韓國의 大都市 成長要因에 關한 硏究 = 5大 都市圈을 中心으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Five metropolitan cities were selected for case study cities because of their growing importance in national land development in terms of strategic location, functional roles, and development potentials. The main hypothesis of this study was that the features of urban growth in Korea are mainly determined by the influences of growth factors originating from locational, economic, and institutional aspects.
The concept of accessibility was employed as a proxy variable for both the physical and functional characteristics of urban location. It was found that the positive relationships between accessibility and urban growth and the negative relationships urban growth and distance from Seoul. Industrial structure describes the overall economic vitality in urban places in terrns of their employment opportunities, income generation, and innovation adoptions. This study identified the influential role of manufacture - oriented industrial structure as a prime mover of urban growth and change in Korea. Government initiated spatial development efforts and institutions have greatly influenced urban growth and change through their spatial development policies and plans.
In general, it can be said that most urban growth phenomena in Korea can be explained by the interaction of the three sets of determinants identified in this study. As a consequence, most urban growth related problems can be alleviated by the effective management of these three determinants.