An Analysis of Introduction of Public Irrigation Management System and Its Impacts in Korea

• SHIN Moono

  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• SATOH Masayoshi

  Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• KIM Taicheol

  Department of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chungnam National University

• ISHII Atsushi

  Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 韓国における公的灌漑管理システムの導入とその影響の分析
• カンコク ニ オケル コウテキカンガイカンリ システム ノ ドウニュウ ト ソノ エイキョウ ノ ブンセキ

Abstract

In developing countries, participatory irrigation management (PIM) is promoted to achieve more sustainability and efficiency in irrigation projects. On the other hand, some industrial countries such as Korea, Taiwan and Japan tend to have public management of irrigation systems. Korea, in particular, has strongly promoted public management since the 1980s, and eventually abolished the irrigation association fee in 2000. To obtain information useful for the future consideration of public water management, this study analyzed the general backgrounds of the public irrigation management in Korea and the actual water management in Chungcheongnam-do and clarified the following: 1) the Korean Irrigation Association had a persistent tradition of government control, which led to complete public management by the Korea Agricultural & Rural Infrastructure Corporation in 2000; 2) the public management system has had a positive impact on the successful solution of inter-basin water adjustment issues; 3) contrary to the hope and expectation of the government, Korean farmers have lost their willingness to participate in water management because they have been excluded from the decision-making process and lost their irrigation associations under the new system of Korea Agricultural & Rural Infrastructure Corporation.

Journal

• Transactions of The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering

  Transactions of The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering 80 (3), 289-296, 2012

  The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering

Keywords

• Irrigation management system
• Public management
• Farmer participation
• Korea Rural Community Corporation
• Sustainability
• Efficiency

Details

• CRID: 1390282680265683200
• NII Article ID: 10031171433
• NII Book ID: AA12240517
• DOI: 10.11408/jsidre.80.289
• ISSN: 18847242
• ISSN: 18822789
• NDL BIB ID: 023870267
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I023870267
• Text Lang: ja
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