• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
• /
• 제7권12호
• /
• pp.677-682
• /
• 2020

To investigate the nexus between urban population, gross capital formation, and economic growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, yearly data was collected from the World Bank for the period 1974- 2018. Basic statistics test and correlation matrix was used to investigate the causal effect among the tested parameters, followed by Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) stationary test, co-integration analysis by Johansen test after that Vector Auto-Correction Model for both short-run and long-run and finally the Granger-Causality tests. Result of unit root test analysis shows that the urban population became stationary at I (0) level while economic growth and gross capital formation became stationary at I (1). Johansen co-integration analysis indicates that there is presence of both long-run and short-run relationship between the three variables in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The result of the VECM Model reflects that both economic growth and gross capital formation have a negative impact on urban population in the short run. According to the Granger-Causality tests, there is unidirectional causality with the urban population by both gross capital formation and economic growth. Also, the result of the Granger Causality tests show that there is unidirectional causality between economic growth and gross capital formations.

• 산경연구논집
• /
• 제6권1호
• /
• pp.5-15
• /
• 2015

Purpose - This study reviews Cameroon's economic growth, crisis, and recovery, aiming to: review the principal factors of Cameroon's real economic growth; explore the causes of its economic crisis analyze the determinants of its economic recovery; and suggest appropriate policies to ameliorate economic growth. Research design, data, and methodology - By reviewing the relevant literature and economic indicators, we observed that from the 1980s to the present, Cameroon experienced all the possible business cycle phases: economic prosperity (until 1985), economic and social crisis (1986-1994), and renewed economic growth (after 1995). Results - As a result of the economic changes in Cameroon, its macroeconomic indicators have evolved. Poverty and inequality have changed in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Throughout the examined period, rural poverty has become more widespread, deeper, and more severe than urban poverty, while inequality has experienced greater increases in urban areas relative to rural zones. Conclusions -To reap maximum benefits and reduce poverty from these economic changes, Cameroon needs to liberalize trade and foreign exchange transactions to attract foreign investment, especially during the current globalization.

• 한국경제지리학회지
• /
• 제18권1호
• /
• pp.45-59
• /
• 2015

우리나라에서 도농복합시는 도시지역과 농촌지역의 균형발전을 도모하기 위하여 1995년부터 등장하였다. 본 연구에서는 경기도의 11개 도농복합시를 대상으로, 도시내 산업입지에 따른 경제공간의 변화가 어떻게 양상으로 전개되었는지를 고찰하였다. 경기도의 도농복합시에서는 산업활동의 입지가 활발하게 이루어짐에 따라, 분석 대상에 포함된 모든 도시의 사업체수가 증가하였다. 그러나 개별 도시를 도시지역과 농촌지역으로 구분하여 경제공간의 변화를 고찰한 결과, 이천시와 안성시를 제외한 9개 도시에서 도시지역으로의 경제활동 쏠림현상이 심화되었다. 도시지역으로의 경제활동 쏠림현상은 남양주시 포천시 용인시에서 특히 두드러졌다. 주요 산업부문별 도시지역과 농촌지역의 경제활동 입지 변화를 토대로 실시한 도농복합시의 유형화에서는 5개의 유형이 도출되었다. 경제공간의 변화 유형은 도농격차 심화형, 도시지역 성장둔화형, 농촌지역 성장형, 도농균형 성장형, 도시지역 성장주도형 등이다. 경기도의 도농복합시에서는 거대도시 서울이나 도시화 수준이 높은 도시에 접한 도시일수록 도농격차가 심화되었고, 대도시로부터 멀리 떨어진 도시일수록 도시지역의 성장이 상대적으로 둔화되었다.

