• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.43-54
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• 2024

Recently, most of the rivers in Korea are experiencing various problems in dimension and river environment, such as expansion of stable area where disturbance does not occur during flood, increase of excessive trees in river channel, fixation of river channel, reduction of sand bar. When the soil supplied by the flood is deposited in the river, the plant is settled in the formed terrain, and when another disturbance of the scale that does not erode there occurs after the plant is settled, the river gradually grows and the vegetation zone is formed there. In particular, in terms of river management, river forestation and river aggradation are objects that must be managed because they are disadvantageous in terms of flood control by lowering the flow rate and raising the water level. Therefore, in this study, the area of vegetation occupied by the year of sandbar was analyzed in the process of river aggradation in Jang-Hang wetland. In addition, the correlation between the growth of Jang-Hang wetland was analyzed through the analysis of the flow rate and the flooding frequency that directly affect the growth of Jang-Hang wetland. Through this, the management plan of Jang-Hang wetland, which is registered in Ramsar Wetland but has been river forestation and is undergoing river aggradation, was proposed.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.96-105
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• 2010

This study identified the dynamic process of sandbar and vegetation distribution of the sandbar on the Tan-cheon River. The study area is located in the lower reaches of the Tan-cheon River that has been managed as an Ecosystem Reserve Area since 2002. For the study, the geomorphological process was analyzed through mapping analysis using a satellite image followed by analysis of the vegetation distribution through an on-site survey. The major findings were as follows : First, In the fluvial geomorphic process, various kinds of sandbars were developed in 1990s, the morphologic characteristics changing continuously. Second, In the distribution of vegetation on the sandbar, the sandbar shore was covered with bare sand substrate or intermittent annual vegetation because of the periodic fluctuation of the water-level due to intensive disturbances. Third, In the relationship between the sandbar formation and vegetation, four types of sandbars were classified: channel-shore stable bar, channel-shore unstable bar, mid-channel stable bar and mid-channel unstable bar, according to the fluvial disturbance & vegetation process. The study verifies that the vegetation distribution is reciprocally related to the geomorphological process. Accordingly, it is meaningful in the selection of plant species and the planting area of the sand bar. However, it is limited to the planting guidelines on river restoration projects. More diverse on-site experimental studies should be conducted.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1965-1970
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 하천 물리모니터링 결과를 바탕으로 청미천 유역의 본류에 대한 하천 수변환경을 평가하였다. 평가 지침은 수생태 건강성 평가에서 제시된 지침을 따랐다. 평가 결과, 죽산천과 청미천 합류부 지점은 2등급으로 생태서식 여건이 좋은 편으로 나타났다. 모래로 된 교호사주가 좌우안 넓은 지역에 걸쳐 형성되어 있고, 하중도 및 식생 사주도가 형성되어 식생활착이 왕성하며, 주로 달뿌리풀 위주의 군락이 형성되어 있었다. 특히 합류점 상류 본천은 자연하천의 모습을 간직하고 있었으며, 양안에는 식생과 수목이 왕성하게 자연적으로 형성되어 있었다. 화봉천과 청미천 합류부 지점에서의 수변환경 모니터링 조사 결과, 하도는 정비되어 있으나 저수로는 사행을 유지하고 있으며, 제외지의 토지이용 상태와 하천 복개율 및 횡방향 인공구조물 상태는 비교적 바람직한 것으로 나타났다. 하도 내 저수로는 호안공이 설치되지 않고 흐름의 다양성 자연스럽게 형성되어 있다. 이 지점은 하천환경이 비교적 잘 보전되어 있어, 지속적인 보전을 위한 유지관리가 요구된다. 특히 죽산천에 축산 농가 및 시가지의 확장으로 오염원이 증가되고 이들이 하천으로 유입될 우려가 있다. 생태환경을 보전하기 위한 비점오염원 유입 차단 및 수질개선 대책이 우선시되어야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.495-495
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• 2022

