• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1006-1010
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• 2010

기존의 댐에 대한 연구는 이 치수 및 전력생산, 환경문제와 같은 댐의 전통적인 기능과 그 파급효과에 대한 연구가 주로 진행되어 왔으나 댐의 친환경적 활용방안 및 댐에 서식하고 있는 동 식물 및 생태계에 대한 연구는 상당히 미흡한 실정이다. 특히, 댐 상류지역 및 주변지역에 위치하고 있는 습지는 댐의 수질개선, 희귀 동 식물의 서식처 확보 등과 같은 생태보존, 위락 경관 생태공원 등의 기능을 제공할 수 있다. 이로 인해 댐유역에 위치하고 있는 자연습지의 보전뿐만 아니라 훼손에 따른 대체습지(인공습지)의 필요성이 점증되고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현재 운영되고 있는 댐을 대상으로 댐이 지니고 있는 습지의 역할을 검토하고자 수문지형학적 방법인 HGM 방법을 이용하여 댐습지의 기능을 평가하였다. HGM 방법을 이용하여 댐습지의 기능평가를 수행하기 위해서는 대상습지와 기준습지가 필요하며, 본 연구에서의 대상지역은 댐 유역내 습지지역이 조성되어 있는 보령댐으로 선정하였으며, 기준지역은 보전이 잘 되어 있고 람사르 협약에 등록된 우포늪으로 선정하였다. HGM 방법에서의 기능 평가는 수문학적, 생지화학적, 식물 서식처 그리고 동물 서식처 측면으로 구분하여 대상지역과 기준지역을 비교하는 방식으로 이루어진다. 그 결과, 댐습지가 지니고 있는 습지의 기능이 자연습지에 비해 평균적으로 약 50%정도의 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 댐습지가 습지로서의 역할을 기능적으로 100% 수행을 못하고 있지만, 댐이 습지의 기능을 어느 정도의 수준까지는 수행을 하고 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.144-144
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• 2020

국내의 하천은 급격한 도시화 및 산업화로 인해 자연하천의 모습은 사라지고 이수와 치수 기능 위주의 하천관리가 이루어졌다. 하천은 치수기능을 강조하여 인공적으로 변화하였을 뿐만 아니라 하천생태환경 내에 서식하는 동식물의 서식 환경에도 교란을 야기하였다. 최근 하천관리의 패러다임이 변화함에 따라서, 하천이 갖는 자연적 특성을 회복하는 환경적 측면을 강조한 생태하천 복원사업에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있으나, 수생생물 서식지 복원과 생태계에 필요한 환경유량에 관한 정량적인 평가를 위한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구는 경상북도 김천시와 구미시를 관류하여 낙동강으로 합류되는 감천을 대상으로 하였으며, 댐 건설로 인한 하천 생태계 변화 및 하천유량에 대한 통계적 분석, 수리 모델링, 하천구역의 공간적 분석을 진행하였다. 통계적 분석을 위한 시계열 자료 구축은 감천 하류에 있는 선산관측소의 2002년 ~ 2019년까지 수위, 유량을 사용하였으며, 김천부항댐이 건설 된 2014년 1월 1일을 기점으로 댐 건설 전(2002 ~ 2013)과 댐 건설 후(2014 ~ 2019)로 구분하였다. HEC-EFM(Ecosystem Function Model)을 활용하여 어류를 포함한 수생생물의 성공적인 서식을 위한 환경유량을 산정하였다. 산정된 환경유량을 HEC-GeoRAS(Geographic River Analysis System)와 HEC-GeoEFM(Geographic Ecosystem Function Model)을 적용·연계하여 수생식생 도입이 가능한 하천 구간과 어류 산란 및 성장에 적합한 하천구간을 표현하였으며, 댐 건설 전후의 서식지 면적을 계산하여 수생생물의 성공적인 서식환경이 조성되었는지 확인하였다. 본 연구를 바탕으로 수생생물의 하천 서식지 개선을 위한 명확한 환경유량을 수립하는 데 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.107-110
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• 2011

• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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• 2019.08a
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• pp.149-149
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• 2019

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.159-172
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• 2008

This study was carried out to obtain ecological information necessary for a conservation plan based on the distributional patterns, wetland types, and hydrophytic characteristics of urban wetlands in Seongnam City, Kyunggi Province where representing the various patterns of land use made by rapid urbanization since 1970s. Total 162 sites of four wetland types were identified as urban wetlands during the first survey. The sites were classified into 55 forested swamps, 4 riverine wetlands, 62 abandoned paddy fields, 37 small ponds, and 4 reservoirs, etc. The second survey targeted 107 sites which were identified as good wetlands. It showed that 42 sites(about 39%) were already degraded due to drainage, landfill, and crop cultivation at 6 months intervals. Both hydrologic conditions and hydrophytic characteristics of 27 good wetlands help maintain current ecological status, but most wetlands have been degraded by artificial impacts. Among 184 species identified, only 75 species(about 40.7%) were hydrophytes. Prevalence Index of hydrophyte based on three categories of OBL(obligatory wetland plant), FAC(facultitative plant), UPL(obligatory upland plant) was 3.7, indicating that vegetation data alone is inadequate to designate as wetlands. This study revealed that as critical habitats for wildlife they playa vital role in ecotone between both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem with its proper distributional pattern in spite of their small areas compared to the entire geographic region of the City.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.1009-1021
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• 2008

