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With the rising demand for energy, the forest-based circular bioeconomy is gaining recognition as a strategy for sustainable production and consumption of forest resources. However, the forest-based bioeconomy remains underexplored from the perspective of deadwood conservation in public forests. While conducting a literature review and examining the case of Kenya, this study fills a gap in the literature to provide policy suggestions for sustainable forest resource utilization. The results from global literature indicate that deadwood performs essential social, economic, and environmental functions in the circular bioeconomy and sustainable development. Similarly, in Kenya, deadwood resources provide many socially beneficial bioproducts and services. However, the absence of scientific research and detailed guidelines for deadwood conservation may lead to the distortion of the ecological balance in public forests because of the legally sanctioned removal of deadwood, particularly firewood. Moreover, if the status quo remains, with approximately 70% of the growing population consuming deadwood for domestic use and the demand increasing, as shown by the current wood deficit in the country, there will be a major dilemma concerning whether to conserve deadwood for biodiversity or energy. Therefore, averting crisis and providing maximum deadwood value to society requires guidelines and comprehensive research in addition to a cultural and behavioral shift in energy consumption in a manner that embraces the forest-based circular bioeconomy of deadwood.
Sylvester Chisika; Joon Park; Chunho Yeom. Paradox of Deadwood Circular Bioeconomy in Kenya’s Public Forests. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7051 .
AMA StyleSylvester Chisika, Joon Park, Chunho Yeom. Paradox of Deadwood Circular Bioeconomy in Kenya’s Public Forests. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7051.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSylvester Chisika; Joon Park; Chunho Yeom. 2021. "Paradox of Deadwood Circular Bioeconomy in Kenya’s Public Forests." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7051.
This paper examines the visions and the roles of community training centers (CTCs) in community development and housing provision in developing countries from the perspective of assisted self-help housing. It reviews a Korean community center that contributed to community-led self-help housing for low-income groups in the 1970s. It also reviews a few notable CTCs from India, Uganda, Nepal, and three countries in Central America to examine the functions and contributions of the CTCs. It was found that CTCs play a central role in community empowerment and the production of affordable building materials receiving technical or financial assistance from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments. The paper makes a compelling case for CTCs by drawing on these exemplary cases to provide a development model that has the potential to facilitate the improvement of the living environment in developing countries.
Jan Bredenoord; Joon Park; KyoHee Kim. The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2952 .
AMA StyleJan Bredenoord, Joon Park, KyoHee Kim. The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2952.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJan Bredenoord; Joon Park; KyoHee Kim. 2020. "The Significance of Community Training Centers in Building Affordable Housing and Developing Settlements." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2952.
Incremental housing is a gradual process whereby residents incrementally improve or extend their houses by themselves, whenever funding or time becomes available. This approach has attracted attention as an affordable way of improving poor living conditions in slums often with sites-and-services scheme. In many cases, this approach is coupled with an emphasis on self-help sweat equity, which can be strengthened by active community involvement. This study seeks to suggest a way of combining a scheme of empowering self-reliant communities with incremental housing. Based on the lessons from previous slum upgrade projects in Jinja, Uganda, this study points out the necessity of 1) more sustainable approach with self-help incremental housing than one-time grant-based projects, 2) an assisted way of empowering community and providing training schemes, 3) a temporary shelter for original dwellers who are affected by slum upgrade projects, and 4) an inclusive scheme for tenants who are frequently ignored in many slum upgrade schemes. This study proposes a ‘Self-Reliance Centre (SRC)’, which is designed to function as a space for community empowerment, a training centre, and a temporary shelter for incremental housing scheme in slum upgrade. As an assisted self-help approach, the SRC in incremental housing has a feature of initial involvement by public sector to invite eventual self-reliance of communities for sustainability in incremental housing.
Joon Park; Yirang Lim; KyoHee Kim; Hyounggun Wang. Revisit to incremental housing focusing on the role of a comprehensive community centre: the case of Jinja, Uganda. International Journal of Urban Sciences 2018, 23, 226 -245.
AMA StyleJoon Park, Yirang Lim, KyoHee Kim, Hyounggun Wang. Revisit to incremental housing focusing on the role of a comprehensive community centre: the case of Jinja, Uganda. International Journal of Urban Sciences. 2018; 23 (2):226-245.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoon Park; Yirang Lim; KyoHee Kim; Hyounggun Wang. 2018. "Revisit to incremental housing focusing on the role of a comprehensive community centre: the case of Jinja, Uganda." International Journal of Urban Sciences 23, no. 2: 226-245.
Joon Park. Review of Policy Options for Stabilisation of Private Rental Housing Market in Korea: Focusing on International Comparison. The Korea Spatial Planning Review 2017, 94, 121 -142.
AMA StyleJoon Park. Review of Policy Options for Stabilisation of Private Rental Housing Market in Korea: Focusing on International Comparison. The Korea Spatial Planning Review. 2017; 94 (null):121-142.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoon Park. 2017. "Review of Policy Options for Stabilisation of Private Rental Housing Market in Korea: Focusing on International Comparison." The Korea Spatial Planning Review 94, no. null: 121-142.
Hoe-Dae Kim; Man-Hee Han; Joon Park. A Study on the Financing Effect of Urban Regeneration Project Using Tax Increment Financing(TIF) : the case of Cheonan City. Journal of Korea Planning Association 2017, 52, 5 -26.
AMA StyleHoe-Dae Kim, Man-Hee Han, Joon Park. A Study on the Financing Effect of Urban Regeneration Project Using Tax Increment Financing(TIF) : the case of Cheonan City. Journal of Korea Planning Association. 2017; 52 (4):5-26.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHoe-Dae Kim; Man-Hee Han; Joon Park. 2017. "A Study on the Financing Effect of Urban Regeneration Project Using Tax Increment Financing(TIF) : the case of Cheonan City." Journal of Korea Planning Association 52, no. 4: 5-26.