• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.661-670
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• 2012

Urban forests provide great ecosystem services to population in metropolitan areas even though they occupy little green space in a huge gray landscape. Unfortunately, urbanization inherently results in threatening the green infrastructure, and the recent urbanization trends drew great attention of scientists and policy makers on how to preserve or restore green infrastructure in metropolitan area. For this reason, mapping the spatial distribution of the green infrastructure is important in urban environments since the resulting map helps us identify hot green spots and set up long term plan on how to preserve or restore green infrastructure in urban environments. As a preliminary step for mapping green infrastructure utilizing multi-source remote sensing data in urban environments, the objective of this study is to map vegetation volume by fusing LiDAR and multispectral data in urban environments. Multispectral imageries are used to identify the two dimensional distribution of green infrastructure, while LiDAR data are utilized to characterize the vertical structure of the identified green structure. Vegetation volume was calculated over the metropolitan Chicago city area, and the vegetation volume was summarized over 16 NLCD classes. The experimental results indicated that vegetation volume varies greatly even in the same land cover class, and traditional land cover map based above ground biomass estimation approach may introduce bias in the estimation results.

• 한국BIM학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2020

Green Infrastructure has been considered as one of strategies for flood mitigation in cities. Although, the diverse benefits of green infrastructure implementation are studies, there is a lack of research on the relationship between spatial composition and configuration of green infrastructure and urban flood mitigation. To address this gap, this study 1) utilized high-resolution satellite imagery to analyze spatial composition and configuration of green infrastructure in highly developed seven cities in South Korea, and 2) conducted an empirical analysis to find the relationship between economic losses from flooding and spatial patterns of green infrastructure and development patterns. The results of this research will be helpful for urban planners to prepare green infrastructure implementation guidelines for effective urban flood mitigation.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.12-18
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• 2024

The accelerated pace of climate crisis due to continuous industrialization and greenhouse gas emissions necessitates sustainable solutions that simultaneously address mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Naturebased Solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as viable approaches, with Green Infrastructure being a representative NbS. Green Infrastructure involves securing green spaces within urban areas, providing diverse climate adaptation functions such as removal of various air pollutants, carbon sequestration, and isolation. The proliferation of Green Infrastructure is influenced by the quantification of improvement effects related to various projects. To support decision-making by assessing the climate vulnerability of Green Infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has developed i-Tree Tools. This study proposes a comprehensive evaluation approach for climate change adaptation types by quantifying the climate adaptation performance of urban Green Infrastructure. Using i-Tree Canopy, the analysis focuses on five urban green spaces covering more than 30 hectares, considering the tree ratio relative to the total area. The evaluation encompasses aspects of thermal environment, aquatic environment, and atmospheric environment to assess the overall eco-friendliness in terms of climate change adaptation. The results indicate that an increase in the tree ratio correlates with improved eco-friendliness in terms of thermal, aquatic, and atmospheric environments. In particular, it is necessary to prioritize consideration of the water environment sector in order to realize climate change adaptive green infrastructure, such as increasing green space in urban areas, as it has been confirmed that four out of five target sites are specialized in improving the water environment.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.421-434
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• 2022

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been the biggest environmental problem in Korea since the 2010s. The present study considers the value of urban forests and green infrastructure as an ecosystem service (ES) concept for PM2.5 reduction based on satellite and spatial data, with a focus on Seoul, Korea A method for the spatial ES assessment that considers social demand variables such as population and land price is suggested. First, an ES assessment based on natural environment information confirms that, while the vitality of vegetation is relatively low, the ES is high in the city center and residential areas, where the concentration of PM2.5 is high. Then, the ES assessment considering social demand (i.e., the ESS) confirms the existence of higher PM2.5 values in residential areas with high population density, and in main downtown areas. This is because the ESS of urban green infrastructure is high in areas with high land prices, high population density, and above-average PM2.5 concentrations. Further, when a future green infrastructure improvement scenario that considers the urban forest management plan is applied, the area of very high ESS is increased by 74% when the vegetation greenness of the green infrastructure in the residential area is increased by only 20%. This result suggests that green infrastructure and urban forests in the residential area should be continuously expanded and managed in order to maximize the PM2.5 reduction ES.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2008

