The Diplomat in Spain

This afternoon at 6pm, Professor Hyerim Yoon will give an online conference organised by Casa Asia in Madrid and entitled Seoul: environmental management in a global city. Registration is required through this link.

24 hours before the event, those registered will receive the necessary information to access. Free activity.

In this first conference of the IV Cycle of Conferences: Global East Asian Studies, will consider Seoul’s environmental challenges and how they have been addressed, from the implementation of green belt policies to the reclamation of river spaces (Han River), water and waste management, and more recently, the management of climate challenges associated with heat waves and floods.

With a population of 9.6 million people, Seoul has emerged as a global megacity in just half a century. The South Korean capital has undergone a substantial phase of urban development as it has expanded towards the periphery, generating more horizontal built space, but relying considerably on vertical growth. Seoul has thus faced significant environmental challenges, which continue to manifest themselves in new issues.

Yasmín Paricio, Coordinator of Politics, Society and Educational Programmes, Casa Asia, will give the welcoming remarks; Blai Guarné and David Saurí, Master’s Degree in Global East Asian Studies (UAB), will present the event, and the latter will moderate.

Dr. Hyerim Yoon is a substitute lecturer at the University of Girona and a researcher in the GRATTS Research Group (Research Group on Water, Territory, Tourism and Sustainability) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Graduated in Chemical Engineering at Yonsei University (2006) and Master in Environmental Sciences at the Joint European Master in Environmental Studies (JEMES) of the ICTA of the UAB (2011), she holds a PhD in Geography (2018) from the same university. Her main research interests are urban political ecology, energy poverty, water poverty, inclusive adaptation, resilience to heat waves and drought, and energy transition in a context of climate emergency.