Governance in a River Restoration Project in South Korea: The Case of Incheon
- Authors
- Lee, Seungho; Choi, Gye-Woon
- Issue Date
- Mar-2012
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- River governance; Incheon; South Korea; Stream restoration project; The Stream Restoration Propulsion Group; Stakeholder participation; Ecological restoration
- Citation
- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, v.26, no.5, pp.1165 - 1182
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 1165
- End Page
- 1182
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/105334
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11269-011-9952-5
- ISSN
- 0920-4741
- Abstract
- This research aims to explore an emergence of river governance in Incheon, South Korea, in relation to the Incheon Stream Restoration Project from 2003 to 2010. The purpose of the project is to restore local streams in Incheon for improvement of ecological restoration, water quality, flood prevention, and waterfront amenities for local residents. The project epitomizes the ethos of river governance through accommodation of views from various stakeholders, such as the government, nongovernmental organizations, local residents, and experts through establishment of the Stream Restoration Propulsion Group (SRPG). The enactment of the Special Ordinance for the SRPG has served to help the governance system work in the project. The interim assessment of the project in terms of river governance and ecological restoration indicates that the project has achieved a good degree of river governance coupled with a limited range of ecological restoration. The key to the success of the project hinges upon a continuous collaboration between the stakeholders to achieve river restoration, particularly political bargaining between the government and the other stakeholders.
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