ID: 1968
Presenting Author: Hyosook Yim
Session: 610 - Reaching the Unheard: Inclusive Public Engagement in Practice
Status: pending
This study pilots an inclusive participatory scoping method in Korea, integrating less vocal stakeholders' perspectives to overcome expert-only EIA limitations in airport emergency planning.
Korea's current Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping system relies on a council with a limited number of experts, which makes it challenging to reflect the perspectives of diverse, and often less vocal, stakeholders. This study addresses this limitation by developing a more inclusive, participatory scoping methodology. As a pilot case, we implemented a scoping workshop to integrate the perspectives of underserved stakeholders into the impact assessment of airport emergency plans. To ensure inclusivity, a diverse group of airport users, as well as facility stakeholders, was invited. During the workshop, participants utilized brainstorming to identify potential damage and impacts from a hypothetical extreme snowfall event specifically from the users' perspective. These identified impacts were then structured to define key assessment items. The workshop results effectively captured perspectives traditionally omitted from expert-only assessments. Findings highlighted that, beyond direct impacts on aircraft and facilities, a range of damages, including significant psychological impact, are experienced from the airport users’ point of view. Furthermore, the study revealed that the scope of potential impacts must extend beyond the airport boundary to encompass complex, cascading effects amplified through interactions with local socioeconomic systems. This study underscores the vital need for inclusive, participatory methodologies to integrate issues raised by less vocal stakeholders and address Korean EIA system limitations.
Dr. Hyosook Yim is an Assistant Professor at Dongguk University. Their research focuses on participatory planning and inclusive engagement, specializing in Korean EIA reform.
Coauthor 1: Kongjang Cho
Coauthor 2: Jongmun Park