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  • Community capacity building in marginalised neighbourhoods of Seoul*

    Three decades ago, South Korean director Kim Dong-won made two important documentaries about the struggles and everyday life of the people of Songhak Maeul. Yet Songhak Maeul remains little-known as a successful case of community capacity building in a marginalised neighbourhood in Seoul. This article provides a historical background and explains the impact of market-driven urban redevelopment on neighbourhood…

  • 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…

  • 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…