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Consideration of Programs and Operations of Farms Providing Agro-Healing Service

  • Lee, Sang Mi;Jeong, Na Ra;Jeong, Seon Hee;Gim, Gyung Mee;Han, Kyung Sook;Chea, Young;Kim, Kwang Jin;Jang, Hyun Jin
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2019
  • This study was designed to examine agro-healing services and programs provided and operated by farms in Korea. The results of the analysis of the agro-healing programs and operation of farms were as follows. The purpose of the operation of farms was to raise productivity by managing farms in a cooperative way through agricultural production, education and healing, and to raise income by processing and selling agricultural products. It was difficult to access farms by public transport and thus visitors had to use their own cars. The size of farms varied. The main resources utilized in the surveyed programs were plants, rural environments and landscapes, and agricultural products. The programs were conducted using resources that were commonly found in rural areas. Facilities on each farm were equipped with facilities (indoor and outdoor learning place, gardens, vegetable gardens, orchards, etc.) and convenience facilities (parking lots, drinking fountains, kiosks, etc.) to support program operation. However, facilities for the handicapped and accommodation facilities were insufficient. The programs operated on each farm utilized agricultural resources, farm produce, and rural resources and were classified into activities such as making, feeling, and growing. The average number of people who operated the family-centered program was 2-3, having qualifications such as welfare horticultural therapists, forest interpreters, experience instructors, and social workers. In addition, they had expertise in medicinal food, dietary life, and social welfare, and they also had essential expertise required to operate programs.

Three-dimensional Map Construction of Indoor Environment Based on RGB-D SLAM Scheme

  • Huang, He;Weng, FuZhou;Hu, Bo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 2019
  • RGB-D SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) refers to the technology of using deep camera as a visual sensor for SLAM. In view of the disadvantages of high cost and indefinite scale in the construction of maps for laser sensors and traditional single and binocular cameras, a method for creating three-dimensional map of indoor environment with deep environment data combined with RGB-D SLAM scheme is studied. The method uses a mobile robot system equipped with a consumer-grade RGB-D sensor (Kinect) to acquire depth data, and then creates indoor three-dimensional point cloud maps in real time through key technologies such as positioning point generation, closed-loop detection, and map construction. The actual field experiment results show that the average error of the point cloud map created by the algorithm is 0.0045m, which ensures the stability of the construction using deep data and can accurately create real-time three-dimensional maps of indoor unknown environment.

A Study of the Pre-Retirees' Perception on Housing Environment - The Case of Daegu - (예비 은퇴자의 주거환경 의식에 관한 연구 - 대구시민을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Han-Soo;Park, Hye-Ji
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2014
  • Korea is quickly transforming into an aging society. As a reaction to the accelerated aging society in recent years, there is a growing need to introduce sustainable housing policies and strategies for aging society. The main purpose of this study is to explore where people want to live after retirement. Especially, this study focuses on the residential environment such as housing types, residential location, and living environment. The main findings are as follows. First, people preferred living in a sububan-style housing in the suburban or rural areas to living in a city-style housing in the urban areas. Second, people have a strong preference for the importance of convenience in using natural environment, medical service, and cultural facilities. Third, the family life style has been changed from children-oriented life style to couple-oriented life style by showing that people like to stay with a spouse rather than with their children after retirement.

Runoff Characteristics of Nonpoint Pollutants Source in Urban Area (중소도시지역 비점오염물질의 유출 특성)

  • Lee, Geon-Jik;Seong, Jin-Uk;Park, Ju-Hyun;Joe, Gyu-Soo;Park, Je-Chul
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.819-827
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    • 2010
  • This study was conducted to investigate runoff characteristics of non-point pollutants source at the urban area in boeun area, Chungbuk Province. The monitoring site covering the watershed of $2.11\;km^2$ contains about 40.3 % of total watershed with the urban area. The monitoring was conducted with six events for five months and Event Mean Concentration(EMC) and Site Mean Concentration(SMC) of SS, BOD, CODMn, T-N, T-P were calculated on the result of the water quality parameters. As a result of the comparion between Arithmetic Mean Concentration and Event Mean Concentration, it showed that over all Event Mean Concentration was higher than Arithmetic Mean Concentration. And it showed that SS, BOD, T-P featured the first-flushing effect, showing relatively high concentration in early-stage storm event.

