Originally initiated by the Presidential Committee on Regional
Development in South Korea, this wide-ranging volume investigates
the new directions in regional development policy taking shape
around the world. In addition to contributions with individual
emphasis on regional policy in Korea, the book compares, contrasts
and extends regional policy thought in the European Union and other
Asian countries. The book first examines some radical new
directions in Korea's regional policies instigated by the newly
established permanent Presidential Commission of Regional
Development. The existing nine provinces and seven 'Special Cities'
(i.e. metropolitan areas), will yield considerable power and budget
authority to seven new mega-regions. Many of the ideas behind the
new policies (such as territorial cohesion, regional innovation and
regional competitiveness) were inspired from abroad, especially
Europe. There are also changes at the lower urban scale to modify
Korea's traditional top-down strategies. Previous policies, named
'balanced national development', were targeted at undermining Seoul
by redistributing activities, including government, to other parts
of the country under the zero sum game assumption. The new policies
aim to benefit both the Capital Region and other mega-regions under
a 'win-win' assumption. The book evaluates these approaches.
Original contributions from some of the field's foremost scholars -
including Sang-Chuel Choe, Sir Peter Hall, Andreas Faludi, Michael
Storper, Takashi Onishi, Maryann Feldman and Sam Ock Park -
identify priorities for territorial integration, develop ideas for
cross-border cooperation, discuss EU policy and policies for
overall regional competitiveness, examine the construction of
regional entrepreneurial advantage and consider fiscal policy and
decision-making. Professors, students and public policy officials
in the fields of regional studies, planning and regional economics,
economic geography and political science will all find this book
very current and enlightening. Contributors: C.-H.C. Bae, S.-C.
Choe, P. Creze, M.G. Donovan, A. Faludi, T. Farole, M. Feldman, P.
Hall, E.J. Heikkila, H. Horio, J.-H. Jang, S.N. Jung, R. Kawka,
Y.-W. Kim, S.V. Lall, Y.G. Lee, N. Lowe, T. Onishi, S.O. Park, H.W.
Richardson, A. Rodriguez-Pose, M. Storper
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