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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2017.26.6.431

Review and Discussion on Policy and Legal System for River Environments Management in Korea  

Chun, Seung-Hoon (Dept. Landscape Architecture, Gachon University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.26, no.6, 2017 , pp. 431-444 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to review the guidelines being used by law and national policy concerned on river environments management and suggest the applicability of newly developed river environment assessment system. In the current legal system, the national river environment management system is insufficient in securing an independent status in the legal institutional system which is separated to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Environment. And the river environment assessment system of the national standard, which is a core matter, has not been established yet. In particular, there is a lack of integrated approach between the upper and lower plan or related plans on water resources, water quality, river environment and aquatic ecosystem management. In addition, the consistency and effectiveness as the process of planning and design according to the current status and comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the river environment were not secured either. To integrate national river environment management system and improve efficiency, I proposed the establishment of hierarchy and connection between national river plans, and the adoption and application of developed assessment system based on characteristics of river environment in Korea. Finally, I proposed the separated application with dividing the developed assessment system including the naturalness of river environment and suitability of water friendly activity into both assessment method for management plan of water resources of river basins & basic river plan respectively.
Keywords
River environment; Assessment system; National policy; Management plan of water resources of river basins; Basic river plan;
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