• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2010

In this study, we applied DRASTIC and SINTACS models for the assessment of groundwater vulnerability to Buyeo-eup area in Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. Currently, DRASTIC model is a main tool for the assessment of groundwater vulnerability, which has been widely applied for the multiple purposes related to local developments, construction projects, groundwater investigations, etc. since 1980s. Because DRASTIC model has been the sole tool used for the domestic environment, there has been doubt about the degree of reliability of the model, and a benchmark model has been sought by the many practitioners. The objective of this study is to check the applicability of SINTACS model to domestic environment, which is the first attempt in Korea as far as authors understand. The comparative results show that the DRASTIC assessment underestimates groundwater vulnerability of the aquifers composed of fractured bedrocks while that from the SINTACS model is relatively higher. Through this study, it is expected that SINTACS model serves as a reasonable alternative of DRASTIC model where the subsurface is composed of more than two different media such as fractured rocks and alluvium.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.541-551
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• 2020

Based on the trend, there have been numerous researches analysing the ship collision risk. However, in this scope, the navigational conditions and external environment are ignored or incompletely considered in training or/and real situation. It has been identified as a significant limitation in the navigational collision risk assessment. Therefore, a novel algorithm of the ship navigational collision risk solving system has been proposed based on basic collision risk and vulnerabilities of marine accidents. The vulnerability can increase the possibility of marine collision accidents. The factors of vulnerabilities including bad weather, tidal currents, accidents prone area, traffic congestion, operator fatigue and fishing boat operating area are involved in the fuzzy reasoning engines to evaluate the navigational conditions and environment. Fuzzy logic is employed to reason basic collision risk using Distance to Closest Point of Approach (DCPA) and Time of Closest Point of Approach (TCPA) and the degree of vulnerability in the specific coastal waterways. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used to obtain the integration of vulnerabilities. In this paper, vulnerability factors have been proposed to improve the collision risk assessment especially for non-SOLAS ships such as coastal operating ships and fishing vessels in practice. Simulation is implemented to validate the practicability of the designed navigational collision risk solving system.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.119-133
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• 2013

In the present study, several groundwater vulnerability assessment methods were applied to an agricultural area of Gumma in Korea. For the groundwater intrinsic vulnerability assessment, the performance of DRASTIC, SINTACS and GOD models was compared and an ensemble approach was suggested. M-DRASTIC and multi-linear regression (MLR) models were applied for the groundwater specific vulnerability assessment to nitrate of the study site. The correlation coefficient between the nitrate concentration and M-DRASTIC index was as low as 0.24. The result of the MLR model showed that the correlation coefficient is 0.62 and the areal extents of livestock farming and upland field are most influential factors for the nitrate contamination of groundwater in the study site.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권11호
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• pp.1641-1646
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• 2017

This paper presents a fast method to identify an area of severity which is a network area leading to voltage sags at multiple sensitive load points, simultaneously. To assess voltage sag performance considering various sensitive loads, it is need to determine an area of severity for the load points. The area of severity can be calculated by overlapping areas of vulnerability for each sensitive load. However, as the number of sensitive loads increases, computational complexity and time for determining an area of severity are highly increased. In this paper, an efficient scheme based on line division is described. The proposed method is useful for identifying an area of severity and assessing voltage sag performance considering multiple loads together.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.387-399
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• 2022

To study the seismic damage of masonry structures and understand the characteristics of the multi-intensity region, according to the Dujiang weir urbanization of China Wenchuan earthquake, the deterioration of 3991 masonry structures was summarized and statistically analysed. First, the seismic damage of multistory masonry structures in this area was investigated. The primary seismic damage of components was as follows: Damage of walls, openings, joints of longitudinal and transverse walls, windows (lower) walls, and tie columns. Many masonry structures with seismic designs were basically intact. Second, according to the main factors of construction, seismic intensity code levels survey, and influence on the seismic capacity, a vulnerability matrix calculation model was proposed to establish a vulnerability prediction matrix, and a comparative analysis was made based on the empirical seismic damage investigation matrix. The vulnerability prediction matrix was established using the proposed vulnerability matrix calculation model. The fitting relationship between the vulnerability prediction matrix and the actual seismic damage investigation matrix was compared and analysed. The relationship curves of the mean damage index for macrointensity and ground motion parameters were drawn through calculation and analysis, respectively. The numerical analysis was performed based on actual ground motion observation records, and fitting models of PGA, PGV, and MSDI were proposed.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2019

This study applies the concept of climate change vulnerability assessment in order to suggest climate change adaptation effects in a quantitative manner, given that previous studies have hitherto rely on qualitative assessment, as climate change adaptive policies are currently being implemented by local governments of Korea. The vulnerability assessment tool used in this study is VESTAP ("Vulnerability assESsment Tool to build a climate change Adaptation Plan"), which was developed by the Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change (KACCC), and applied to gauge the vulnerability of pine trees to diseases and pests within Chungcheongnam-do. The climate change adaptation project for vulnerability improvement was assessed only in terms of forest disaster prevention and change in regional climate change vulnerabilities within 16 regions of Chungcheongnam-do as the result of 2016 Climate Change Adaptation Project (Forest Disaster Prevention Project). As a result, it was observed that climate change adaptive capacity has improved according to change in the area of forestland with disaster prevention, and the vulnerability indicator decreased, confirming the impact of the climate change adaptation (forest disaster prevention) project. Also, analysis of regional climate change adaptation project scales and change in vulnerabilities allowed us to determine the regional propriety of climate change adaptation (forest disaster prevention) projects launched in 2016.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.12-22
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• 2018

기후변화에 대한 재해취약성을 개선하기 위하여 각종 재해에 대한 재해취약성분석 매뉴얼이 제시되어 있으나, 공간단위, 재해취약성 등급 그리고 기후적 요소의 조건에 따라 재해취약성 분석 결과는 상당한 영향을 받게 된다. 본 연구에서는 도시 기후변화 재해취약성 분석 중 폭우재해만을 대상으로 하여 집계구 이외의 읍 면 동단위의 공간단위와의 상대적 평가를 수행하였으며, 4등급 단계로 획일화되어 있는 자연적 분류법을 2등급 단계, 4등급 단계, 6등급 단계로 점차 확대해감으로써 분류단계에 따른 취약지구의 상대적 변화를 분석하였다. 그리고 2가지로 한정되어 있는 강우특성에 대하여 기왕최대강우량(10분, 60분, 24시간)을 추가하여 강우특성에 따른 지표별 재해취약지구의 상대성을 파악하고자 하였다. 폭우 취약성 지표에 따른 상대적 평가 결과 공간단위에 따라서 재해취약지구의 면적비는 차이를 보이고 있으며, 상관분석 결과 집계구와 읍 면 동단위의 공간분석은 일치하지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 재해취약성 등급단계, 강우특성의 지표에 따른 재해취약지구의 면적비가 상대적으로 차이를 많이 보이는 것을 알 수 있다. 이는 분석 지표에 따른 재해취약지구의 영향이 상대적으로 크게 나타나는 것으로 판단되며, 분석지표 설정 시 세밀한 지표의 선정이 필요할 것으로 여겨진다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제3권3_4호
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• pp.365-381
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• 2012

Recent earthquakes have damaged some bridges located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico; these bridges have been retrofitted or rebuilt. Based on the fact that the Pacific Coast is a highly active seismic zone where most of the strong earthquakes in the country occur, one fertile and important area of research is the study of the vulnerability of both new and existent bridges located in this area that can be subjected to strong earthquakes. This work is focused on estimating the contribution of some parameters identified to have major influence on the seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete bridges. Ten models of typical reinforced concrete (RC) bridges, and two existing bridges located close to the Pacific Coast of Mexico are considered. The group of structures selected for the study is based on two span bridges, two pier heights and two substructure types. The bridges were designed according to recent codes in Mexico. For the vulnerability study, the capacity of the structure was evaluated based on the FEMA recommendations. On the other hand, the demand was evaluated using a group of more than one hundred accelerograms recorded close to the subduction zone of Mexico. The results show that the two existent bridges analyzed show similar trends of behavior of the group of bridge models studied. In spite of the contribution that traditional variables (height and substructure type) had to the bridge seismic response, the bridge length was also found to be one of the parameters that most contributed to the seismic vulnerability of these RC medium-length bridges.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.109-120
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 열환경 취약성 평가에 관한 국 내외 선행연구 고찰을 바탕으로 열환경 취약성 평가에 적합하면서 도시 및 환경계획 등 공간계획 분야에서 활용할 수 있는 취약성 평가지표를 선정하고, 이를 활용하여 사례지역인 서울시의 열환경 상태를 진단하였다. 이를 위해 폭염, 도시 열섬, 도시 미기후 등 국내 외 열환경 취약성 평가에 활용된 지표들을 고찰하여 도시 열환경 취약성 평가를 위한 15개 지표를 선정하였는데, 기후노출 분야의 건물체적, 민감도 분야의 열환경 취약 건축물, 적응능력 분야의 녹지면적 등 도시구조적 공간적 지표를 포함하였다. 선정된 지표 중 사례지역인 서울지역에 대해 활용가능한 12개 지표의 공간정보를 구축하고, 퍼지이론을 활용한 GIS 공간분석을 통해 서울의 열환경 취약성을 평가하였다. 분석 결과, 강남 지역이 강북 지역보다 열환경에 더 취약한 것으로 파악되었는데, 강남 지역에서는 서초구, 강남구, 동작구, 영등포구, 강서구 일대의 열환경 취약성이 상대적으로 높게 나타났으며, 강북 지역에서는 동대문구, 강북구, 광진구, 중랑구 일대가 다른 구에 비해서 취약성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 산림지역 및 서울시 외곽지역에 위치한 관악구, 도봉구, 은평구, 노원구 등은 관악산, 북한산 등 산림의 영향으로 인해 '기후노출'과 '민감도' 분야의 취약성이 낮았다. 하지만, 자료수집의 한계로 활용하지 않았던 '적응능력' 분야의 에어컨 보유 현황 지표가 분석에 반영된다면, 서초구, 강남구 등 취약성이 높게 평가된 지역의 결과에 영향을 미쳤을 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구는 기존의 국내 열환경 취약성 평가에서 활용하지 않았던 도시구조적 공간적 지표를 활용함으로써 도시 및 환경계획 분야에서 열취약성을 개선하기 위한 정책 마련에 기여하고, 열환경 위험성을 저감하기 위한 공간계획 수립에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.789-798
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• 2011

Climate change assessment, together with climate change adaptation process, would be one of the worldwide important issues, and the study on climate change vulnerability indicator has been an essential problem for climate change adaptation. Vulnerability indicator can be used as a good tool to estimate the impact of climate change and to map out the distribution of its vulnerability over the given area both in Korea and other countries. This study addressed the conceptual summary on the assessment of climate change and its adaptation process. Previous studies on how to yield the vulnerability indicators of climate change are reviewed and several previous results of vulnerability indicators applied to Korean provinces are also discussed here.