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A Study on the methods for analysing character of townhouse for improvement of residental environment in korea (주거환경 향상을 위한 타운하우스의 특성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Eun;Chung, Jae-Yong
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.426-431
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    • 2006
  • Townhouse takes both private housings' and apartments' strengths as its own and forms a new style of house planning. It is highly convenient in maintenance and complement, also satisfying the residents with its independence and refundability. Currently, metropolitan area in Korea being the ignition of the townhouse planning, the gradual housing site development in metropolitan area is laying a foundation for further developments throughout Korea. Through amendment of legislation and qualitative upgrade of habitat, standard about new residence should be readied for activating of townhouse in korea. Therefore This research examines several residence types to secure diversification of residence type and good quality of residence place, introduce the townhouse that developed fast in internal recently and make a planed option for activating in korea.

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The Current Distribution and Habitat Preferences of Hibernating Myotis formosus in Korea

  • Kim, Sun-Sook;Choi, Yu-Seong;Kim, Bong-Hyeon;Yoo, Jeong-Chil
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.191-195
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    • 2009
  • We monitored 38 hibernation sites of Myotis formosus in South Korea and recorded the number of bats occupying each site and assessed the micro-climate at the sites during four winters from 2005 to 2009 at. The mean rock temperature of the bat roosting sites was $13.2{\pm}1.4^{\circ}C$ and the mean body temperature of the hibernating bats was $13.3{\pm}1.3^{\circ}C$. The number of hibernating bats was negatively related to the size of the entrance and positively related to the minimum ambient temperature and humidity in the site interior. More bats hibernated in roosts with smaller entrances and higher minimum ambient temperatures, and more bats selected sites presenting a narrow temperature range. This study showed that the internal environments of hibernacula of M. formosus were highly stable despite dramatic variation in the external environment.

Bivalve Mollusks in Yeongil Bay, Korea, 1. Introductory Part and Annotated List of Species

  • Lutaenko Konstantin A.;Je, Jong-Geel;Shin, Sang-Ho
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.155-182
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    • 2003
  • An annotated listing of bivalve mollusks collected at 31 sampling sites in Yeongil Bay (eastern coast of Korea) at a depth of 0-52m is presented here. A total of 98 species belonging to 75 genera and 36 families are enumerated; all species are provided with habitat data (bathymetric distribution and bottom sediments character), given separately far living and dead (empty shells) specimens, and some with taxonomic and zoogeographic comments. Fifty-six species are illustrated with photographs. Astarte hakodatensis Yokoyama, 1920 (Astartidae), Nitidotellina pallidula (Lischke 1871) (Tellinidae) and Lyonsia nuculanoformis Scarlato in Volova et Scarlato, 1980 (Lyonsiidae) are found to be new to the Korean fauna, and the genus Salaputium Iredale, 1924 (Crassatellidae) with one species Salapurium Iredale, 1924(Crassatellidae) with one species Salaputium cf. unicum Hayami and Kase, 1993, previously described as being found only from submarine caves in the Ryukyu Islands, is recorded as being found in the East Sea(Sea of Japan) for the first time.

The Report on the Taxonomic Characters, Ecological Risk and Weed Risk Assessment of Putative Invasive Alien Plants which are Designated in Law by the Ministry of Environment in Korea as Environmentally Harmful Species (II)

  • Hyun, JongYoung;Yoon, ChangYoung;Kim, Joo-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.200-219
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    • 2020
  • We performed taxonomic reviews and habitat circumstances survey for 41 un-introduced environmentally harmful plants (as designated by the Ministry of Environment, Korea in 2016). For this purpose, we investigated plant specimens from several herbaria and performed a field survey in the southeastern region of the United States. Base on the result, we presented the most comprehensive results of weed risk evaluation and taxonomic description up to now as well as classification keys for 11 species to apply the regulation management of putative invasive alien species - Centaurea maculosa Lam., Centaurea diffusa Lam., Mikania micrantha Kunth. (Asteraceae), Cenchrus echinatus L., Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchcock, Brachiaria mutica (Forsskål) Stapf, Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray, Lolium persicum Boissier & Hohennacker, Setaria palmifolia (J. Konig) Stapf (Poaceae), Prosopis glandulosa Torr. (Fabaceae), Fallopia baldschuanica (Regel) Hobub. (Polygonaceae).

Rare and Endangered Plants of Oesorak in Soraksan National Park (설악산 국립공원 외설악의 멸종위기 식물)

  • 김용식;김선희;강기호
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.205-210
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    • 1997
  • The twenty eight taxa of rare and endangered plant species of Oesorak were investigated in the field, and the results were compiled according to the literature by Lee et al.(1996). Most of the populations of the investigated plants are located in the vicinity from the mountain trails which is the destruction pressures high. Also these plants are envisaged from the possible collections for both edible and medicinal purposes by local peoples, so the conservation strategies at the levels of habitat and species must be prepared. Taxuscaespitosa of Taxaceae has very few individuals and the status of the habitats envisaged serious problems from tramplings.

