• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.301-323
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• 2013

영국은 1990년대, 특히 신노동당 정부 이후 지속가능발전 또는 탄소규제를 국가 발전의 핵심 전략으로 추진해 왔다. '정부를 녹색화'하고자 하는 이러한 영국 환경정책과 더불어 실제 에너지환경지표의 가시적 성과는 '저탄소 녹색성장'을 추구하고자 하는 우리나라의 정책 입안가 및 연구자들의 주목을 끌었다. 이 논문은 이러한 영국의 탄소규제 전략과 환경정책의 특성을 단순히 정책적 통합화 또는 주류화를 넘어서 새로운 국가발전 전략, 즉 '생태적으로 근대화된' 국가, '생태국가' 또는 '녹색국가' 전략으로 규정하고자 한다. 즉 최근 영국은 탄소규제를 국가 정책의 통합적 원칙으로 설정하는 한편 주로 시장-의존적 신자유주의에 바탕을 두고 국가 전체를 동원하는 녹색국가 전략을 추진하고 있는 것으로 이해된다. 이러한 점에서 이 논문은 영국의 탄소규제 관련 환경정책의 전개과정을 서술한 후, 탄소규제를 녹색국가 발전을 위한 새로운 원칙이며, 실제 중앙정부 부처들과 지자체들을 통합하기 위한 거버넌스 구축의 바탕이지만, 신자유주의에 포섭된 것으로 재평가하고자 한다. 또한 이 논문은 영국의 이러한 녹색국가 전략의 직 간접적 성과라고 할 수 있는 최근 에너지 환경지표의 동향을 분석하고, 경험적 재평가로서 영국의 에너지 수입의존도 증대, 에너지 혼합에서 석탄 비중의 증가, 전력 생산의 민영화, 재생가능에너지 생산의 한계, 그리고 에너지 이용 및 온실가스 배출의 공간적 불평등 등을 지적하고자 한다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.315-336
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• 2016

This study aims at analysing the process of introduction and the development of the agri-environment policy of the UK and identifying the implication for the Korean government. The UK introduced the AES policy in order to reduce the negative impact of the farming practice on biodiversity and habitats. The initial process was only possible for the enormous research results on the relationship between the farming and environment. Since the UK launched the ESA scheme in 1987, it has extended the designated areas for four stages. Based on the success of the ESA scheme, it started CSS and other schemes. However, these had a modest success and were integrated into the CSS scheme, which from then on became the main measures of the AES in the UK. The whole process of the UK case tells us that the most important work for the start of the AES in Korea would be the necessity and feasibility of the environment protection measures in Korea which could be identified from academic and scientific research on the impact of agricultural practice on the rural environment in Korea.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.76-102
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• 2015

Drawing upon the resource-based-view of a firm, we investigate the moderating role of operations efficiency on the link between environmental and financial performance. Extant literature has highlighted that operations efficiency is closely associated with the environmental/financial performance of firms, but no empirical study has investigated how operations efficiency affects the link between environmental and financial performance. We argue that operations efficiency could act as a moderator of this relationship. To test the hypothesized relationships, we have used available secondary quantitative UK data, namely data on the environmental/financial performance of Britain's most admired companies. By employing moderated regression analysis, we have found strong evidence for the moderating impact of operations efficiency. Our results are useful to managers in that they show that improvements in operations efficiency in a company can also help improve environmental/financial performance and vice versa.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-31
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• 2019

Green spaces are recognised for the benefits. They bring to the quality of people's lives. However, since the 1980s there has been a general increase in poorly-managed green spaces. In an attempt to address this issue, green space policy has changed its focus on green space management through the gradual introduction of green space evaluation tools, such as the Green Flag Award (GFA). The GFA, as an established green space evaluation tool in the UK, reflects a shift in policy drivers of green spaces management. However, there is a lack of research investigating the contextualisation between a wide range of policy contexts and such green space evaluation tools (the GFA in this study). The aims of this study are therefore to explore the development of green space evaluation since the late 1990s, with respect to the growth of the GFA and its impact on other evaluation tools across the UK and several countries. To address the aims, this study employs in-depth literature reviews on UK green space policy mainly conducted by government. In addition, case studies are presented, focusing on the GFA and independent green space evaluation tools intrinsically derived from the GFA in the UK's cities and Nordic countries. Results show that based on the awareness of the severity of declining standards of green spaces, newly emerging policy arrangements have been adopted to address negative issues, which affect the standard of green spaces such as the transfer of responsibility for green space management, the implementation of Compulsory Competitive Tendering and ongoing budget cuts. Significantly, the GFA's indicators reflect the emerging changes of economic and social contexts associated with green spaces management where, in particular, the prospect of continuous budget cuts, which encourages communities to become involved in green space management. The GFA has widely contributed to leading such UK's cities and other countries to be able to create their independent green space evaluation tools in different approaches based on stakeholders' (mainly community) involvement in the decision-making process of green space evaluation. In conclusion, this study implies that successful green space evaluation tools do embody the value of green spaces and address drivers of emerging green space management with correspondence to the context of policy arrangements. Importantly, stakeholders have an opportunity to be involved in a partnership in the decision-making process through some green space evaluation tools. It is hoped that for well-managed green spaces this study will contribute valuable knowledge to our existing understanding of green space management in an era of austerity.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.333-343
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• 2004