• 한국인구학
• /
• 제10권2호
• /
• pp.82-98
• /
• 1987

The urban population in Asia more than doubled between 1960 and 1985, growing by 3.0 percent per annum on average. Yet during that period, the proportion of the total population living in urban areas increased only from 21 to 27 percent. This seeming paradox is explained by the relatively high rates of rural population growth in Asia, which averaged 1.8 percent over the same period. The Republic of Korea has experienced the most rapid rate of urbanization in Asia during the past century. The proportion urban jumped from 28 percent in 1960 to 65 percent in 1985. There is a clear association between economic growth and the pace of urbanization in Asia. Currently natural increase accounts for about 60 percent of urban growth, but the speed of urbanization is projected to increase after 1990, and migration, reclassification and annexation will comprise about half of urban growth, Seoul is currently the fourth largest urban agglomeration in Asia, and its population is projected to be over 13 million by the end of the century. It is argued that policies to deconcentrate urban population will not be generally successful in Asia and that governments should attempt to manage the growth of large metropolitan areas more efficiently.

• 도시과학
• /
• 제9권1호
• /
• pp.41-49
• /
• 2020

This study analyzed the factors affecting economic growth using multiple regression model and Geographically Weighted Regression in consideration of population, industry and employment, housing and political characteristics on economic growth by region. The analysis results are summarized as follows. First, the total employment growth rate, manufacturing employment growth rate, local election turnout and the level of party consensus between the central and local governments are having a positive impact on regional economic growth. Second, according to the GWR analysis, the population has a positive impact on economic growth in the southern region of Korea, and the increase in the total number of employees has a positive impact on the southern region of Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province, North Chungcheong Province and North Gyeongsang Province. Finally, the voter turnout of urbanites is positively affecting economic growth in South Chungcheong Province, Gangwon Province and the southern coast, while North Jeolla and South Jeolla provinces have a positive impact on economic growth as the parties of the central and local governments are equal. The results of this study may suggest the role of local government for regional economic development.

• 환경영향평가
• /
• 제2권2호
• /
• pp.1-11
• /
• 1993

Most developing countries are experiencing rapid urbanization and the associated growth of industry and services. Cities are currently absorbing two-thirds of the total population in the developing world. Korea has about 85 percent of urban dwellers. World population will shift from being predominantly rural to predominantly urban around the turn of the century. Although cities play a key role in development process and make more than a proportionate contribution to national economic growth, especially cities are also the main catalysts of economic growth in developing countries, they can also be unhealthy, inefficient, and inequitable places to live. Most developing countries are increasingly unable to provide basic environmental infrastructure and services, whether in the megacities or in secondary urban centers. Of particular concern is the strain on natural resources brought by the increasing number of people, cars, and factories. They are generating ever greater amounts of urban wastes and emissions. They also exceed the capacity of regulatory authorities to control them and of nature to assimilate them. The environmental consequences are translated into direct negative impacts on human health, the quality of life, the productivity of the city, and the surrounding ecosystems. Environmental degradation threatens the long tenn availability and quality of natural resources critical to economic growth. Cities, with their higher and growing per capita energy use for domestic, industrial, and transport purpose also contribute a disproportionate share of the emission leading to global warming and acid rain. An important priority is to develop strategic approaches for managing the urban environment. The design of appropriate and lasting strategic responses requires first an understanding of the underlying causes of urban environmental deterioration, it is necessary that longer tenn objectives should be set for urban area to avoid irreversible ecological damage and to ensure lasting economic development. As a means to the preventive policies against the adverse effect, environmental impact assessment (EIA) serve to identify a project's possible environmental consequences early enough to allow their being taken into consideration in the decision making process for urban planning. This paper describes some considerations of EIA for urban planning-scoping, assessment process, measurement and prediction of impacts, pollution controls and supervision, and system planning for environmental preservation.

• 지역연구
• /
• 제9권2호
• /
• pp.27-40
• /
• 1993

Most studies on regional economic impact have utilized employment or employment income data. Recently, a few scholars have noticed the importance of nonemployment income sources in urban economies. Using decennial census data on Arizona towns from 1970 to 1990, this paper first examines the increasing importance of nonempolyment income sources in urban economies and the associations of nonemployment income sources with elderly population and metropolitan location. Then, this paper investigates the impact of nonemployment income on urban growth in the framework of economic base model. The regression results show that the impact of nonemployment income is significant in the increase of nonbasic income and becomes greater over time, and that the impact of transfer over time, and that the impact of transfer income on nonbasic income of transfer income on nonbasic income is stronger in smaller towns and the impact of investment income is stronger in larger towns.

