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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2022.42.4.0591

Determinants of Trust in Local Governments - Focusing on Risk Perception  

Lee, Yun Ju (Pusan National University)
Choi, Yeol (Pusan National University)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.42, no.4, 2022 , pp. 591-597 More about this Journal
Abstract
As social anxiety is increasing due to the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, the responses at the level of local governments are also changing depending on the characteristics. We analyzed the factors influencing perceptions of social safety as they relate to the trustworthiness of local governments. Based on a 2020 social survey of 16 cities, counties, and districts in Busan Metropolitan City, the effects of householder characteristics, economic characteristics, local attachment characteristics, and social safety perception characteristics on the reliability of the local government were analyzed through an ordinal logistic regression analysis. It was found that the more vulnerable the class was and the safer the region was, the higher the trust was in the basic local government. In order to respond and preemptively recover damage in natural and social disaster situations, continuous efforts are needed to strengthen the capabilities of basic local governments.
Keywords
Risk perception; Local government; Ordinal logit; Urban safety;
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