Cities ( IF 6.077 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 , DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103107 Kyusang Kwon
This study explored whether and how government-led developments influence the formation of employment centers and polycentrification by examining the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA). Using 2000–2015 employment data at the census block level, we longitudinally analyzed the changing forms and functions of employment centers in the SMA and examined whether employment (sub)centers influenced employment distribution. We found that state and local government-led development and planning played a crucial role in this transformation and, as a result, that the SMA has been transformed into a polycentric urban structure. We suggest that strong inter-jurisdictional competition and the interplay between market forces and government-led development can be considered the key to understand the formation and growth of employment centers in the SMA. These results contribute new empirical evidence to the debate on the relationship between polycentricity and government-led development and provide policy implications for creating a polycentric spatial structure.
中文翻译:
多中心性与政府主导的发展的作用:2000-2015年汉城都市区的就业分权和集中
这项研究通过检查首尔都会区(SMA),探索了政府主导的发展是否以及如何影响就业中心的形成和多中心化。我们使用人口普查区的2000–2015年就业数据,纵向分析了SMA就业中心的变化形式和功能,并研究了就业(子)中心是否影响了就业分布。我们发现,州和地方政府主导的发展和规划在这一转变中起着至关重要的作用,因此,SMA已转变为多中心的城市结构。我们认为,强大的司法管辖区之间的竞争以及市场力量与政府主导的发展之间的相互作用可以被认为是理解SMA就业中心的形成和增长的关键。