• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.763-771
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• 2010

The rapid increase of wildlife passage installation since the late 2000s was aimed to reduce roadkill caused by habitat fragmentation and losses related to road construction, but wildlife-vehicle collisions are now still occurred even near the wildlife passage area. This is the reason that the effectiveness of wildlife passage have not been evaluated in combination with absence of monitoring data and management strategy of the wildlife passage. The AHP method are used, in this study, to identify the evaluation factors affecting the effectiveness of the present 367 wildlife passages in a mitigation measures to reduce road effects on wildlife species. Ten evaluation factors are derived from third levels in the AHP analysis. Priority setting to identify appropriate management strategies in first level is selected among four second levels on facility, environment, wildlife species and management tool. The AHP analysis suggested that neighboring environments are the most important factor at the second level, and passage structure, harmony with natural surroundings, wildlife occurrence and monitoring of the passage are also important factors at the third levels. In summary, effective measurements of wildlife passage management is based on managing the passage with neighboring topography and natural surrounding. This is useful to establish wildlife passage management strategy in order to reduce the negative effects of roads on wildlife species.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.169-176
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• 2016

Roads are widely accepted to be as a major cause of habitat fragmentation. The wildlife road-crossing structure is one of the most acceptable alternatives among the solutions to provide connectivity between patches isolated by roads. We investigated noise disturbance, vegetation structure and wildlife crossing and habitation at a wildlife road-crossing structure located at the Jingmaei-Pass in Incheon, Korea, to monitor and evaluate its conservation value and ecological performance and to propose measures for their adaptive management. From the result of noise measurement, the noise disturbance from the road traffic was not properly blocked out at the wildlife crossing structure. The survey results of vegetation structure showed that the early-successional plant species such as Ambrosia trifida, Erigeron annuus, Pueraria lobata, Rosa multiflora invaded widely on the crossing structure. An efficient management of the vegetation should be necessarily considered for the facilitation of vegetation succession and the improvement of animal habitat. The crossing structure was used by limited mammal species: Apodemus agrarius, Nyctereutes procyonoides, Mogera wogura and Sciurus vulgaris coreae as the results of the monitoring using footprints and closed-circuit television. In conclusion, The Jingmaei-Pass wildlife crossing structure is unable to function properly as a biological corridor because of the interference of noise and flourishing disturbed vegetation. Therefore, proper alternatives are required for improving animal habitats and mobile environments to enhance the ecological function of a wildlife corridor.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.639-648
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• 2011

We recorded the movement of wildbirds nine times at Hoam 1st Tunnel, Kkachisan Park, Deungneung pass to compare the movement between eco-corridor and neighboring crossing road from June to September, 2006. Among three areas, birds did not prefer the eco-corridor at pass type such as Kkachisan Park and Deungneung pass, however number of species and individuals were high at the eco-corridor at Hoam 1st Tunnel. Over 90m width and the slope location of eco-corridors can be beneficial for wild birds to enhance the movement along eco-corridors between isolated two patches. Average foliage volume under two meters showed the relation with bush nesters, and that from 7 to 8m had the highest relationship with canopy nesters. In Seoul city, target species should be considered at the construction of eco-corridors according to site characteristics, but Paradoxornis webbianus could be suggested as a main target species at eco-corridors. To enhance the movement of diverse wildbirds, we would implement that eco-corridors could be located at the slope area with the size of 1ha (over 90m width), eco-corridors could be planted and managed with the high foliage volume of shrub layer under twometers and canopy layer over 8 meters.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.821-824
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• 1999

콘크리트 케이슨 제작장(Casting Bed)내에 케이슨의 제작 및 이동경로가 되는 이동통로(Trough)를 형성하고 거푸집과 이동통로를 겸할 수 있도록 고안한 소핏폼(Soffit Form)을 설치함으로써, 제작된 케이슨 하부로 케이슨 부양용 에어로 고(Aero Go)가 양방향으로 자유로이 이동할수 있게 하여 제작에서 운반까지의 각 단계별 공정이 일직선상에서 공장식 연속 조립공정으로 진행되며, 또한 별도의 대차 및 회수시설이 불필요한 공장형 일관 제작 시스템에 의한 다단계 케이슨 제작, 운반 및 진수방법이다.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.233-236
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• 2021

종래의 사용중인 송전철탑 암(Arm) 이동 또는 작업을 위해서는 암주재를 발로 딛고 이동 하거나 작업하는데 발디딤 공간이 부족하여(7~15cm)안전사고 발생요인이 되고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하고자 철탑 암 이동 또는 작업 시 작업자의 심리적 안정감과 물리적 안전조건을 강화시키기 위해 발디딤 공간을 30cm 로 확대시킨 "철탑 암 이동을 위한 통로용 안전발판"(이하, 철탑 암 안전발판)을 개발하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.185-198
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• 2016

