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

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 cli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sch©Þfer, Susann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, 2015.
Colección:Sozial- und Kulturgeographie.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover Climate Change Adaptation in South Korea; Table of content; Acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; Climate Change Adaptation; The concept of climate change adaptation; Climate change adaptation in the scientific debate; Climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector; The epistemological status of the adaptation concept; The consequences of the epistemological stance for the political debate; Theoretical Stances; A mobile political agenda: adaptation to climate change; Networks of mobile political agendas; Actor-Network Theory; Translating a mobile political agenda.
  • Actor-Network Theory and the Theory of JustificationThe Theory of Justification: Examination of actors' rationalities; Methodological approach based on Actor-Network Theory and Justification Theory; Empirical Study; South Korean environmental policy; The emergence of environmental policy; Environmental Reviews: Green Korea and Ecorea; The Green Growth Strategy; Korean Adaptation Center for Climate Change (KACCC); Projects and aims of KACCC; Concepts of climate change adaptation; The mobility of the adaptation agenda; Problematization of climate change in South Korea.
  • Problematization according to sectorsBeyond problematization: justifications for climate change adaptation; Involvement of central governmental actors; Central actors in agriculture: Rural Development Administration; New agricultural technologies; Involvement of regional governmental actors; Actors in Gangwon: Climate Change Research Institute; Links between central and regional actors; CCAIS: Climate Change Adaptation Information System; The Agricultural Technology Center; Distant mobilization of farmers; Rural development and agricultural policy in Inje.
  • Problematization of weather and climate changeFarming practices and limitations of coping; Linking the national and local; The top-down and bottom-up perspectives of climate change adapta tion; Continued way of traveling: Boosting adaptation; International climate change workshops; Boosting adaptation; Bridging developing and developed countries; Summary and outlook; Summary; Reflections; The future of Gangwon: scenarios for a rural province; References.