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New Economic Spaces and Directions of Geographical Research in the Knowledge-Based Information Society  

Park, Sam-Ock (Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.41, no.6, 2006 , pp. 639-656 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purposes of this paper are to examine the mechanism of the new economic spaces and to suggest directions of geographical research in the knowledge-based information society. It introduces the background of the formation of the new economic spaces and examines network, embeddedness, and agglomeration and dispersion as mechanisms of the new economic spaces. Based on the result of case studies of Kangnam area, the most active innovation region in Korea, and of Sunchang, one of the backward regions in Korea, the paper points out that new economic spaces are now developing even in the peripheral areas. Considering the result of theoretical discussions and case studies, the paper suggests three directions for future geographical research such as research from a integrative viewpoint, development of new methodologies of geographical research, and policy directed research in geography.
Keywords
new economic spaces; new economic geography; network; embeddedness; agglomeration and dispersion; directions of geographical research;
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