Environmental Regulatory Realities in Korea

Yong-Sung Park

International Review of Public Administration, 2003, vol. 8, issue 1, 131-144

Abstract: This paper examines the Korean mandatory regulatory framework and the effect its implementation styles have on the adoption of cleaner technology. To examine the regulatory framework and implementation style in Korea, quantitative data was gathered from a questionnaire survey of both regulators and environmental managers of regulated plants, supplemented by interviews of selected respondents from both the regulators and the regulated. The reality of environmental regulation was examined through an analysis of the context, framework and implementation style. The conclusion appears to be that Korea’s mandatory regulations are primarily based on a command-control system (mainly concentration-based standards). In practice, emphasis is placed on treating pollution once it has been released rather than on preventing it. This has driven regulation in a compliance (end-of-pipe) mode as opposed to a pollution prevention mode. The Korean implementation style was primarily characterised by specified compliance approach (or adversarial relations) between industry and regulators whose approach is bureaucratic, formal, and focused on monitoring and enforcement.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2003.10805023

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