South Korea

Sometimes, political differences work out in favour of environment. Scientists and environmentalists are planning to transform a 248-km-long, four- km-wide demilitarised zone between communist

Publication Date:

30/12/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

North Korea, South Korea

Habitat And Urbanisation

Housing supply under rapid economic growth and varying regulatory stringency: An international comparison

We present results of an empirical investigation and comparison of housing supply in three rapidly growing countries: Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea. These countries offer three contrasting examples of different approaches to development control. Korea has relatively strict control of housing supply. Thailand has little effective regulation of development. Malaysia offers an intermediate case, having adopted in the mid-1970s development control legislation patterned on the British Town and Country Planning Act.

Publication Date:

01/09/1996

Author(s): Stephen Mayo, Stephen Sheppard

Source: Journal of Housing Economics

Vol:

5

Issue:

3

pp:

274–289

Tags:

Housing, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Urban Planning, Urban Development, Infrastructure Development

India

Reform begins at home

The South Korean non-governmental organisation Citizen's Coalition for Economic Justice (ccej), recently launched the Green Family campaign. The campaign specifically aims at the reduction of

Publication Date:

30/08/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

5

Issue:

19960831

pp:

0

Tags:

Water Conservation, NGO, South Korea

Economy

Moneymakers

COMPUTERS:Computer-chip manufacturing technology is about to undergo a revolutionary change. The 4 US-based bigwigs - IBM, AT&T, Motorola and Loral - have put their heads together to develop

Publication Date:

14/09/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Green Products, South Korea

Environment

Money makers

INTEL Corp has introduced a new generation of chips by launching two fast versions of its Pentium microprocessor. This is part of an aggressive marketing drive by the computer giant, the world's

Publication Date:

30/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

South Korea, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US), Computers, Telecommunication

Industry

Ban on bones

IN A victory for conservationists, South Korea has decided to ban domestic trade in tiger bones and rhino horns from 1995. Although a ban on their imports have been in force -- Siberian tiger bones

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Animal Products, Trade, Tiger, Legislation, South Korea

India

Energy consumption patterns vary in Asia

EMISSIONS of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides play a key role in the formation of acid rain and consequently, the acidification of soils. Production of nitrogen oxides leads to ozone build-up in

Publication Date:

Monday, August 30, 1993

Source: Down to Earth

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