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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2021.30.5.328

Review of Environmental Impact Assessment Re-consulting System - A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Foreign Countries -  

Kim, Jin-Oh (Department of Landscape Architecture, Kyung Hee University)
Joo, Yong-Joon (Korea Environmental Institute)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.30, no.5, 2021 , pp. 328-338 More about this Journal
Abstract
EIA consultation is a final decision-making process that enables a variety of stakeholders to participate in and to share important information about the expected environmental impacts caused by development projects. However, this process is often undermined through re-consultation processes by significant changes in the proposed plans. EIA re-consultation is a necessary process when an approved plan needs to be changed for a variety of importantreasons including the changes of land use, delay of construction, and surrounding environments. EIA re-consultation is also important to resolve conflicts among stakeholders and to respond flexibly to unexpected changes in surrounding environment. This study aims to analyze the operation status and the problems of current institutional systems of EIA re-consultation, and to draw implications by reviewing institutional systems of other countries such as U.S. EU, Scotland, and Japan. On the basis of the previous analysis, we propose recommendations to improve the existing EIA re-consultation process. We expect this study helps understand operation status and problems of EIA re-consultation, and provides meaningful implications to improve the existing institutional systems and practice of re-consultation.
Keywords
EIA; re-consultation; EIA process; public participation;
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