• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.169-183
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• 2015

As a basic work for river restoration, analysis on fluvial geomorphological characteristics is made using past and present data to understand close-to-nature geomorphic status. The Miho and the Naesung Rivers are targets of this study. Fluvial geomorphic variables including valley-floor width, sinuosity, bankfull width, channel gradient, bed material size, bankfull discharge and unit stream power are evaluated with dominant processes. Though common sand-bed rivers with similar catchment area, the Miho and the Naesung Rivers are different in terms of valley-floor width, channel shape variables and dominant processes related with longitudinal location. In addition, analyses on interrelationship among the geomorphological variables are carried. Bankfull width is shown to be proportional to bankfull discharge, as is in a rough agreement with the previous studies. Relationship of bankfull discharge and channel gradient shows meandering and braiding are prevalent in the Miho River, whereas the most of the sub-reaches of the Naesung River fall to braiding. Relationship of channel gradient with width-depth ratio indicates dune-ripple processes are dominant in the Miho River, while the Naesung River shows longitudinal diversity from braiding in the downstream sub-reaches to riffle-pool and plane-bed along the upper ones. Analyses based on the past data on a river in a close-to-nature status are thought to be rather reasonable in comparison with those on the same river in a engineered condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.56-59
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• 2002

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.461-470
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• 2018

Beyond river restoration focused on the inside region of main streams up to now, the river restoration including the outside region of streams has been started recently. As a part of this attempt, the restoration of abandoned rivers has been tried, but the development of a suitable model to quantitatively assess the improvement of hydraulic and ecological connectivity is not still satisfying. In this study, a grid - based hydraulic analysis model to evaluate the recovery of ecological connectivity through the restoration of abandoned rivers has been developed. In order to examine the applicability of this model, the ecohydaulic connectivity of the Cheongmi River Project area in Notap region was evaluated. This model can promptly and simply analyze the temporal and spatial distribution of the hydraulic and ecological characteristics, and it can be used as a appropriate tool to assess the hydraulic and ecological connectivity in the future.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.307-318
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• 2010

This study was to analyze the ecological conditions, based on physical habitat, chemical, and biological conditions before (2006, 2007) and after ecological restoration (2009) in five sites of Changwon Stream (CS) and six sites of Nam Stream (NS), respectively, and then to compare ecological health between the two period. The analysis of ecological health was based on the multimetric models of Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) and Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) along with water chemistry in the streams. For the study, the models of IBI and QHEI were modified as 8 and 11 metric attributes, respectively. For the evaluations, the survey was conducted in the period of 2006~2007 before the restoration and in 2009 after the restoration by the city. Chemical conditions, based on conductivity, in both streams showed a typical longitudinal declines along the axis of the upstream-to-downstream. There were no significant differences (p>0.05) in water quality between the two periods. Values of IBI in the CS and NS averaged 21.6 and 19.7, respectively, indicating a C grade in the criteria of Ministry of Environment, Korea, and there was no significant differences in the IBI between the two periods. Values of QHEI after the restoration averaged 29.2 and 63.2 in the CS and NS, respectively and the values decreased markedly especially, in the NS (35.3) after the restoration. The habitat disturbance was mainly attributed to destructions (i.e., the narrower width of riparian vegetation and higher substrate exposure by the air) of artificial materials by massive flood in 2009. Overall, our results suggest that the restoration was not effective in the two streams between the two periods, even if the budget was used a lot and that such ecological restoration, not considered the natural disaster, may not effect for the stream restoration.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1621-1625
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• 2006

하천은 여러 하천의 연결망으로 구성되어 있으며, 연결부는 절점으로 이루어져 있고, 이 절점은 하천이 합류하는 곳으로서 하천의 시스템을 구성하는 가장 중요한 요소이다. 최근에 친자연 하천 복원 등의 많은 사업을 하고 있음에도 불구하고 이에 대한 검토가 거의 이루어지지 않고 있으며, 이를 검토하고 이해하는 것이 하천을 복원하고 관리하는데 매우 중요하다. 본 연구는 본류와 지류의 하상경사 및 하상고가 다르고, 유사 유입조건이 다른 비평형 유입조건을 갖고 있으며, 하폭이 넓고 수심이 상대적으로 얕은 합류부에서 흐름 및 하상변동에 관하여 수치모의를 수행하여 그 특성을 파악하는데 그 목적이 있다. 적용 대상지역은 금강과 미호천의 합류부로서, 흐름 특성 및 하상변동을 모의하기 위하여 RMA-2와 SED2D를 이용하였다. 유량의 증가에 따라 흐름에 대한 유속이 증가하며, 전단층의 길이가 증가하고, 합류부의 우안의 정체수역에서 발생하는 와(vortex)의 크기도 증가하였다. 부유사의 농도는 실제 상황에 맞도록 비평형 유입조건을 사용하였으며, 미호천에서 유입되는 유사의 농도에 영향을 받아, 합류직후에도 유사의 농도가 높으며, 전단층을 경계로 하여 농도 띠가 하류로 유지되었으며, 합류 후에는 우안에서는 하상이 상승되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.2122-2126
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• 2009

