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The Cheongyecheon and Sustainable Urban Ecology

(Re)Configuring Korean Environmental Discourse and Ecocriticism

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East Asian Ecocriticisms

Part of the book series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment ((LCE))

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Abstract

The Cheongyecheon is a stream that runs through the heart of Seoul. Its restoration was conducted between 2003 and 2005. Much controversy and debate went on before, during, and even after the project, and almost every field of Korean society jumped into the debates. Business circles and politicians embraced this project, while many civic and environment movement groups criticized it as representing one of the worst cases of govern ment-driven ideology of development. This project and the controversy epitomize two contrasting but interrelated matters facing modern Korea: urbanization and the confrontation between preservationism and development.

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Shin, D. (2013). The Cheongyecheon and Sustainable Urban Ecology. In: Estok, S.C., Kim, WC. (eds) East Asian Ecocriticisms. Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137345363_6

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