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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

The author discusses his opinion of the Korean education system, which is oftentimes considered superior to other countries. Adapted from the source document.

This study approaches the politics of urban development from within the framework of the emergence of a new multiscalar growth regime and the path dependence of the Korean developmental state. Through a case study of the Songdo New City development in South Korea, this study looks at how the scalar division of labor among various actors has interacted with the emergence of a multiscalar growth regime. We focus on the logic by which different scales of governmental and nongovernmental actors cooperate and, at the same time, compete with one another for authority over economic development. Our findings demonstrate, first, that the new regime resulted from the emergence of downward state rescaling to the local scale and of private business as a key actor. Second, the regime actors have been involved in scalar tensions and have constantly negotiated the scalar divisions of labor among them. This research provides a contextualized example of a spatiotemporal logic in which statehood has been transformed into a network.

Introduction : reconsidering the Korean urban development experience for international cooperation / Se Hoon Park, Hyun Bang Shin,and Hyun Soo Kang -- Transformations in the governance of urban and regional planning in Korea : from (neo-) developmentalism to civic democracy, 1965-2020 / Mike Douglass -- Korea's regional development policy : understanding its context and drawing implications for international development cooperation / Won Bae Kim -- Urban transformation with 'Korean style' : lessons from property-based urban development / Hyun Bang Shin -- From commodities to community engagement : localities and urban development in Seoul, Korea / Blaž Križnik and Su Kim -- Export urbanism : Asian emerging donors and the politics of urban development knowledge sharing / Jamie Doucette and Farwa Sial -- A multitude of models : transferring knowledge of the Korean development experience / Cuz Potter and Jinhee Park -- International urban development leadership : Singapore, China and South Korea compared / Hyung Min Kim, Julie Miao, and Nicholas Phelps -- Exporting new city developments? : from new towns to smart cities / Yu Min Joo -- Housing policy and urban redevelopment in contemporary Korea / Seong Kyu Ha -- Land development schemes in South Korea : background, structure, and outcome / Seowhan Lim -- Knowledge-policy nexus : policy research institutes and urban development regime in Korea / Se Hoon Park -- Engines for development : public development corporations and their role in urban development in Korea / Jieun Kim.

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