• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.222-237
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• 2022

This study was performed to predict change of forestland area in future to 2050 based on System Dynamics Model which is based on feedback loop by causal relationship. As forestland area change in the future depends on potential forestland conversion demands, each demand type of forestland conversion such as agricultural, industrial, public and residential/commercial use was modeled using annual GDP, population, number of household, household construction permission area (1981~2019). In results, all of conversion demands would have continuously decreased to 2050 while residential and commercial land would be reduced from 2034. Due to such shortage, eventually, total of forestland in South Korea would have decreased to 6.18 million ha when compared to current 6.29 million ha. Moreover, the forestland conversion to other use types must be occurred continuously in future because most of forestland is owned privately in South Korea. Such steady decrement of forestland area in future can contribute to the shortage of carbon sink and encumber achievement of national carbon-neutral goal to 2050. If forestland conversion would be occurred inevitably in future according to such change trends of all types, improved laws and polices related to forestland should be prepared for planned use and rational conservation in terms of whole territory management. Therefore, it is needed to offer sufficient incentive, such as tax reduction and payment of ecosystem service on excellent forestland protection and maintenance, to private owners for minimizing forestland conversion. Moreover, active afforestation policy and practice have to be implemented on idle land for reaching national goal 'Carbon Neutral to 2050' in South Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.1-16
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• 2022

Areas developed through land reclamation projects have huge economic advantages in terms of supplying lands that can be used for farmlands, urban areas and etc., however have relatively small areas of grasslands and densely located buildings compared to inland cities. Hence, an urban heat island is occurring in these areas due to this characteristic, and in particular, the urban heat island in Cheongna International City is getting serious. In this study, the urban heat island in Cheongna International City was evaluated and analyzed by classified into the three periods after the reclamation project: farmland(2001-2008), development(2009-2013) and artificial grassland(2014-2020). The land cover map and Landsat time-series imagery were utilized for measuring the differences of the land surface temperatures between the urbanized areas and the grassland/forest areas in Cheongna International City. The statistical results showed that the differences in the land surface temperature between these areas were calculated to be at most 0℃ during the period of farmland, at most 3.60℃ during the period of development, and at most 2.51℃ during the period of grassland. This study proved that the urban heat island phenomenon increased when the urbanized areas increased, and the urban heat island phenomenon decreased when the artificial grassland areas increased in Cheongna International City where the reclamation project was carried out. The statistical results derived through this research can be used as the reference data for identifying the urban heat island problem in urban planning and establishing the reduction plan.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.154-159
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• 1995

The Chuwang valley-Kumunkwangi valley forest in Chuwangsan area was studied to investigate forest structure in relation to altitude and part of slope. Forty eight quadrats were set up in the valley forest along altitude of 470m to 780m and part of the slope. Density and basal area of trees in tree strata decreased as increasing elevation. With increasing elevation the importance values of Quercus mongolica, Fraxinus rhynchophylla increased, while those of Pinus densiflora, Lindera obtussiloba decreased. As going from lower part to upper part of the slope, the importance values of Quercus valiabilis and Lindera obtussiloba increased while those of Fraxius rhynchophylla, Acer mono decreased. Species diversity tended to decreased as going to upper parts of the slope. The range of similarity indices between elevation belts, and parts of the slope were 74.4~84.2% and 68.0~96.3%, respectively. According to importance value and cluster analysis, the studied valley forest was classified into three forest communities of Pinus densiflora-deciduous tree species community of lower part of slope, Pinus densiflora-Quercus variabilis community of middle and upper part of slope, Pinus densiflora community of the top area.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.145-149
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• 2011

우리나라의 강우특성은 여름철인 6월~9월에 집중되며 대부분이 일시에 집중적으로 발생하여 하천을 통하여 호소 및 바다로 유입된다. 이러한 강우특성으로 여름철에 집중되는 강우로 인한 하천의 유량을 댐과 같은 수공시설물을 통해 저류시킴으로써 하류지역의 홍수피해를 예방하고 이용할 수 있는 물을 안정적으로 확보할 수 있도록 하고 있으나 대형 인공호의 유역에서는 인구 증가와 상업 및 공업화에 따른 토지이용이 변화함에 따라 오염물질의 유입이 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 댐이나 호소는 지표면에 고여 있는 수체를 말하며 물이 천천히 흐르거나 흐름이 전혀 없는 경우도 있다. 댐이나 호소에서는 장기간 수류의 지체현상이 발생하므로 발생하는 수체 및 수질의 문제가 하천과는 다르다고 할 수 있다(서동일 등, 2009). 호소의 물은 정체되어 있기 때문에 흐르는 물에 비해 자정능력이 부족하고 바닥에 퇴적된 유기물이 분해되어 수질에 나쁜 영향을 미치기 때문에 수질관리에 여러 가지 어려움이 따른다(박석순, 2009). 따라서 흐름방향 보다 수심방향으로의 특성이 강하게 작용하는 댐이나 호소에서는 3차원 수리 수질 모형의 적용이 타당하며 본 연구에서는 이를 위하여 EFDC를 적용하였다. 섬진강 유역의 경우 전체유역의 65.8%가 임야로 이루어진 산림유역으로 비교적 적은 양의 유역오염물질이 발생하지만 산불이나 벌채와 같은 산림의 손실은 홍수기 때 유역오염물질의 발생 및 유출을 증가시켜 주변수체의 수질을 악화시킬 우려가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 운암호 수질측정망 상류 유역면적인 $526.23km^2$에 대하여 토지변화 시나리오를 임야의 25%, 50%, 75%가 손실되어 나대지화 되었다고 가정하고, EFDC 모형을 이용하여 산림지역의 소실에 따른 토지피복 변화가 섬진강 댐 운암호의 수질에 미치는 영향 정도를 파악하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.486-492
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• 1998

