• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

We analyzed the distribution area of debris slopes in Mudeungsan (Mt. Mudeung) National Park by comparing aerial photos of the past (1966) and the present (2017) and identified the vegetation characteristics that affect the change in the area of the debris slopes by investigating the vegetation status of the debris slopes and the surrounding areas. The area of debris slopes in Mt. Mudeung appears to have been reduced to a quarter of what it used to be. Debris slopes here have decreased at an average rate of 2.3 ha/yr over 51 years by vegetation covers. Notably, most of the small-area debris slopes in the low-inclination slopes disappeared due to active vegetation coverage. However, there are still west-facing, south-west-facing, south-facing, and large-area debris slopes remaining because the sun's radiant heat rapidly raises the surface temperature of rock blocks and dries moisture, making tree growth unfavorable. Because of these locational characteristics, the small-scale vegetation in the middle of Deoksan Stony Slope, which is the broadest area, showed distinct characteristics from the adjacent forest areas. Sunny places and tree species with excellent drying resistance were observed frequently in Deoksan Stony Slope. However, tree species with high hygropreference that grow well in valleys with good soil conditions also prevailed. In some of these places, the soil layer has been well developed due to the accumulation of fine materials and organic matter between the crevices of the rock blocks, which is likely to have provided favorable conditions for such tree species to settle and grow. At the top of Mt. Mudeung, on the other hand, the forest covered the debris slopes, where Mongolian oaks (Quercus mongolica) and royal azaleas (Rhododendron schlippenbachii), which typically grow in the highlands, prevailed. This area was considered favorable for the development of vegetation for the highlands because the density of rock blocks was lower than in Deoksan Stony Slope, and the soil was exposed. Moreover, ash trees (Fraxinus rhynchophylla) and Korean maple trees (Acer pseudosieboldianum) that commonly appear in the valley areas were dominant here. It is probably due to the increased moisture content in the soil, which resulted from creating a depressive landform with a concave shape that is easy to collect rainwater as rock blocks in some areas fell and piled up in the lower region. In conclusion, the area, density of the rock blocks, and distribution pattern of rock block slopes would have affected the vegetation development and species composition in the debris slope landform.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.34-41
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• 2000

This study investigated tree vigor of damaged forest by Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye. In damaged forest by pine gall midge, the investigation result of damaged rate section (severe, moderate, light) indicated that severe stand showed higher value of electric resistance ($k{\Omega}$) than that of light stand, the investigation result of tree density section(crowed, middle, little) indicated that crowed stand showed higher value of electric resistance than that of little stand (the value of electric resistance at which low reading show high vigor tree and high reading low vigor tree). The crown width and DBH (diameter of breast height) of external factors showed lower value of electric resistance than that of small size. The results of comparative between Crown area and value of electric resistance in each stand were $13.4m^2$ in severe stand, $10.9m^2$ in moderate stand and $7.9m^2$ in light stand. Therefore, the tree which have big crown showed low value of electric resistance (below $15k{\Omega}$)that has high possible of survial.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.129-143
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to evaluate flooding vulnerability considering spatial characteristics focused on Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. Assessment Factors are water cycle area ratio, surface runoff, and precipitation. And construction of assessment factors and vulnerability was analyzed by GIS program. Water cycle ratio and surface runoff were vulnerable in urban area. Precipitation was often distributed in agriculture of the northern region. Results of flooding vulnerability were low in agriculture and forest of the northern region. In contrast, urban area was high because there has covered impervious land cover. Analytical results of flooding vulnerability density using hotspot spatial cluster analysis were high in urban area. And these areas were situated in down stream so flooding were generated. Therefore, flooding vulnerability assessment of this study can help for selecting construction sites of pervious land cover and rainwater management facilities in urban and environmental planning.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.249-259
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• 2007

This study was carried out the analysis of forest vegetation structure using the phytosociological methods by Braun-Blanquet from April to November in 2006. The results were summarized as follows. The forest vegetation was classified into 23 communities and 3 forest ecosystem types such as slope forest type, valley forest type and artificial forest type. By the actual vegetation map, Quercus mongolica forest was widely distributed in the area and Pinus densiflora forest and Quercus variabilis forest in the southern parts of the slope and valley forest mainly in valley area, respectively. The importance value in the Q. mongolica forest and artificial forest was absolutely high for the species dominated in tree layer. The typical valley species of Lindera erythrocarpa and Styrax japonica were abundantly occupied in the all layers. Species diversity indices of Alnus hirsta forest was the lowest as 0.2191, and that of valley forest was about 0.9, the highest among the all forest types.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.20 no.2 s.62
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• pp.54-63
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• 2006

