An ordo-liberal perspective on land problems in Korea
Economic indicators ; Economy ; Government intervention ; Inflation ; Land ; Land speculation ; Land value ; SouthKorea
An econometric test concludes that land markets in Korea have partly been driven by speculative bubbles. The A. argues that bubbles are cyclically formed and are persistent due to structural differences in the rate of return between land
Geographic patterns of international telecommunications in Korea
Flow ; International tourism ; SouthKorea ; Spatial interaction ; Telecommunications ; Telephone ; Time series ; Trade
The article examines the geographic patterns of international telecommunications for the period 1960-96, and their relations with other kinds of international movements, namely the flows of commodity and people between Korea and the rest
Estimation of episodic exfoliation rates of rock sheets on a granite dome in Korea from cosmogenic nuclide analysis
Erosion rate ; Granite ; Isotope analysis ; Model ; Seoul ; SouthKorea ; Weathering
The AA. have measured concentrations of cosmogenic Be 10 and Al 26 produced in situ at bare bedrock surfaces of successive sheets developing on a granite dome in Korea. They have also calculated the exfoliation rate of sheeting joints from a new
How culture and economy meet in SouthKorea : the politics of cultural economy in culture-led urban regeneration
Bureaucracy ; Civil society ; Cultural economy ; SouthKorea ; Urban economy ; Urban policy ; Urban regeneration
The article investigates the ways in which cultural economy is formed through negotiation and interaction between local actors in the case of culture-led regeneration in Gwangju, SouthKorea. It looks at the dynamics between the bureaucrat's pursuit
Japanese and South Korean national territorial development. An evaluation of high-technology complexes
Comparative study ; Decentralization ; High-tech park ; Japan ; Regional development ; Research and development ; Science park ; SouthKorea ; Technology
development since the 1960s with the planning of Tsukuba Science City located to the Northeast of Tokyo. In SouthKorea, the need for regional decentralization appeared in the early 1970s with the proposition of a new science town called Taedok Science Town
by President Park. At the beginning of 1980s, the Technopolis Plan was proposed as a new concept of regional development policy in Japan. Ten years later, SouthKorea also entered the course of technopole-development. - (MT)
The Japanese and South Korean models of high-technology complexes are compared. This will provide a better understanding of their roles in technology development. The Japanese government has oriented its policies toward innovation linked to regional
Employment ; Industry ; Local economy ; SouthKorea ; Textile industry
In the early stage of Korea's industrialization, the textile industry was a leading sector in the country's economy. Although its relative contribution to the national economy has been decreasing, it still plays an important roll in the local