The study was aimed at analyzing the relationship between the characteristics of urban green infrastructure and stormwater runoff in a small urban watershed composed of 22 drainage basins. The green areas of which soils are not sealed and allow water infiltrate, were examined for different types of green spaces. In a comparative study for drainage basins of which green spaces are 15.5% and 34.4%, respectively, runoffs were not different with the size of green space. It was attributed to that the increase of runoff by greater road area offset the advantage of greater green area. Another comparative measurement of runoff for drainage basins with similar green area size showed that runoff decreased with greater permeable area (school ground area) and smaller road area. The runoff measurements could address that runoff rates are affected not only by green area size but also by the type of green area and other land covers related to permeability and flow into drainage. It implicated that the improvement of urban green infrastructure as a functional unit for water infiltration and interception is important for stormwater runoff management.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1147-1156
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to analyze examples of green infrastructure presented by the American Society of Landscape Architects as a part of basic research to assess hub green spaces in cities. With the specific goal of green infrasturcture in mind, the study samples were classified according to their purpose: 'humanities', 'hydrology', 'ecology', and 'environment'. Based on this we assessed the elements of planning for the target sites and obtained the following results. With regard to the aspect of humanities, planning urban hub green spaces was related to the satisfaction in leisure activities and the 'quality of life' that people expect to enjoy at parks or other green areas in general. Rather than focusing on direct and visible benefits, which might come from green infrastructure's technological elements, people hoped that parks and green areas have macroscopic values. For hydrological characteristics, the 'ecologically manages stormwater' was applied the most in planning hub green spaces in cities, and it mainly took the form of technological elements or factors. Third, the planning elements pertaining to ecological characteristics were identified as a combination of strategies and technological elements that 'reintroduces native plants' and 'habitat for wildlife'. As for the plans to instill eco-friendly aspects, the study found that the research on air, climate, weather, heat reaction, soil, energy efficiency, and use and application of resources is important. However, it was difficult to measure the potential quantitative benefits of 'reusing or recycling materials', 'reducing urban heat', and 'cooling air temperature'. The result of this study is meaningful in that it can be used for the assessment of urban hub green spaces in the future.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제38권5_2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2010

The 21st century is currently undergoing an era of urban regeneration. The purpose of this research is to secure and expand the green infrastructure with zoning regulation in the context of urban regeneration. This objective also seeks a way of urban regeneration through the use of existing large parks by employing park-based mixed use districts around the periphery of large urban parks and green spaces. This research examines the limits, problems of existing single- and mixed-use zoning districts for securing of green infrastructure by book review. This research finally advocates introducing a another type of urban mixed-use districts, namely park-based mixed use district and its characteristics and functions, by using landscape ecology and landscape urbanism as a theoretical basis. The results of this research suggested that large parks and green spaces should be considered as one of patch in landscape ecology. This research also discusses the possibility that, as patches have ecotones with greater biodiversity in the peripheral areas of it, the green infrastructure can be constructed around the periphery of large urban large parks and green spaces by introducing cultural ecotone of nature's convergence with the city. As a result, the green infrastructure and high density of land use and using behaviour can be increased. Park-based mixed use districts encourage the convergence of parks and the city, with the park being used as the main function; residential, commercial, business and cultural uses etc. are partial functions. In order for the park-based mixed use districts to be designated, the size of large urban parks and green spaces, as well as location, city function and condition of the peripheral areas all need to be considered. The necessity to examine the designated width of the park-based mixed use districts and the form of the peripheral area was also discussed. This research, which is based on investigative research results, suggests that further in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the actual condition of urban large parks and peripheral areas needs to be completed. Specialists and other interested parties, analysis and investigation on related plans and designs are also needed for the institutional practice.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제27권
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to propose the methodology for introducing green infrastructure that can improve the health of citizens by promoting walkability. The methodology is composed of the following three phases: classification of the types of green spaces, selection of core green spaces with two separate analyses, and introduction of the framework of green infrastructure to promote walkability. In the first phase, the classification of the types of green spaces was carried out in order to understand existing distribution pattern of green spaces in study site. In the second phase, walkable blocks were selected by such methods as walkability value. Through these two analyses, all the blocks were divided into three groups according to the ranking figured up the second analyses' results. The blocks in the first group, the group involved in the top 30% and having the greatest ranking, were defined as walkable blocks. In the last phase, a basic frame of the green infrastructure in study site was introduced by connecting the walkable blocks with using other blocks and the green spaces over 1ha. In case study, 28 important green spaces and 35 walkable blocks were selected through the two analysis process. Then, the basic framework of green infrastructure based on the selected 28 important green spaces and 35 walkable blocks was introduced. The methodology applied to this study can be used to get the best selections of the proper green infrastructure in accordance with the purpose of the ecological and recreational local development. In particular, this study will suggest a specific analysis model to use for the ecological and walkable urban planning with green spaces existing in the city.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.80-91
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• 2016

