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A Study of Evaluation Indicators on Local Environmental Governance

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2008, 19(1), pp.113-140
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Koh Jaekyung 1 황원실 2

1경기개발연구원
2서울시정개발연구원

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ABSTRACT

The objective of the study is to develop indicators to identify and monitor the environmental governance capacity of the local government. Governance is defined as a way to resolve social problems collaboratively based on participation and partnership by a variety of public and private stakeholders. The emphasis on the procedural legitimacy of a decision making contributed to the growth of the governance approach while little attention has been paid to its performance or evaluation. The indicator system presented by the study has three categories characterizing local environmental governance capacity as social capital, local environmental administration capacity and partnership between the community and the local government. Surveys, Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) and an exemplary application to four local governments of Gyeonggi Province were conducted to choose best indicators. The result of AHP shows that the priority of the first level indicators are partnership between the community and the local government, social capital and local environmental administration capacity in order of significance. The indicators could be used in several ways according to the objective of evaluation, local characteristics, and governance participants, etc. They would also provide a useful guidance to identify and enhance local environmental governance capacity.

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