Organic fanning in the UK has been greatly grown for the last decade. Two policies for supporting organic farming introduced in 1994 and 1999 played a crucial role in expanding organic farming area and increase in the number of farmers taken up organic fanning methods. Comparing the two policies, this paper identifies that the significant increase in financial aid to organic fanning in 1999 not only was a key factor to succeed in the scheme but also provided environmental base for further development of rural areas. However, such a national aid scheme should be improved in order to reflect regional specific characteristics in terms of environmental protection and local social and economic development. the experience of the UK suggests that the role of organic fanning in rural economics should be defined before enhancing financial support to farmers.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.15-34
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• 2019

Today, there is increasing recognition of the importance of urban regeneration for better public places. Urban parks as a public area play an important role in harnessing its positive impact on people's well-being: where the standards and funding of/for the parks are getting worse. There is however less a focus on policy approach to park regeneration in the country. Neverthless, a few UK's cases of such innovative park management(PM) has shown successful park regeneration based on policy support. Therefore, the aim of this research is to draw policy implications by exploring a case of successful park regeneration. To address the aim, this research conducts an in-depth case study of 'Manor Fields Park, UK', digging into its PM structure and PM body 'Green Estate Ltd' in relation to relevant policy. The data is mainly collected by interviews including a group interview. The analytical framework 'Place-keeping(PK)' and its six dimensions are employed to determine the characteristics of MFP's PM structure. Resultingly, there is a significant shift in the approach to PM which stresses the principle of long-term and self-sustaining structure led by a non-profit organisation and strong impacts of policy. In this context, PK highlights significant drivers for parks regeneration particularly in terms of policy implications: 1)providing policy support to encourage non-profit organisations in PM, 2)extending community involvement in decision-making processes, 3)promoting income generation by community groups, 4)shifting public awareness of shared responsibility for PM, 5)completing regular park maintenance assessment by community groups, and 6)delivering low-maintenance approaches to PM. To support these implications, PM structure for successful parks regeneration does meet a holistic and multi-dimensional approach of place-keeping underlined by understanding policy contexts and rethinking current status quo of PM. Addressing these implications will shed light on urban PM in an era of austerity and ultimately contribute to improving people's well-being.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.139-169
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to compare accreditation criteria of environmentally-friendly hospitals in the USA, UK and Australia and find out the implications for Korean hospitals. The comparison was made in terms of 11 categories : sustainable site, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, transportation, indoor environmental quality, health, material & resources, management, waste, innovation, and regional priority. Literature review of the study revealed that most of the environmentally-friendly hospitals have experienced such positive effects as cost saving, health promotion of patients & employees and good reputation etc. The study result implies that the following factors are so critical to settle environmentally-friendly hospitals in Korea: 1) CEO's interest & support, 2) education for employees, 3) efficient renovation of existing facility and 4) data accumulation on the effectiveness of environmentally- friendly hospitals by scientific methods.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.81-94
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• 2008

