The Effectiveness of Social Variables in Social Impact Assessment: Korean Cases

1. The Effectiveness of Social Variables in Social Impact Assessment: Korean Cases Juchul Jung Jaeyoung Lim Korea Environment Institute

2. I. Objective • Finding Social Variables that are relevant to Korean Cases • Developing the Effectiveness of Social Impact Assessment through Selecting Effective Social Variables • Understanding Specificity of Certain Social Variables in Local Contexts

3. II. Methodology • Performing Literature Review about Social Variables in SIA • Selecting and Reviewing Six Different Typical EIA Cases in Korea (EIA reports) • Employing ‘Scoping’ to Sort Out Which Social Variables Prove Effective in Korean Cases

4. III.1 Social Variables by IOCGP and Burge

5. III.2 Social Variables by Vanclay • 1) Health and Social Well-being Impacts • 2) Living Environment Impacts • 3) Economic Impacts and Material Well-being Impacts • 4) Cultural Impacts • 5) Family and Community Impacts • 6) Institutional, Legal, Political and Equity Impacts • 7) Gender Relations Impacts

6. III.3.1 Comparisons between IOCGP and Vanclay’s Social Variables

7. III.3.2 Vanclay’s Social Variables • Differentiating Social Impacts from Social Changes • Accusing IOCGP of not separating Social Changes from Social Impacts • Changes are neutral; Impacts are not. • Variables are suggestions; not meant to be checklists

8. V. Social Variables in Korean EIA Recently (2006), only population, residence, and industry are currently reviewed in EIA.

9. IV. Korean Cases (2000~) • Case 1: Kyungin Canal Porject • Case 2: Saemangeum Reclamation Project • Case 3: Seoul Outer-Ring Road (Sapaesan Tunnel) • Case 4: Kyoungbu High Speed Rail (Chungsungsan Tunnel) • Case 5: Radioactive Waste Disposal (Buan) • Case 6: Hantan River Dam

10. V-1 Why these cases? • Environmental conflict cases (selected by Korean central government) • EIA was prepared, but failed to lessen or mitigate social conflict • To check which social variable is effective in those cases for social impact assessment

11. V-2 Social Variables(To be included in SIA)

12. VI. Implication • Stakeholder analysis missed • In particular, NGO proved very important, but excluded. ex) Engineer, Economist, Environmental scientist, Sociologist, Affected People, and NGO

13. VII. Conclusion and Implication • Current Korean SIA in EIA insufficient and ineffective in content and process • Stakeholder analysis and public participation (NGO) needed • The integration of Vanclay’s method into Burdge’s in selecting social variables