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Comparative Study of Fish Community in the Urban and Nature Stream by Habitat Type (도심하천과 자연하천의 서식처 유형별 어류군집 비교)

  • Kim, Seong-Won;Lee, Jin-Hui;Jang, Chang-Ryeol;Choe, Jun-Gil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.98-103
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    • 2011
  • 도심하천에서 채집된 어류는 총 7과 17종 315개체가 확인되었으며, 자연하천에서 채집된 어류는 6과 21종 1,033 개체가 조사되었다. 도심하천에서 출현한 한국 고유종은 치리(Hemiculter eigenmanni)와 얼룩동사리(Odontobutis interrupta) 2종(11.8%)이었으며, 생태계교란야생동물에 속하는 종인 배스(Micropterus salmoides)가 폐쇄형 하도습지에서 출현하였다. 자연하천에서 출현한 한국고유종은 쉬리 (C. splendidus), 배가사리(Microphysogobio longidorsalis) 등 총 13종(61.9%)으로 고유종의 빈도가 높았고, 멸종위기 II급에 속하는 종인 묵납자루(A. signifer)와 가는돌고기(Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpa) 등 2종(9.5%)이 조사되었다. 두 하천의 군집분석을 비교한 결과 도심하천이 자연하천에 비해 우점도와 균등도 지수가 높게 나왔다. 이와 같은 결과는 도심하천과 자연하천이 같은 유형의 서식처이지만 도심하천의 경우 양안 수변대와 제방구축, 하천정비, 고수부지의 시멘트화 등의 원인과 오염원의 유입, 풍부한유기물 때문인 것으로 판단된다.

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Transparency in Urban Environment

  • Leung, Luke;Zhu, Yue;Ray, Stephen D.;Jevtic, Adri
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.187-196
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    • 2017
  • A generation of tall buildings has been dominated by International Style with full height glazing that is often vision glass. Large glass was intended to bring the outside in, to allow a connection to the natural environment, and to promote daylighting. Yet the glass box model of architecture is now under criticism due to expense to build, thermal and visual comfort issues for occupants, large carbon footprints, danger for birds, and aesthetic concerns with lack of transparency. This paper will take a fresh look at glass, transparency, energy consumption, and human health before offering alternative paths forward.

Analysis on the Relationship between Number of Species and Survey Area of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Using Weibull Distribution Function (와이블 분포함수를 이용한 저서성 대형무척추동물의 종수-조사면적 관계 해석)

  • Kong, Dongsoo;Kim, Ah Reum
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.142-150
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    • 2015
  • The relationship between the number of benthic macroinvertebrate species and the accumulated survey area were investigated in a clean stream and an impaired stream of Korea. Five models to characterize species-area functions were compared, and the Weibull model fitted species-area data well. The other models (Arrhenius, Romell-Gleason, Kylin, Lognormal model) had small or notable bias. The maximum number of species and half-saturation area derived from the Weibull model may be used as the indicators of the carrying capacity and the habitat complexity respectively.

Influence of Low Growing Vegetation in Reducing Stormwater Runoff on Green Roofs

  • Krishnan, Raymond;Ahmad, Hamidah
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.273-278
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    • 2014
  • Green roof's performance in reducing stormwater runoff has been reported by numerous studies. Nonetheless, the roles of low growing vegetation in influencing stormwater runoff reduction on green roofs have been greatly overlooked. This paper describes an experiment investigating the influence of low growing vegetation in the reduction of tropical stormwater runoff on extensive green roofs. Three types of locally occurring native vegetation and one non-native Sedum species were selected (fern, herb, grass and succulent) for the experiment. Stormwater runoff reduction performance from different low growing species was done by measuring excess water runoff from the simulated green roof modules. The results show significant differences in stormwater runoff reduction from different types of vegetation. Fern was the most effective in reducing stormwater runoff, followed by herb, Sedum and grass. Vegetative characters that are found to attribute towards the performance of stormwater runoff are rooting density, structure, density, leaf type, and vegetation biomass.

Optimization Calculations and Machine Learning Aimed at Reduction of Wind Forces Acting on Tall Buildings and Mitigation of Wind Environment

  • Tanaka, Hideyuki;Matsuoka, Yasutomo;Kawakami, Takuma;Azegami, Yasuhiko;Yamamoto, Masashi;Ohtake, Kazuo;Sone, Takayuki
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.291-302
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    • 2019
  • We performed calculations combining optimization technologies and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) aimed at reducing wind forces and mitigating wind environments (local strong winds) around buildings. However, the Reynolds Averaged Navier-stokes Simulation (RANS), which seems somewhat inaccurate, needs to be used to create a realistic CFD optimization tool. Therefore, in this study we explored the possibilities of optimizing calculations using RANS. We were able to demonstrate that building configurations advantageous to wind forces could be predicted even with RANS. We also demonstrated that building layouts was more effective than building configurations in mitigating local strong winds around tall buildings. Additionally, we used the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) as an airflow prediction method alternative to CFD in order to increase the speed of optimization calculations, and validated its prediction accuracy.