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Network City as a New Urban Growth Model: A Review on Its Formation, Spatial Structure, Management, and Growth Potential  

Sohn, Jung-Yul (Department of Geography, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geographical Society / v.46, no.2, 2011 , pp. 181-196 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the network city in detail as a new model for explaining urban growth in the changing economic environment in recent years. For this purpose, starting from Batten's (1995) pioneering work on network city in the mid 1990s to the most recent ones, literature is reviewed and various aspects of network city model are examined including formation process, spatial structure, application to management and urban planning, and growth potential. With this, the study aims at providing comprehensive knowledge necessary for evaluating if the network city model is appropriate in explaining the urban phenomena in the 21st century. The result of the review shows that network city model is the one appropriately explaining the changing urban system associated with the economic globalization and the development of transport and information technology. In addition, more and more European city governments tend to adopt this as the urban planning principle.
Keywords
network city; urban network; mega-city region; urban growth; Randstad;
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