• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.348-365
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• 2013

This paper aims to examine the complexities of the state-nature relations in Korea by emphasizing the complex processes of interactions between the state and nature. In doing so, it relies on the literature of "political ecology of state-nature" which problematizes the conventional modernist views on nature assuming the dualistic separation between the state and nature. First, we critically review the existing Korean literature on the state-nature relation (e.g., the ecologism, the metabolic rift theory, the social construction of the nature, the green state thesis, etc.) and argue that these studies significantly lack the recognition of the interactions between the state and nature. Second, we discuss the possibilities of seeing the state-nature relations from the perspective of political ecology as an alternative approach to the state-nature relation. Last, we conclude that the political ecology approach to the state-nature can deepen our understandings of the Korean capitalist development.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.99-109
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• 2015

The Ecosystem and Nature Map (ENM) is basic map for current status of natural resources. The map has been offered information to ecological conservation and restoration, as well as to land use planning and policy making. The map composed of 794 sheets in 1:25,000 scale classifies total areas into three grade zones (1st, 2nd and 3rd grade zones) and separately managed zone. In 2005, the first draft Ecosystem and Nature Map was prepared by the second National Ecosystem Survey. It was opened for the people to search and appeal. So 1,419 cases of public appeals on the first draft Ecosystem and Nature Map were submitted in 2005. After partial revision, the first Ecosystem and Nature Map was announced in 2007. The second draft Ecosystem and Nature Map was prepared by the third National Ecosystem Survey and opened to public in 2012. As a result, 1,263 cases of public appeals were submitted in 2012. Since the first announcement of the Ecosystem and Nature Map in April 2007, 182 cases of public appeals on the Map were submitted until December 2013. Among them, 159 cases were announced with revision. According to the first Ecosystem and Nature Map announced in 2007, graded areas covered 7.5% in the 1st grade zone, 39.2% in the 2nd grade zone and 44.7% in the 3rd grade zone of the national land area, respectively. In the second draft Ecosystem and Nature Map in 2012, areas of the 1st grade zone and the 2nd grade zone were 9.2% increased 1.7 percentage points and 45.5% increased 6.3 percentage points, and areas of the 3rd grade zone were 36.6% decreased 8.1 percentage points. Among areas of the 1st grade zone, Gangwondo occupies 54.3% in 2007 and 47.6% in 2012. Gangwondo consists of the highest percentage of the 1st grade zone and the smallest of the 3rd grade zone. Seoul has the highest percentage of the 3rd grade zone. There were the highest increase of the 1st grade zone in Gyeongsangbukdo and the highest decrease in Jeollabukdo and Seoul. Vegetation is the most important evaluation factor to determine the grade of the Ecosystem and Nature Map.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

The groundwater dependent ecosystem associated with a natural stream is the area where mixing and exchange of surface water and groundwater occurs due to large chemical and hydraulic gradients. Surface-groundwater interactions play an important role in biogeochemical processes in groundwater dependent ecosystems and make this area a hydro-ecological hot spot. The objective of this study is to characterize the groundwater dependent ecosystem in a natural stream where nitrate contamination of stream water is observed by means of hydrogeological, chemical, and biological methods. In this study, vertical flow exchange(hyporheic flow) rates between stream and groundwater were estimated based on vertical hydraulic gradients measured at mini-piezometers of various depths. To investigate the biological natural attenuation potential, biological analyses using polymerase chain reaction(PCR)-cloning methods were performed in this study. Results show that the veritical hyporheic water fluxes affect nitrate concentrations and bacterial densities in groundwater dependent ecosystems to some degree. Also, denitrifying bacteria were identified in hyporheic soils, which may support the biodegradation potential of the groundwater dependent ecosystems under certain conditions.

• Water for future
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.15-28
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• 2000

하천복원(河川復元, stream restoration)이란 이·치수 위주의 하천 정비나 불량한 유역 관리에 의해 훼손된 하천의 생태 서식처를 되살리기 위해 하천 변을 원래의 자연 상태에 가깝게 되돌리는 것이다. 본 하천복원 특집은 사적인 연구 동호회인 ＇하천복원 연구회＇의 회원 중 하천 기술자와 생물 전문가들에 의해 꾸며졌다. 이 특집에서는 하천 복원의 개론 성격으로 하천 복원의 이해와 국내외 사례 등을 먼저 소개하고, 다음 하천 복원의 주요 대상인 하천 식생과 물고기의 서식처 특성에 대해 소개한다. 마지막으로 하천 복원의 주요 도구인 자연형 하천공법에 대해 호안 재료와 환경변화를 중심으로 소개한다. 하천 복원은 선진 외국의 경우 하천 수리학과 생태학 등에서 이미 보편화되고 있는 분야이다. 우리도 자연 생태 복원에 대한 사회의 욕구가 점차 높아지고 있으므로 이에 관련된 지식과 기술의 이해와 관심이 요구된다.

• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.62-65
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• 2003

깨끗한 공기, 맑은 물, 그리고 기름진 토양은 생태계의 순환과 보전에 필요한 기본적인 환경 요소들이다. 공업을 위시한 각종 산업화가 급속히 진전되고 있는 현대 문명사회에서 특히 이와 같은 자연 환경 요소들은 그 성질상 변화를 가속화하고, 따라서 자연환경의 오염이 극대화하기에 이르러 자연 생태계에 큰 위협을 가하고 있다.(중략)

• Archives of design research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.189-200
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• 2002

Human beings at the beginning of the world have tried to gain mental and physical satisfaction from nature. However, as it became difficult to find such satisfaction in nature, an advanced civilization was created that confronted nature by developing a unique environment. In this process of confrontation, an ecological crisis occurred. As an alternative to solve this problem, there began interest in the ecological paradigm of many fields, and the domain of space design for living became the center of attention. Korean traditional architecture has ecological characteristics suitable for Koreas nature and climate. When discussing Korean traditional architecture from the viewpoint of an ecological paradigm, studies have been based on the understanding that it is the entire combination of structures existing with and as a part of a natural ecosystem rather than the use of independent and individual structures like that of Western architecture. In particular, Korean traditional windows and doors are examples of maintaining an ecological essence by accepting natural surroundings and have important meaning in the subject of ecological space design, but its unfortunate that theyre not utilized in contemporary Korean architecture. Focusing on these discrepancies, this study aims to make traditional windows and doors native to Korea the subject of discussion and to expand the area of study in Korean traditional architecture.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.27-46
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• 1999

이 글은 상대적으로 연구 성과가 미비하고 그 접근방식도 다양하지 못했던 기존의 산지촌 연구를 회고하면서, 경관생태학적 관점을 활용하여 산지촌의 분포지역을 세분하고 이 틀 속에서 산지촌에 접근하자고 하였다. 특히 산지촌들이 생태지역에 따라 그 존립방식에 있어서 내적 차별성을 보인다는 점을 주목하였다. 연구지역은 산지촌이 전형적으로 분포하고 있는 강원 남부지역의 태백산맥 일대로서 지형경관, 사면경사도, 해발고도 등에 의거하여 세 개의 생태지역으로 세분될 수 있었다. 고위평탄면지역 산지촌, 고위산간지역 산지촌, 그리고 급사면산간지역 산지촌이 그것이다. 이러한 생태지역의 개념에 기초하여 먼저 산지촌의 형성과정을 역사적으로 추적해본 후, 자연경관, 촌락의 분포 패턴, 생활방식 등을 생태지역별로 비교하면서 구체적으로 서술하였다. 이 과정에서 도출된 세 곳의 생태지역, 생태지역별 자연경관 및 생활양식의 차별성, 산지촌 생활의 현실태, 촌락존립상의 문제점 등은 산지촌의 진흥방안을 모색하는 데 매우 중요한 관점과 방향을 제시해 줄 것으로 본다. 따라서 본고에서 사용한 경관생태학적 방법론은 연구지역 이외의 지역에서도 적용될 필요가 있으며, 이러한 연구가 전국의 산지촌으로 확대될 때 현실에 바탕을 둔 산지촌의 진흥방안이 마련될 수 있을 것으로 본다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.150-154
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.91-94
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• 2000

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• s.414
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• pp.2-5
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• 2014

지금 이 순간 인간이 사라진다면 지구의 생태계는 어떻게 될까? 아무 일 없이 잘 돌아갈 것이다. 생태계는 더 푸르고 짙어질 것이다. 만일 곤충이 사라진다면? 누가 식물의 수분을 도와주고 숲을 솎아주고 자연을 정화해줄 것인가? 아마도 곤충이 사라진 지구의 생태계는 조만간 사라져 버릴 것이다.