Growth Management of the Capital Region

I. Concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and Government Responses

1. State of Concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

2. Causes of Concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

3. History of Seoul Metropolitan Area Policy

II. Development of Seoul Metropolitan Area Policy

1. Problem Recognition (1960s)

2. Policy Formation (early 1970s)

3. Readjustment Implementation (from late 1970s to early 1990s)

4. Transformation of Policy (since mid 1990s)

III. Growth Management Policy for the Seoul Metropolitan Area

1. Key Features of Current Policy

2. Readjustment Regions and Regulations

3. Total Volume Control on Factories and Universities

4. Overcrowding Surcharge

5. Differential Tax Treatments and Other Indirect Regulations

6. Green Belt in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

IV. Evaluation and Future Prospects

1. Evaluation of Gov’t Policies towards the Seoul Metropolitan Area

2. Role of the Seoul Metropolitan Area and Future Policy Prospects

V. Implications for Developing Countries

1. Need for Policy towards the Capital Area

2. Measures for Effective Implementation of Policy for the Capital Area

Further Readings