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Title Korea's transition experiments as a post catch-up project
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Authors Seong, J; Cho, Y; Song, W
Title Korea's transition experiments as a post catch-up project
Year 2016
Published
DOI 10.1080/19761597.2016.1207424
Abstract Sustainability has already become one of the most important items on innovation policy agendas in many countries. South Korea has attempted to emulate a global trend towards a sustainable socio-technical system but faces different challenges. These challenges must be resolved independently and not by adopting the policies and technologies of other nations. From the post catch-up perspective, this study reviews the ongoing experiments on a transition to a sustainable socio-technical system in Korean cities and villages and analyses the limitations of these experiments. The present study reviews the Low-Carbon Green Village Project and the Seoul City Hatbit (Solar) Power Plant Project launched, respectively, in 2008 and 2012. The two case studies share commonalities in that both attempt a transition into a new socio-technical system based on the shared recognition of the valuable 'environment' under the existing catch-up policy mode. These case studies are reviewed as examples of transition to a post catch-up paradigm. This transition is often characterised by sustainability, diversity, and a new development trajectory along with changes in environment and energy policy perspectives, which have been neglected.
Author Keywords sustainable socio-technical system transition; post catch-up; transition experiment; community-based transition; solar power project
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000395386500006
WoS Category Business; Economics
Research Area Business & Economics
PDF https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19761597.2016.1207424?needAccess=true
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