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Development of agricultural water use indicator (농업용수 사용지표 개발)

  • Lee, Kwang-Ya;Lim, Jong-Wan;Hong, Dae-Byuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to develope a indicator for agricultural water use. Agricultural water is challenged by the increase of water use in the sectors of urbanization and industry and social pressure to use water in sustainable and environmentally sound way. The development of agricultural environment indicators is divided into 13 sectors, among which agricultural water use indicators include amount and intensity of agricultural water use, efficiency of agricultural water use, shortage or surplus of water use, water stress, etc.. Agricultural water use indicators provide basic data for sustainable and environmentally sound agricultural development, and also help policy decision makers to solve water shortage problems through water policy and water management measures by making the most of the total available water resources.

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A Survey of the Environmental Worldviews of Middle School Students (중학생들의 환경관에 대한 조사 연구)

  • Choi, Hyeh-Sook;Shim, Kew-Cheol;So, Keum-Hyun;Yeau, Sung-Hee
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.102-112
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the environmental worldviews of middle school students. An instrument to survey environmental worldviews consists two components; 'Human and Environment', and 'Human Behaviors and Environmental Problems' The two components are three environmental worldviews as follows: 'Technocentrism', 'Ecocentrism', 'and Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development(ESSD)'Subjects were 551 middle school students in metropolitan area and rural district(male: 285, female: 266). Most of middle school students had the environmental worldview of the ESSD. More female students had a tendency ESSD worldview than males. More male students had the positive Technocentrism than females. More middle school students in metropolitan area had ecocentrism than those in rural district. Understandings of students' environmental worldviews will be helpful to work out teaching and learning strategies in environmental education.

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An Improved Regulation Scheme Concerning Compost for the Development of Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (환경보전형 농업의 육성을 위한 퇴비화 법제개선에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Jae-Chun;Kang, Hun;Huh, Seok
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.15-29
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    • 1996
  • Composting is very important in practicing environmentally sustainable agriculture because compost application conserve soil and its fertility. Composting is also another important factor in achieving high national recycling goal above 20%. To encourage composting, it is necessary to revise current regulations on composting. Current regulation set the limit only for 4 metals and the limit is significantly strict, especially for lead, which dictates less than 150ppm. In this paper, authors suggested reasonable standard for some heavy metal concentration in compost taking into account other country's criteria.

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A Study on the Absorption Characteristics of Soil Block and Soil Plaster as Eco-Friendly Building Materials (친환경 건축재료로서의 흙벽돌과 흙미장의 흡음 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Seong Il;Chu, Mun Ki;Hwang, hey joo;Oh, yang ki
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2007
  • Most of current building materials are made of organic compounds or at least made with chemical treatments. Though easy to use and comparatively pay less, those materials are generally not enviornmentally sound. VOC is one of harmful effects. On contrary, natural materials such as soil are usually eco-friendly, and environmentally sustainable as well if not treated in autoclaves. Acoustica materials made of such environmentally sound and sustainable could be widely used. It is aimed to prove that soil based materials could be effectively used in acoustical fields rather than the other usual materials. Experiments with various types of soil blocks and soil plaster were performed. It is proved that the soil plaster has better apsorption features than cement plaster. Soil blocks have higher absorption cofficients than soil plaster, due to the thickness, and the absorption characteristics can be controlled by the design of the blocks.

Development of Aquaculture for Conservation of Resources and Environment in Korea (지속적 어업을 위한 자원 $\cdot$ 환경보전적 양식어업의 전개 방향)

  • Shin Yong-Min
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.36 no.1 s.67
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    • pp.27-49
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    • 2005
  • This paper represents a critical review of current the relationship between aquaculture and the environment, focusing on the development of marine aquaculture for conservation of resources and environment in Korea. Aquaculture has grown rapidly during the past few decades in Korea. This expansion was possibly because of the growing demand for aquatic products and the failure of the capture fishery to keep pace with the demand. Nevertheless, the aquaculture industry must counter criticisms about adverse environmental effects and lack of sustainability. The productivity of Korean aquaculture is decreasing by environmental pollution, is suffering difficulty because competitive power of the aquaculture industry is weak, external effects of aquiculture is giving negative effects to coastal fishery. Therefore, aquaculture must improve as environmentally sound aquaculture for fisheries sustainability, and intensive aquaculture of high density must convert by low input sustainable aquaculture. Finally, the aquaculture system of Korea has to change to aquaculture for conservation of non - renewable resources and environment, it may contribute to development of Korean fisheries.

