Climate Change Adaptation in South Korea : : Environmental Politics in the Agricultural Sector / / Susann Schäfer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Schäfer, Susann,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Sozial- und Kulturgeographie ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)

Climate change will impact ecosystems and production processes. Thus, adaptation to climate change has become a prevalent concept in environmental politics worldwide. In South Korea, climate change is expected to be above the global average. As response, the South Korean government has initiated climate change adaptation in diverse sectors.In this book, the entire process, from formulation and development, implementation and reaction of involved people is examined in a particular sector, agriculture. Theoretically framed as an Actor-Network, this study highlights current developments of South Korean politics, the tensions of urban-periphery development, and the status of agriculture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of content -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- Climate Change Adaptation -- The concept of climate change adaptation -- Theoretical Stances -- A mobile political agenda: adaptation to climate change -- Empirical Study -- South Korean environmental policy -- The Korean Adaptation Center for Climate Change -- The problematization of climate change in South Korea -- The involvement of central governmental actors -- Involvement of regional governmental actors -- The distant mobilization of farmers -- The continued way of traveling: Boosting adaptation -- Summary and Outlook -- Summary and outlook -- References