도시홍수, 가뭄, 폭염과 열대야 등 다양한 기상재해가 빈번히 발생하고 있어 인명과 재산 피해는 물론 도시의 자연환경보전에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 다양한 기상재해를 최소화 하고 기후변화에 적응하면서 보다 쾌적한 도시환경을 다음 세대에게 넘겨주기 위한 목적으로 저영향개발 또는 그린인프라가 주목 받고 있다. 한국의 저영향개발 및 그린인프라 기술은 현재 보육(incubating) 또는 시연 (demonstrating) 단계에 있다. 중앙정부 및 지방정부의 노력으로 법률 정비가 빠르게 이루어지고 있다. 이를 통해 물을 이용만 하는 회색인프라 (Gray Infrastructure)로 구성된 회색도시 (Gray City)에서 물을 관리하는 그린인프라(Green Infrastructure)로 구성된 녹색도시 (Green City)로 변모하기 시작했다. 보다 체계적인 확산과 보급을 위해서는 한국형 신기술의 개발, 기술의 검증, 기술 기준의 정비, 다분야의 협력과 협업, 교육과 홍보 그리고 시민들의 참여가 요구된다.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.43-73
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• 2014

우리나라의 도시들은 과거 급격한 도시화를 겪으면서 방재, 안전의 개념이 도시개발에 충분히 반영되지 못했을 뿐 아니라, 개발에 따른 불투수층 확대에 따라 강수, 저류, 침투, 증발산 및 유출로 이어지는 자연적인 물순환 체계의 왜곡을 초래했다. 최근 선진국들을 중심으로 그린인프라를 활용하여 도시 물순환 체계를 개선하고 도시의 홍수저감 효과를 높이는 노력들이 강조되고 있다. 그러나 우리나라는 접근성이나 심미성의 측면으로만 그린인프라를 계획하고 있어 그린인프라가 가지는 다양한 효과들을 제대로 활용하고 있지 못하다. 이에 도시 물순환을 개선하고 홍수저감 기능을 효과적으로 활용할 수 있는 그린인프라 계획 프레임워크를 개발하고 이를 시범지역에 적용하고자 한다. 프레임워크의 1단계에서는 해당지역의 여건 및 문제점을 분석하고, 2단계에서는 홍수취약성 분석을 통해 취약성이 높은 지역을 도출하고 이 지역을 중심으로 그린인프라 우선 설치지역을 도출하는 공간계획을 수립한다. 홍수취약성은 빈도 비모형과 GIS를 활용한 정량적 분석방법론을 활용하였다. 3단계에서는 해당 지역의 지리적 여건, 홍수 경험, 재정 등 다양한 지역여건을 고려하여 그린인프라 기법을 선정하는 과정을 포함하고 있다. 개발된 프레임워크를 부산시 연제구와 남구에 적용하여 주요 취약지역을 대상으로 공원, 빗물정원, 투수성 포장 등을 활용한 구체적인 그린인프라 계획을 제안하였다. 그린인프라 계획 프레임워크가 도시계획, 환경계획, 개발계획 등 다양한 도시공간계획과 연계되어 반영된다면 보다 효과적인 그린인프라 활용에 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.