In this study, 4 indices of hydraulic & hydrological, geomorphological, eco & environmental, social effect and 38 items are selected to calculate impact range of downstream of dam. The Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) was applied to determine the priority of impact range calculation indices and items. As results of indices valuation, hydraulic & hydrological effect is the first priority, the second is eco & environmental, next are geomorphological and social effect. As results of items valuation, the design flood of dam is the first priority, the second is the natural flood & design flood of channel, next are the design flood rate of channel, drainage area and back water level caused by downstream of dam. In the case of Daechung dam, impact ranges were estimated 47.21 km in terms of the design flood of dam, 45.71 km of the design flood rate of channel, 13.94 km of the drainage area.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.677-684
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• 2022

This study is a basic study to evaluate the ecological environment of Changwon City. The study site was 6 ecotourism districts in Changwon-si, and the ecotourism index was evaluated through direct visits and interviews with the person in charge through preliminary research and various literature data from June to July 2021. There are six ecotourism indicators: climate crisis, air quality improvement, water conservation, natural coexistence, citizen participation, and tourism resource management. When looking at the scores for the six ecotourism areas in Changwon, it received the highest score in the areas of natural coexistence and air quality improvement. However, the ecoregion received the lowest score in the water resource conservation category, indicating that the water resource conservation as a whole was weak. Next, tourism resource management, climate crisis, and citizen participation are at the same level in all regions. As a result of the evaluation through the low-carbon ecotourism index, the Changwon City low-carbon ecotourism certification system should first be operated as a measure to revitalize the ecotourism region. It is necessary to prepare a low-carbon ecotourism level for Changwon City. Second, it is very important to guide and promote ecotourism areas to revitalize ecotourism areas. Lastly, to operate a sustainable eco-environment area, it is necessary to operate using local governance above all else.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.465-473
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• 2016

This study was carried out to evaluate restoration process of a few wetlands in the National Institute of Ecology (NIE). Wetlands were composed of the former rice paddies that passive restoration was led through only natural process and by creating waterway, and an ecological pond, a reservoir that restorative treatment was practiced. As the result of analysis on landscape change in the current wetland space, existing wetland in NIE was usually from the former rice field and some parts were from the residential area or forest. Change of species composition was progressed from crops or ruderals resistant to human interferences to plant species, which has removed artificially for cultivation and grow usually in the typical wetland. Both species diversity and occurrence of exotic plants were the highest when restoration project is in progress and stages after and before restoration were followed. In an ecological pond that restorative treatment was done, vegetation introduced as riparian buffer was established successfully and thereby it was expected that it could contribute to buffer environmental stress comming from the outside. Synthesized the above mentioned results, change of wetland vegetation established in NIE resembled the typical trend of early successional stage occurring in the abandoned rice paddy and consequently, it was estimated that successful restoration is under progress. Restoration under progress in an ecological pond where artificial aid in the least level was added, could be evaluated in successful as well. In particular, successful establishment of buffering vegetation, which can play diverse ecological functions, could be evaluated as significant restoration effect. But adaptive management to improve ecological quality for the section that buffering vegetation is insufficient, is required.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.8
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• pp.611-618
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• 2009

Road construction has been worked on by focusing on cost effectiveness such as the reduction of construction costs without understanding the natural environment and ecosystems. In addition, since ecosystems have been destroyed and the habitats of animals and plants have been isolated, wild animals have sought other habitats or have moved into isolated habitats. Thus, issues such as roadkills or the extermination of species are increasingly occurring. Based on this background, the development and application of a general assessment method need to be researched in order to verify whether or not spaces or habitats where animals can be inhabited and their species can be maintained exist. The purpose of this study is to develop an ecosystem map where a conservation value evaluation method considering the functions of an ecosystem where animals live as well as the naturalness of ecosystems is used and can be made into a drawing. The items applied to evaluate the habitat conservation values were naturalness, rarity, and functionality, and sub-items for evaluation were created. GIS as well as the evaluation items were used to create a digital map about the level of importance based on the evaluation criteria. The created digital map showed that it was not limited to the adjustment or distribution of the fauna and flora but was applicable for a general ecosystem evaluation method for the conservation of habitats. It is expected that the isolation of habitats would be able to be minimized if the digital map is used for road construction projects. The digital map is deemed to be able to be used for the construction of environmentally friendly roads, which will minimize the destruction of ecosystems and the isolation of habitats for creatures.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.420-431
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• 2015

As biodiversity and climate change have become main issues in recent times, the role of the forest ecosystem has been more important and forest conservation has been highlighted. The purpose of this study is to estimate forest area with high conservation values in Gapyung-gun by considering forest ecosystem services. The indicators of biodiversity, climate regulation, and water regulation were selected for assessment in this study. To assess biodiversity, habitat structural features and distribution characteristics of species were analyzed. Climate regulation and water regulation were assessed through analysis of carbon absorption volume and water storage. The result showed that, 50.1% of the forests in Gapyung-gun had high conservation values. The results were verified by comparing them with distribution tendencies of other environmental maps, which represent forest ecological values, and showed similar distribution tendencies. The study was conducted on only Gapyung-gun in Korea; however, the methods used in this study could be utilized for assessment of other areas to identify forests with high conservation values.