Seoul, Korea's Global City: A New Urbanism for Upward Mobility

ISBN-13: 9781138564237 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 126 str.

Kyoung-Ho Shin; Michael Timberlake

Opis

This book explores the new urbanism in Seoul from the perspective of global political economy, focusing on the contexts in which the city has witnessed the transformation of its population structure, such as the rise of the global urban middle class and the city’s increased nodal function in commodity chains.

Recenzje

"The book strikes out new territory and prompts ideas on what more should be done, including fieldwork-based grounded empirical studies shedding further light on the remarkable emergence of urban South Korea."

Hyung Min Kim for the Journal of Urban Affairs