The forests of Osaek-Taech'ongbong-Shinhungsa district in Soraksan National Park was studied to investigate forest structure of tree strata in relation to aspect and altitude of the slope. Excepting the main ridge area which has tyoical environmental condition, tree siwe in canopy of the wouthern slope was smaller, density in canopy of the southern slope was higher and species diversity in tree stratum of the southern slope was lower as compared those of the northern slope of same elevation belts. Elevation trend was found for forest structure of the southern slope where geographical features were similar among elevation belts. With incleasing elevation of the southern slope, basal area of canopy and understory increased. With increasing elevation of the southern slope, importance values of Quercus mongolica, Styrax obassia, and Lindera obtusiloba decreased while those of Pinus koraiensis, Betula ercani, Acer tschonoskii var. rubripes and Rhododendron schlippenbachii increased. According to cluster and ordination analysis, the studied forests was classifide into Quercus mongolica community at the low, middle and high elevation belts of the southern slope and the low and middle elevation belts of the northern slope, Betula ermani community at the elevation belt of the northern slope, and Abies koreana community at the top area.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.105-105
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• 2013

본 연구는 산불피해 후 주민들의 시설물 안전성에 대한 인식을 분석하기 위하여 2013년 3월 9일부터 10일 이틀 동안 280ha의 산림 피해면적과 57동의 시설물 피해를 입은 울주산불지역과, 79ha의 산림피해와 111동의 시설물 피해를 입은 포항산불지역의 주민들을 대상으로 산불피해 후 시설물에 대한 안전성과 당시 격었던 심리상태를 알아보고자 울주 주민 60명, 포항 주민 60명 총 120명에 대하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 조사항목은 일반현황, 산림 내 주요시설 및 주변 안전성 인식, 교육훈련에 대한 인식, 심리상태에 대해 4개의 항목으로 조사한바, 일반형황으로는 120명중 28명(23.3%)을 제외한 92(76.7%)명이 산불을 1~2회 이상 목격했으며, 24명(20%)이 산불 진화에 참여하였고, 41~60세가 66명(55%)으로 가장 많은 것으로 나타났다. 현재 거주하고 있는 건물은 콘크리트 가옥이 84명(70%)으로 가장 많았고, 현재 거주하고 있는 곳의 안전성에 대해서는 68명(56.7%)이 '안전하지 않다'고 인식하였다. 또한, 가옥주변 가연물질 관리 상태는 57명(47.5%)이 관리가 '잘 되어 있지 않다'고 인식하였다. 또한, 산불발생 대응 피난 및 교육훈련의 필요성에 대한 5점 척도 분석결과 4.2점으로 교육훈련이 필요하다고 인식하고 있었고, 필요한 교육훈련 과목으로는 산불피난대응훈련이 44명(36.7%)으로 가장 높은 비율을 나타냈다. 또한, 산불경험 후 심리적 불안에 대한 5점 척도 분석결과 4.0점으로 불안을 느끼고 있었고, 산불발생 후 느끼는 고통으로는 불면증, 불안감, 상실감, 혼란감, 신경과다 중 불안감이 89명(65.0%)으로 가장 높은 비율을 나타냈다.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.9-18
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• 2011

This study was performed to investigate species diversity of understory in Mt. Biryong. The quadrat size was installed based on the result of analysis of Species-Area Curve. The vascular plants were enlisted 107 taxa: 47 families, 80 genera, 91 species, 11 varieties, 2 subspecies, and 3 forms. The three taxa such as Carex okamotoi, Philadelphus schrenkii var. schrenkii, and Weigela subsessilis were enlisted from the surveyed sites as the Korean endemic plants. Due to the list from the Korea Forestry Administration, Rhododendron micranthum was enlisted as the rare plant. The growth from was categorized followed by forbs, shrubs and trees, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.260-268
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• 1982

