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The emergence of a multiscalar growth regime and scalar tension: the politics of urban development in Songdo New City, South Korea

Shin, H; Park, SH; Sonn, JW; (2015) The emergence of a multiscalar growth regime and scalar tension: the politics of urban development in Songdo New City, South Korea. Environment and Planning C - Government and Policy , 33 (6) pp. 1618-1638. 10.1177/0263774X15614442. Green open access

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Abstract

This study approaches the politics of urban development from within the framework of the emergence of a new multiscalar growth regime and the path dependence of the Korean developmental state. Through a case study of the Songdo New City development in South Korea, this study looks at how the scalar division of labor among various actors has interacted with the emergence of a multiscalar growth regime. We focus on the logic by which different scales of governmental and nongovernmental actors cooperate and, at the same time, compete with one another for authority over economic development. Our findings demonstrate, first, that the new regime resulted from the emergence of downward state rescaling to the local scale and of private business as a key actor. Second, the regime actors have been involved in scalar tensions and have constantly negotiated the scalar divisions of labor among them. This research provides a contextualized example of a spatiotemporal logic in which statehood has been transformed into a network.

Type: Article
Title: The emergence of a multiscalar growth regime and scalar tension: the politics of urban development in Songdo New City, South Korea
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15614442
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1177/0263774X15614442
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Growth Regime, the Politics of Urban Development, Rescaling, Songdo New City, Scalar Tension, Bureaucratic Politics, Environmental Governance, Economic Governance, Regulatory Capture, Uneven Development, State, Government, Devolution, Debate, Entrepreneurialism
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1512228
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