Assessing transformative capacity for sustainable urban regeneration: A comparative study of three South Korean cities.

ABSTRACT: Urban regeneration forms a key approach for coping with persistent sustainability problems in cities. In practice, however, it is often driven by motives other than sustainability transformation. This paper explores the preconditions that allow urban regeneration approaches to become transformative, and suggests a methodology to support this shift in practice. It does so by assessing the capacity available to prepare for, initiate, and steer a path-deviant sustainability transformation of urban areas in three South Korean cities, jointly with stakeholders. The findings reflect how local policy largely supports a conservative development pathway, favored by national government, sidelining especially ecological implications. Major deficits exist regarding systems thinking, sustainability for

SUBMITTER: Wolfram M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6462286 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature