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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2015.21.5.492

Public Attitudes to Saemangeum Development Project and Its Effects on Marine Environment  

Baek, Min-Ji (Department of Energy Policy, Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
Choi, Hyo-Yeon (Department of Economics, Korea University)
Yoo, Seung-Hoon (Department of Energy Policy, Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.21, no.5, 2015 , pp. 492-500 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper attempts to analyze the public's attitudes about the Saemangeum development project and its impact on marine environment with the data from a national survey of 1,000 households obtained by a professional survey firm with face-to-face interviews using two split samples: a sample of 400 households in on-site area (Saemangeum area) and a sample of 600 households in off-site area (the nation except for Saemanguem area). More specifically, ordered probit model is employed to investigating the factors affecting the public attitudes to the Saemanguem development project. The results show that over 70 percentage of respondents in both the samples opposed Saemanguem development project when they considered its economic gain and impacts on marine environment at the same time. Futhermore, over 90 percentage of respondents judged that environmental management of Saemanguem open sea is necessary. Therefore, making appropriate actions are required to manage marine environment of Saemanguem open sea.
Keywords
Saemanguem development project; Environmental impacts; Investigation of awareness; Public attitudes; Ordered probit model;
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