Operational data of the Star City rainwater harvesting system and its role as a climate change adaptation and a social influence

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 2796-2801 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Y. Han ◽  
J. S. Mun
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
News Media ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Rainwater Tank ◽  
Rainwater Management ◽  
Operational Data

The Star City rainwater harvesting system (RWHS) was featured in the December, 2008, issue of Water 21. The article highlighted that the RWHS has a 3,000 m3 rainwater tank used in water saving, flood mitigation, and emergency response. Since then, many news media, public officials, and people from both South Korea and abroad have visited the RWHS. In this paper, two years of the system's operational data are presented and its role in short- and long-term climate change adaptation is investigated. The downstream sewer system has become safe for a 50-year rainfall without upgrading the existing sewer system, which was designed for a 10-year period. The 26,000 m3 of water saved has reduced the energy requirement of transferring water from a distant area. The success of the Star City RWHS has influenced 47 cities across South Korea, including Seoul, to enact regulations on rainwater management. It has shown that decentralized rainwater management can supplement the existing centralized system to ensure its safety.

Climate Change Communication in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sei-Hill Kim ◽  
Myung-Hyun Kang ◽  
Jeong-Heon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
News Media ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
International News ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
International Events

Climate change is a significant issue in South Korea, and the news media are particularly important because they can play a central role in communicating information about climate change, a complex phenomenon on which the public in general lacks expert knowledge. The amount of climate change coverage increased in South Korean newspapers until 2009 and started to decline thereafter. The increase seems to have been driven primarily by international news and domestic politics. Until 2007, the increase in news coverage—as well as its short-term peaks—coincided with major international events, such as the releases of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. After 2007, the amount was affected not only by international events but also by domestic politics, such as the Lee administration’s “Low Carbon, Green Growth” policy, which became an important part of the national agenda. In terms of the nature of news coverage, newspapers represented the perspectives of climate change believers for the most part, while it was relatively hard to find skeptics’ arguments. News stories relied heavily on such authoritative international figures as the IPCC for information, which often led to conclusions that climate change is real and that human activities are primarily responsible. There are also political reasons for this point of view. President Lee, and his successor, President Park, maintained strong and ambitious environmental policies. As an important part of the president’s agenda, these policies might have affected the nature of news coverage, setting the tone of news articles in favor of strong environmental regulations. Lack of scientific expertise among news writers seems to affect the nature of news coverage as well. The lack of expert knowledge has often resulted in heavy reliance on press releases, newsworthy events, and scandals, instead of providing in-depth analyses of scientific backgrounds in climate change reporting. Another consequence was a heavy reliance on international news. The largest number of climate change articles was found as part of international news, while such articles rarely appeared in the science sections.

scholarly journals Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in the Seychelles

2021 ◽  
pp. 2675-2692
Author(s):  
Daniel Etongo ◽  
Vincent Amelie ◽  
Angelique Pouponneau ◽  
Walter Leal Filho
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Retaining Wall ◽  
Property Development ◽  
Human Resource Capacity ◽  
Land Use Decisions ◽  
Key Barrier

AbstractAs a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), Seychelles is quite vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and adaptation is considered a national priority. Despite efforts to enhance its adaptive capacity, a number of barriers still hamper the adaptation process such as fragile institutions and inadequate governance to climate change, financial and human resource capacity constraints, and limited scientific knowledge and understanding of how climate change affects the country. A key barrier to climate change adaptation in the Seychelles is called “remote” or “legacy” barriers – linked to land use decisions made five decades ago during which wetlands were reclaimed for property development. Therefore, 80% of Seychelles’ critical infrastructures are located on the coastline and are exposed to floods, erosion, and sea level rise. Additionally, the pros and cons of hard and soft adaptation interventions in the Seychelles ranging from rock armoring, retaining wall, groynes to ecosystem-based adaptation actions such as timber piling, beach nourishment, dune management, rainwater harvesting, and mangrove and coral restoration are assessed with recommendations on the way forward. In other words, this chapter provides some examples of actions and strategies that may assist the island nations to improve on adaptation actions. An example that addresses partly the financial constrain is the Seychelles’ Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) that provide funding for medium- and large-scale project in the Seychelles since 2015.

scholarly journals A Review of Studies on Vulnerability Indicator for the Climate Change Adaptation over South Korea

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 789-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol-Hee Kim ◽  
Eun-Hwa Kim ◽  
Chang-Keun Song ◽  
You-Deog Hong ◽  
Jeong-A Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Vulnerability Indicator

Assessing Rural Communities Concerns for Improved Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Northern Ghana

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajyoti Samaddar ◽  
◽  
Muneta Yokomatsu ◽  
Togbiga Dzivenu ◽  
Martin Oteng-Ababio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

Northern Ghana is becoming vulnerable to risks induced by climate change. There is an urgent need to improve communities’ ability to cope by implementing risk-preventive measures at the household and community levels. However, studies have shown that the existing risk communication system often fails to encourage the people to implement risk-preventive measures because community concerns are not seriously taken in the adaptation planning and management process. The present study systematically examines community concerns about existing risks and possible adaptation strategies by conducting group meetings in four rural communities in the Wa West District. Results show that local communities consider drought or water scarcity to be the most severe risk from climate change because it is directly affecting their livelihood, which ismainly rain-fed subsistence agriculture. As their livelihood is increasingly affected by drought, the local communities are becoming more exposed to floods and other natural calamities. Presently, the climate change adaptation strategies of the local communities are weak and ineffective. It is found that improved irrigation facilitated by rainwater harvesting, watershed management, and seasonal weather forecasting are the preferred adaption strategies. Though a high level of intention to adopt non-structural preventive measures is observed, local communities report that a lack of knowledge and insufficient financial resources aremajor impediments to their implementation.

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