Consensus building of the consultation process to develop the basic plan under the Renewable Energy in Rural Village Act

Abstract

This study focused the basic plans and consultations for those decisions under the Renewable Energy in Rural Village Act. Analyzing the consensus building process in the specific case focusing on the points of community benefits and environmental aspects, following findings are obtained; concrete measures for community benefits are shown in the plans rather than that of environmental aspects. By methods of the qualitative analysis on minutes and the quantitative analysis of text mining tool, it was clarified that the consensus building process turned out to be shared promotive projects from those merits in the beginning phase. And then, measures of environmental issues were deeply discussed in the middle phase, and in the final one, it was confirmed both of issues to be decided and to be examined forward.