E4-emergy evaluation of South Korea's sustainability progression since signing the Kyoto Protocol
| Author(s) | Park, Hun | |
| Date Accessioned | 2016-04-08T14:43:50Z | |
| Date Available | 2016-04-08T14:43:50Z | |
| Publication Date | 2015 | |
| Abstract | Since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the South Korean government has promoted a series of climate policy instruments by implementing five comprehensive measure plans. “Have these plans been making any meaningful changes in the sustainability of South Korea?” To assess the progression of sustainability since the country began to develop those policy measures, this study adopted a conceptual framework for determining sustainability, which is called the ‘E4’ (economy, energy, environment, & equity) approach. To test whether each of the four aspects of E4 sustainability has been improving or declining, a specific method named ‘E4-Emergy evaluation’ was devised. E4-Emergy evaluation is based on emergy (spelled with an “m”) an accounting system that is expected to better assess a country’s sustainability in terms of its economy, energy, environment, and equity than can be obtained from the conventional energy accounts. Results of the evaluation were classified into each of the four ‘E’ sustainability categories. The indices and indicators synthesized from the results are compared with key well-known sustainability indicators that are produced from conventional energy accounting methods. In addition, the results of the E4-Emergy evaluation of South Korea were compared with those of 9 countries that have comparable emergy studies. After the evaluation and comparison, a number of policy implications are identified. | en_US |
| Advisor | Wang, Young-Doo | |
| Degree | Ph.D. | |
| Department | University of Delaware, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy | |
| Unique Identifier | 946155723 | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/17594 | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| URI | http://search.proquest.com/docview/1767226762?accountid=10457 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sustainability -- Korea (South) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- (1992 May 9). -- (1997 December 11) | |
| Title | E4-emergy evaluation of South Korea's sustainability progression since signing the Kyoto Protocol | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |