OECD Regional Development Working Papers

ISSN :
2073-7009 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/20737009
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Working papers from the Regional Development Policy Division of the OECD cover a full range of topics including regional statistics and analysis, urban governance and economics, rural governance and economics, and multi-level governance. Depending on the programme of work, the papers can cover specific topics such as regional innovation and networks, the determinants of regional growth or fiscal consolidation at the sub-national level.
 

The Implementation of the Korean Green Growth Strategy in Urban Areas You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui1, Fabio Grazi2, Jongwan Joo1, Marissa Plouin1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: OECD, France

  • 2: Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement, France

Publication Date
01 July 2011
Bibliographic information
No:
2011/02
Pages
88
DOI
10.1787/5kg8bf4l4lvg-en

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This report on the Korean Strategy for Green Growth and its implementation in urban areas assesses the contributions of sub-national governments to Korea's National Strategy for Green Growth and identifies the main challenges for effective implementation at the local level. Korea's economy, heavily reliant on foreign exports, was hard hit by the recent global financial crisis. Since the 1970s, Korea has become one of the most energy-intensive economies in the OECD area, thanks to higher living standards, rapid urbanisation and an expanding industrial sector. As a result, the country's greenhouse gas emissions almost doubled between 1990 and 2005, registering the highest growth rate in the OECD area. It is in this context of rapid urbanisation and unprecedented resource consumption and environmental pressures that the report focuses on the role of urban areas within Korea's National Strategy for Green Growth. The effectiveness of Korea's green growth agenda, which has been driven by a central government vision and strategy, will largely hinge on the contribution of urban areas toward more sustainable, greener growth. Through the lens of a multilevel governance framework, an assessment of green growth policies in Korean cities helps to identify concrete strategies for delivering a coherent policy message and improving governance across all levels of government, with particular recommendations in terms of policy, funding, technical capacity and information sharing.
Keywords:
regional, urban, development, urban sustainability, government policy, planning, regional economics, green growth, global warming, territorial, climate, cities, sustainable development
JEL Classification:
  • Q2: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation
  • Q3: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation
  • Q4: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Energy
  • Q5: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Environmental Economics
  • R1: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / General Regional Economics
  • R4: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Transportation Systems
  • R5: Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics / Regional Government Analysis