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Sustainable Island Communities and Fishing Villages in South Korea: Challenges, Opportunities and Limitations

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  • Sun-Kee Hong

    (Institution for Marine and Island Cultures, Mokpo National University, Mokpo Campus, Songrim-ro 41-11, Mokpo 530-841, Republic of Korea)

  • Adam Grydehøj

    (Research Center for Indian Ocean Island Countries, School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China)

Abstract

Island communities and fishing villages in South Korea have been affected by changes in policy and environmental conditions. This paper presents an overview of and potential solutions to sustainability challenges confronting Korea’s island communities and fishing villages. The paper is grounded in a review of the relevant Korean and international research literature. The paper identifies the following major challenges: climate change, overexploitation of and damage to marine resources, and sociocultural challenges. The paper recommends an integrated approach to sustainable development that involves building a cooperative system with the Korea Island Development Institute, focus on ‘livable islands’, encouraging in-migration to islands, improving island accessibility, and identifying and assessing island ecosystem services. The paper concludes that it is necessary to develop an integrated approach driven by institutional, policy, technological, and sociocultural innovation.

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  • Sun-Kee Hong & Adam Grydehøj, 2022. "Sustainable Island Communities and Fishing Villages in South Korea: Challenges, Opportunities and Limitations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:24:p:16657-:d:1001429
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