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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2013.33.3.1253

Lessons Learned from Eco-town Cases for Sustainable Development  

Chang, Hoon (Korea Environment Institute)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.33, no.3, 2013 , pp. 1253-1260 More about this Journal
Abstract
Eco-town development projects have often prevailed throughout the World to initiate the new form of sustainable development plans. As a future development type, the eco-town project shares underlying notions with sustainable development, which has been recently revised into a wider definition; (i) energy efficiency, (ii) climate adaptation, and (iii) socio-economic development. There are four types of eco-town projects based on its characteristics and aims depending on project sites, regions, or countries. This paper tried to demonstrate the types of eco-town projects and summarizes its strategy plans from each type. Many eco-town cases can be placed in one of types, however there cannot be strictly discrete classification by its complicated and composite characteristics of them. In conclusion, the analyzed types can be a useful strategy plan for pursuing further eco-town projects in domestic as well as in international regions.
Keywords
Eco-town; Sustainable development; Climate change; International development;
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