충적하천에 댐이 건설되면 하류 하천의 식생환경에 변화를 주게 된다. 이입, 활착 및 성장과정을 거치는 제외지 식생은 하천의 유량이 증가하면 소류력과 세굴로 인해 쓸려 내려가기 때문에, 일반적으로 홍수기를 거치면 식생 활착 및 성장 이전의 사주 모습으로 복귀하게 된다. 그러나 댐의 홍수조절 기능은 홍수기에도 하류 하천에 식생을 정착시킬 만큼 큰 소류력을 발생시키지 않아 결국 식생의 성장에 기여하게 된다. 또한 댐은 상류로부터 공급되었던 세립토를 차단시켜 하류 하천의 하상 표면을 조립화 시키게 되는데, 이는 하상의 고정력을 증대시켜 식생의 안정적인 성장을 돕게 된다. 하천에 식생이 자리잡게 되면 홍수 시 흐름에 대한 저항력의 증가로 수위가 높아질 수 있고 제방에 자리 잡은 식생의 이탈은 제방의 붕괴 위험을 증가시킬 수 있고, 식생 사주의 발달이 지속되면 이동사주에서 정지사주로 변화되어 기존의 충적하천 자체가 사라지게 될 수도 있고, 하류 하천의 수리 및 유사 거동 특성도 변화시켜, 기존과 다른 하천 경관 및 수생태계 출현할 수 있다. 국내에서는 2000년대부터 이러한 하천 제외지 사주의 식생 활착이 가속화되어 왔으며, 특히 내성천, 황강 등 댐이 건설된 낙동강 지류 하천에서 이런 현상이 두드러지게 나타났다. 이에 따라 관련된 많은 조사·연구들이 수행되었으며, 변화 원인으로 홍수조절, 유사공급 변화 및 기후변화가 제시되었다. 그러나 댐이 건설되지 않은 하천(비조절 하천)에 대한 조사와 같은 비교군 지역의 정량적 분석은 상대적으로 부족하여, 정확한 제외지 식생 증가에 대한 원인을 규명하지 못하였다고 판단된다. 이에 비조절 하천이라 판단되는 감천을 대상으로 식생의 변화 양상을 분석하고, 유사 및 기후변화 등과의 관계를 본 연구에서 제시하였다. 감천은 상류에 김천부항댐이 건설되었으나, 댐의 영향범위가 전체 유역면적의 약 6%로 비조절 하천에 가깝고 사주가 발달된 충적하천이므로, 하천 본류에 댐이 건설된 다른 지역과의 비교군으로 적합하다고 판단하였다. 대상 지점은 상, 중, 하류의 사주가 발달된 지역으로 선정하였고, 본 연구에서 개발된 이미지 처리기법을 적용하여 사주 면적을 계산하였다. 분석결과 식생역으로 전환된 모래 사주의 면적은 봄~초여름 강우량과 밀접한 관계가 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 특히 초여름까지 가뭄이 지속될 때, 식생역은 증가하였다. 그러나 식생 활착 이전에 큰 유량 발생 시 식생이 쓸려 내려가고 유사가 그 자리를 대체하여 다시 사주가 발달하는 과정을 보여 주어, 감천의 사주 식생역의 증가 추세는 없는 것으로 파악되었다. 향후 댐이 본류에 건설된 조절 하천과의 비교를 통해 사주의 식생역 증가에 대한 댐 건설의 영향을 파악할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.120-129
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• 2001

A sand shoal (1300 m long and 400 m wide) with an orientation of north-south is formed on the lower tidal flat of Gomso Bay, southwestern coast of Korea. Surface bedforms, sedimentary structures, sedimentation rate, grain size distribution and can-corer sediments have been measured and analysed along the sand shoal proper zone B and its offshore zone A and onshore zone C during the period of 14 months. These three zones can be differentiated based on sedimentological characteristics: A zone - fine sand (3${\varphi}$ mean), linguoid-type ripples, 70 mm/month in sedimentation rate and no bioturbation, B zone - medium sand (2.5${\varphi}$ mean), dunes (4${\sim}$5 m in wavelength), 30 mm/month in sedimentation rate and no bioturbation, and C zone - coarse silt (5${\varphi}$ mean), sinuous-type ripples, 10 mm/month in sedimentation rate and well-developed bioturbation. These characteristics indicate that the zone C represents a relatively low-energy regime environment whereas the zone A corresponds to a relatively high-energy environment. The zone B would play an important role for a barrier to dissipate the approaching wave energy, resulting in maintaining of low-energy conditions in the inner part of Gomso-Bay intertidal flat behind.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.705-713
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• 2020

The present study investigated the temporal changes of river habitats caused by construction and operation of the three large weirs (Sejong, Gongju, and Baekje) in the Geum River. High resolution satellite imagery taken during three periods (preconstruction, before and after gate operation) were used for habitat analysis. We divided bar area into eight habitat types in addition to water area. Then, we identified the nine habitat types from the satellite imagery and estimated each habitat area. Our results show that after weir construction, large bar areas were dramatically decreased and bareland was nearly absent post gate-operation in all three weirs. However, total bar area and bareland were again increased distinctively soon after weir opening events, especially in the uppermost weir, the Sejongbo. These results suggest that weir opening operations provide a relatively simple channel of more diverse through the process of increasing bar area in a river channel.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.455-469
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• 2010

