• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2022

This study aims to test the information content of sustainability reports issued by the most significant telecommunications companies operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Stc, Zain, and Mobily), and their compatibility with the national sustainability standards issued by the Ministry of Commerce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in light of the Kingdom's vision 2030, and its impact on the stock exchange indices of these companies. The event study methodology was used to study the impact of publishing sustainability reports on stock prices and the trading volume of these companies' shares in the Saudi stock market during the period from (October 2020 to March 2021). The results indicate a significant impact of the information contained in the sustainability reports on stock prices and trading volume in the stock market, and the importance of directing the company's management towards more disclosure of information about sustainability in its environmental, social, and economic aspects instead of focusing only on information related to the financial performance and economic activity of the company. This encourages the listed companies to disclose the sustainability of the financial reports and standardize the form in which these disclosures are prepared.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.335-348
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to classify the cities on sustainability assessment score studied in advance using cluster analysis, to present efficient management and policy direction based on analysis of sustainability index in 45 cities of all over Gyeongsangnam and Gyeongsangbuk-do. According to the results of cluster analysis, 45 cities were classed into 4 clusters by "livable-welfare city", "environmental -ecological city", "scientific-technological city", and "industrial-economic city". The livable-welfare cities must keep superior environmental sustainability, promote small and medium sized business on regional characteristic. The environmental-ecological cities have to change agriculture into future environmental industry such as ecotourism, bio-industry and landscape agriculture. The scientific-technological cities are going to need support of government scale such as income enlargement of citizen and stable job security. Finally, the industrial-economic cities must increase environmental management plants and improve quality of life through securing green spaces, maintaining public peace and applying UIS because of low quality of environment and life.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.281-294
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• 2017

Tropical forests constitute almost half of the global forest cover, account for 35% of the global net primary productivity and thereby have potential to contribute substantially to sequester atmospheric $CO_2$ and offset climate change impact. However, deforestation and degradation lead by unsustainable management of tropical forests contribute to the unprecedented species losses and limit ecosystem services including carbon sequestration. Sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics may tackle and rectify such deleterious impacts of anthropogenic disturbances and climatic changes. However, the existing dilemma on the definition of SFM and lack of understanding of how tropical forest sustainability can be achieved lead to increasing debate on whether climate change mitigation initiatives would be successful. We reviewed the available literature with a view to clarify the concept of sustainability and provide with a framework towards the sustainability of tropical forests for enhanced carbon stock and climate change mitigation. We argue that along with securing forest tenure and thereby reducing deforestation, application of reduced impact logging (RIL) and appropriate silvicultural system can enhance tropical forest carbon stock and help mitigate climate change.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.503-507
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• 2015

Sustainability continues to gain traction in all industry sectors as people become aware of the advantages of green products. The voluntary use of green products in buildings in the United States continues to grow due to long-term cost saving and the ecological benefit to nature. The voluntary installation of green products is associated with end-users' expectations and perceptions including cost saving, sustainable behavior, and social responsibility. Although involuntary use of green products has similar expectations and perceptions, the installation decision is not based on the goodwill from end-users. This paper surveys college students to capture current experience levels, expectations, and perceptions in regard to green products and/or sustainability and to understand their attitudes about involuntary use of a green product. The installation of low water pressure showerheads in a dormitory provides data to support perception, expectation, and future direction of adoption of green products in public buildings. This information may be used to facilitate sustainable behaviors among involuntary groups regarding to the adoption of green products. The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the college students' perception of a green product, particularly when the students are involuntarily exposed to the green products. As a secondary objective, the paper also attempts to address the college students' general understanding on sustainability and green products. The findings of this study could support the growing importance of sustainable behavior among higher education beyond social responsibility and provide a benchmark against which to improve future change while fostering sustainable behaviors over time among the public.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제94권3호통권160호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 국내 시 도를 대상으로 산림의 건강성과 관리체계에 대한 산림지속성 지수를 평가하였다. 산림기본계획과 산림비전21에서 제시한 주요시책에 해당하는 69개의 항목과 주요시책에는 해당되지는 않지만 평가를 위해 필요한 15개 지표를 합친 총 84개의 후보지표를 대상으로 지표의 평가 작업을 거쳐 최종적으로 33개의 지표를 선정하였다. 이들 지표들을 대상으로 압력(pressure), 상태(state), 반응(response) 지표로 구분하여 압력과 상태는 산림의 건강성을 나타내는 지표로, 반응은 산림의 관리체계를 나타내는 지표로 구분하였다. 선정된 지표들을 대상으로 델파이조사를 통해 중요도를 부여하였다. 중요도를 이용해서는 서열합 방법에 의해 가중치를 산출하여 각 지표들의 표준화 작업에 의해 얻은 값에 적용하였다. 지수화 작업에서는 가법형에 의거해서 2002년도 각 시 도별 산림 지속성 지수를 산출하여 비교, 분석하였다. 본 연구는 기초 연구로 수행되어 해당 지자체를 언급하지는 않았으나 각 지자체들이 각 지표의 적용과 지수화 방법에 대한 합의가 이루어진다면 지자체의 산림 상태와 관리 정도를 정량적으로 평가하는 중요한 정보가 될 것으로 여겨진다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.448-455
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• 2019

