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Citation	Kim Doo-Chul. “Economic Growth, Migration, and Rural Depopulation in the Republic of Korea: Comparison with Japan's Experience.” Regional Development Studies 3 (1996/97): 239-259.
Title	Economic Growth, Migration, and Rural Depopulation in the Republic of Korea: Comparison with Japan's Experience
Year	1997
Author	Kim Doo-Chul Research Associate, Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan (formerly, UN Researcher, UNCRD, Nagoya, Japan)
Material Type	Journal Article
Features	28 notes; 6 additional references; 13 figures (some maps)
Pages	p. 239-259
Relationships	Part of 298 p. Regional Development Studies, Vol. 3, Winter 1996/97
Subjects	DEPOPULATION 14.01.02 DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 02.01.02 GOVERNMENT POLICY 04.03.02 JAPAN 01.04.04 KOREA R 01.04.04 RURAL URBAN MIGRATION 14.07.01
Abstract	This article examines the depopulation phenomenon in rural Republic of Korea (hereinafter, Korea) in relation to the regional characteristics of the depopulated areas as well as its causes and consequences. The results are compared to Japan's experiences in this regard. For the analysis, the author selected seriously depopulated areas at the myun level, the lowest administrative unit of rural Korea, using three indicators: depopulation rate, ratio of aged population, and population density. As a result, two clusters of seriously depopulated areas were noticeable in 1980, and an additional two clusters were identified in 1990. The main impetus of regional characteristics of seriously depopulated areas in Korea was explained as the regional differences of migration patterns. Comparing this feature with Japan's situation, it was found that national policies and the time dimension played a more important role in Korea than market forces and the spatial dimension. --Journal abstract
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