GIS Based Assessment and Design for Areas Vulnerable to Soil Disasters: Case Study of Namhyeun-dong, South Korea

Hyeji Jeon and Junsuk Kang
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Hyeji Jeon: Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Design, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
Junsuk Kang: Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Design, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-23

Abstract: Due to climate change, heavy rainfall events that trigger landslips are becoming common. This study investigates patterns in the soil’s response to major rainfall events in mountainous areas and proposes a new approach for resilient disaster prevention technology and recovery based on the effect of soil runoff. Namhyeon-dong within Seoul was selected for the case study because of its vulnerable location between two mountains. A master plan was developed to cope with the predicted soil runoff based on the annual rainfall, local land use and a series of 10-year forecasts covering the period from 2021 to 2100. A total of 22 catchments in the study area were analyzed with Arc Hydro, an ArcGIS plug-in and appropriate technologies proposed to deal with the soil runoff likely to be experienced in each catchment in an extreme disaster. The resulting model was deemed adequate to deal with disasters during the period predicted to represent the highest risk, 2051–2060. The study’s findings will help to forecast disasters from flood that could impact residential areas in mountainous regions, to predict the magnitude of potential soil disasters in individual regions and develop design guidelines for disaster prevention technology based on the predicted amount of soil runoff.

Keywords: climate change; disaster adaptation; GIS; RCP; soil disaster; urban design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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