OECD Territorial Reviews
Subtitle: Busan, Korea 2005
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD Territorial Reviews; OECD territorial reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9789264007604
Subjects: Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: This Territorial Review of Busan, Korea examines the regions trends and capacities, assesses its regional competitiveness, and makes recommendations for policy improvements.
Table of contents: title: Assessment and Recommendations; title: Chapter 1. Trends and Capacities; title: -Comparing regional performances; title: Exploring regional potential; title: Conclusion: Busan, a candidate world city?"; title: Annex. Identifying the Determinants of Regional Performances; title: Chapter 2. Regional Competitiveness; title: -Exploiting port and infrastructure assets; title: Reconciling the port and the city; title: The shift towards innovation-based regional development; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 3. Metropolitan Governance and Decentralisation; title: Korean institutional framework: strengths and challenges for Busan; title: Making the best of decentralisation; title: Improving horizontal co-operation for a stronger region; title: Conclusion and recommendations