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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2021.30.2.89

Citizens' Perception on and Attitudes toward Use and Management of National Parks in South Korea  

Lee, Seonghun (Department of Forest Science, Sangji University)
Koo, Kyung Ah (Division for Natural Environment, Korea Environment Institute)
Im, Changmin (Department of Geography, Korea University)
Yoon, Tae Kyung (Department of Forest Science, Sangji University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.30, no.2, 2021 , pp. 89-104 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the public opinion on the use and conservation management of national park, to manage the growing demand of national park visit and to support the policy direction of national park. So far, various surveys and big data analysis on the use and perception of national park have been conducted, but there have been limitations such as lack of survey questions on issues in park management and use. In addition, the object of the previous studies were limited to the national park visitors; therefore, this study expanded the object of survey from national park visitors to ordinary citizens. Unlike previous studies conducted only on national park visitors, ordinary citizens relatively prefered bottom areas rather than high-altitude ones. A policy to limit the visit to high-ridge area of mountain is being currently driven; however, the survey results of ordinary citizens suggested to maintain current policies or to increase visitor reservations system within narrow limits. On the other hand, the proportion of citizens who have used the visitor-reservation system was very small. We discuss the difference between national park visitors and ordinary citizens and the policy conditions according to changes in park management principles and public attitudes toward national parks.
Keywords
Public survey; Visitor-reservation system; Bottom-area visit; Ordinary citizen; National park feasibility study;
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