The Role of Cities in Sustainability Transitions: New Perspectives for Science and Policy

Abstract

Thirteen papers examine newly developed analytical tools for sustainable development and analyze regional economic and environmental issues in the Republic of Korea (South Korea), using case studies to explore a series of theoretical models and empirical methods. Papers discuss the role of cities in sustainability transitions–new perspectives for science and policy (Marc Wolfram); exploring the geography of educational segregation in Seoul (Up Lim, Ye Seul Choi, Chanyong Kim, and Donghyun Kim); labor-market distortion with discouraged worker effects in South Korea (Jaewon Lim); the innovation of information and communications technology manufacturing and agglomeration economies–evolution over the life cycle (In Kwon Park and Gyuhwan Kim); spatial agglomeration and firm performance in the South Korean manufacturing industry in 2012 (Ayoung Kim and Euijune Kim); the impact of local government monetary and fiscal policies on output growth of firms (Changkeun Lee and Euijune Kim); an assessment of community vulnerability to natural disasters in South Korea by using geographic information systems and machine-learning techniques (Dong Keun Yoon and Seunghoo Jeong); the indirect impact of nuclear power plant accidents using an integrated spatial computable general equilibrium model with a microsimulation module on the South Korean transportation network (Euijune Kim and Younghyun John Kwon); a new framework to quantifying the economic impacts of cyberattacks on aviation systems–a South Korean game-theoretic interregional economic model (JiYoung Park, Minsu Son, Ha Hwang, Dongin Cho, and Changkeun Park); the effects of urban spatial structure on travel behavior and transportation energy efficiency in South Korea (Kichan Nam, Brian H. S. Kim, and Lim); the need for coordination between greenhouse gas and pollution abatement regulations–a case study of China and its implications for South Korea (Kyung-Min Nam); the effects of the project investments and valuation of water quality improvement of the Taehwa River in Ulsan (Jae Hong Kim); and trade and environmental responsibility for greenhouse-gas emissions–the case of South Korea (Taelim Choi). Euijune Kim is with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development and the Research Institute of Agricultural and Life Science at Seoul National University. Brian H. S. Kim is with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, the Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and the Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University. No index.