• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.3682-3694
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• 2022

The expansion of a country's ecological footprint generates resources for economic development. China's import bill and carbon footprint can be reduced by investing in green transportation and energy technologies. A sustainable environment depends on the cessation of climate change; the current study investigates nuclear energy efficiency, economic complexity, air transportation, and industrial improvement for reducing environmental footprint. Using data spanning the years 1983-2016, the dynamic autoregressive distributed lag simulation method has demonstrated the short- and long-term variability in the impact of regressors on the ecological footprint. The study findings revealed that economic complexity in China had been found to have a statistically significant impact on the country's ecological footprint. Moreover, the industrial improvement process is helpful for the ecological footprint in China. In the short term, air travel has a negative impact on the ecological footprint, but this effect diminishes over time. Additionally, energy innovation is negative and substantial both in the short and long run, thus demonstrating its positive role in reducing the ecological footprint. Policy implications can be extracted from a wide range of issues, including economic complexity, industrial improvement, air transportation, energy innovation, and ecological impact to achieve sustainable goals.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.69-85
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• 2023

Sustainable and healthy diet is a challenge in recent world. Despite the global depletion of water resources, Korea has no system for controlling its water footprint. This study established the water footprint tables of Korean food using the Water Footprint Network databases, and applied them into two meal plans for 19~64 year-old adults recommended in the Dietary Reference Intakes for Koreans 2020. Nut, oil, and meat's water footprints were higher and those of fruit and vegetable were lower. Sesame oil had the highest water footprint of 21,793 L/kg and pineapple had the lowest domestic water footprint of 102 L/kg. Water footprint of one serving size of beef was 925 L, that of chicken was 260 L, and those of soybean were 43 L in global and 81 L in domestic. The water footprint of the recommended 2,400 kcal meal plan was 2,882 L, and that of 1,900 kcal meal plan was 1,915 L. The water resources can be saved by choosing food with lower water footprint. The results of this study can be used in the further researches for more sustainable and healthier Korean diet.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.3672-3681
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• 2022

This study investigates the environmental footprint impacts of nuclear energy consumption in the presence of environmental technology and globalization of the ten largest ecological footprint countries from 1990 up to 2017. By considering a set of methods that can help solve the issue of cross-sectional dependence, we employ the Lagrange multiplier bootstrap cointegration method, Driscoll-Kraay standard errors for long-run estimation and feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) and panel-corrected standard errors (PCSE) for robustness. The finding revealed significant negative effects of nuclear energy consumption, environmental-related technology, population density and significant positive effects of globalization and economic growth on ecological footprint. These results are also robust by assessing the long-run impacts of predictors on carbon footprint and CO₂ emissions as alternate ecological measures. These conclusions provide the profound significance of nuclear energy consumption for environmentally sustainable development in the top ten ecological footprint countries and serve as an important reference for ecological security for other countries globally.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2014

Water footprint is defined as the total volume of direct and indirect water used to produce a good and service by consumer or producer, and measured at the point of production based on virtual water concept. The green and blue water footprint refers to the volume of the rainwater and the irrigation water consumed, respectively. Crop water footprint is expected to be used as the basic data for agricultural water resources policies at production, consumption and trade aspect. Thus, it is necessary to estimate suitable green and blue water footprint for South Korea. The objective of this paper is to quantify the green and blue water footprint and usage of upland crops during the period 2001-2010. To estimate the water footprint, 43 upland crop production quantity and harvested area data were collected for 10 years and FAO Penman-Monteith equation was adopted for calculating crop water requirement. As the results, the water footprint of cereals, vegetables, fruits and oil crops accounted for 1,994, 165, 605, and 4,226 $m^3/ton$, respectively. The usage of water footprint for crop production has been estimated at 3,499 (green water) and 216 (blue water) $Mm^3/yr$ on average showing a tendency to decrease. Fruits and vegetables have the largest share in the green water usage, consuming about 1,200 and 1,060 $Mm^3/yr$ which are about 65 % of gross usage. The results of this study are expected to be understood by the agricultural water footprint as well as by the total water footprint from both a production and consumption perspective in Korea.

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2008년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.122-125
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• 2008

Even though many researchers studied the foot shape and dimension, those applications lacked. The purpose of this study was to develop insole pattern of elderly women according to footprint. Discrepancy in the classification criteria among of foot parameters complicates attempts for elderly women classification of foot sole. To develop a footprint-based classification technique for the classification of foot sole types by allowing simultaneous use of several parameters. Foot sole data from static standing footprints were recorded from 48 elderly women. The factors of footprint shape were determined. Cluster analysis was applied to obtain individual foot sole classifications. The classification model of foot insole is proposed for a classification of footprint in elderly women. An application of ANOVA, Duncan's analysis, frequency analysis, factor analysis, and cluster analysis have been made to footprint data. In order to make clear foot sole characteristics, the factors of footprint shape have been discussed. The results are as follows. The factors of footprint shape have been classified into four types: foot length, sole slope, outside sole slope, and foot width. The types of foot sole shape have been classified into four types: longed, shortened, outside sloped, and toes sloped.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2015

