kei Research Briefs Vol.4 No.2 december 2016 water resources managemnet authors ahn, jong ho kim, hojeong kang,hyeongsik hyun, yunjung centents 02 water and sutainable development in korea: a country case study korea is located in northeast asia along the rim of the pacific ocean, where the climate is relatively warm and humid width four distinct seasons. the annual rate of precipitation is high at 1,277mm, but varies regionally, making the water resource availability also variable across the country. the seasonal variations of precipitation, on the other hand, cause a frequent flooding and drought cycle. 06. a study on water environment policy under changing water demand for environmental flow and recreation water the instream water demand for ecosysyem and water-related cultural & leisure activities are expected to e gurther expanded in korea. however, current water allocation regime does not releact the changes in water demand. we suggest redfining water quality standard on aquatic ecosystem and water for recreational activities and securing environmental flow for ecologically important small and medium-sized rivers. 10 study on the development and implementation of baseflow index for the management of groundwater dependent ecosystem water shortages due to natural phenomena,such as recent climate change have emerged as a social issue while problems related to the lack of such water are expected to be aggravated further in the future. in addition, the increase in water demand due to rapid population growth, urbaniztion and industrialization has given rise to the need for a more aggressive us of groundwater. 02 ahn, jong ho 06 kim, hojeong 10 kang, hyeongsik/hyun, yunjung KEI Research Briefs are extended abstracts of selected KEI research reports and policy studies. The unabridged documents under the same titles can be downloaded on KEI’s website at www.kei.re.kr