The number of forest fire under various conditions such as year, month, time, day of the week, region, damaged species, cause, and damaged area are checked, and the statistics of the forest fire causing materials in recent 14 years ('91-'04) are analyzed. The result shows that the year majority of forest fires had happened in last 14 year was 2001 and most of forest fire occurred in April, Sunday, around 14:00 to 15:00. The most damaged region is Gyeongsangbuk-Do, followed by Gangwon-Do, Jeollabuk-Do, and Gyeonggi-Do. The most damaged species is pine tree. The main causes of forest fires are accidental fire and incineration of a field boundary; however, recently, incendiarism is increased. The result of analysis on the damaged area shows that small fires under 5 ha occurred most frequently and large fires (over 30 ha) occurred mostly in Kangwon province (44.2%). The result also shows that the large forest fires (1,113 minutes) require 7.5 time more than the small forest fires (148 minutes). Especially, since average damaged area caused by large forest fire was about 470 ha per incident.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.22-22
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• 2016

우리나라 하천에서 식생의 변화가 매우 빠르게 진행되고 있다. 최근들어 하천내에서 식생이 차지하는 면적이 증가하는 경향이 뚜렷하게 확인되고 있기 때문이다. 댐 등 하천구조물로 인한 유황변화에 의해 봄철 발아기 유량 및 수위 저하가 발생하고 이로 인해 식생의 유입된다는 것은 이미 많은 연구에서 증명되고 논의된 바 있다. 그러나 댐과 같은 구조물이 없는 자연하천이나 소하천의 경우에도 식생 유입이 빠르게 진행되고 있는 것은 전국적인 경향이라고 할 수 있다. 우리나라 뿐만아니라 일본의 경우에도 대부분의 하천에서 식생이 과도하게 유입되는 현상이 발생하고 있다. 식생의 발생, 발달, 번무 등에 대한 원인은 다양하다고 할 수 있다. 산지지역의 산림 변화로 인한 유사유출 저감, 농업으로 인한 영양염류 증대, 하천정비로 인한 고수부지 확대 등이 주요원인으로 추정되고 있지만 아직까지 정확한 식생 발생 메카니즘에 대한 분석은 이루어지지 않은 상황이다. 일본의 경우 식생의 발생과 진행에 대한 모형을 구축하고 여러 하천에 적용하여 검증하는 연구가 다양하게 진행되고 있지만 지역에 따라 다르게 발생하는 식생의 원인을 단정적으로 결론내리지는 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 하천내 식생 유입 현황을 분석하고 발생 원인에 대해 검토하였다. 먼저 우리나라 하천에서 식생 발생은 전국적인 현상으로 확인되었다. 과거와 달리 하천의 특정지점에서 식생이 발생하는 것이 아니라 하천의 규모나 지역 등에 관계없이 전국적으로 식생이 발생하고 있는 것이 식생면적 분석으로 확인되었다. 또한 식생 면적이 최근 들어 더 증가하고 있음도 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 강우의 연도별 변화가 식생발생에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 봄철(4월, 5월, 6월)의 연도별 강우량 변화가 식생 발생에 미치는 영향을 분석하였는데 이 기간 동안의 강우가 줄어듦에 따라 식생 발생이 더 활발하게 진행될 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 봄철의 가뭄과 여름철 홍수 미발생이 이어지는 경우 식생이 더 활발하게 발생할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 하천 구조물에 의한 하천유황 변화가 식생 발생에 큰 영향을 미치듯이 강우 발생 양상의 변화로 인한 유황 변화가 식생 발생에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 것으로 나타난 것이다. 또한 일본의 경우에도 이와 같은 경향이 유사하게 나타나는 것으로 분석되었다. 일본의 식생조사 결과와 강우 패턴을 비교한 결과 우리나라와 같이 일본에서도 유사한 경향이 나타났다. 본 연구 결과로 추정해 볼 때 강우 패터의 변화가 식생의 유입에 큰 영향을 미치며, 특히 기후변화로 인해 발생하는 봄철 강우의 감소가 주요원인중 하나로 추정될 수 있다고 할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.131-131
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• 2020

