英文摘要 |
The marked imbalance between urban and rural development in South Korea, especially in infrastructure and per capita, is a problem that the South Korean government intends to solve. The relative degree of economic, political, and cultural resources concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan area, including Seoul Special City, Incheon Metropolitan City, and Gyeonggi-Do, has led to a population currently exceeding 23 million. About the half of the entire population in the Seoul metropolitan area, in terms of absorption and consumption of resources, is disadvantageous to national development policies of South Korea. Nevertheless, in addition to the influence of the imbalance in how resources are distributed, the influence from deep-rooted localism during the development of political parties plays an essential role in differences in urban and rural development. This study highlights the contradiction between policies and resources, namely, localism, which leads to contradictions by examining a series of area-balanced developmental policies implemented by the South Korean government after the Korean War. Consequences related to actual economic development are analyzed to clarify the reasons accounting for failed policies in balancing urban and rural development. |