significance and urgency and increasing number of countries and international organizations now undertake some form of SEA. The term SEA, however, is variously defined and understood, generally it means a formal process of systematic analysis of the envirorunental effects of development policies, plans, programmes and other proposed strategic actions. This process extends the aims and principles of EIA upstream in the decision-making process, beyond the project level and when major alternatives are still open. In this paper, we are discussing the significance of SEA and its relevance to EIA and the international trends and institutionalization of SEA. In conclusion we are discussing the comprehensive developing plan for SEA in Korea, then proposing a plan to make institutional arrangements for its application.

Assessment of Criteria for selecting Rainwater Management Strategies (도시 물순환 건전화를 위한 빗물관리 계획요소 평가)

  • Lee, Tae-Goo;Han, Young-Hae
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to draw out objective bases for selecting various applicable facilities in case of the establishment of rainwater management strategies. To do so, sixteen facilities were selected from decentralized rainwater management systems that induce rainwater infiltration and detention as well as centralized end-of-pipe type infiltration and detention facilities in local areas. With these facilities, it attempted to evaluate them in terms of sustainability, pollutant elimination, flood control capacity and costs and subsequently analyzed correlations between each characteristic. The outcomes of the analysis were as follows: First was the analysis of characteristics between decentralized rainwater management systems and end-of-pipe rainwater management systems. From the decentralized rainwater management systems, the mulden-rigolen system and grass swale at street level had the highest in the total of the four items while the totals of the underground detention tank and temporary detention site were highest in end-of-pipe rainwater management systems. After analyzing the correlation between different types of facilities and each variable, it can be said that decentralized rainwater management systems have a higher correlation than end-of-pipe rainwater management systems in terms of sustainability whereas the latter are better in flood control capacity than the former. Second, the analysis of correlation in variables of each facility is as follows: first, there is a negative correlation between sustainability value and flood control capacity value; and there is a positive correlation between flood control capability and pollutants elimination. In addition, it revealed that the higher the flood control and pollutant elimination capability the higher the facility costs. Based on these assessments, it is possible to use them as objective selection criteria for facility application in case of site development project or complex plan.

Assessment of the impact of gated communities on social sustainability of neighborhoods in Seoul (서울의 빗장주거단지가 근린의 사회적 지속가능성에 미치는 영향 평가)

  • Kim, Hee-Seok;Lee, Young-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.3-16
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    • 2020
  • Most of the Korean apartment complexes are considered as gated communities having characteristics such as self-sufficiency in service provision, self-governance and exclusiveness. Today the exclusionary features of apartment complexes are reinforced by a new practice of erecting gates against pedestrians in addition to the existing walls without considering implication of the practice over neighborhoods. Three groups of residents, those who live in low-rise residential areas without walls, apartment complexes with walls and apartment complexes with walls and gates were surveyed to measure the impact of the new exclusionary practice of gated communities on social sustainability of neighborhoods. Gates turn out to improve social sustainability indicators related to life quality but lower social cohesion of neighborhoods by lowering inclusiveness indicator considerably. The new apartment complexes with increased exclusiveness shake the established order of co-existence between low-rise residential areas and apartment complexes and strengthen spatial and social segregation within neighborhoods.