초록

With a growing concern over the quality of water running downward into the Saemangeum area, the public-private-academic partnership for water quality management called “Jeollabuk-do River Restoration Association” was inaugurated in 2011at the municipal level. On account of the fact that the water quality control as common pool resource faces a social dilemma, non-point source pollution requires cooperation particularly among river community residents supported by the public-private-academic partnership. Drawing upon a survey of the residents of Wanju-gun, Iksan-si, and Gimje-si along the Mangyeong River, we find that, firstly, residents including farmers do not consider diffuse pollution from the agricultural riverbank to be serious. Secondly, the partnership’s activities are not sufficiently familiar to residents. Thirdly, residents commonly tend to perceive the current form of regional environmental governance as a managerial model that is led by the local government. Fourthly, residents of Iksan-si and Gimje-si have significantly higher levels of social capital. Lastly, norms of cooperation can be explained by civic associations and regional identity, with more cooperation from Iksansi residents. Several implications of these findings are discussed.

키워드

Water Quality Control, Non-point Source Pollution, Social Dilemma,Regional Environmental Governance, Social Capital, Cooperative Norms

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