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Neoliberalism Meets 'Gangnam Style': Vernacular Private Sector and Large Urban Developments in Seoul
- Source :
- Urban Planning, Large Urban Developments and the Future of Cities, Urban Planning, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 62-72 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Cogitatio, 2019.
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Abstract
- Globalised neoliberalism does not unify urbanisation processes but rather varies according to local contexts. This article explores the unique neoliberalisation process in large urban developments that have contributed to Seoul becoming a global city. Not only has the formal process of privatisation been important but also the vernacular practice of the ordinary people has informally grown during the process. By establishing a matured market of the mass production and consumption of high-rise apartments since the 1970s, more than half of the housing stock is now composed of high-rise apartments in South Korea. Gangnam represents the wealthiest district shifting from rural sites to highly dense urban areas due to their large-scale high-rise developments. Not only have societal changes made way for super-high-density apartment complexes as a rational response to population and economic growth, high-rise developments have also allowed Seoul to grow its population and expand its spatial footprint. Because of the dominance of universal western knowledge, this phenomenon has not been fully understood. While neoliberalism has been broadly adopted, the actual development process in Korea is distinctive not only from the West but also the East. The article argues that ‘vernacular neoliberalism’ has evolved not just by the formality of the ideological market system but also by the informality of survival practices of Korean lives largely under the colonial period and the aftermath of the Korean War. It particularly shows how large urban developments have been widespread by integrating a vernacular private rental system called chonsei into the formal structure.
- Subjects :
- Far East
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
korea
neoliberalism
0211 other engineering and technologies
chonsei
Wohnungspolitik
02 engineering and technology
Stadtentwicklung
Global city
Urbanisierung
ddc:710
media_common
Städtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltung
Wohnungsbestand
education.field_of_study
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
05 social sciences
high-rise building
Vernacular
housing supply
021107 urban & regional planning
Stadtbevölkerung
Economy
urban population
seoul
Ideology
050703 geography
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
0507 social and economic geography
Südkorea
urbanization
lcsh:HT165.5-169.9
Seoul
South Korea
Urbanization
Political science
education
Hochhaus
Landscaping and area planning
Ostasien
housing policy
Market system
lcsh:City planning
asian cities
Private sector
urban development
Urban Studies
Neoliberalismus
Dominance (economics)
urban redevelopment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21837635
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Urban Planning
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cf47a927aa8d5693aae20a765608797a