A Study about Sharing Roles between National and Local Governments on the Environmental Policies in Korea, especially on the Gyeonggi Province Case

Abstract

This study examined the provisions of Korean Constitution, Local Government Act, Framework Act on Environmental Policy and 5 other environmental laws, mainly focusing on thechanges of the local government system and the sharing roles between the national and localgovernments. The present states of the local environmental policies including the enactments oflocal ordinances were examined. Since mid-1990's when local government system was put into force, the local roles in the environmental policy have expanded, which can be seen in the enactment of local ordinances among the upper-level local government(ULLG), the additional transfer of law enforcement to the ULLGs, the policies taken in Gyeonggi Province and so on. On the other hand, in each ULLGs, the reinforcement of the environmental administrative enforcement system and the promotion of theenvironmental policy introduction are future tasks.