• 한국항해항만학회지
• /
• 제37권6호
• /
• pp.627-635
• /
• 2013

본 연구의 주제는 우리나라 제1의 항만이자, 해양수도인 부산시를 대상으로 해항도시(sea port city)의 경제성장에 영향을 미치는 해양산업(ocean industries)의 장기적인 효과 및 그 주요 요인을 분석하는 것이다. 즉 수산업, 해운항만산업, 해양관광산업, 조선업 등 해항도시의 다양한 해양산업이 그 도시의 경제성장에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 지를 부산시를 대상으로 심층 연구한다. 이를 위해 해항도시의 경제성장과 각 영향변인들에 관한 논거를 살펴보고, 다시 이를 토대로 수산, 해운항만, 조선, 해양관광, 도시재정, 인구, 정치 등에 관한 변수를 설정하여 연구를 수행하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 해항도시 부산의 사례에서 해양산업이 도시의 경제성장에 미치는 효과는 상당한 수준으로 나타났다. 둘째, 수산업, 해운항만산업, 조선산업, 해양관광산업 등 연구대상으로 삼은 모든 분야의 해양산업이 해항도시의 경제성장에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 단, 도시경제성장에 대해 해운항만산업과 해양관광산업 및 조선산업의 활성화는 긍정적인 영향을 미치는데 반해, 수산업의 활성화는 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 점들은 우리에게 해항도시에 대한 해양산업의 경제적 기여를 새롭게 인식하도록 만드는 동시에, 향후 정부가 해양산업에 관한 주요 성장동인을 발견할 수 있도록 하는 여러 정책적 시사점을 제공하였다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
• /
• 제42권3호
• /
• pp.1-32
• /
• 2020

This paper studies urban growth in Korean cities. First, I document that population growth patterns change over time and that the current population distribution supports random urban growth. I confirm two empirical laws-Zipf's law and Gibrat's law-both of which hold in the period of 1995-2015, but do not hold in the earlier period of 1975-1995. Second, I find a systematic employment growth pattern of Korean cities in spite of the random population growth. I examine market access effects on employment growth. Market access, a geographical advantage, has a significant influence on urban employment growth. The market access effect is higher in the Seoul metropolitan area than in the rest of the country. This effect is stronger on employment growth in the manufacturing industry compared to employment growth in the service industry. These results are robust with various checks (e.g., different definitions of urban areas). The results here suggest that policymakers should consider geographical characteristics when they make policy decisions with respect to regional development.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
• /
• 제28권4호
• /
• pp.653-667
• /
• 2017

The purpose of this study were to investigate the socio-economic impacts of urban-to-rural migration on the rural community and to identify the factors influencing rural residents' recognition of the socio-economic impacts of urban-to-rural migration on the rural community. For the purpose, this study analyzed Korea Rural Economic Institute's rural residents survey(2016), using multiple regression model. The main finding of this study were as follows: Positive social impacts of urban-to-rural migration on rural community were (1) contributing to community sustainability through population growth, (2) contributing to securing agricultural human resources, and others. Negative social impacts of urban-to-rural migration on rural community were (1) increasing unnecessary complaints and deepening distrust, (2) weakening of community consciousness, and others. Positive economic impacts of urban-to-rural migration on rural community were (1) increasing the value of residents' property, (2) contributing to local finance through increased local tax revenue, and others. Negative economic impacts of urban-to-rural migration on rural community were (1) difficulty of scaling farmland due to small-scale farming, (2) land shortage caused by rising land prices, and (3) fierce competition to secure labor force. According to the multiple regression analysis, the major factors influencing rural residents' recognition of the socio-economic impacts of urban-to-rural migration were (1) villagers' general attitude toward urban-to-rural migrants, (2) urban-to-rural migrants' community participation, (3) age, and (4) fitness of village in urban-to-rural migration.