Since the consumption of the livestock products increased for the past 10 years in Korea, the water use for live animals has become more important in terms of water savings. Therefore, the index connecting water use and livestock products consumption should be required for sustainable water management, and water footprint concept could be suggested as the index. The aim of this study is to estimate the water footprint for livestock products; beef cattle, swine, and broiler chicken. The water footprint for livestock products is divided into direct and indirect water. The direct water includes the drinking and servicing water, and the indirect water includes the water for the cultivation of feed crops. The water footprint of beef cattle was calculated to $17,023.1m^3/ton$, and direct water was $91.2m^3/ton$, and indirect water was $16,931.9m^3/ton$. The water footprint of swine was calculated to $4,235.8m^3/ton$, and direct water was $129.7m^3/ton$, and indirect water was $4,106.0m^3/ton$. The water footprint of broiler chicken was calculated to $2,427.7m^3/ton$, and direct water was $7.6m^3/ton$, and indirect water was $2,420.1m^3/ton$. Also, we compared the water footprint to water demand of water vision 2020 which is the main report for national water management. The water vision 2020 reported only direct water for live animal, but the water footprint includes the direct and indirect water. Therefore, the water footprint could be applied to various fields relating water and food.

• 한국관개배수회지
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• 제48호
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• pp.90-95
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• 2011

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2012

The goal of this study, as an effort to reduce national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is to calculate the carbon footprint of students based on the commute pattern of high school students in big (Seoul), middle (Suwon) and small (Icheon) size city. By conducting a survey, the commute pattern and method of students as well as students' carbon footprint were evaluated. As a result, the carbon footprint of the high school student in Icheon ($1.698kgCO_2$) had 2~3 times higher than student's carbon footprint in Seoul ($0.623kgCO_2$) and Suwon ($0.699kgCO_2$). One of the reasons for the different carbon footprint result between big and small city was whether the public pedestrian facilities and a bicycle path or not. Based on our research results, we pointed out the problems and suggested some ways to reduce carbon footprint of students.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.1604-1611
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• 2007

곤충의 발자국 패턴을 이용하여 곤충을 인식하고자 할 때에는 특징을 추출하기 위한 기본 단위의 영역을 추출할 필요가 있다. 이 논문에서는 기본 단위 영역의 추출을 위한 전 단계 처리 과정으로서 군집화 기법을 사용하였다. 인식의 대상이 되는 곤충들의 크기와 종류에 따라 남겨지는 발자국 패턴의 크기 및 간격이 다르게 나타난다. 따라서 이 논문에서는 패턴의 크기와 간격에 관계없이 인식의 기본 단위가 되는 영역을 추출할 수 있도록 하는 개선된 ART2 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 ART2 알고리즘에서는 군집화를 위한 임계값이 군집화의 대상이 되는 모든 패턴들의 거리를 축적한 그래프의 형태에 따라 자동으로 설정되도록 하였다. 제안한 기법으로 2 가지 종류의 곤충 발자국 패턴에 대하여 군집화를 실험한 결과 모두 바르게 군집화가 이루어짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.222-232
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• 2016

물발자국은 인간의 활동을 통해 소비되는 직접수와 간접수의 총사용량을 산정함으로써 지속가능한 물이용을 유도하기 위한 효과적 수단으로 활용되고 있다. 본 연구는 서울시의 물이용 관리와 관련한 계획들의 문제점 분석을 통해 물발자국의 도입가능성을 분석하고 장단기적인 측면에서 도입 및 활용방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 또한 서울시 25개 자치구를 대상으로 시뮬레이션을 통해 청색 및 회색 물발자국을 산정하고, 지역별 물발자국의 차이점 분석과 이를 바탕으로 물발자국을 줄이기 위한 대안들을 모색하였다. 물발자국 측면에서의 서울시 물환경시스템에 대한 분석은 크게 청색물발자국과 회색물발자국으로 나누어 수행하였다. 개인이나 공동체가 제품이나 서비스를 생산 소비하기 위해 필요한 지표수와 지하수의 양을 의미하는 청색물발자국을 분석하기 위해서 서울시의 각 행정구역별 지하수의 사용량과 생활용수의 사용량을 합산하여 추정하였다. 각 행정구역별 청색물발자국을 인구수와 세대수 비율로 확인해 본 결과 중구, 종로구 강남구, 용산구, 서초구 등의 순으로 높게 나타났다. 회색물발자국은 각 행정구역별 BOD기준의 오 폐수발생부하량을 배출기준 수질(BOD기준 3.5ppm)로 정화하여 배출할 때 사용되는 물의 양을 추론하여 산출하였다. 각 행정구역별 회색물발자국을 인구수와 세대수 비율로 확인해 본 결과 중구, 종로구 강남구, 용산구, 서초구, 영등포구 등의 순으로 높게 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 물관리 있어 공급중심의 양적 관리 정책의 한계를 극복하기 위한 일환으로 물발자국의 개념 및 방법의 도입을 제안하였으며 이는 환경적 경제적 사회적으로 보다 탄력적이고 지속가능한 물관리 정책을 모색하는데 중요한 기초자료가 될 것으로 기대된다.