The study has been carried out to investigate the relationship of certain factors to the private owners' attitudes toward forest management. The dependent variable is the attitude toward forest management, and the six independent variables are owner's age, educational level, forestland area, socioeconomic status, communicational and sociopsychological factors. The dependent variables were measured by Likert attitude scale. The data used in the study were obtained from 262 common-and model-forest owners, and analyzed primarily by multiple correlation statistical technique. Major findings of the study are summarized as follows; 1. The average score of common-owners' attitudes toward forest management is significantly lower than that of model-owners'. The scores of such independent variables as age, forestland area, socioeconomic status and communication of common-owners are also significantly lower than those of model-owners', while the significant difference of sociopsychological scores is not recognized between two owner groups. 2. The common-owners' attitudes toward forest management are negatively correlated with age variable, arid positively with other independent variables. On the other hand, the model-owners' are negatively correlated with education variable, arid positively with age, communicational and sociopsychological factors. 3. The multiple correlation coefficient between common-owner' management-attitude scores and six independent variables is 0.6971. About 41 percent of the variance of this attitude cart be explained by sociopsychological factor, and other 7 percent by communicational variable. In case of model-owners, the multiple correlation coefficient is 0.5207, and about 16.2 percent of the variance of the attitude can be explained by sociopsychological factor and 6 percent by age variable. 4. The multiple correlation coefficient between the attitude scores of all-owners arid such seven different personality factors as fatalistic, trustful, cooperative, ambitious, conservative, scientific and traditional familism personalities is 0.6566. In this case, 15 percent of the variance of the management-attitude can be explained by ambitious personality, and 11.2 percent by traditional familism. 5. The private forest owners' attitudes toward forest management are greatly affected by sociopsychological and communicational factors. The emphasis should be therefore put on the forestry extension works to induce private owners to management practices.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.84 no.1
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• pp.103-113
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• 1995

To estimate buffer capacity and sensitivity of forest ecosystem to acid rain in Taejon, ionic components of throughfall, stemflow, soil leachate, and open rain in Pinus rigida and Quercus variabilis forest were analysed. The spatial sensitivity based on parent rock and forest type was given by IDRISI of GIS which created imagery conversion from soil and vegetation map. Parent rocks and soils were classified into acidic, sedimentary, metamorphic rock and then subdivided based on $SiO_2$ content. Average pH of vegetation leachate was higher in throughfall but lower in stemflow than open rain and higher in Quercus variabilis forest than in Pinus rigida forest. The flow of $SO{_4}^{2-}$, $NO_3{^-}$ and $Cl^-$ through vegetation leaching(throughfall plus stemflow) into soil were 7.2, 4.3, and 2.5 times, respectively, higher in Pinus rigida forest and 4.4, 2, and 2.5 times, respectively, higher in Quercus variabilis forest than in open field. But the concentration of exchangeable cations was 4.1 times higher in Pinus rigida forest and 4.6 times higher in Quercus variabilis forest than in open field. Average pH of soil leachate was lower than that of throughfall, but higher than that of stemflow. The concentration of exchangeable canons and $Al^{3+}$ in soil leachate were more in Pinus rigida forest than in Quercus variabilis forest and increase signficantly with the increase of acidic deposits. Pinus forest had more deposition and canopy interception of acidic pollutants and more nutrient loss than Quercus forest, and Quercus forest had more cation exchange and proton consumption and than consequently had less nutrient loss and better buffer capacity than Pinus forest. The 69% of forest soils was distributed on acidic rock, 25% of it on metamorphic rock, and 6% of it on intermediate and basic rock. Acidic rock residuals which had low very canon exchange capacity and high sensitivity to acid rain occupied a half of total forest land in Taejon area. Therefore forests in Taejon showed high vulnerability to acid rain and will receive much more stress with the increase of acid rain precursors.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.14-28
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• 2017

Mt. Seunghak's Miscanthus sinensis community is not only a landscape resource in terms of cultural services within the Ecosystem Services but also a site that is visited by many mountaineers in autumn. As the current Miscanthus sinensis community has been experiencing a rapid decline due to Korean forest succession characteristics, ongoing artificial management is thought to be needed for landscape resource use. The purpose of this study was to determine growth environment characteristics and the cause of the rapid decline of the Miscanthus sinensis community in Mt. Seunghak, which is located inside a large city with a large scale and outstanding accessibility. As the Miscanthus sinensis community is the representative early vegetation that appears temporarily in dry, barren soil, the Miscanthus sinensis community in Korean forest succession tends to be unsustainable. As the current soil on Mt. Seunghak is inappropriately fertile for the Miscanthus sinensis community, other wetland woody plant communities are anticipated to succeed it. If Miscanthus sinensis community maintenance is needed for Miscanthus sinensis landscape scenery, various alternatives apart from overall Miscanthus sinensis community maintenance should be determined for cost-effective management. For example, while many byways toward the inside of the Miscanthus sinensis community have affected the Miscanthus sinensis community growth environment, the installation of wooden fences and ropes has been a control in approach. As a result of this positive effect, many byways toward the inside of Miscanthus sinensis community have been restored naturally. Through viewable range analysis, as good scenery sites on the observatory have a good viewable range on the main trail as well, if these scenery sites are intensively managed, effective Miscanthus sinensis ccommunity management will be done despite maintenance budget cutbacks. This study is expected to be used as a basic material regarding the alternatives for a sustained Miscanthus sinensis community and the possibility of cultivating other growth in poor soils of fallow fields and unused land.