Changes of geomorphology in alluvial river and vegetation recruitment on its floodplain downstream from dams are investigated both qualitatively and quantitatively focusing on the downstream of Andong dam and Imha dam on the Nakdong River. Results of the analyses of river morphology and bed material in the study site show a general trend of riverbed degradation with a max scour of 3 m and bed material coarsening from pre-dam value of 1.5 mm in D50 to post-dam value of 2.5 mm. Decrease in bed shear stress due to the decrease in flood discharge have caused vegetation recruitment on the once-naked sandbars. As result, the ratio of area of vegetated bars over total area of bars has drastically changed from only 7% in 1971 before the Andong dam (constructed in 1976) to 25% after it, and increased to 43% only three year after the Imha dam (constructed in 1992) and eventually to 74% by 2005. Analysis of the vegetation succession at Wicjeol subreach, one of the three subreaches selected in this study for detailed investigation, has clearly shown a succession of vegetation on once-naked sand bars to a pioneering stage, reed and grass stage, willow shrub and eventually to willow tree stages. At the second subreach selected, two large point bars in front of Hahoe Village seem to have maintained their sand surfaces without a signifiant vegetation recruitment until 2005. The sand bars, however, seem to have been invaded by vegetation recently, which warns river managers to have a countermeasure to protect the sand bars from vegetation invasion in order to conserve them for the historical village of Hahoe. On the other hand, recruitment and establishment of vegetation on the sand bars by artificial disturbance of the river, such as damming, can create an unique habitat of backmarsh in the sandy river, as shown in the case of Gudam Wetland, and may increase the biodiversity as compared with relatively monotonous sand bars. Last, the premise in this study that decrease in flood discharge due to upstream dams and decrease in bed shear stress can induce vegetation recruitment on the naked sand bars in the river has been verified with the analyses of the distribution of dimensionless bed shear stress along the selected cross section in each subreach.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.1259-1263
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 낙동강 유역의 황강과 감천의 하토특성을 조사하여 보았다. 황강은 15년 전에 상류에 합천댐이 건설되어 하류하천에 많은 변동을 가져왔으나, 감천은 상류에 감천댐을 개발할 예정이므로 두 하천의 하천 특성을 비교하여 향후 하천계획 및 관리를 하는 데 중요한 정보를 공하는데 있다. 황강과 감천은 중규모 영역구분을 수행하여 본 결과 모래로 구성된 망상하천이며, 또한 하상토 및 소류력을 분석하여 본 결과 부유사가 지배적인 하천으로 판단되었다. 이는 그동안 우리나라 하천 계획 및 관리를 하는 데 간과된 것이다. 감천에서는 현재 홍수터 및 사주에 식생이 크게 번성하지 못하고 있다. 하천에서의 식생의 관리는 치수관리 측면과 생태학적 측면에 균형을 맞추어 관리를 하는 것이 매우 중요하며, 향후 이에 대한 체계적인 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.83-96
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• 2012

The origins of beaches at Byeonsan Peninsular, as a pocket type, are classified to a sand barrier type and wave-cut type. The beaches had developed by the deposition of the silt and clay layers on the 10m height from sea level in the inner bay during climax era of postglacial transgression. At that time, some sands had blown toward the inland hills to form aeolian deposits. After postglacial sea-level stabilization, sometimes, there has been the negative budget of beach materials. Recently, beaches have been transformed by human impact such as construction of Saemangeum sea-wall, especially in the Byeonsan and Gosapo beaches being close to the sea-wall. So the speed of tidal currents become slower and comparatively depositoinal activity stronger. And the level of chemical weathering has been higher. In Byeonsan beach, the ratio of coarse sand decreased with higher ratio of finer materials and by beach erosion dissected runnels developed, running parallel to the coastline. In Gosapo beach, supply of suspended materials are increased through the Garyeok drainage gate, the sands tend to be finer.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.366-373
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• 2020

This study investigated habitat diversity changes by conducting weir operations at the Sejongbo site in the Geum River basin. High-resolution aerial photographs taken before and after the weir-opening operation were used for habitat analyses. We classified water and bar areas into 17 types, such as lotic habitats, including riffles, runs, and glides, and lentic habitats, including reservoirs, pools, bar-head backwaters, and bar ponds. Then, we estimated each habitat area quantitatively, calculated a habitat diversity index, and established a habitat diversity map. Our results indicated that after the weir-opening operation, lotic habitats and new types of shallow lentic habitats increased in the water area. In addition, for the bar area, bare lands without cultivation increased distinctively. Finally, we observed that the habitat diversity index drastically increased after the weir-opening operation, which could provide a relatively simple channel of diverse habitats.