Dr. Y. (Yirang) Lim
Dr. Y. (Yirang) Lim
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Biography
Yirang Lim is a Postdoc researcher of Resilient Delta, in the section Integral Design and Management. She obtained her PhD on impact of smart city development on urban sustainability in March 2021 at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Before coming to the Netherlands, Yirang worked as an assistant researcher at government-funded research institutes in Korea. She has two master's degrees in urban planning at Erasmus University, and Seoul National University.
Research
She is interested in making smart, resilient, and sustainable cities. Her research focuses on public policy and governance of urban projects and how they influence urban sustainability.
Research interests
Her main research interest is how government policies influence urban sustainability. Her previous research projects include the impact of smart city development on urban sustainability and identifying principles of co-governance to activate nature-based solutions.
More recently, in light of climate change and the need for an immediate transition, she is interested in the possibility of resilient infrastructures. Her research focuses on evaluating resilient infrastructure initiatives in terms of resiliency in different domains including economy, environment, society, and governance.
Academic background
Yirang Lim obtained her Ph.D. at Erasmus University, Rotterdam in March 2021 with the thesis titled "Impacts of Smart City Development: Experience of South Korea." Her thesis studied the positive and negative impacts of smart city developments on economic, environmental, social, governance, and technological sustainability in Korean cities. Her thesis was published as three academic articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Before her Ph.D., Yirang Lim worked as a junior researcher at Korea Research Institute for Local Administration and Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements.
She also holds two master's degrees in urban planning from Erasmus University, Rotterdam and Seoul National University.
Expertise
Publications
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2024
Embracing multi-functionality in European infrastructure projects
A system of systems perspective
Johan Ninan / Yirang Lim / Hans de Boer / Ossi Pesamaa / Maarten Van Acker / Eva Schwab / Johannes Bernsteiner / Peter Soderholm / Marcel Hertogh -
2023
Moving from single to multi-functional infrastructure
Insights from European cases
Johan Ninan / Marcel Hertogh / Yirang Lim / Hans de Boer / Ossi Pesamaa / Maarten Van Acker / Eva Schwab / Raf Ilsbroekx / Johannes Bernsteiner -
2023
Organizing resilient infrastructure initiatives
A study on conceptualization, motivation, and operation of ten initiatives in the Netherlands
Yirang Lim / Johan Ninan / Sibout Nooteboom / Marcel Hertogh -
2023
What is the impact of smart city development? Empirical evidence from a Smart City Impact Index
Y. Lim / Jurian Edelenbos / Alberto Gianoli
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2022
Dynamics in the governance of smart cities
insights from South Korean smart cities
Y. Lim / Jurian Edelenbos / Alberto Gianoli -