• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.22-39
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• 2015

This research is a qualitative based study by using data gleaned from documentary analysis and in-depth interviews of 10 potential stakeholders were involved in the proposed high-speed train project in Thailand. Many perspectives from key informants revealed that this project would bring Thailand sustainable development in the future due to the fact that it is supposed to be an environmentally friendly mode of transportation and timesaving for passengers. Key informants who tend to have negative opinions towards the project feel apprehension due to the huge monetary investment during a time of monetary crisis. However, there was one complaint that the high-speed train is harmful to the environment surrounding the proposed area of this project. Several key informants agreed that ticket fares must be in between the cost of a bus ticket and airfare.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2016

In this study, the three different meta-heuristics namely the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), Stochastic Fractal Search (SFS), and Adaptive Differential Evolution with Optional External Archive (JADE) algorithms are examined. This study considers optimization of the planer frame to minimize its weight subjected to the strength and displacement constraints as per the American Institute of Steel and Construction - Load and Resistance Factor Design (AISC-LRFD). The GWO algorithm is associated with grey wolves' activities in the social hierarchy. The SFS algorithm works on the natural phenomenon of growth. JADE on the other hand is a powerful self-adaptive version of a differential evolution algorithm. A one-bay ten-story planar steel frame problem is examined in the present work to investigate the design ability of the proposed algorithms. The frame design is produced by optimizing the W-shaped cross sections of beam and column members as per AISC-LRFD standard steel sections. The results of the algorithms are compared. In addition, these results are also mapped with other state-of-art algorithms.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2023

In emerging countries, traditional retail, such as wet markets, still accounts for a large proportion of retail sales. Traditional retail has poor infrastructure compared to modern retail, and is often associated with problems of waste, water, and environmental pollution. Therefore, traditional retail faces extreme difficulties in achieving sustainability. This study aimed to determine what value traditional retail contributes to sustainability. We generated and applied a conceptual framework of sustainability to explore this question. We used a single case study of a small-scale wet market in Vietnam. The results showed that wet markets have significant value for the development of sustainable retail, including economic, environmental, social, and community value. This study extends the literature by providing a comprehensive and accurate view about the value of traditional retail in contributing to sustainability. It suggests strategies for traditional retail in emerging countries to survive sustainably.

• STI Policy Review
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.14-26
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• 2013

The $1^{st}$ National Plan for Aging Society with Low Fertility, which the Korean government announced in 2006, caused the gradual increase of R&D investment in order to prepare for an aging society in Korea. This study explores if the directions and strategies of R&D projects related to aging are suitable to improve the quality of life for elderly people and establish a sustainable aging society by analyzing the features of R&D investment from 2004 to 2010. The results show that most R&D projects conducted by departments focus on the development of assistive devices for the elderly to support everyday lives. The Korean government's R&D policy to prepare for an aging society is based on the narrow interpretation of Quality of Life (QoL) in an aging society that tries to resolve the socioeconomic problems of the elderly; however, the policies have ignored the independence of active elderly individuals and the social integration of the young and elderly generations. The research shows that a paradigm shift is required from a 'Senior' to 'Aging Society' because almost 1/3 of the Korean population is over 65 years old and the expansion of the research embraces from assistive technologies for the elderly to the design of social infrastructure such as transportation, education and work.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2013

As ten years have passed since national parks were adjusted and released inceptively, it is the time for evaluating the effectiveness of the national park policy and improving it on the basis of the evaluation result. In this study, the method of appraising the environmental and socio-economical ripple effect on the implementation of national park regulation were provided, based on the institutional consideration, the environment analysis, the survey of residents consciousness, the statistical analysis and so on. It is applied to target sites where were released from national parks, and the policy direction was suggested for sustainable use and management of national parks. National parks, that exhibit various characteristics depending on geographical and local conditions, were categorized through the statistical approach. Released sites from Seoraksan National park, where was categorized as the core national park for sustainable use and management, were evaluated environmentally based on the time-series analysis of environmental thematic maps and socio-economically based on the survey on residents perceptions. As a result of this study, the environmental effect of released sites has been declined or threatened, and the residents' economic, social and living condition in these areas are still not improved(p<0.05) since the adjustment of national parks. Based on the policy approach reflecting regional characteristics, natural resources are kept and enhanced for the sustainable use and management of national parks. And a consensus on the national park policy of national park should be developed between local residents and voluntary participation and public awareness should be attracted from them, based on the construction and the supplement of the infrastructure.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2004