최근 나날이 강도를 더해가는 이상기후로 인하여 집중 호우의 빈발과 홍수피해가 급증함으로써 하천생태계의 서식처가 파괴되고 저서성 대형무척추동물과 같은 생태구성원의 일시적인 소멸에 의해 하천생태계의 유지가 어려워지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 흐름의 소류력에 따른 저서성 대형무척추동물 군집의 피해 및 회복 양상을 규명하기 위한 수리실험을 계획하였다. 실험수로는 400(W)${\times}$400(H)${\times}$12000(L)mm의 직사각형 단면이며, 철제틀과 투명유리로 되어있다. 실험수로는 유기물질을 제거한 cobble과 pebble로 하상을 구성하였으며, 다양한 유속의 변화에 따른 하상구성 파괴를 막기 위해 투명 플라스틱망을 이용하였다. 또한 빛에 의한 이상행동을 고려하여 직접적인 햇볕을 차단하고 자연하천과 유사한 실험 조건을 위해 인근 안성천의 원수를 이용하였다. 실험 대상종은 붙는 무리의 대표적인 동물인 두점하루살이와, 헤엄치는 무리의 두갈래하루살이를 이용하였고, 서식무리별 선호유속 및 한계유속과 피해유속을 규명하고자 계획하였다. 이와 같은 실험수로 조성의 실험 기법은 향후 인공하천 및 복원하천 조성 시 서식처 개선에 대한 생태학적 복원자료로 활용할 수 있다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

River restoration has recently progressed in consideration of ecological functions along with flood controls and conservation. For river restorations that consider ecological health and diversity, it is important to contemplate the recovery of hydraulic and hydrologic connectivity in isolated spaces by longitudinal structures. In this study, as a first step for the provision of hydraulic and hydrologic data, which is necessary for the ecological connection analysis in isolated spaces, we developed a one-dimensional numerical model for rainfall runoff and channel routing and applied it to the Cheongmi watershed. The developed numerical model can simulate hydraulic and hydrologic analysis at the same time using the rainfall data. Numerical results were compared with observed data and other numerical results. As a result, a very reasonable agreement is observed. The results of this study will be improved so that the long-term hydrologic and hydraulic analysis is possible to predict ecological change.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.327-333
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• 2014

The vegetation composition for river restoration requires the introduction of plants which have strong flooding tolerance. A study of the growth characteristics of river plants according to the period of flooding is essential. Accordingly, this study measured shoots, leaf number, leaf greenness, dry weight of the plants of Salix species, analyzed their growth rate according to flooding tolerance and the period of flooding, and contrasted the results with those of a flooding experiment in turbid water. The results of this experiment showed that Koreensis is the plant which has the strongest flooding tolerance and flooding in fresh water leads to a much lower risk of the plants being withered than in high turbid water. In addition, the results showed that the condition of the period of flooding of twenty days and under contributes to more growth and development of the plants of Salix species than the condition of non-flooding.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1084-1088
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• 2007

국내에서 농업용수 취수, 수위 유지 등의 목적으로 18,000 개의 크고 작은 보가 하천에 설치되어 있으나 농경지의 도시화, 비닐하우스 단지화 등 토지이용의 변화와 대형 저수지의 축조/양수장 설치 등에 따른 취수 시설물의 통합 및 보체의 노후화 등으로 매년 50-150개의 보가 본래의 기능을 상실하여 용도 폐기되고 있다. 그러나 폐기된 보들이 철거 되지 않고 하천에 존치되어 하천생태통로의 단절, 수질 악화 등의 문제가 지속적으로 야기되고 있다. 외국의 경우에는 1970년대부터 본격적으로 기능을 상실한 보, 소형댐 등은 물론 일부 기능이 있는 하천횡단 시설물을 철거하여 하천환경복원을 추진하고 있다. 우리나라의 경우에는 최근 들어 기능을 상실한 보나 소형 댐 등에 한하여 하천생태통로 및 생태환경 복원 차원에서 철거의 필요성이 대두되기 시작하였다. 실제 철거도 이루어지고 있으나 체계적인 연구나 가이드라인 없이 지자체에 의해 이루어지고 있는 실정이다. 보는 하천을 횡단하는 구조물로 보의 상류에 저류지가 형성되고 많은 양의 퇴적물이 쌓여 그에 따른 하상의 단차가 형성된다. 이런 보가 철거됨으로 인해 막대한 양의 유사가 이동하게 되고, 철거 형태에 따라 하상 침 퇴적이 발생하고 그 위치나 양에 따라 하천 형태가 변할 수 있다. 이런 변화를 예측하여 철거에 따른 문제 등을 사전에 방지할 수 있는 기술이 필요하고, 철거에 대한 가이드라인 등이 마련되어야 할 것이다. 본 연구는 한강 제 1지류인 곡릉천에 위치한 곡릉2보의 철거에 따른 하상 변동, 하천 형태 변화 등 물리적 영향을 조사하고, 보 철거 후 장 단기적인 하도 및 하상 변동 등을 예측하는 기술을 개발하는 것이다. 연구 대상 보인 곡릉2보의 철거에 따른 모니터링 결과, 하상의 종단 변화는 그리 크게 생기지 않았으며 보 상 하류 횡단면에서 변화가 다소 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 하상 재료의 부분적 변화도 발견되었으나, 전반적인 하천의 변화는 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.191-201
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• 2021

Rivers have been damaged due to rapid urbanization, and river management has been carried out focusing on flow and flood control functions. Recently, interest in river restoration, emphasizing the environmental aspects of rivers, is increasing, but the beginning of river restoration requires an appropriate evaluation of the environmental flow required for the ecosystem. This study analyzed the effects on the habitat of the river ecosystem by estimating the changes in flow regime and environmental flow following the construction of the Buhang dam in Gamcheon, the first tributary of the Nakdong River. To evaluate the environmental flow, the dominant species of Gamcheon, Zacco Platypus, and the protected species Squalidus gracilis majime, and riparian vegetation were selected, and the environmental flow was calculated using the HEC-EFM (Ecosystem Function Model). The evaluated environmental flow was linked with hydraulic analysis and GIS platform, and habitat area change and habitat connectivity analysis before and after dam construction were performed by spatial habitat analysis in the river. Based on the results of this study, it can be used as a river restoration project and a dam operation plan considering the river environment through the calculation of environmental flow and habitat connectivity analysis to improve the habitat of the river ecosystem.