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Study on the Delineation of City-Regions Based on Functional Interdependence and Its Relationships with Urban Growth

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  • Kim, Dohyeong (Urban Planning and Design, University of Seoul, Balanced Regional Development Office, Korea Land & Housing Corporation) ;
  • Woo, Myungje (University of Seoul)
  • Received : 2019.10.12
  • Accepted : 2019.11.22
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

The central government has implemented policies to strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium sized cities for balanced development at the national scale. However, since it is often difficult to enhance the competitiveness through partial projects of each jurisdiction, many local governments collaborate at the regional scale. This suggests that a regional approach is important for the management of small and medium sized cities. On the one hand, the concept of network city suggests that various functional networks can affect the growth of small and medium sized cities. Given this background, the purposes of this study are to delineate regional boundaries at national scale and identify their relations of growth by using functional network and Moran's I index. The study uses the Markov-chain model and cluster analysis to delineate the regions, and Moran's I is employed to identify the relations of growth. The results show that interactions between jurisdictions through networks could be crucial factors for growth of small and medium sized cities, while the networks based on passenger travel and freight movement have different implications. The results suggest that policy makers should not only consider local level investments, but also take the characteristics of networks between cities into account for achieving balanced development and developing regeneration policies.

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