각국은 도로혼잡과 지구온난화 등 환경문제 그리고 철도 수송 분담율 감소 등의 문제에 적극적으로 대처하기 위해 여러 가지 노력을 경주하고 있다. 그 가운데 가장 핵심적인 내용은 구조개혁을 통한 철도부문의 경쟁력 향상이다. 구조개혁은 상하분리, 민간위탁, 조직의 통폐합, 민영화 등으로 추진되고 있지만 그 중 시장 메커니즘을 적극적으로 활용하는 방안이 민영화이다. 일본은 1987년에 최초로 사하 일체와 지역별 민영화방식으로 전국을 6개 지역회사와 1개의 화물회사로 분할하여 추진하였다. 한편 영국은 1980년대 중반부터 논의를 시작하여 194년에 철도민영화를 단행하였다. 영국철도는 상하를 분리하고 기능별로 분리, 노선별로 프랜차이즈 하는 방식을 채택하였다. 그간 일본철도는 상하 일체 방식으로 영국은 상하 분리 방식의 민영화로 대별되어 각각의 장단점에 대한 많은 논의가 있었다. 특히 영국의 경우 몇 번의 대형 사고발생 원인을 기능별, 상하 분리의 민영화방식에서 찾는 분석도 있었다. 본 논문에서는 양국의 각기 다른 민영화방식에 초점을 맞추고 추진 배경과 성과 분석을 통하여 보다 합리적인 민영화정책의 추진요소과 시사점을 발견하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 양국철도민영화는 철도투자와 정치적인 영향력, 추진일정 그리고 이를 추진한 그룹의 차이에의해 철도민영화방식에 차이가 생겼고, 이 때문에 양국은 다른 성과를 가져왔다. 성공적인 철도민영화는 철도에 대한 충분한 투자 하에 정치적인 일정보다는 철도발전의 계획에 따라, 그리고 철도관련이해관계자들이 민영화과정에 참여하고, 민영화를 가능케 하는 기술적인 조건 등이 구비될 경우 성공적으로 추진된다는 교훈을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권7호
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• pp.2850-2858
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• 2024

Amidst the uncertainties of climate policy, investing in nuclear energy technology emerges as a sustainable strategy, fostering innovation in a critical sector, while simultaneously addressing urgent environmental concerns and managing budgetary dynamics. Our investigation inspects the asymmetric influence of climate policy uncertainty on nuclear energy technology in the top 10 nations with the highest nuclear energy R&D budgets (Germany, Japan, China, France, USA, UK, India, South Korea, Russia, and Canada). Previous studies adopted panel data methods to evaluate the linkage between climate policy uncertainty and nuclear energy technology. Nonetheless, these investigations overlooked the variability in this association across various countries. Conversely, this investigation introduces an innovative tool, 'Quantile-on-Quantile' to probe this connection merely for every economy. This methodology concedes for a more accurate evaluation, offering a holistic global perspective and delivering tailored insights for individual countries. The findings uncover that climate policy uncertainty significantly reduces nuclear energy technology budgets across multiple quantiles in most selected economies. Additionally, our results highlight the asymmetries in the correlations between our variables across the nations. These findings stress the need for policymakers to conduct thorough assessments and skillfully manage climate policy uncertainty and nuclear energy budgets.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.53-83
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• 2015

최근 기후변화 적응 분야의 연구에 있어 리스크 평가가 적응정책 수립의 중간 과정으로서 논의되고 있다. 기후변화 리스크 평가는 기존의 기후변화 영향평가, 취약성 평가와 더불어 적응정책을 도출하는 데 있어, 관리방안 구성의 매개체로서 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있으며 영국 적응정책 수립에 활용되었다. 목적은 영국의 국가 적응정책 수립에 활용된 정성적 리스크 평가의 방법의 일부를 국내 적응정책 수립의 각 부문에 대해 적용하고, 이를 유형화하여 관리방안의 방향을 도출하고자 하는 것이다. 방법으로는 델파이 기법을 응용한 전문가 설문조사와 Klinke and Renn(2002)이 제안한 유형화의 방법을 적용하였다. 논문에 사용된 기후변화 리스크는 국내 기후변화 영향 및 취약성 보고서, 국가기후변화적응대책, 영국 리스크 평가에 사용된 목록 등을 활용하였다. 분석결과 총 125개 리스크 중 42개가 선택되었다. 리스크의 영향정도와 관리의 시급성이 높은 리스크의 경우는 이상기상, 극한기상과 관련하여 반복적이고 피해규모가 커지는 풍수해 관련 리스크가 다수를 차지하였다. 또한, 생태계 변화, 기반시설 대응과 같은 중장기적 대응이 필요한 리스크도 다수 도출되었다. 국내의 기후변화 리스크는 사회적 신뢰와 촉발메커니즘, 책임성 등이 관리에서 요구되는 유형으로 나타났다. 시사점으로 시민사회의 역량강화와 상호간 신뢰, 정책구성에 있어 시민참여 등을 통해 자율적 적응의 폭을 넓일 것을 제안하였다.