Korea has put in significant efforts to increase the number of wildlife crossings between fragmented habitats to prevent loss of biodiversity and to encourage the habitat connectivity in Korea. However, there is a lack of biological data on the effect of vegetation structure in these wildlife crossings and guidelines for design and management of wildlife crossing structures in Korea. Therefore, we selected ground beetle assemblages as model organisms to compare the effect of vegetation structure in wildlife crossings, i.e. bare ground- and shrub-type corridors, in agro-forested landscapes. For this study, 4,207 ground beetles belonging to 33 species were collected through pitfall trapping along the northern forest-corridor-southern forest transects from late April to early September in 2015. Dominant species, abundance, and species richness of ground beetles were significantly higher in the shrub-type corridors than the bare ground-type corridors. Also, the species composition of bare ground-type corridor was significantly different compared to the other habitats such as shrub-type corridor and forests. Similarly, environmental variables were also influenced by vegetation management regimes or trap locations. Collectively, our study clearly indicates that the movement of forest associated ground beetles between forest patches can increase as the vegetation in wildlife crossings becomes complex. Although further studies are needed to verify this, there are indications that the current wildlife crossings that comply with the guidelines may be unfriendly to the movement of ground dwelling arthropods as well as ground beetles. To enhance the ecological function of wildlife crossings, the guidelines need to be rectified as follows: 1) Shrubs or trees should be planted along the corridor verges to provide refuge or movement paths for small mammals and ground dwelling arthropods, and 2) Open spaces should be provided in the middle of the corridors to be used as a path for the movement of large mammals.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1536-1539
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• 2008

본 연구는 하천을 가로막고 있는 기능을 상실한 횡단구조물 철거를 통하여 하천 생물들이 자유로이 이동할 수 있는 생태통로를 복원하기 위한 연구이다. 이를 위하여 기능을 상실한 보인 경기도 연천군 전곡읍 한탄강 소재의 길이 190m, 높이 2.8m 규모의 고탄보를 철거하여 철거에 의한 보 상하류에서 하상변동과 하천형태 변화와 같은 물리적 영향, 수질 변화와 같은 화학적 영향, 보 상하류에서의 어류/저서동물/식생의 생태 서식처 변화와 같은 생물적 영향을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 어류의 경우, 철거 이전에 보 최상류역 대조구간에서 조사된 16종이 26종으로 늘어났으며, 특히, 뱀장어, 강준치, 쏘가리와 같은 어류의 개체수가 증가되었다. 보 철거를 통하여 이동통로가 확보됨으로써 종다양도 지수가 전반적으로 상회하는 경향을 나타내었다. 저서무척추동물의 경우, 보 철거로 인하여 정수역었던 곳이 유수역으로 변모함에 따라 철거 전에 출현했던 잠자리와 다슬기 종류는 발견되지 않았던 반면, 철거 전에 출현되지 않았던 날도래류가 출현하는 등 출현 종에 다소의 변화를 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.92-99
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• 2012

Many wildlife habitats have been destroyed and fragmented during the rapid industrialization and urbanization process in Korea. It is essential to connect these fragmented habitats to reduce road-kill of many types of endangered urban wildlife. The site selection for wildlife passages must take into account the behavior of the wildlife species for safe crossing utilizing many artificial barriers in urban areas. This study attempted to identify potential wildlife passage sites for the endangered and protected leopard cats of Gangseo Ecological Park in Seoul, Korea. A space syntax analysis, an analytical technique to objectively evaluate the spatial configurations related to passage selection, found that the integration value represents the accessibility and connectivity of spaces. In this paper, this means that the bigger the integration value, the more frequently the leopard cat passes through. The leopard cats were captured and radio-tracked for 72 hours once a month from March to June of 2009. The ArcGIS and Animal Movement of Hawth Tools were used to analyze the home range and movement paths, and Axwoman 4.0 was used to analyze space syntax. The daily average movement distance was $2.099{\pm}1.08km$. During the survey period, the leopard cats crossed over an urban expressway more than 20 times, running the risk of road-kill. The range of global integration values was 0.458~1.834, while that of the local integration was 0.210~6.061. Five sites that met across the leopard cats' movement routes and roads were selected to measure the local and global integrate values. Among these sites, the higher the integration value, the higher the road-kill possibility. Thus, two of five sites with high global and local integration values were suggested as potential wildlife passage sites for the leopard cats. Now, three tunnel passages are under construction at the suggested sites for which local integration value was highest (LI=4.369). Further studies are scheduled to verify these potential sites as suitable wildlife passages.

• Landscaping Tree
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• s.85
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• pp.38-40
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• 2005

• Landscaping Tree
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• s.84
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• pp.34-37
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• 2005