Tag: Korean studies
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Changing scope of gentrification in Seoul
Kim Kon and Blaž published an article in The Developing Economies journal on the changing scope of gentrification in Seoul that compares neighbourhood transformation and displacement in traditional industrial clusters in the city. After endless reviewing, revising and waiting, the article Changing scope of gentrification in Seoul? Neighbourhood transformation and displacement in Sangwangsimni and Changsin-Sungin…
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Neighbourhood improvement and displacement in Seoul*
Displacement of residents and traditional industries used to be an integral part of neighbourhood improvement in Seoul. While direct displacement has recently declined, new forms of indirect displacement are emerging as a result of the residents’ feelings of powerlessness, emotional distress and alienation, caused by the ongoing neighbourhood transformation in the city. Introduction Displacement has…
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Urban gardening in South Korea and Slovenia as neighbourhood collective action*
Ieum and Onkraj gradbišča community gardens in Incheon and Ljubljana show that the social importance of urban gardening as a neighbourhood collective action is growing in South Korea and Slovenia, largely due to the engagement of urban gardening activists and civil society organisations. Introduction: Urban gardening as collective actionUrban gardening refers to non-commercial food production…