 | Exporting Urban Korea?: Reconsidering the Korean Urban Development Experience Subjects: Area Studies; Global Development; Geography; Politics & International Relations; Global Development; Development Policy; Urban Development; Regional Development; Human Geography; Asian Politics; Government; Asian Studies; Public Administration & Management; Korean Studies; Urban Geography; Policy Analysis; Public Policy; A detailed examination of the "Korean development model" from its urban dimension, evaluating its sociopolitical contexts and implications for international development cooperation. There is an increasing tendency to use the development experience of Asian countries as a reference point for other countries in the Global South. Korea's condensed urbanization and industrialization, accompanied by the expansion of new cities and industrial complexes across the country, have become one such model, even if the fruits of such development may not have been equitably shared across geographies and generations. The chapters in this book critically reassess the Korean urban development experience from regional policy to new town development, demonstrating how these policy experiences were deeply rooted in Korea's socioeconomic environment and discussing what can be learned from them when applying them in other developmental contexts. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers in the field of urban studies and developmental studies in general, and in Korea's (urban) development experience in particular. Se Hoon Park is Director of the Global Development Partnership Center, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), Republic of Korea. Hyun Bang Shin is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies in the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. Hyun Soo Kang is President at the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), Republic of Korea. |
