South Korea's urban green energy strategies: Policy framework and local responses under the green growth

Cities

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-27

  Lee, Jae Seung ^a   Kim, Jeong Won ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy transition; Green growth; Low carbon green city; Renewable energy; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; ENERGY POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84949661346     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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