Policies, regulatory framework and enforcement for air quality management: The case
of Korea
During past years, Korea figured among the OECD countries with the highest share of
population exposed to excessive PM2.5 (atmospheric particulate matter that have a
diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres) concentrations and PM2.5 concentration level
in Seoul is about two times higher than the WHO’s guidelines or the levels of other
major cities in developed countries. A number of countermeasures have been recently
introduced to address such challenges, including a tightening of air quality standards
and increasing local inspection and enforcement capacity. This paper reviews these
recent reforms, and discusses possible further improvements. This paper complements
two case studies on air quality policies in China and Japan, and a third case study
on international regulatory co-operation on air quality in North America, Europe and
North-East Asia.
Published on March 13, 2020
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