TY - JOUR
T1 - The future is how
T2 - Urbanising the Korean peninsula for imagining post-fossil cities in East Asia
AU - Hwang, Jin Tae
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - In Maarten Hajer and his colleagues' insightful papers (Hajer & Pelzer, 2018, Energy Research and Social Science, 44, 222; Hajer & Versteeg, 2019, Territory, Politics, Governance, 7, 122) and the following sharp commentaries, we confirmed that critical scholars in the field of urban studies and energy research recognise that “the future is now” for imagining post-fossil cities and dismantling the current unsustainable energy regime gobbling up fossil fuels. This commentary briefly shows an example of a more practical and concrete illusion that includes how to transform existing, unsustainable, fossil fuel-based urbanisation into a more sustainable, post-fossil future in the spatial context of East Asia, at a less abstract level. Ultimately, it emphasises that the spectre of Henry Lefebvre should be haunting more regions outside of the First World.
AB - In Maarten Hajer and his colleagues' insightful papers (Hajer & Pelzer, 2018, Energy Research and Social Science, 44, 222; Hajer & Versteeg, 2019, Territory, Politics, Governance, 7, 122) and the following sharp commentaries, we confirmed that critical scholars in the field of urban studies and energy research recognise that “the future is now” for imagining post-fossil cities and dismantling the current unsustainable energy regime gobbling up fossil fuels. This commentary briefly shows an example of a more practical and concrete illusion that includes how to transform existing, unsustainable, fossil fuel-based urbanisation into a more sustainable, post-fossil future in the spatial context of East Asia, at a less abstract level. Ultimately, it emphasises that the spectre of Henry Lefebvre should be haunting more regions outside of the First World.
KW - East Asia
KW - imagination as politics
KW - post-fossil city
KW - the urban
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U2 - 10.1111/geoj.12368
DO - 10.1111/geoj.12368
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85099039916
SN - 0016-7398
VL - 187
SP - 64
EP - 68
JO - Geographical Journal
JF - Geographical Journal
IS - 1
ER -