본 연구는 수도권 지역에 비해 상대적으로 벤처기업의 자생적 발전기반이 취약한 지방대도시의 벤처생태계 실태를 대구지역을 사례로 분석하고, 이에 대한 정책대안을 모색하고자 한다. 현재 정부는 대구를 비롯한 전국 24개 도시에 벤처기업육성촉진지구를 지정하고 벤처기업의 집적화 및 각종 지원사업을 추진하고 있음에도 불구하고 대구지역 벤처기업들은 이에 전반적으로 만족하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 지역 벤처기업들의 실수요와 촉진지구로 선정된 지역의 산업 및 제도적 특성을 반영한 사업이 아닌 단순한 물리적 환경의 조성에 정책의 초점이 맞추어진 결과이다. 벤처생태계가 제대로 성숙하기 위해서는 물리적 환경 조성 및 관련기업과 지원기관의 집적화도 중요하지만 무엇보다도 중요한 것은 벤처생태계를 구성하는 관련기업과 지원기관, 그리고 매개기관들 간의 신뢰에 기반한 협력적 네트워크 관계를 구축해야 할 것이다. 앞으로 벤처생태계가 제대로 작동할 수 있도록 하기 위해서는 지역의 제도적 주체들간의 관계구조를 명확하게 분석하고 이를 기초로 주체간의 관계구조가 지역에 뿌리내릴 수 있도록 구체적이고 현실적인 사업이 추진되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.43-56
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• 2019

관개 및 담수 논은 온실가스 배출에 기여를 하고 있으며 이는 기후에도 영향을 미친다. 관개 및 담수는 벼 생산을 위해 필요로 하는 수분의 공급과 안전성에도 영향을 미친다. 현재 벼 생산 방법(담수재배)은 여러 측면에서 부정적인 영향을 미치면서 시간이 지날수록 지속 가능성이 낮아 질 것이다. 이에 담수 논의 지역적 특성에 따라 지구온난화를 29% ~ 90%까지 줄이기 위해 SRI(system of rice intensification)와 AWD(alternate wetting and drying) 방법을 적용한 간단관개 방식이 검토되고 있으며, 점차 제한된 자원인 물을 절약하기 위한 방법으로 알려지고 있다. SRI/AWD 적용에 따른 긍정적인 측면으로는 논에서의 유출로 인한 수질악화를 줄이고 곡물에 비소를 줄일 수 있다는 것이다. SRI/AWD와 같이 간단관개 방법의 적용 및 확장을 위해서는 정밀 관개 조절을 할 수 있는 관개 인프라 구축에 대한 공공 및 민간에서의 비용적인 투자가 필요하며, 관리 능력 향상을 위해 물 관리 기관 및 농민의 노력이 요구된다. 산업분야에서 SRI/AWD와 함께 청정개발체제(CDM, clean-development mechanism) 하에서 탄소 배출권을 얻는 수단으로서의 민간 공공 협력은 간단관개 방식의 적용과 농촌지역 투자 및 발전에 기여할 수 있을 것이다. 또한, 청정개발체제 하에서 설계된 프로그램 또는 ODA(official development assistance) 프로젝트에 SRI/AWD가 포함된다면 기후변화 완화에 기여할 수 있을 것이고, UN의 지속 가능한 발전 목표(SDGs)를 달성하는 데 도움이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2015

