Journal
URBAN STUDIES
Volume 57, Issue 8, Pages 1749-1767Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0042098019852024
Keywords
aging population; developmental state; East Asia; inner city; urban shrinkage; vacant houses
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIP) [NRF-2017R1A1A1A05001205]
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Despite growing signs of urban shrinkage in countries such as Korea, Japan and China, few studies have examined the generalisable pattern of urban shrinkage and its relationship to the characteristics of housing abandonment in the East Asian context. This study explores five major paths that may explain the emergence of vacant houses in declining inner-city areas, based on empirical observations in the city of Incheon, South Korea. The paths are: (1) strong government-led new built-up area development plans (pull factor for population movement); (2) delay and cancellation of indiscriminate redevelopment projects (push factor for population movement); (3) initial poor development and concentration of substandard houses; (4) aging of the elderly population; and (5) the outflow of infrastructure and services. These paths, also found in Japan or China, are expected to be combined in a local context, leading to more serious housing abandonment. This study suggests that it is important to take appropriate countermeasures based on the identification of the paths causing vacant houses.
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