Spaces & Flows: Ninth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies

Abstract

Due to the ongoing development-oriented management in Korea, the major preservation areas have been seriously damaged, but the comprehensive status data of the damaged areas have not been established, such as what has been damaged or what kind of damage has occurred. As a result of the lack of national databases on damages, systematic and mid- to long- term ecological restoration projects have not been carried out, and major restoration projects have been conducted indiscriminately according to the necessity. Therefore, it is important to analyze the current status of the damaged areas in the whole country, and to establish a database for each type according to the cause or effect of the damage. In this study, the survey sites are selected for the whole country and a field survey is conducted to investigate the quantitative characteristics such as the extent of damage, damage characteristics, threat factors, land use, and qualitative characteristics such as changes in water quality and soil chemical composition. In addition, we perform literature survey, image data analysis, etc., together with field survey results, classify the damage type of each survey site, and calculate the distribution and area according to each type. The results of this study provide guidance on the classification of the damage type according to the cause and effect of the damage and suggest restoration directions for each type to be helpful for ecosystem restoration projects and policies.