The future is how: Urbanising the Korean peninsula for imagining post‐fossil cities in East Asia

This commentary 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. In Maarten Hajer and his colleagues' insightful pape...

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Published in:The Geographical journal 2021-03, Vol.187 (1), p.64-68
Main Author: Hwang, Jin‐Tae
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
East Asia
Energy
Energy research
Fossil fuels
Governance
imagination as politics
Lefebvre, Henri (1901-1991)
Politics
post‐fossil city
Social research
the urban
Urban studies
Urbanization
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Summary:This commentary 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. 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 level. Ultimately, it emphasises that the spectre of Henry Lefebvre should be haunting more regions outside of the First World.
ISSN:0016-7398
1475-4959
DOI:10.1111/geoj.12368