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Estimation Indicator System for the Environmentally Friendliness of Residential Areas (주거지 환경친화성 평가 지표체계 개발)

  • Eom Boong-Hoon
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.14 no.11
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    • pp.985-994
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    • 2005
  • Recently, Environmental friendliness and sustainability become the main concern of residential area planning. This paper deals with the estimation indicator system for environmentally friendliness of residential areas. An interview survey was carried out for resident groups by the type of housing. 'Environmentally friendly residential site' is defined as 'A site of sustainable development with low undesirable impact on environment, friendliness to natural environments such as green areas and waters, and amenity, health & hygiene of residents' Totally, nineteen individual indicators, six categories and three principles(Low Impact, High Contact, Amenity & Health) were proposed as estimation indicator system. Residents showed high importance on principle of 'amenity & health'. Individual indicators such as 'garbage segregated collection', 'secure green areas' and 'cleanness of water and air' showed high weighting value by each principles. Satisfaction level of residents for individual indicators, such as 'garbage segregated collection', 'common gardens', and 'cleanness of residential areas', were comparatively high. By the result of factor analysis, the proposed model for indicator system was valid.

A Study of Environmentally Friendly Residential District Development -Concentrated on Gang-buk new town residential district- (친환경 주거단지 개발계획에 관한 이론적 고찰 -강북뉴타운 주거단지를 대상으로-)

  • Kil, Ki-Seok
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.53-63
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    • 2004
  • According to the New Town Development Plan, Gang-buk area, a symbol of slum in Seoul will be changed new residential area. There are a lot of challenges for success this project. First of all, new ways of city plan "pre-plan and development" and "environmentally friendly development" are necessary to carry out this plan. Another important idea is how to overcome conflicts such as unbalanced development, a traffic jam and environment problem. Also, Government and a citizen agree that this project have to accept eco-protectable and sustainable development theory. For increasing green area ratio and keeping eco-diversity, planting at roofs and water circulation system in residential complex are compulsory. Green network based on environmentally friendly development provides a natural energe stream on eco-system and protects a city from air pollution, hot air island phenomenon and a flood.

A Study on Recreational Anglers' Participation Process of Environmentally Responsible Behaviors Using Recreation Specialization and Consumptive Orientation Behaviors (여가전문화와 자원소비행동을 이용한 낚시인의 친환경행동 참여과정 연구)

  • Chi-Ok Oh
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2023
  • For the sustainable use of fishery resources as common resources and the mitigation of conflicts with commercial fishermen, it is essential to understand recreational anglers' participation process of environmentally responsible behaviors (ERB). This study intends to show that the effects of recreation specialization on environmentally responsible behaviors can be weakened due to the characteristics of anglers, who prefer to possess caught fish. Two different research models were tested with two data sets independently collected. The data were analyzed with structural equation modeling. The results show that consumptive orientation, which measures a degree of catching and owning fish, and fishing-specific ERBs negatively affect the relationships between recreation specialization and general ERBs as mediation variables. Implications are further discussed that regulation policies and education programs are needed to change anglers' consumptive orientation and catch-related fishing behaviors.

재활용은 자원순환형 경제사회의 핵심

  • Korean Resource Recycling Federation
    • 재활용회보
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    • s.5
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    • pp.44-45
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    • 2006
  • 21세기의 지구촌 중요 화두(Global lssue)는 '지속가능발전(ESSD : Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development)이고, 이의 중요 의제가 자원순환형 경제사회구축이며, 핵심 실천 과제가 재활용(Recycling)

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Mulching Materials as Yield Booster for Sustainable Mungbean Production

  • Kim Hee-Jung;Lee Ho-Yong
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.383-389
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    • 2005
  • The effect of different mulching materials on mungbean production was studied. The general objective was to assess the ecological effects of mulching materials in sustainable mungbean production. Specifically, the study aimed to determine the effects of different mulching materials on the chemical, physical and biological soil properties, on weed control and yield, and to identify mulching materials that are environmentally friendly in mungbean production. The experiment was conducted at the Fruit and Vegetables Seeds Center, Science City of $Mu/tilde{n}oz$, Nueva Ecija, Philippines from May to July 2004. The initial soil chemical properties were: pH of 6.4, 2.0 percent organic matter content, 0.10 percent total nitrogen, 22 ppm phosphorus, and 370 ppm available potassium. The soil microbial loads were $8\times10^4\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ for bacteria and $14\times10^4\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ for fungi. Mushroom spent mulch increased soil organic matter with an average of 3.13 percent, nitrogen with an average of 0.16 percent and the highest number of bacterial count with $3.4\times10^8\;CFU\;g^{-1}$. Use of mulch, except rice straw mulch, generally increased mungbean yield. The best mulching material for high yield production of mungbean was black polyethylene plastic film, although environmentally unfriendly.