환경가치DB 구축 및 원단위 추정 I

Abstract

Construction of Environmental Valuation On-line Database and Analysis of Empirical Valuation Studies in Korea I The importance of incorporating environmental values in the decision-making process has increased in Korea. To support decision makers, some on-line searchable environmental valuation databases are now operating worldwide. The Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory (EVRI), Envalue, Ecosystem Services Database (ESD), and the Review of Externalities Database (RED) are representative on-line databases which enjoy active use. The main purpose of this project is to construct an on-line database for environmental valuation studies conducted in Korea and to assist in related policy formation by providing comprehensive information on environmental valuation. The specific objectives of this three-year project include 1) provision of classification on environmental assets/services, 2) design and operation of environmental valuation studies, and 3) application of meta-regression benefit transfers to previous empirical studies to derive representative unit values of environmental assets/services. A classification system on environmental assets/services in Korean context was devised and presented in consideration of the results for the first year (2009), and the basic framework of the on-line database has been completed. A developed database will assist decision makers in the government and industry as well as academics to incorporate environmental values into their cost benefit analysis, environmental impact assessment, project appraisals and overall assessment of changes in environmental quality.