생태관광은 지속가능한 관광의 한 분야로써 관광지의 환경 보전, 주민 참여와 복지향상, 관광체험과 교육, 자연에 대한 새로운 경험과 자연을 알아가는 관광으로 인식되고 있으며, 관광 분야에서 빠른 속도로 발전하고 있는 분야이다. 생태관광은 성장과정에서 관광지의 지속가능성이 새로운 과제로 부각되고 있다. 이를 배경으로 이 연구는 경제적, 사회 문화적, 환경적, 제도적 지속가능성 등과 생태관광지의 지속가능성과의 관계를 연구하였다. 연구결과는 생태관광지의 지속가능성을 위해 보호지역의 지정, 생태관광지 관리 주체의 확립, 학술적 목적의 정기적인 조사와 연구, 탐방객 관리와 안내, 지역주민의 협력과 참여, 해설사와 관리자의 적극적 활동 등을 위한 제도적 뒷받침이 우선되어야 한다는 점을 확인하였다. 그리고 생태관광 자원의 매력은 관광자의 접근과 지역주민의 영향에 의한 것이 많았다. 따라서 생태관광지에서 관광자의 접근, 지역주민에 의한 토지 활용 등에 주의 깊은 관리가 되어야 한다. 향후 방문자 센터의 운영, 해설사의 생태자원에 대한 전문적 교육을 통한 사명감 고취, 해설사에 의한 관광자 교육 및 안내 등이 실행된다면 생태관광지의 지속가능성에 도움이 될 것이다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.681-690
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• 2015

Sustainability has been a important issue in fashion industry that reflects the modern phase of the time. More education institutions than ever before are beginning to offer specialized courses, certificates and degrees related to sustainability in fashion, and many fashion institutions are working to embed sustainability issues into the educational contents. In this study, I investigate how sustainability is being integrated into the curriculum of leading fashion institutions, corporate management activity across the world and overview the world leading educational programmes related to sustainable fashion, pulling out the unique expertise and areas of specialization for each institution. In conclusion, the sustainable fashion were still not widely promoted domestical fashion institutions compare with other foreign leading fashion institutions. This happens in fashion business as well. Korean fashion institutions have to make educational program and certificates and degrees related to sustainability because the educational program can transform domestic fashion industry to sustainable fashion leading country level.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.563-576
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• 2012

The Purpose of this paper is to establish development strategies for sustainability of environment-Friendly agriculture based on farm awareness analysis. To analysis farm management, a series of farm household surveys were conducted on farmers residing in Embong-Myun. The sample size of the survey is 108 respectively. As a survey result, satisfaction level about market stability and understanding of upper organization is high, on the contrary, awareness of related organization is low in a relative sense. Most of farmers reveal their intention to sustain environment-Friendly agriculture but future agriculturalist and an ageing society that one face as well. In order to establish development strategies for sustainability of environment-Friendly agriculture, an infrastructure should be consistently expanded. On the other hand, self-supporting ability of farmer's organization and education system attempt to expand for sustainability.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore factors that affect electric car-sharing by highlighting issues of environmental sustainability and customer attitude and satisfaction. Research design, data and methodology: This study examined customers' perception on those issues by using electric car-sharing as usages of both electric car and car-sharing play a key role to improve sustainability. Online survey was applied to collect the data. This study also applied factor and regression analyses for data analysis. Results: The results of this study showed that effects of proposed factors including cost efficiency, emotion, safety, health, and sustainability on attitude toward electric car-sharing on attitude were significant. The results also showed that the effects on intention, satisfaction, and loyalty were significant. Conclusions: This study provides policy and managerial implications. By dealing with factors of electric car-sharing service, this study offers necessity of better strategies and policies for electric car-sharing service to electric car businesses and policy makers. This study also suggests that businesses should develop appropriate strategies for the improved usage of electric car-sharing by considering sustainability and improving relationships with customers. Further, government should consider to develop proper policies for sustainability by promoting the usages of electric car-sharing.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.42-56
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• 2017

In Korea, which has three sides of the sea, various waterfront spaces are being developed and developed along with various coastal landscapes. However, there are a lot of cases that do not consider the regional characteristic of the coast or the characteristic of the coastal landscape. In many cases, the street facilities cause the landscape degradation and the use inconvenience because of incongruity with the scenery, aging and lax management. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect the specificity of the coastal landscape in planning and directing the street facilities, harmonizing with the surrounding natural environment, and consideration of sustainability. However, there is no research or planning index for sustainable street facilities considering the coastal characteristics. Therefore, this study suggests plan elements to improve the sustainability of the street facilities on the shore and proposes them as basic plan elements, and suggests what kind of improvements should be made to improve the sustainability of coastal facilities in Korea. Based on the plan elements derived from the plan, we checked the problems and complementary points of coastal street facilities in Korea by analyzing the current status of the street facilities around the Jeju Island beach from a sustainable point of view, and suggested plan indicators that should be supplemented to improve sustainability. We surveyed the street facilities such as walkway blocks, benches, pagoda, drinking fountain, trash cans, bicycle shelters, fences, guide maps, streetlights, and shower rooms in 10 beaches in Jeju Island. This study analyzed the sustainability characteristics of the each factor of these facilities by surveying the reflectivity of the 23 plan indicators from the six aspects derived from the sustainability planning factor as conformity, partial reflection, non - reflection, and nonconformity. The results of the analysis showed that the functional aspect was the highest with 68.3%, the material aspect (53%), the landscape aspect (22.3%), the productive aspect (14.7%) and the morphological aspect (12.2%), and maintenance / management (10.6%). In addition, the facilities with the lowest fitness in each aspect are bicycle shelter in landscape aspect, bicycle storage box and trash can in form aspect, shower room in material aspect, trash can in functional aspect, showroom, guide maps and drinking fountain in product aspect, showroom In maintenance aspect. In order to improve the sustainability of coastal facilities in the future, it is necessary to complement the administrative and landscape aspects. In coastal facilities, it is necessary to consider the sustainability planning index, especially for showers, taking into account the specificity of beaches. Consideration should be given to various aspects of sustainability for bike shelters and trash facilities. Through this study, we have proposed the plan elements to systematize, supplement, and improve the planning index for sustainability improvement in coastal facilities planning.