• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2001.12a
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• pp.82-85
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• 2001

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.42 no.2 s.119
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• pp.280-294
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• 2007

This paper aims to examine the ways in which the Singaporean government has promoted the "global city" imaging strategy as a means for marketing Singapore. Since the 1990s, Singapore has pursued a place-marketing strategy that aims at imaging itself as a "creative", "culturally vibrant" and "cosmopolitan" global city by utilizing various cultural, tourist and spatial policy measures. It argues that the Singaporean government has promoted this particular imaging strategy under a broader economic resoucturing program, aiming at transforming the Singapore's economy into a "knowledge-driven" one, under which the attraction of international knowledge workers is seen as crucial for the competitiveness and innovation. This paper also discusses the limitations of this strategy, focusing on growing tensions between the global and the local in the Singaporean society and the ways in which the authoritarian and top-down nature of governance have restricted the genuine development of the "culturally vibrant" environment in Singapore.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.87-107
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• 2022

This study aims to understand the possibility of small city marketing strategies using B-grade cultural contents. This research focused on the case of Chungju City which applied B-grade cultural contents to city marketing. The process using B-grade cultural contents to small city marketing was investigated and hash-tags and comments on social media were coded and analyzed based on grounded theory. Also, the details were examined through in-depth interviews with the local government official in charge. The result has shown the characteristics of B-grade cultural contents describing the differences from the original B-grade culture as subcuture. First, publicity materials showed the characteristics of general B-grade culture such as retro, puns, and escape, showing the process of communication/participation/empathy. Second, improbability, intertextuality, extensibility, subversiveness, and authenticity were the five main factors for responses and empathy from the audience. Third, the ripple effect was formed through the simple narrative structure of 'intro-conclusion'. Finally B-grade cultural contents of Chungju showed new possibilities for sustainable small city marketing through the formation of new cultural assets.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.873-893
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• 2008

This article focuses on reviewing place branding theories as a major toolkit of 'soft regional development'. Place branding provides sophisticate methodologies to strengthen city and regional image and identity. For effective place marketing practices, four of useful place branding tools are suggested. They include the methodology of place identity development, brand leadership system in local governance, construction of city brand architecture, and evaluation model for city brand equity. A process model is suggested for systematically organizing the diverse tools of place marketing and branding. The model is expected to be used as a framework of strategical soft regional development and planning. The place branding process model is to be an important theoretical and methodological basement of postmodern urban and regional development on which creativity, symbol and signs are more emphasized. More in-depth theoretical and empirical studies are needed. Geographical tradition and knowledge can play important roles in this inter-disciplinary process.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.63-77
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to determine potential effects of region marketing activities on attraction of domestic or overseas business. In order to meet the goal, this study set a research model and hypotheses on the basis of preceding reference literatures and case studies. This study identifies management environment, life environment, marketability, investment supporting environment as the variables of investment decision and urban attitude. As a result, it was found that marketability and investment supporting environment had positive effects on urban attitudes and investment decision, and urban attitudes had positive effects on investment decision as well.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.10
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• pp.1153-1159
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• 2014

In this paper we propose novel method for cost of harbor facility of redevelopment of Mookho harbor at Donghae city by using ICT(Information Communication Technology) and Social Network System that is able to participate most residents instead of partly participation for harbor development. In order to do this, we analyze urban marketing which was maximally reflected opinion of resident by using previous simple questionnaire as well as various SNS (Social Network System) as method of effective resident's participation in process harbor redevelopment. We perform optimal selection for ratio of resident's participation. We also propose calculation of optimal construction cost and method of urban marketing.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.1000-1002
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• 2011

세계 182개국 6천만 태권도인들의 성지이자 대한민국의 자랑스러운 문화관광 유산이 될 태권도공원이 전라북도 무주군에 조성되고 있다. 맨체스터는 18세기 영국 산업혁명의 요충지였으나 후기산업사회로 넘어오면서 오래된 중공업 도시 이미지를 도시이미지가 후퇴하였다. 맨체스터는 이를 쇄신하기 위하여 장소마케팅 전략을 성공적으로 수행하였다. 대표적으로 맨체스터 유나이티드와 맨체스터 씨티를 보유한 세계 스포츠 축구팬들의 메카로 자리잡은 것이다. 태권도 공원은 특색있는 3개의 구역(체험공간, 수련공간, 상징공간)으로 나누어지고 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05b
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• pp.888-889
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• 2010

본 논문은 도시에 대한 새로운 인문학적 담론이 형성되고 도시의 이미지 개선을 위한 다양한 마케팅 전략 수립을 통한 방법론이 제시되고 실행되는 과정에 주목하고자 한다. 이와 같은 상황을 고려하여, 본 연구에서는 케빈 린치(Lynch, K)의 ‘실체적 이미지’의 도시이론을 통해 도시와 지역이 어떻게 ‘시간’과 ‘공간’의 기능으로서 작용하고, 도시 이미지 형성과 장소의 역할을 하고있는 미국 서부지역의 Santa Monica 도시의 ‘상징적 이미지’를 통해 어떻게 도시 기능이 유기적 관계가 형성되고 있는지 살펴보고자 한다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-26
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• 2011

Measuring the quality of city life (QCL) is important for city marketing given that QCL influences the city brand image and resident city relationship. Despite its importance, most previous measures of community well being were developed in the context of small towns, and limited attention has been given to a subjective measure of QCL in the context of a large city. This study develops and tests a subjective measure of quality of city life (QCL) in the context of a large metropolitan city. Quality of city life (QCL) refers to the degree of need satisfaction and feelings of happiness one experiences during the course of city life. The results from a survey of 507 residents from 25 major districts in Seoul indicate that the QCL measure has convergent and discriminate validity. The results also indicate that QCL has predictive validity in relation to satisfaction with city services, trust in the city government, word of mouth communication, and a sense of citizen pride. The managerial and policy implications of this study are discussed.

• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.366
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• pp.106-108
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• 2006