Emission of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds from Trees along Streets and in Urban Parks in Tokyo, Japan

  • Matsunaga, Sou N.;Shimada, Kojiro;Masuda, Tatsuhiko;Hoshi, Junya;Sato, Sumito;Nagashima, Hiroki;Ueno, Hiroyuki
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2017
  • Ozone concentration in Tokyo Metropolitan area is one of the most serious issues of the local air quality. Tropospheric ozone is formed by radical reaction including volatile organic compound (VOC) and nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$). Reduction of the emission of reactive VOC is a key to reducing ozone concentrations. VOC is emitted from anthropogenic sources and also from vegetation (biogenic VOC or BVOC). BVOC also forms ozone through $NO_x$ and radical reactions. Especially, in urban area, the BVOC is emitted into the atmosphere with high $NO_x$ concentration. Therefore, trees bordering streets and green spaces in urban area may contribute to tropospheric ozone. On the other hand, not all trees emit BVOC which will produce ozone locally. In this study, BVOC emissions have been investigated (terpenoids: isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes) for 29 tree species. Eleven in the 29 species were tree species that did not emit BVOCs. Three in 12 cultivars for future planting (25 %) were found to emit no terpenoid BVOCs. Eight in 17 commonly planted trees (47%) were found to emit no terpenoid BVOC. Lower-emitting species have many advantages for urban planting. Therefore, further investigation is required to find the species which do not emit terpenoid BVOC. Emission of reactive BVOC should be added into guideline for the urban planting to prevent the creation of sources of ozone. It is desirable that species with no reactive BVOC emission are planted along urban streets and green areas in urban areas, such as Tokyo.

A Study on Applicability of SUSTAIN in a Korean Urban Catchment (우리나라 도시배수분구에서의 SUSTAIN 적용가능성 연구)

  • Lee, Jeonghoon;Park, Yoonkyung;Shin, Hyun-Suk;Kim, Jeongsook;Kim, Sangdan
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.730-738
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    • 2013
  • In recent years, low impact development (LID) has emerged as an effective approach to control stormwater in an urban area, and watershed and stormwater managers need modeling tools to evaluate alternative plans for controlling stormwater. This study illustrates how to design and evaluate the effect of non-point pollutant management using SUSTAIN which is developed by USEPA. SUSTAIN can provide evaluating, selecting, and placing LID facilities in an urban catchment based on user-defined cost-effectiveness criteria. Also, this paper suggests a minimal methodology for estimating model parameters for modeling an ungauged urban catchment to reflect the situation of typical Korean urban interested catchments which are usually ungauged. In addition, the optimal length of various LID facilities and the optimal number of units in our test catchment are estimated.

Application and Development of Activated Carbon Adsorption in Wastewater

  • Zhang, DianYa;Deng, ChengXun;Deng, Xu;Yu, ZhiMin
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.19-23
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    • 2019
  • With the continuous progress of modern science and technology and the rapid development of economy, with the continuous development of society, the treatment of industrial and domestic sewage has become a hot concern. Toxic substances and non-degradable pollutants in wastewater also have a great impact on the environment. This paper mainly expounds the current environmental situation and the adsorption mechanism of activated carbon. And the application and development of activated carbon adsorption in wastewater.

Research on Air Pollution Status and Its Control Technology in China

  • Xia, Sai;Yang, Zhen Yu;Jin, Jie
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2019
  • China's rapid economic growth has also caused serious air pollution, endangering the health of the people and the good operation of the surrounding ecological environment.In this paper, the current situation of air pollution in China is briefly described, and the sources and changing trends of major air pollutants (including PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, CO and O3)are analyzed. Meanwhile, the treatment technologies and measures for atmospheric pollutants under the current situation.

A Study on the urban Characteristics of Design for Urban Regeneration based on Cultural Strategy -Focused on the case of Ruhrgebiet, Germany- (문화주도형 도시재생의 계획적 특성에 관한 연구 -독일 루르지역의 주(州)정원박람회를 중심으로-)

  • Park, Jong Ki
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2013
  • Under the powerful influence of economical and social transformation, namely Post-Industrialization since the 1980's, old industrial cities in western europe faced a severe urban crisis such as high unemployment rates, demographic decline, urban slums, lack of infrastructures and economic shocks. In order to overcome their urban decline, They had to attempt to find a creative re-modelled and re-imaged Urban Development Strategy for the future. Thus Urban Regeneration has been a serious issue of debate in europe. First of all, Urban Regeneration based on cultural strategy have played an increasingly important role in the Post-Industrial cities and regions since 1980's. The purpose of this study is to find out the organized characteristics of Urban Regeneration based on Cultural Strategy by analyzing successful overseas case "Landesgartenschau in Ruhrgebiet, Germany, where has been changed from an old industrial city to a Culture-Service- based City significantly over last several years. It's inner-city old industrial areas with amount of derelict under-used industrial Heritages have been remodelled and reimaged to a creative and attractive public spaces involving Arts and cultural activity by Urban Regeneration based on Cultural Strategy, namely, "Landesgartenschau".

A Study on Strategy Plan for Ubiquitous Urban Transit Total Information System (U-도시철도통합정보시스템 개발 방향 연구)

  • Chung, Jong-Duk;Pyun, Jang-Sik;An, Tae-Ki
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1543-1548
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    • 2008
  • Ubiquitous technology is the trend towards increasingly ubiquitous, connected computing devices in the environment, a trend being brought about by a convergence of advanced electronic - and particularly, wireless - technologies and the internet. Ubiquitous technology is pervasive in nature and unobtrusively embedded in the environment, completely connected, intuitive, effortlessly portable, and constantly available. The object of this paper is to describe the strategy plan for Ubiquitous-Urban Transit Total Information System.

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