• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.113-121
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• 2021

The occurrence mechanisms of heatwave have been conventionally studied at a synoptic scale. However, the implications of precedent droughts on the following up heatwave occurrences have not been elucidated and are important to address the complex causal mechanisms of heatwaves. Therefore, this study evaluated the causality and implication of the seasonally antecedent droughts to summer heatwaves that occurred for 46 years since 1974 using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The resulting contribution of winter (spring and summer) droughts to summer heatwaves for Seoul-Gyeonggi, Gangwon, and Chungcheong provinces were 37 % (29 % and 22 %), 21 % (18 % and 29 %), and 17 % (8 % and 38 %), respectively. This is due to the regional variability of seasonal drought impacts. Furthermore, Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces, which have a higher level of impacts of summer droughts to summer heatwaves, are more likely to be exposed to the compound drought-heatwave damages compared to Seoul-Gyeonggi province, which has relatively a low-level impact of summer drought.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.89-113
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• 2023

This study aimed to identify heat wave vulnerable areas and discuss spatial typology and policy directions through spatial coincidence analysis of heat wave damage. By utilizing the climate change vulnerability assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Spatial Statistics Comparison Analysis, this study examined cities, counties, and districts in South Korea for five years (2015-2019), including 2018, when the heat wave was most extreme. It was determined that the number of heat wave days (exposure) was the most impactful among various factors for heat wave vulnerability. Sensitivity and adaptive capacity to heat waves were found to vary according to regional characteristics. The relationship between heat wave vulnerability and damage was categorized into four types through spatial coherence. Hot to Hot and Cold to Cold types have a positive relationship between vulnerability and damage, while Hot to Cold and Cold to Hot types have a negative relationship. The findings suggest that since different types of regions have distinct characteristics and conditions, policies and research for improvement should be directed to address each region separately. This study may be used as basic data for establishing heat-related policies in the future, as it categorizes regions by considering both heat vulnerability and damage and examines the direction of response by type.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.21-40
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• 2015

Heat waves are not new, but due to climate change, the probability of occurrence and severity of heat waves increases, which results in more adverse impacts and damages on local community. Accordingly, the need to tackle heat waves in a more comprehensive and precautionary manner increases. Our study therefore lays emphasis on 1) a long-term plan which not only includes short-term plans in response to the observed damages, but also incorporates relevant sectors to deal with potential impacts in longer term perspective; and 2) a mechanism to manage and adjust the plan in a sustainable manner. In doing so, it examines the impacts of heatwaves and existing plans to tackle them. Based on that, two key conceptual frameworks, namely policy integration and adaptive management, are applied to provide strategies for the development and management of a long-term adapting heatwave plan addressing climate change.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2019.10a
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• pp.225-227
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• 2019

지구온난화의 영향으로 우리나라는 매년 폭염으로 인해 많은 인명피해를 입고 있다. 폭염으로 인한 온열 질환의 피해를 줄이고자, 본 논문은 주기적으로 생체정보를 수집하고 온열 질환 의심 환자를 파악하는 폭염 대응 온열질환 모니터링 시스템을 개발했다.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.173-173
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• 2011

최근 기후변화로 인한 기상재해 중 건조와 관련하여 인플루엔자, 호흡기질환 등과 같은 질병과 산불발생빈도의 증가로 인해 건강 및 재산상의 피해가 증가하고 있다. 특히, 한반도의 주택지역은 산림지역과 근접하여 산불 발생시 그 피해와 복구비용이 막대한 것으로 나타났다. 뿐만 아니라 향후 지구온난화가 가속화 될 경우 건조와 관련한 환자와 산불로 인한 피해가 증가할 것으로 예상되므로, 이에 대한 사전방재계획 및 복구계획 등이 필요하다. 이와 같은 건조현상 등의 자연재해에 대한 방재계획이 효과적으로 운영되기 위해서는 방재 정보를 인지하고 실천하는 개인의 적극적인 활용이 필요하다. 특히, 개인의 생활에 영향을 미치는 피해는 정부적인 대책보다 개인이 스스로 인지하여 대비함으로써 감소시킬 수 있기 때문에 재해에 대한 개인의 인지정도는 대책마련에 있어 중요한 요인이 된다. 이에 따라, 본 연구에서는 건조로 인한 질병 및 산불 발생 등 기상재해 증가에 대한 사전방재계획의 효과적인 운영을 위하여 설문조사분석을 통한 일반인의 건조특보 인지도 및 활용도 분석을 실시하였다. 또한, 기후가 변화함에 따라 더운 낮과 밤의 증가로 건조현상뿐만 아니라 폭염의 발생빈도도 증가할 것으로 예상되고 있다. 이와 관련하여 기후변화 적응측면에서 국민들의 건조특보 및 폭염특보와 관련한 정보 습득이 잘 이루어지고 있는지를 파악하고자 한다. 이를 위해, 선행연구에서 대학생의 주된 폭염특보 관련 정보습득경로가 TV와 인터넷인 점을 참고하여, 기상청에서 제공하는 건조특보와 폭염특보 발표일수와 TV, 인터넷의 대중매체를 통한 보도회수를 비교 분석하였다. 본 연구를 통해 대학생집단과, 10대, 20대의 저연령층의 인지도가 상대적으로 낮은 것으로 파악되었으며, 이는 대중 매체를 통한 건조특보와 관련한 정보전달의 부족으로 나타났다. 폭염특보와 관련한 언론보도는 기상전달뿐만 아니라, 폭염의 위험성, 폭염으로 인한 피해상황, 폭염특보제 홍보, 폭염과 관련한 대비책 등 다양한 내용으로 기재되었다. 반면에, 건조특보의 경우에는 대부분이 단순 기상전달로 폭염특보에 비해 보도의 다양성이 결여되어 있었다. 차후 대중매체를 통한 이용자들의 접근성을 증대시키기 위해서 신속하고 정확한 정보전달이 필요하다. 산불 및 화재예방과 관련하여 기상청의 정확한 기상정보 제공과 사전방재계획 수립에 대한 필요성을 직업별, 연령별로 구성된 각 집단의 50%이상이 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 따라, 기상정보 전달의 핵심인 기상청을 중심으로 온라인/오프라인 상의 기초교육부터 체계적인 사전방재계획 및 안전교육 프로그램 마련이 필요하다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.144-147
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• 2021