아부다비 에미리트는 중동 및 북아프리카의 이슬람 문화권 중에서 급속한 경제적 번영을 이룩하여 신흥선진국으로 급부상하고 있다. 아부다비는 석유경제에서 비석유경제로의 전환과 지속가능한 도시개발정책을 시행하고 있다. 이에 따라 다양한 사회 환경문제도 발생하고 있다. 급속한 경제성장과 사회 환경변화로 인해 도출되는 도시문제 해결을 위해 아부다비는 공간정보의 중요성을 인식하고 공간정보의 구축을 촉진하고 있다. 이처럼 공간정보는 아부다비에서 블루오션 시장으로 그 영역을 넓혀 가고 있으며, 도시건설의 기본인프라로 인식되고 있다. 하지만 아부다비는 공간정보인프라의 기반이 한국에 비해 체계적으로 정비되어 있지 못한 상황이다. 특히, 공간정보인프라의 주요 요소인 조직체계와 법률 제정이 미흡하고 공간정보 산업의 해외 의존도가 지나치게 높은 특징을 가진다. 세계의 다국적 기업이 장악한 아부다비의 공간정보 시장을 개척하기 위해서는 아부다비 공간정보인프라의 현황에 대한 장단점을 파악하고 우선순위를 고려한 틈새시장 진출방안 마련이 필요하다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 아부다비 공간정보인프라의 구성요소에 대한 현황분석을 한국의 경험에 기반하여 고찰한다. 공간정보인프라 구성요소별로 한국과 아부다비 간의 공간정보 격차를 분석하고 아부다비의 단기 장기 공간정보인프라 발전 방안을 제시한다. 중동의 신흥선진국인 아부다비 에미리트와 한국 간 공간정보인프라에 대한 격차분석은 우리 공간정보 기업의 중동진출에 큰 디딤돌이 될 것이다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.3-18
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• 2013

This paper investigates the possibility of expanding pay-for-performance (P4P) program as a provider payment system, in terms of financial, economical, and political sustainability. In order to expand the sustainable P4P, P4P should have usefulness in terms of economic value as well as efficiency in the financial aspects of health care. More importantly, the P4P would be politically sustainable only when both providers and consumers can accept. Korea's healthcare system seems to have logical ground for the P4P program financially and economically. However, how well the P4P can work remains to be proven in its implementation. After 43 tertiary hospitals applied the P4P program for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and C-section in 2007, the number of hospitals adopting the P4P program for AMI and C-section has increased to 316 in 2011, and an incentive for hospitals applying the P4P has risen to 2% from 1% of health insurance benefits. This shows that the P4P program introduced by Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service is quite successful. In addition, people are aware of the need for improved P4P program and policy alternatives have been already made. Therefore, it is very important to come up with politically supportable strategies that can make providers and consumers accept the P4P program while maintaining the governance of the existing health insurance policy. To this end, there are some tasks to be considered. First, the expansion of the P4P program should be placed on the agenda of the Health Insurance Policy Review Committee, the highest decision-making body, and a separate agency for P4P planning should be established. Second, for more efficient P4P program, the processes of review and assessment, currently carried out separately, should be integrated into a single process. Third, infrastructure to measure the quality of medical services should be sharply expanded. Fourth, the current paradigm for the assessment should be changed. Lastly, a P4P program for consumers should be considered. Given that the consumers in Korea can use medical services freely, the National Health Insurance Corporation could initiate the P4P program for consumers as a means of controlling excessive use of medical services and adjusting consumer's moral hazard.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.31-46
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• 2007

In this paper, the nature-based tourism is described as one of the tools to achieve sustainable development in small islands. The study was carried out at Ayer, Bidadari and Onrust Islands of Kepulauan Seribu chains at Jakarta Bay, Indonesia. While the historical records show that previous uses of such islands have started at sixteen century, tourism uses was started at the beginning of 1970s. Among nature-based tourism destination in Kepulauan Seribu chains, these islands are the famous destinations and received a lot of tourists. Tourism growth at these islands has stimulated development of numerous tourism facilities and infrastructure to meet visitor satisfaction. It is observed in this study that island's site-plan destination design has contributed to the successful and sustainability of tourism in small island. The key success lies on the successful integration and implementation of three substantial perspectives into practices, namely economic, ecosystem and social perspectives. First, in order to enhance economic benefits, a site-plan design allowing floating cottages establishment to extent room availability, to build strong images as tropical paradise islands, and to enhance tourist satisfaction with the objectives of improving income and sustaining tourist loyalty to the destination. This design is also reducing land risk from tourism impact and it becomes the significant key of second perspective, the ecosystem perspective. Moreover, the ecosystem perspective has been implemented through native vegetation preservation that led island's wildlife conservation and became potential tourism attraction. The design also develops effective mechanism to manage and regulate visitor flows by establishing visitor track corridors. In implementation, such corridor plays an important role to reduce tourist density in single places and therefore become instrument to reduce severe visitor impact to wildlife, vegetation and heritages of islands. Third, the social aspect of development allowing heritages to conserve and furthermore serve numerous benefits for education, socio-political, culture, and historical studies. Through this study, it is clear that the success of these islands to continuous tourism growth lies on the island's vision to integrate economic, ecosystem and social perspectives on tourism development.