우리나라는 농산물시장개방이후 휴경면적의 증가, 농지전용, 도시화의 가속화, 시설작물 재배면적 변화 영향에 의한 논과 밭의 이용 패턴변화 등으로 농촌지역의 토지이용구조가 변화되어 왔다. 이는 곧 국내 토지이용패턴의 변화로 연결되고, 농업구조의 변화는 농촌경관, 농업용수 이용, 농촌지역 비점오염 물질 발생패턴의 변화를 야기할 것으로 예상되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 금강권역을 연구지역으로 하여, 농업지역의 토지이용변화 중 논 내 시설작물 재배면적 변화에 주안점을 두고 토지이용변화 예측모형인 CLUE-s(Conversion of Land Use and its Effects at Small regional extent) 모형을 이용하여 미래 농업지역의 토지이용변화를 예측하고자 하였다. CLUE-s 모형의 입력 자료로 국가수자원관리종합시스템(WAMIS)의 1980~2010년까지 5년 간격 토지이용 통계자료 및 환경부 2008, 2013년 중분류 토지이용 자료에서 금강유역을 추출하여 구축하였다. 모형의 입력자료를 위해 토지이용 항목을 총 7개(수역, 시가지, 논, 밭, 시설재배지, 산림, 초지)로 분류하고 특별토지이용 정책 자료로 농업진흥구역도 및 국토환경성 평가도를 이용하였다. 관측자료의 경향을 이용하여 환경부 중분류 토지이용 변화를 기준으로 농업지역(논, 밭, 시설재배) 변화에 대한 회귀식을 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 활용하여 농업지역 변화에 따른 수문 및 수질의 영향을 파악하고 미래 토지이용 변화에 따른 농촌지역 비점오염 물질 발생패턴 등을 분석하기 위한 기초 자료로 활용할 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of the Korean Institute of Forest Recreation
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.11-22
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• 2018

This study analyzes the economic feasibility on the transition of production structure to increase income for a local forest village in Laos PDR. The study area was the Nongboua village in Sangthong district where the primary product is rice from rice paddy. Possible strategies were considered to increase the villagers' revenue, and Noni (Morinda citrifolia) was production in the short-term. We assumed that the project period was for 20 years for the analysis, and a total of 1,100 Noni tree was planted in 1 ha by $3m{\times}3m$ spacing. This study classified basic scenario one, scenario two, scenario three by the survival rate and purchase pirce of Noni. Generally Noni grows well. However, the seedlings' average survival rate (= production volume) was set up conservatively in this study to consider potential risks such as no production experience of Noni and tree disease. The scenario one assumed that the survival rate of Noni seedlings was 50% for 0-1 years, 60% for 0-2 years, and 70% for 3-20 years; the scenario two, 10% less, i.e., 40%, 50%, and 60%; and the scenario three, 10% less, i.e., 40%, 50%, 60% and purchase price 10% less, i.e., $0.29 to $0.26, respectively. Our analysis showed that all 3 scenarios resulted in economically-feasible IRR (internal rate of return) of 24.81%, 19.02%, and 16.30% of with a discounting rate of 10%. The B/C (benefit/cost) ratio for a unit area (1ha) was also analyzed for the three scenarios with a discounting rate of 10%, resutling in the B/C ratio of 1.71, 1.47, and 1.31. The study results showed that the Nongboua village would have a good opportunity to improve its low-income structure through planting and managing alternative crops such as Noni. Also the results can be used as useful decision-making information at a preliminary analysis level for planning other government and public investment projects for the Nonboua village.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.112 no.4
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• pp.561-573
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• 2023

National forests have an advantage over private forests in terms of higher investment in capital, technology, and labor, allowing for more intensive management. As such, national forests are expected to serve not only as a strategic reserve of forest resources to address the long-term demand for timber but also to stably perform various essential forest functions demanded by society. However, most forest stands in the current national forests belong to the fourth age class or above, indicating an imminent timber harvesting period amid an imbalanced age class structure. Therefore, if timber harvesting is not conducted based on systematic management planning, it will become difficult to ensure the continuity of the national forests' diverse functions. This study was conducted to determine the optimal volume of timber production in the national forests to improve the age-class structure while sustainably maintaining their economic and public functions. To achieve this, the study first identified areas within the national forests suitable for timber production. Subsequently, a forest management planning model was developed using multi-objective linear programming, taking into account both the national forests' economic role and their public benefits. The findings suggest that approximately 488,000 hectares within the national forests are suitable for timber production. By focusing on management of these areas, it is possible to not only improve the age-class distribution but also to sustainably uphold the forests' public benefits. Furthermore, the potential volume of timber production from the national forests for the next 100 years would be around 2 million m³ per year, constituting about 44% of the annual domestic timber supply.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.11-17
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• 2003

pH value of sampled fogwater at source regions (above highway and road) in Yongin sites showed the lowest value and was increased after passing the forest stands. Changes of ion concentrations through the forest stands showed a lowering tendency at sampling sites. The fogwater passing the forest stands (Quercus mangolica and Pinus rigida) surrendered acid pollutants to crown and stem from the atmosphere. It was concluded that environmental moisture in the atmosphere is acidified in fogwater. The influence was extended to the pure zone, and the frequency of acid rain has increased. The forests are assumed to remove air pollutants because ion concentrations in fogwater decreased after passing the forests. The fogwater which functions as a local sink for pollutants (H$_2$SO$_4$, HNO$_3$, etc.) falling on plant surfaces is considered to effectively remove acid pollutants. But if the deposition of pollutants exceeds the capacity of purification, it would damage the forest ecosystem. Further investigation is necessary to identify tree species tolerant to acid pollutants.