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A Study on Introduction of Air Pollution Management through Resident Participation at the Community Level

Author: 
Yu-Jin Choi·Min-Chul Shin·Hye-Jin Lee·Sung-Soo Kim·Bo-Ram Kim·So-Hee Moon·Hee-Jeong Park

The concentration of air pollutants in a particular area is determined by the level of pollutants discharged from the area itself, as well as the degree of pollutant inflow discharged from various surrounding areas. Therefore, in order to improve the air pollution level in a specific area, various regions should collaboratively make efforts to reduce air pollutant emissions. In other words, air pollution management at the community level, as well as at the international, national, and regional levels is also needed. The purpose of this study is to suggest customized air pollution management plans at the community level which incorporate resident participation. Gangdong-Gu, Seocho-Gu and Eunpyeong-Gu took part in the policy experiments of this study. The key goal of the policy experiment was to draw out customized air pollution management ideas by operating a public forum where residents could participate in the policy-making process. By analyzing the process and results of the policy-making experiments conducted in the three distict-Gu, we draw out suggestions to rasie the level of resident participation in community air pollution management policy-making.