• Title/Summary/Keyword: 간사이광역연휴협의회

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Promotion Process and Governance for Establishment of the Union of Kansai Governments: A Case of the Kansai Economic Federation (일본 간사이광역연합 설립 논의과정과 추진체계: 간사이경제연합회를 사례로)

  • Lee, Jeong-Rock;Lee, Sang Suk;Kim, Young-Khee
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.388-404
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    • 2017
  • The Union of Kansai Governments of Japan is regarded as a bench marking for the successful cooperation, alliance, and cooperation of neighboring local governments. The Union of Kansai Governments was a realization several active plan of the Kansai Economic Federation. The purpose of this study is to examine the roles of the Kansai Economic Federation in the process for establishment of the Union of Kansai Governments, searching for theoretical implications for the inter-municipal cooperation of Gwangyand Bay in South Korea. In particular, this study review the activities and roles of the Kansai Economic Federation in relation with the establishment of a number of promotional organizations and governance systems. We played special attention to the three important factors carried out by the Kansai Economic Federation, that is, the contineous activities, the accumulated research results, and establishment of various promotion organizations and effective governance systems. We suggest, in conclusion, that these three factors would also have very important policy implications for the discussion of inter-municipal cooperation among three cities, Yeosu, Suncheon, and Gwangyang.