전 세계적으로 기후변화에 대해 민감하게 대응하고 있으며, 이중 국내에서는 지난 2018년 폭염을 자연 재난으로 개정했다. 대구시는 매년 지역 현안의 해결과제로 폭염 재난을 언급하고 있다. 이전 연구를 통해 대구시를 대상으로 온열 질환 취약 계층을 고려한 폭염 대응 관제 플랫폼을 개발했다. 본 연구는 온열 질환 의심 환자 판별알고리즘 및 실시간 모바일 앱 알림 서비스를 추가 적용 등 플랫폼 고도화 작업을 진행했다.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.747-757
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• 2020

Purpose: This study noted that even similar environmental conditions caused by the heat wave were differentiated depending on the internal characteristics of the individual, so there was a difference in the extent of the damage. Thus, the relationship between individual psychological characteristics and experiences of the symptoms of thermal diseases was analyzed. Method: The influence of construction workers was analyzed through questioning of individual characteristics and psychological measures of self-esteem, self-esteem, and personality that may be related to heat wave damage, depending on whether they have experienced symptoms of thermal diseases. Results: Logistic regression shows that responsibility affects positive (+) experience of symptoms of heat disease and self-esteem in groups negatively (-) experience of symptoms of heat illness. Conclusion: This study presented basic data as the first study to analyze obsessive compulsive, self-respect and personality of construction workers who are vulnerable to heat waves to identify the psychological characteristics of victims of heat waves.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.295-304
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• 2020

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) recommended the importance of preventive measures against extreme weather, and heat waves are one of the main themes for establishing preventive measures. In this study, we tried to analyze the heat vulnerable areas by considering not only spatial characteristics but also social characteristics. Energy consumption, popu lation density, normalized difference vegetation index, waterfront distance, solar radiation, and road distribution were examined as variables. Then, by selecting a suitable model, SLM (Spatial Lag Model), available variables were extracted. Then, based on the Fuzzy theory, the degree of vulnerability to heat waves was analyzed for each variable, and six variables were superimposed to finally derive the heat vulnerable area. The study site was selected as the Daegu area where the effects of the heat wave were high. In the case of vulnerable areas, it was confirmed that the existing urban areas are mainly distributed in Seogu, Namgu, and Dalseogu of Daegu, which are less affected by waterside and vegetation. It was confirmed that both spatial and social characteristics should be considered in policy support for reducing heat waves in Daegu.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.76-91
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of spatial characteristics, such as land cover and topography, on heat wave days from the city of Milyang, which has recently drawn attention for its heat wave problems. The number of heat wave days was calculated utilizing RCP-based South Korea climate data from 2000 to 2010. Land cover types were reclassified into urban area, agricultural area, forest area, water, and grassland using 2000, 2005, and 2010 land cover data constructed by the Ministry of Environment. Topographical features were analyzed by topographic position index (TPI) using a digital elevation model (DEM) with 30 m spatial resolution. The results show that the number of heat wave days was 31.4 days in 2000, which was the highest, followed by 26.9 days in 2008, 24.2 days in 2001, and 24.0 days in 2010. The heat wave distribution was relatively higher in agricultural areas, valleys, and rural areas. The topography of Milyang contains more mountainous slope (51.6%) than flat (19.7%), while large-scale valleys (12.2%) are distributed across some of the western region. Correlation analysis between heat wave and spatial characteristics showed that the correlation between forest area land cover and number of heat wave days was negative (-0.109), indicating that heat wave can be mitigated. Topographically, flat areas and heat wave showed a positive correlation (0.305). These results provide important insights for urban planning and environmental management for understanding the impact of land development and topographic change on heat wave.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.525-535
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• 2020

This study aims to evaluate the economic value of the heat wave watch/warning (HW/W) forecast provided by the KMA (Korea Meteorological Administration) for the public sector. Local govermenments of Korea currently use the HW/W forecasts as a major input variable to determine the preparative requisite level for reducing potential damage by extreme heat events. To assess the value of the HW/W, which is not a marketable commodity, a decision-making model taking into account the cost and loss was established. The 'cost' variable was defined as the heat wave countermeasures budget for Seoul and Busan in 2016, and the 'loss' variable was set as the amount of health insurance claims for those 65 and older obtained from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. Using this model, the value of the HW/W in 2016 was calculated as KRW 4,133M and KRW1,090M for Seoul and Busan, respectively. In addition, if the KMA reduces the False Alarm of the HW/W by a single instance, the value will be increased by KRW 76.6M and KRW 16.8M for the two cities. The results of this study are useful in quantitatively estimation of the value of the HW/W forthe public sector.