해양환경계정 구축을 위한 해양환경자산의 분류 : 전문가 조사결과를 중심으로

Abstract

The effect of domestic marine environment surrounded by seas on three sides on Korean economy and society is widely accepted as quite large. However, the System of National Accounts(SNA) does not reflect the role and effect of marine environment in national welfare exactly. Therefore, it is needed to establish Marine-Environmental Account(MEA) that integrates economy and maritime environment. For the sake of establishing MEA, first of all, it is essential to classify marine environmental assets in Korea. To this end, this study attempts to classify the marine environmental assets with the use of a questionnaire survey focusing on marine and ocean experts, provide a literature review on the methodologies to value marine environmental assets and on some domestic case studies, and discuss how to link the valuation results to MEA. The message of this study is useful and significant in three aspects. First, it provides the boundary of fundamental data in marine sector for MEA. Second, it is the first study that classifies marine functions in Korea. Last but not least, the study can be used to establish MEA as well as System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts(SEEA).